Mr & Mrs Smith

I am trying to go through photos since snapfish gives you a new member credit of 50 4X6 photos, it's about time we have some printed & then Mr Smith wants some enlargements for his office & I'd like some for her room. Mr Smith: "Where are pictures with you in them?" Me: "Story of my life" I still wish I took more newborn shots of Lexi, but it was just too difficult, physically/mentally, for me at the time & she was never a knocked out baby to be manipulated how I pleased. But I still wish I had more with her or of the entire family, but I'm a cheap, high expectations photographer who won't higher a photographer & my husband fights me tooth & nail for every photo with him in it. BUT who is demanding that I print out some pictures for his office? That's right, Mr Smith Our little Lexi has become a drooling, finger biting, fussy baby the past few days. We are coughing it up to teething but who knows in the en...

...so they took these pictures which you have already seen because you're on Facebook. Several were taken on the 4th of July on Looper Rd, SC (from whence we drove to FL for everyone else)  I would have way too many photos if I could count on my phone to be my camera. I have no idea how to get the photos off that are on my camera now & the iTouch isn't much better when it comes to quality. Sigh. I just can't do it...yet.

I need to post some pictures from our trip to GMA & GPA Looper's house. (Gammy & Pops?) - I think Lexi will have to decide. She enjoyed being spoiled by everyone - mostly Gammy. She started giggling on this trip. Melt-my-heart-in-two. It's so hard to get smiles/giggles on camera because she immediately stops when she notices the camera. Luckily, we got some video on fb. 2.5 months Cousin Shannon she just fell asleep like this at the dinner table first trip to the beach! Cousin Brynlee the best cousin picture we got The trip back with her wasn't that bad. We only stopped twice making it a 7 hr and 15 min drive. I mean I was ready to bust out of the car, but I was proud of Lexi for sleeping most of the way and being chill the rest. We were excited to see Mr Smith again who knew she had gotten bigger in just one week. Unfortunately, we are missing the pictures with my high school friends because those...

We went into "town" yesterday to finish up a few more shots of a toddler & then met up with some friends at the splash & play park. I had a feeling preparing for a lengthy day trip would add stress to my day, but I didn't realize so would Lexi's temper. It was not a good day until around 1PM. When we finally made it to the park (where she screamed at the end of the photoshoot, the entire way & in the parking lot for 20 minutes), she managed to calm herself down to nurse & finally collapse into a 20 min coma. She had to be exhausted.  I didn't think about the possibility of her teething at the time, but I was about to have an emotional breakdown. Carrying her & all the stuff. She wouldn't go in the car seat. And then eventually just couldn't be happy with anything.  I was so hot & wanted to join the water, but I really thought I was gonna just turn around and leave. So glad she finally came around. Right after I called Eric & to...

Welllllll we only made it in the new dress for an hour, but thanks cousin Ashlynn! Just don't take it personally when she pooped all up on her dress the first 10 minutes of church. She started getting fussy during the sacrament after the bread was passed. We left before the water came.  I must admit Mr Smith had to tell me to calm down a couple of times... it's just that I didn't want to have to change the biggest blow out of the year - by myself . Where do you change a baby with poop all over her? In Eric's defense, our only choice really was the women's bathroom which he wouldn't step foot in. I really just didn't know what to do. I should have cut that onesie off. It made it all the way up the back of her neck! So once my wipes were all gone & I realized the poop smell wasn't going anywhere especially since the car seat was dirty too; I told Eric we were going home, especially since we live 5 blocks away (which I love). We gave her a bath. As...

Alright, her nap extended into another hour & I finished one of my photo shoot edits, so I can pause for a second to blog about the Smith life. Well you know, one of them.   Actually I don't feel like blogging our FL vacation yet or talking about life here in Hickory. My cousin, Shannon, sent me this post from another blogger who she said wrote like me. It was a birth story and since I'm a sucker for honest birth stories, I had to read. At first, it begins like a typical over achieving birth story with gift bags for the visitors (not even close to what was on my mind), but the raw emotion that seeps in later will catch your heart. Having a baby is like a waterfall of emotions. It takes a strong person not to collapse in utter insanity.  So for now, just read this post. It's long & I still read it. I cried with her. Even though I can't fully understand, I appreciate her story. After reading it and then going to bed,  I had all these inspired wor...

I guess I am a failed blogger.  But that's what happens when your husband tells you we might be moving an hour away to take a chance on a better opportunity. You get preoccupied. It's a calculated risk he tells me. I had lived in boxes with a 2 month old for awhile anticipating change and I was ready for change, but this still took me putting my faith in someone else. I'm typically a control freak, but it might be my time to take a back seat. So I quit my job and moved to hickory, nc where I am a cool mom who takes care of a mini person for 24 hours a day. It doesn't stop people. No breaks in this job. Well, there are naps & that glorious moment when dad comes home. It's not that I was willing to hand my daughter over to strangers along with half my paycheck, but I wasn't always sure we could afford a significant drop in income. I knew what was best for our family, but sometimes that means leaving friends and a sense of comfort which can be a little sad an...