Owie owie owie.....

Why does it have to hurt so much..... I am O'ing and it started when I went to bed last night and I tell you I got no sleep, yes I could take something but that can affect the whole fertilization thing so I suffered.

Also I do not know why but the back of my neck and my jaw are very sore, I open my mouth and it hurts my neck????

OH OH OH and I received my Speedlite yesterday and waiting for the batteries to charge was like forever..... and I have not really had a chance to play with it yet...

It is snowing today surprise surprise...lol caused lots of accident this morning then it stopped warmed up and melted the snow and guess what It is SNOWING yet again.

More money spent.....

I bought a Speedlite/external flash for my camera and some extension tubes plus a white balance filter cap these things are not to cheap I tell ya. Now waiting is the hard part I am a little girl in the candy shop with all this camera stuff around me...lol

Good thing DH supports my addition.............

Foot + Nose =

Yup Ri's 1st bloody nose all thanks to Big Bro, not intentionally they were both on the floor and legs were going crazy and well Lil O lost control.....Ri got the brunt of it.

He was back to all smiles a few minutes later.

Sharing & click

I asked my oldest "Lil O" to get a toy for Ri to play with and I went to see what to make for supper. I turn to see what they are up to and well he got his brother some toys, the whole toy box..lol (sorry for the bad shot camera was on wrong setting and I had to move fast before he ran)

I took the shot and then he does this, so of course I had to take another quick shot.

that is my boy..

Lil O was that kid...

who screamed and cried through out his swimming lesson.....

We started swimming lessons on Mar 16th and he wanted nothing to do with it. I thought maybe he wanted daddy so we switched (Ri's lesson was next) nope that did not work he wanted mama but did not want to swim. Everyone kept looking at us I felt small...lol but hey he is only 2 right.

When his lesson was done we sat and watch Ri with daddy and he was happily splashing away till daddy dunked him, he was not impressed and then daddy did it again oh let me tell ya...lol he was fine after no more dunking.

Will we (lil O and I ) waited he played in the little wadding pool part and what do you know he was letting help him float on his back and front and he even blew bubbles...go figure right.

So this last Wednesday I went to the pool with both boys and granma (my mum) she held Ri will I tried (key ward TRIED) to work with Lil O, once again he did not want to do anything but play with the water that was spraying out of the pool. I just let him play and get used to the surroundings and hopefully he will start to cooperate more at lessons. Swimming lessons are every Sunday and I plan on going swimming every Wednesday at the parent & Tot pool time to get him use to the water.

Photo will follow when I get them back from granma's camera (auntie J was taking photos)

Well it is about time

She showed her ugly face! (I am talking AF) She made herself known last night, can we say MIDOL take me away.....ahhhh...it did, plus a little massage from dh helped too..lol

23 days late, I will not deny that I was kind of hoping for a little miracle but I know all to well not to get my hopes up.

Here is to another month.

Also I am a year old as is Ri. Ri had his party on the weekend I will post photo in a bit.

Ri is ONE!

I can not get over how fast this year has gone by, my baby is one today.

He says Mama, Dada has started to do the army crawl and still rolls all over the place to get to where he wants.He thinks it is funny when he touches big Bro's toys that are all lined up perfectly and laughs when Lil O gets upset. I think I have t-r-o-u-b-l-e on my hands.

We went to the Dr yesterday for both boys:

We checked over Ri 1st because I knew Lil O would freak so by doing Ri 1st he'd see what was going on and not be to upset when it became his turn, he did great. Ri's weight is 18 1/4 lbs, height is 75cm (22.5inches) his Birth weight ~ 1960 grams (4lbs 5.1oz), Length ~ 41.5cm (16.5inc)
The weigh scale scared him a bit when the Dr put him on it and moved the scale part of it. Other then that he did great.

Lil O's weight 28lbs, height is 95cm (28.5inches)
at birth he was: 4lbs 3.5oz (1931g), length: 17 1/4 inches (45cm)

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As for AF she is still MIA. I went to go for a blood test yesterday since I had to go for my thyroid check from my family Dr the Fertility Dr sent /faxed the lab for a pg test and do you think the lab could find it...Nope...so I tried calling the Clinic a few times but all I got was the voice mail, got to LOVE voice mail....so I did not get the pg test. I started to spot a bit last night so I thought AF was coming but NOPE not here yet.

