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Fire Station Pictures and Invites

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Every year around Kye's birthday we get professional pictures taken of him. Here are his one year pics, two year pics , and three year pics . This year we decided to do a combo of his four year pics with Britt's 18 month ones so we're waiting until she's 18 months old (in July) to get them done. Technically he'll be three or four months older than 4 years old but at this age he won't probably look much different than he does now, ya know? And it cuts down on our costs big time just to do it all in one shoot :) Since we are waiting awhile and since Kye's birthday party theme was firetrucks I thought it'd be fun to take him to a nearby fire station and snap some pictures of him. This year was the first year his party invites didn't include a photo, but I still wanted some pictures to use around the party decor and to match the theme. Plus Kye LOVES firetrucks and this was a fun way to get him PUMPED for his party :)  Zach was out of town on ...

Remaining "Emily" While Being "Mommy"

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

I am LOVING the series of blog posts that Kelly from Kelly's Korner is hosting! SO many bloggers out there tend to be all about the negative and use their blogs to cut others down. I'm SUPER excited that these blog topics are all about encouraging each other and lifting each other up :) I missed out on the first couple in the series but plan to participate in all of them from here on out.  Today's topic is "Remembering YOU (taking care of yourself and your identity)" I take my role as a mom VERY seriously. I am honored to be a mother. I'm thankful to be able to stay at home with my children each day. However, I also make a conscious effort to stay true to who I am as a person outside  of that mothering role.  I have witnessed moms who completely lose themselves in their children. It's an easy thing to do! Your children NEED you and they are constantly showering you with love, affection, praise, and attention. It'd be so easy to let...
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