Finally… Some Catch Up!

I know, I know, I have been the worlds worst blogger lately, but I do have a good excuse. I have been ill and busy. Is that good enough?

As for the ill part, I am now 19 weeks preggo and this pregnancy has taken EVERYTHING out of me.  The first 16 weeks I was super nauseous and could not hold anything down, but oranges, and then I got a nasty cold that has lasted me a  month and I am finally getting over. Now that I am starting to feel better I am just super tired. Does it ever stop? I honestly don’t remember feeling this way with Logan. Yes, I had horrible migraines and we were dealing with Wes’ chemo treatments so there was not a lot of time for me to feel ill, but the way I have felt for the last 19 weeks is for the birds.

To top it all off, I was super busy with pictures. Now, please don’t take that as complaining, I LOVE taking pictures and I LOVE the business, I had just wished I felt better and I was able to rest and get better faster.  Needless to say, I have felt, I have been neglecting my family and my home (by the looks of it, you can totally tell) since the beginning on November.

We are pretty sure our baby is a GIRL!!!!! I will be able to confirm this on Tues and I cannot wait to see her little body again. Let’s be honest, we totally wanted a little girl and had been praying since the time we found out we were expecting baby #2. I really didn’t think it would happen and prepared myself for another little boy running around destroying everything he came in arms length to. When I was laying on the table and our friend was trying to get the baby to move around so she could get a good look so many things were running through my mind. I couldn’t even grasp the fast that I was laying there with my second child inside me. I would be grateful for whatever the child may be, but yes, I wanted a little girl. When our friend Amy said “ do you want to see HER privates?” I could hardly believe what I was hearing. Tears started to run down my face as I looked at Wes. He then started laughing at me and said he thought I would only cry if it were a boy.  Now that I am pretty sure I am carrying this little girl I have so many fears for her and for us. Man, we are going to be in for it! Pre-warning to any boy that would like to call my house in 15 years… The shot gun is always loaded and ready for use, and you do not only need to worry about her father, but also her crazy mother!

I wish I had some pictures to share with you, but I have also been neglecting my family in that area. It is so true that when you start taking pictures of other families,  you forget to take pictures of your own.

Ahh. Here are a couple. Logan is now out of his crib and in Kohl’s bed. He is in this new faze where we have to lay when him until he falls asleep. At times this is nice, especially for a tired pregnant lady and other times it can be annoying. The only show Logan will watch is Sponge Bob which he pronounces, Ba bop. There are a few occasions where I can prop him up on his bed in front of the t.v. to watch ba bop and normally this is what happens. Boy,  he just melts my heart! ♥

I’m in Love…

With my Family!

The end.

Grandma is Wild at Heart

 

                                                 She was a little scared at first, but she managed to have a little fun!

One Day of My Life

Logan wakes at 8am, I jump up and rush to get a bottle before he fully awakes hoping I can sleep until 9.

He then finishes his bottle and I try to play possum thinking he will want to be like mommy and go back to sleep, this only results in him yelling MOM-E and then kissing me ( who can resist that?) After the sweet soft kiss that melts my heart, he then thinks he is in WWF and starts jumping all over me.

I then realize that today is the day I need to go to the grocery store and actually by my family some food. Oh yay! I proceed in the bathroom where I then decided that my hair actually doesn’t look dirty and I will be able to throw it up and no one will ever know I didn’t shower today. At this same moment I turn around to find Logan playing with his toy car in the toilet.  So what do I do? I roll up his sleeves and make HIM fish it out of that dirty thing and then I wash it off so he can continue to play with it.

Now it is time to make my shopping list, because without this list I will come home with NOTHING I need but everything that looked good.  As I am sitting at the computer writing my list, Logan decides he wants to be in the chair with me. He climbs up my legs like I am the latest and greatest jungle gym, then starts playing with his toy car all over the list I am trying to write and throws the biggest fit when I move him so I can keep writing before I forget everything I need.. I have to jump up and check the fridge to see what else I am missing, only to come back to a little boy in my chair that refuses to move. Ok, so I sit down on him and then he decides the best thing is to stand behind me and play with my hair. Aww love. He is so sweet when he wants to be. Wait.. he is getting a little rough,, ahh that hurts. Wait, what is that in my hair??? Oh wonderful! It is the toy car that I made him fish out of the toilet 20 minutes earlier.

As I start to get dressed ( and can’t find anything to wear) Logan starts running around the house yelling all sorts of nonsense that I can’t understand. When it is time to dress him he continues to run FROM me! At this point, when I can’t catch him, I am ready to call it quits and stay home. Only to remember that we have NO food and my family is counting on me.  Finally get Logan dressed only to realize that the jeans that fit him last week are WAY to small today. Of course I can’t find his new jeans, so shorts it is.