My next challenge for baby

is a MIA AF, she is gone, disappeared, left, nowhere to be found...
I did not mark down when she last came but I am pretty sure is was like the 1st week of Feb. No I am not pg, you need to bd on time for that..lol and that is another thing I don't think I O'ed either and if I did it was really late (I had O like pains on the 8th).
I am going to call the fertility clinic on Monday because they should now since I had to do another cycle day 3 blood test and then I will know for sure how late I am.

I have a copy cat

and he bringing attention to the things I don't realize that I do:
- Like standing with my hands on my hips (at 1st I did not know where he got that and then I caught myself.)
- Standing with my legs crossed (my mum does this too)
- saying "Stop it please" (Lil O repeats STOP IT often to Ri)
- No no no nooooo
- saying sonny boy or son (Lil O calls out mama mama I respond yes sonny boy or son)

The words just pour out his mouth so fast now that he amazes me.

The boys start swimming lesson on Sunday DH is actually coming with, he will go in with one of the boys most likely Ri because Lil O is all about the mama again. Today Lil O was crying over something and DH went in to see what was up and was hugging him, well when I walked into the room lil O pushed daddy aside and ran to me...lol.

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I have been pretty busy with photos lately, all edits done and I just finished one order and waiting for another order to come in. Sure can take up a lot of time.
I did received a compliment tho, DH saw the mom of the senior/grad photos I took of her son at one of the spa's he massages at and she said she was very happy with the photos and having a hard time picking and then the sister said "yeah they turned out really good my brother actually looks good"...lol ah siblings.

When he starts you can not stop him..

Lil O has picked up more words then I can count. He copies what I say even on the TV he copies and dances around when he gets it right..lol (good thing I do not swear, never have)

Ri well no crawling yet but he sure gets around doing the back scoot and rolling....Lil O is in trouble soon. Oh the fights that are soon to begin, well they have kind of started already. When Ri grabs a hold of Lil O's toys that he has parked in a row he throws a fit and either tries to drag Ri out of the way or bonk him on the head but mostly rolls him away. Yup sign of things to come and it only brings memories of my older sis J back she was not the nicest while growing up (I guess she did not like always having to watch me)

Ri has started whole milk and it seems to be going down pretty good.

What have I been up to you ask...

PHOTOS, photos and more photos....

I have taken some baby shots, my niece T had an event at school so took some shots there and then I did a senior/grad shoot..... now I am doing some editing where it is needed...

here are a couple of baby shots I have taken: I use to baby sit this little guys mom when she her self was a baby, It is kind of weird that she now has her own and close to my own baby's age..lol





Off now to edit some of the senior/grad shots... well when it is dark that is. It is easier to edit without all the daylight flooding the house.

Mummy does not get it ..... oh wait she does....

Lil O comes to me the other day and he was pointing to his wrist, I thought did he hurt himself...nope.. so I watched him more closely and he was moving his hands them pointed to his wrist again. I said mummy does not get what you want. So he does this again and then points to the TV and says time. Then it clicked he wanted to watch his Signing Time DVD

He is signing lots and speaking while he does this. He still does not say much or any sentences but he is getting there.

Homemade Diaper wipes

I made some and now I know what I am putting on my kids butt.

I really did not know about this till I was watching my morning breakfast show and they had a guy on showing how to make your own organic baby wipes, I thought awesome because Lil O is prone to rashes and the alcohol in the store wipes sting his butt. I have been using them for a week and I really like them and they smell good too.

Here are the ingredients you will need:

Recipe:

Anti-fungal Baby Wipes
1/2 c. distilled water (pre boiled water)
2 tbs. vinegar (helps discourage yeast)
2 drops tea tree essential oil
1 tsp of baby shampoo
Diaper liners
container for wipes
Glass jar

To prepare, use a glass jar with a tight fitting lid. Pour all your ingredients in, cover the jar and shake to blend the ingredients. Place your wipes in a container and pour on enough solution to moisten them. Store any extra solution in the fridge. It should stay fresh for a long time especially if you used distilled water.

You can also add in
1 Tbs calendula oil (great for rashes)
1 drop lavender essential

Herbal Solutions

The basic recipe for wipe solution will do good job of cleaning your baby's bottom, but you may want to use a herbal solution to add some extra soothing and diaper rash treatment properties.

