Goofy Girl!

So what turned out as being a photo shoot meant for Rylee today ended up being ALL about Hailyn!
Hailyn stepped in and stole the show today at my mini shoot we did.. So since the pictures are all about Hailyn once again my post will be all about Hailyn.

My big 2 year old is SO wonderful!! It's wonderful having a potty trained child, especially since it required zero effort from me. HORRAY for no more diapers!! I'm amazed every single day (which I shouldn't be with how Rylee was) at the full sentences she will say and the combination of words she puts together. She really does speak amazing, and I love it! Not only speak, but SING! she loves to sing!! She knows so many songs, and is so incredibly cute when she sings because it's so serious to her.

All in all, I couldn't of got a better 2 year old, she brightens my day and it's really hard to be grumpy around her.

Next post will be about Rylee.. if only I could convince her to let me try for longer than 10 seconds to get a picture of her before she runs off.  So that will be my personal challenge!!!

HAILYN IS 2!

                         Hailyn is officially 2 now, HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAILYN!
The plan was to have a Dora party with tons and tons of Dora decorations (Hailyn LOVES dora!), except nothing I ordered showed up in the mail.. the odds of ordering from 4 different sites with nothing showing up kinda blew my mind. BUT despite that, it was still a super fun party! Thank you to everyone who took the time to come celebrate her birthday with us. I LOVE birthdays, especially now that I have kids. I have to also thank Eleni (even if she never reads this), she came out the morning of Hailyns party and spent the day helping me out SO much! so THANK YOU!
The pictures are pretty out of order, we had Hailyns birthday party on the 12th, and then we also had a mini party on her real birthday and instead of blowing out candles on cake we decided to do birthday sundaes instead (which were delicious!)
But both days were tons of fun, Hailyn got super spoiled, but hey! birthdays are only once a year so why not go all out and do whatever it takes to make them feel super special!!!!

          Hailyns new kitty she named "Meow"~ she brings it everywhere and insists on sleeping with it

                                                           Hailyns Birthday Sundae

                                          I just love this little stinker and her goofy smile

                                          Birthday Breakfast- Pink pancakes and strawberries

 Hailyns new housecoat- she insisted on wearing it the next day (even when we left the house) and yup she was naked underneath.. she didn't care though, she was happy to be in her housecoat

                             I cant even look at this without wanting (or well NEEDING) to eat it

                                                        Happy Birthday Balloon Bath!

                                Opening presents on her real birthday, just the ones from us

All Done!

Her invitation is officially done! 

My Baby is Almost 2!!

I can not believe my baby is almost 2!! In just a few short weeks, we will be singing happy birthday once again which seems insane! There is no way my baby should be turning 2 this fast.
Hailyn has been nothing but pure joy since she arrived, and i'm really hoping she stays that way. She is just so happy and I don't want her to turn into a grumpy 4 year old, but hey, I guess only time will tell!

Today we did a little photo shoot for her birthday invitations, I have not one clue yet what the plan is for her birthday party, but I do at least know she needs cute pictures so make that party happen. These are just all black and white ones,  i'm thinking for her invitations I may do them in colour, but I LOVE black and white (although i'm sure everyone knows that by now)

It's A...

BOY!! 

Rylee has obviously known something before the rest of us!  We hadn't even told Rylee yet I was pregnant and she was informing me I had a baby boy in my tummy. She was bang on, its a baby boy, and we're very excited! I think Rylee may just be a tad more excited than the rest of us though, she has been wanting a brother and loves baby boys. If only she knew what that meant.. i'm sure the excitement of having a brother will wear off pretty quick!!  The baby was being a bit of a stinker at the ultrasound (he's naughty already..) and the lady couldn't get all his measurements or any good pictures. So hopefully when I go back in 2 weeks it will go better. 

thanks to my tri pod, self timer, and Rylee for pushing the button on 

my camera to get these pictures of my belly at 18 weeks

quick update

I thought I should do a quick update, I know for me its odd that I only have 2 pictures to post, but I haven't yet moved any of my pictures over onto my new lap top.

Lets see.. what can I say that is exciting and thrilling?? I honestly don't know, which is probably the reason I have avoided updating my blog for so long. So we will see where this ends up.

My girls are wonderful, Hailyn is SO funny and incredibly good! She does not stop talking, and I am not exaggerating that one bit, Im pretty sure unless she is chewing, drinking or sleeping there is not a 10 second period where she is not talking, counting or singing songs. Actually let me change that, she even does it while she sleeps. She is still a horrible sleeper, I am not sure how she can be so amazing during the day and yet still so naughty at night!

And then there is Rylee..... and yes the .... is required! She is so smart, and I love her so much, she is just going through a grumpy phase! I really hope this is not a permanent thing, but she's definitely pushing the buttons of how much she can get away with, and as for listening.. well either she is just naughty or needs her ears checked because thats the only other explanation for why not one thing I say registers in her mind lately.
She is though way to excited for the baby to come! This is the phrase everyone has heard many times "did you know my mom has a baby in her tummy, its a boy, and its coming this summer before my grandmas birthday". Yes it's coming before my moms birthday (hopefully!) but NO we do not know it's a boy yet.. But Rylee is 100% sure, so only time will tell! She has also gone through the toys in the basement and found the one toy she absolutely LOVED when she was a baby, and has it pulled out sitting in her room waiting to give it to the baby when it arrives.

And then the only other "new" news, is that this summer our destination Jordan picked is Halifax, yippee.. hmm Halifax would have been fun, except for the fact a baby is due the end of June and its hours and hours and lets add another, HOURS away! So the 2 choices are..
I go and have a baby there with no one to help me, since Jordan will be gone from roughly 10:30 am to 10:00 pm every day, but if i go he at least gets to see his kids, and i'm there with nothing because we would all fly out.
OR
I stay home where all my stuff is and chance Jordan missing the baby being born and then he is left without his kids all summer unless he can get away and come visit for a couple days, which is pretty much impossible when you manage an office.
Needles to say i'm pretty stressed about this decision!! SO yippee.. Halifax..

January 20th is my ultrasound, so a new post with hopefully exciting news of what we are having will come soon after!

New Blog!!!!

After months of wanting to do it, ive finally done it!! .... and im still working on it since im really not good at the whole blogging thing, and figuring out how to make them look super cute.

I made a photography blog, where I can post all the pictures i've took and will take. Hopefully get some constructive feedback from people that I can use to improve from.

I love photography and I wish I knew everything there was to know about it, not to mention I wish I had a super expensive camera with all of the gadgets to go along with it... and while we are on the topic, maybe throw a studio in there with a white background and lights and unlimited props.. one day!

I love my family, and I love my kids, but I feel that I need to be doing something more. Don't get me wrong, my kids keep me more than busy, but busy with being up all night, and cleaning up after them (ALL DAY!), and of course all the fun things that come along with it, but being able to take pictures and try new and fun edits on them is something that makes me even happier and lets me get a "break" for a while.

Im hoping people will enjoy what they see and want to book some sessions, id love to expand what i've done and get more experience, so i'd do sessions really cheap since people will be helping me out by booking. I know, bad time of the year to decide i'd like to do this, hopefully I can figure something out and get a little set up in my basement while its FREEZING out!!

So enjoy my new blog, let me know what you think, and I will keep updating this one also!

http://www.capturedmemories01.blogspot.com/