Oh Yeah, The Baptism!

Nice one Caylee - oldest son gets baptized and I blog about it a month later! Sorry family. So on September 6th Mason was baptized by his Dad. It was a really good but surreal day for me. My baby is 8 years old - how did that happen? It really doesn't seem that long ago that we were in subsidized housing and just had that tiny boy with all that hair and big brown eyes. Mason is growing up to be such a good kid and better everyday. I am so proud of him for the decisions he makes, the friends that he has, and the good example he is to his brother and sister. It's scary and fun to watch my kids grow and develop everyday. Being a mother is the best job in the world and I would not trade it for anything. I learn so much from them - which I have heard people say before and thought (kinda cheesy) but it's true, I really really do learn from them and they help me be a better Mom and person. So here's a picture of Charlie and Mason just after the baptism, I didn't get the classic white jumpsuits shot because I was late for my own son's baptism but we don't really need to go into that. ;)

Those are 2 dang good lookin Secretan boys!

Tatum's New Do....

I was away last weekend at a workshop and while I was gone, Tatum got a new do! She loves it and I think it really suits her even though it was quite a shock for me first thing Tuesday morning. :) By the way I didn't photoshop her eyes, they are that blue.

Tatum's giving my camera a little love on the green couch, I do love her (my daughter!). Okay I love the couch too. ;)

Hey Look It's Nolan!

This is for my siblings who might not check out my photography blog - though who knows why they would not look at it! ;)

I've had the chance to spend some quality time with Nolie the last couple days while his mommy & daddy went to Las Vegas. He is such a good baby, good eater, good sleeper, and constantly smiling (well, except when I brought out the camera!). So here he is with my cute new couch affectionately known as Velvet Apple.

Back To School!

Here's Tatum with her kindergarten teacher!

Putting on her indoor shoes...

Getting settled in!

Here she is all ready to go.

Mason was sooooo ready to go back, I walked him to his classroom and he didn't really seem to need me. :( Which is good, I guess.

Update on the sweet landscaping - Charlie has 6 posts left to cement and then the pickets for the fence go up! Woohoo! Closer and closer to having a real yard. :)

Nors, again!

Oh Norah, why do you look at Aunt Caylee like that? She can't see me behind the lens so she's not sure what to think. Everytime I peek out from behind the camera I get a smile - but then no picture!
As you can tell she is devastated, this is the part where I had to tell her she was leaving me to go back home. It was hard but we made it.

When I said "more tomorrow", clearly I was a liar. Here are a couple more of Norah - and me actually in a picture - WOW. She loves me the most I'm pretty sure. ;)

Today was the first day of school for Mase and he had a great day. He loves his new teacher and was quite happy to be back with his friends he missed over the summer. Tatum's first day is tomorrow and she was quite disappointed this morning not to be going to school! I will have to post "1st day of school pics" tomorrow since the ones I took of Mason this morning are shall we say - not so good. Try again tomorrow morning with the 2 of them!