Driving to the store, which is 45 minutes away, I listen to him in the back seat call out every horse he sees (hee hee) and yell for Daaaadeee and Da (grandpa). I probably explain 30 or more times that Daaadee and Da are both at work and yes that is a hee hee.

First stop, Costco. Wait for parking… did I really decided to come shopping on a Friday? Wow, that was dumb. Jam in Costco and head straight for the soy milk. Load up my cart and head straight for the check out. If you start looking around in Costco, you money tends to stay at Costco and not go home with you.. Oh.. is this the snack isle. Why yes it is! Ok, I will get Wes some snacks for him lunch and then I am OUT!

Leave Costco and get Logan some lunch from Burger King. The ride from Costco to Staters is nothing but French fries and chicken stars, it is a very quiets ride too. My kid loves him some food.

Walk in Starters to find out I have just refueled my child and he wants to talk to every person that walks by us. This results in ME talking to every person that walks by us. When I finally make it out of there I am beat. I feel like I have just been interviewed  by Barbra Walters for the last hour.

Logan is  very quiet on the ride home. I look in the rear view mirror to check on him only to find him trying to keep his heavy little eyes open. Ahh he has lost the fight, he is out!

Get home, start unloading to car, it is now really sinking in that I am beat and have no energy to accomplish anything. Please let Dad get home soon. As I am taking groceries in the house I notice my child has gotten in the dogs water. This is not your average dog bowl. This is 50 gallon drum cut in half. The water goes to Logan’s chest, great he is swimming in the dog water, with his shoes on. Oh well.. I have food to take in. On my next trip outside he is now out of the dog water and in the dirt.. hmmm water+dirt= MUD. Oh how I love my child.  Logan is still rolling around in the dirt and the dog is watching him so I’ll go inside and put away the food. I look out the window to see that DAD IS HOME! YAY YAY YAY. Mom gets a break.

Sit on the couch for the next hour watching TV while the boys play outside. Everyone comes in and we decide to eat Pizza for dinner. Wes wants to eat it there and I want him to go pick it up.. Wes wins, we all get in the car.  Oh great, Logan is now grumpy and screaming in the Pizza pallor as we wait for food. I then explain to Wes this is why I wanted to eat at home. I sit there waiting for my food trying to drown out the sound of my child screaming because he has to sit in the highchair. Well what do you know…. food comes and he is a happy camper. Like I said… my boy loves him some food.

Come home, let the boys run around like wild maniacs for an hour. As they are running around I lay on my bed with my eyes closed listening to all the ruckus and think to myself ..wow, this is my life now, please let this new baby be a girl! =) Right about this same time I hear Logan whining through the house.. mama.. ma ma .. ba ba..

Yes.. my boy wants a Ba ba.. off to bed you go and now I sit her and write when I should be in bed.

I know this was very long, and probably boring. But that is just one day of my life as a stay at home mom. It really doesn’t get more exciting than this.  But I do have to say, I love it. Yes, there are times when I would like to run away for a couple hours, but I am so happy with my life right now and being able to spend my days with Logan.

Did you know…..

That I have a HOT, Athletic sister? Well, in case

you didn’t, here she is!

And she cleans up well…

Sometimes I would like to ring her neck, but I can’t, cause she is the greatest!

♥ ya sis!

Such a Slacker

I have had NO motivation lately. None, zip, ZERO! I really hate feeling this way. There are so many things that need to get done, or that I could be doing, and I can’t find one ounce of energy to get any of it. I blame it on the baby inside me. I picture it as a little alien with a big mouth like the Nintendo game Kirby, sucking all my energy up before I can even blink an eye.  Besides having no energy I am feeling pretty good. I am mostly getting sick at night and dinner tends to not want hang out with me, it would rather be in toilet!

With everything going on we decided to put Logan into daycare once a week. I really needed a day to myself to sleep, clean, or just do nothing. Logan really needed an out from mom too. I could tell he was just getting so bored, and when he gets bored, watch out. The kid is nuts. His personality is sprouting with each day, he is quiet the character.  You can ask him anything and his answer will be “ya”. He calls my Dad “Da” and we figured it’s because I call him dad, but he knows that is not  his Dad. He would probably move in with my parents if we let him, that is his favorite place to be. And his most favorite thing to do while he is there is “a rye” which is “a ride” meaning.. I want to ride the RHYNO!!