The herbal ingredients that may be added to the solution have different properties that help protect your baby's sensitive skin and / or promote healing of diaper rashes.

Calendula This herb commonly used to soothe the skin and reduce inflammation. The herb is helpful for people who suffer from skin rashes and sunburn. Calendula helps to soothe inflamed tissues, reduce pain and aids in quick healing of cuts and abrasions.

Aloe Vera The gel from the Aloe Vera leaf is great for healing and relieving burns and rashes.

Tea Tree Oil This oil readily penetrates the skin and is useful for treating burns, scrapes, bites, stings, and various skin irritations. It may also help to prevent or treat yeast infections. Very effective fungicide, antibacterial and antiseptic.

Lavender Lavender added to salves and creams promotes healing and as an aroma additive eases tension, tiredness and feelings of depression.

St. John's Wort Helps promote healing and has anti-viral and anti-inflammatory properties.

Comfrey Helps relieve inflammation and promotes healing.

Link to other Homemade Baby Wipes

I am in shock to say that

I have 2 friends that are either getting a divorce are breaking there engagement.

The friend that is ending her engagement was struggle to do so for a while, they fought to me which was more then normal. I told her that I did not think he was the one, they did not seem like a match (another person just told her this too) I also so said that this will be your life you guys fight about 70% of the time and it is not going to change when you say "I do". I said to her that she really needed to figure out what she wants, either way I will back her up. Over the weekend they went away and I guess he was rude, mean and threating to her.....I then asked her if her decision was made her response....H*LL YEAH! We are done.

That make 2 engagement for her and no wedding, I really hope she find that guy the one to make her smile laugh and to let her be her.

My other friend, I was taken by total surprise that her and her dh has separated and lawyers are involved and a big custody battle for little C (the 22m old dd). I know just before x-mas the were have some "issues" but wow never saw this coming....makes me sad.

I can not imagine breaking up with my dh, I just can't. I told him I am not going anywhere and he said well I guess your stuck with me then....

Well we finally did it

Ri is in his own room now, sleeping ever so peaceful at the moment.

DH was home because it is "Family Day" here today and we moved the spare bed to the basement room. I cleaned up Ri's new room pulled out all the 12 to 18m clothes (my boy is growing). I struggled with the crib to take it apart to move it from my room to his (too many angles to move the whole thing) and not to help matters either Lil O or the cat kept trying to go under the crib....a cat and a 2yr old are pretty much the same....CURIOUS.

My room looks naked now, empty, hopefully I will be able to sleep.

I forgot to take a photo, I will do that when he wakes in the morning.

Kissy kiss, oh kisssssss me.

Yeah this is my boy all right...lol this is his "new" thing lately. He loves to pucker up.

I was playing with my camera and the he started to do this so I took the shot did not think about the settings.

Wordless Wednesday ~ Cadbury Mini Eggs

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My Stunt Boy....

As I aim my camera at him he runs for his chair climbs up and then says "get set JUMP!" And off he goes......

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Took these with my Canon 50mm 1.8 lens...LOVING IT! Now I just can;t wait for the weather to warm up so I can go and play with my Canon 75-300mm

here is another of him in mid-air:

I am amazed I am not full of HOLES

The Fertility Clinic called and Dr S wants me to do yet another day 3 blood test(Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)) she is not liking my numbers on the last two. I wonder what is my body up to now...

You know trying for a baby is truly a journey in its self and I if I have a DD I sure hope she does not have to go thru all this......I can only hope right. Atleast she will have mommy's history of it all.

I am SOOOOOOO EXCITED

New gear for my Canon......I am getting the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II, Canon EF 75-300mm F4-5.6 III USM

I am also getting an Epson Stylus Photo R1400(wide format Printer) and I just got a new tripod off ebay.

My dh is a sweet sweet man....He told me to get them all now because he saw me debating what to get 1st...lol He also said this is my b-day last x-mas and this x-mass gifts...I am so fine with that...Have to remember that we also just bought a new mini van 2005 Grand Caravan SXI so I have got a lot in the last 6months.


Hoping to get them all TOMORROW!

We are in the deep freeze here....brrrrr