So Logan goes to daycare every Tuesday and so far so good. I think it is great for him to interact with other kids his age. This last weekend we had Kohl and Logan did nothing but try to beat up his older brother who is much bigger than him. He also like to stand on the coffee table and jump to the couch yelling as loud as he can. I.. E.. FWEEE. Which we are guessing means, 1,2,3.

This last Friday we decided to renew our Disneyland passes and head down there. Oh man, not such a good idea, but I’ll save that for later after I edit the few pictures I have.

Sunday before we took Kohl home we drove to Temecula to the famous corn maze. It was hot, but fun! Half way through I felt we were never getting out of there and I was over it, but leave to to my husband to get is family out safe!

    

 

Big News!

We are expecting baby number TWO.

I could hardly believe my eyes when I peed on that sick! We are so thrilled to be blessed with another baby. My due date should be around May 25th, 2010, but since I grow big babies we are probably looking more towards the first two weeks in May.

I have so many emotions running through me it is crazy. I am so excited for another and also, so so scared.  I don’t remember feeling this run down with Logan. I am so tired I can hardly get through the day. It doesn’t help that for the last two weeks Logan has been completely out of control. This is why we are starting day care tomorrow for once a week. I think it will be really good for him to socialize with other kids and to have an outing from home. This will also be good for me, so that once a week I can sleep, clean, or doing nothing for six whole hours. 

After working in Labor and Delivery for five years and seeing all the bad things that can happen I become very anxious during pregnancy. I felt this way with Logan, but since Wes was battling cancer when I was pregnant with Logan it wasn’t as easy to think about what could go wrong.  This time I already feel that I am questioning what is going on with my body and I’m a whooping six weeks.

So I ask, please pray from my sanity along with good health for baby and myself. 

In Case you want to look

I have my new web-site up and running for my Photography business. So check it out and spread the word!

 

Hannah Sons Photography

 

Only a week late…

Okay maybe it's been two weeks, but who’s counting? ( besides my dad!)  I have been so busy these last two weeks I don’t know where the time has gone.  So we shall backtrack the best I can…..

Two weeks ago I came down with the flu and it was HORRIBLE! I cannot remember the last time I felt that bad. Luckily my Dad was home and came over to get Logan. If I would have had to watch him and feel like I did, I honestly don’t know what I would have done. So that lasted for about three days and then we continued on with our busy week.

Kohl started playing soccer this year.  I wasn’t able to attend his first game because of a photo shoot so Wes, Logan and I drove down to Garden Grove last Saturday to watch him play.  When we woke up that morning Logan was running a low grade temp  but I didn’t think too much about it. Gave him some Tylenol and off we went.  Kohl’s game was a sight to see. Let’s just say his is the ONLY white boy on the team and when we walked up his coach was yelling in Spanish to all the other players.  I thought with Kohl having A.D.H.D. he would do great at soccer. This kid has so much energy he can run circles around anyone. Well, not so much on the soccer field. Kohl likes to talk to the other players ( who could care less) and watch/laugh as the ball rolls by him.  It was very interesting to watch. His favorite part of the game is half time when they get to eat oranges.  This is his first year so we can only hope he will get better. Next try; Baseball.

After the game we had to make some stops before driving up the mountain and I could tell Logan was starting to feel worse and worse. When my boy won’t eat lunch or any food for that matter, you know something is terribly wrong.  So I told Wes we needed to get home fast so I could put him in a cool bath and he could rest.  We had to make one more stop just about 10 minutes from out house to get more Tylenol, so Wes ran in and then we got back on the highway when all of a sudden….. Cough, cough. Blahhhhhh… Logan decided to vomit EVERYWHERE in my car! Oh yay!

I was trying to grab anything and everything possible to catch it, to the point where I was taking off my shirt when he finally stopped.  I am pretty good when it comes to poop and other things, but I am NOT so good at vomit. Oh so not my favorite.  He feel asleep right after hurling so then it was just a race to get home.

Once home, I started a bath and we put him in there and got him all cleaned up. Wes told me he would get the car seat out and clean the car so I  was relived. Until I noticed him and Logan we BOTH asleep in the chair.. WHAT! Wait! you said you were going to clean the car???? Great, this means I have to.  So i go myself some gloves and a bandana to put over my face and went into the warzone.  It was a mission, but I did it ALL, without help! Ha. Take that!

So there ya have it. Last weekend all wrapped up for you. Now maybe my dad will stop bugging me. I find it funny that the man lives ACROSS the street and we see each other if not talk to each other EVERY day… so why is it so important to update my blog, that five people read???? man o man, I guess anything to keep the old man happy.  ♥ ya Dad

                                          

 

 

My sick baby, who only wanted his Daddy. 

Great Recipe

I just wanted to share this great recipe with you all ( yes, all five of you)

My step mom has been making this for years and it is so good. Once I became a mother ( because I really didn’t cook before then) I realized how easy this is to make and  I get thumbs up from the kids, and hubby, which is hard to do sometimes.

Pizza Casserole

Oven to 350

you’ll need:

1lb ground beef or turkey, we use turkey

1 chopped onion ( I don’t use this, we are a NON onion family)

1 can tomato soup

1 can tomato paste

1 can pizza sauce

I package of eggs noodles

1/2 cup milk

1 egg beaten

shredded mozzarella cheese

And then add you own pizza ingredients like pepperoni, olives, mushrooms ect.

Brown your meat and onion. Add soup, paste and pizza sauce.

Cook noodles, drain and then add milk and egg.

Put into a 9x13 greased pan, add meat mixture and mix around.

Add cheese and then your pizza toppings

Put that puppy in the oven at 350 for 20 minutes and WAAAALLAA serve with salad and bread.

Completely Moved!

Tuesday of this week Wes, His parents and myself went to our church to listen to Nick Vujicic speak. Holy Moly! This guy is amazing! I was completely moved by his story, I hope that I will never be the same again.

If you have never heard of him you should Google or YouTube him. He is a 26yo man with no arms and no legs. Life without Limbs is his organization.

Sitting there I realized so much. Especially that we are capable of ANYTHING. It doesn’t matter what disabilities we have or what we DON’T have, it is what we choose to do with what we were given.  We shouldn’t ask God “why?” ….Why didn’t you make me like “that Person” ? because we are ALL made by God with our OWN special qualities. What we do with these qualities is up to us. We can sit and mope or we can make something of ourselves, serve the Lord and live happy.

We we go through rough times we often wonder why it is happening to us but what we need to remember is that the Lord is preparing our hearts! He is strengthening  them for something more. God may not stop the storm but he WILL be there to keep us warm through it.  Wes and I both walked away from hearing Nick speak with a new outlook on life. I am so happy as a family we started a new church and our love is growing daily for our Lord. I wish we would have done this years ago.  My goal now is to live by these words I just wrote. I need to remember daily that I am not alone in my walk. Times may seem tough but we WILL get through them and they are only preparing our hearts for something much more, much greater.

For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you HOPE and a FUTURE.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Jeremiah 29:11

This kid is giving me gray hair!

 

End of story!

Wake Up Mama

This morning I was laying in bed listening to the boys fight over waffles and Kohl trying to explain to Logan that is was hot “brother” and “you need to wait a minute” when I must have dozed off. It was that sleep where you are kind of awake but not really. Lately I haven’t been able to fall asleep so when the mornings come, I am just not ready for them.

So I am laying there in my half asleep state when all of a sudden I am rudely awakened by COLD WATER!!

My lovely son decided that I should not be in bed and that I needed to get up so he grabbed the full glass of water I had at my bed side and decided to pour it on me.  I a brief second I thought, I'm just going to lay here in this water… Then I realized I was cold and wet, very wet!

Needless to say, I got up pretty fast after that and started my lovely day with two kids who don’t listen and do whatever they want! ( I really wanted to pull my hair out all day, but… it happens, just keepin it real!)

On a side note, we have a new animal in our house. I haven’t decided if I like him/her yet, still trying to feel it out. I will take some pictures tomorrow and explain more.

Red Hill park

I took some test shots at Red Hill Park in Rancho Cucamonga yesterday and really liked the location. So if you live in that area here is a wonderful spot to take pictures. I love all the tress and the pond!  This is one of my closest friends Stacie. She is amazing and I am so blessed to have her in my life!

 

And, who can resist a pretty duck?

Or a turtle in some funky water!

Scrub a Dub Dub

Two boys in a tub!

 

Until this!

Writers Block

It was brought to my attention today that I have not blogged in a while. I am sure I have an uproar of angry people. Ya Right!

Honestly I have been so busy with trying to get my Photography Business up and running.  It is crazy when you finally decide to take the next step, it is a HUGE step and there is a lot to do.  I have to say that God is good. I put my total faith into him on this ( which I should do more often) and asked him to take me where he thinks I should be. With that I already have four bookings in Sept!

Besides that there is not much else going on. We had a tragic day last weekend in the Sons house. Our TV finally decided to pass away. It was so sad. Wes and I were watching TV when all of a sudden it turned off, which happens often, but this time it was different. After turning off all I could smell was burnt wire. It has a very distinct smell. I looked at Wes and told him I think that was the last time. There would be no more. We waited a while and sure enough it didn't turn on. The next morning we gave it one last try and still NO GO. So we loaded her up and took her to the dump. Wes said he felt like he should hug her. haha.  I guess I shouldn’t complain too much since this TV was given to us, but it was so nice to have such a big TV in our living room.  I am in the process of paying everything off so we have NO debt, but I think we are going to have to make a trip to best buy, since I have credit there.  Kinda sad how much our lives revolve around our TV. Maybe this is the time to change that. …. ummm yeah I don’t think so. I like my TV time. sorry.

Onto Logan.  This kid is so nutty I really don’t know what I am going to do with him. We still have NOT resolved his sleeping arrangements which is really starting to take a toile on both Wes and I. He has also decided that he only needs one nap a day. Sometimes I can get two in there, but most days it is just one.  He is so FULL of life and energy.   I can’t keep up with him.  He is non stop talking, even though I have no clue what he is talking about.  He is trying to say more things. I am looking forward to him talking more. I would love to know what is going on in that little head of his.  He is a complete Daddy’s boy. From the moment we wake up until Wes gets home he runs around the house yelling DAADEE. He is also a big fan of Kohl. I hear DAADEE and KOhLLEE a lot. He also LOVES going over to my parents house. His latest words have been “ a rye” which I have figured out means “a ride” and a ride would be on the Rhino. Logan would live outside and sleep on the Rhino if I let him.  He is starting to like when we read to him, but he must he in control of turning the pages or he will get mad. When he is doing something he shouldn’t be or gets in trouble he just acts like he doesn’t hear me yelling his name.  i seriously wish someone with a camera could follow me for a day, because words do not justify this kids actions or his personality. He has been trying to jump lately, which means he throw is hands up in the air along with one leg!

We finally finished my parents pool and then we blew up the pump which works the heater. oopps. Who needs a heater? Well, it would be nice but the pool still works and you can still swim in it. I love that thing. It is such a great workout and I am finally do something the docs have been telling me to do for the last six years. With my knee I am only supposed to swim and ride a bike. Speaking of bikes. When I went on my Mom_cation last week Kalin gave me he husbands old mountain bike that he doesn’t use. I love riding bikes. I went on a bike ride when I got home and I think my butt still hurts. Holy Moly. I either need to buy a new seat or just have my booty build a tolerance.

For the most part things are great in the Sons house. If I could get  to my laundry things would be even better.  I am going to test shoot tomorrow in Rancho so hopefully I will have some pictures for you.

Wonderful Weekend

I just wanted to write a little something before I went to bed. If I didn’t do it now, I know it wouldn’t get done.

I had the MOST AMAZING weekend with my family.

I long for weekends like this.

Saturday morning we woke up, got the family ready and drove to Anza to check out the local swap meet! Holy Cow. It was a sight to see. If you don’t know where Anza is… well it is in the middle of nowhere (yes, I too live in the middle of nowhere) but the local folks are a little on the hick/white trashy side. No offense, really! We love those kind of people! I told my dad as we were walking around I would have love to taken a chair and just sat there people watching! After we walked around we went to out breakfast with my parents. Once we got home we walked across the street to my parents house and spent the day there. The kids ran around all day, while my dad, Wes, and I tried to put together their new endless pool. The whole pool thing is a story within it self. We got a lot done, but fear we have a lot more to do. I was the direction reader while the men folk did the hard labor. It's funny when you throw a woman into the mix and if she dare try to add in her two cents or a suggestion is it immediately turned down ( more by my husband than my dad!) After spending ALL day on that darn pool we cleaned up, which meant taking a wash cloths to the kids and giving them a spit bath so we could drive to Iddlywild to get some dinner. When we got home from dinner we put Logan to bed and us “big” kids, Wes, Kohl, and myself, played some WII golf. Can you guess who won? HA!! NOT WES! I finally beat him. I even did my winning dance, which made everyone a tad mad! hehe

This morning Wes was attempting to make us breakfast when Kohl’s mom called and they were trying to figure out when it was best to meet. Well, it just happened to be right then. He took Logan with him so I would have some quiet time to myself. This meant I could clean up the kitchen without any distractions and then I was able to mow the law before he came back too. WOW.. what a good wife I am! Once he got home we once again attempted to finish the pool, key word: ATTEMPTED! It didn’t happen. SO I made my hubby some dinner, we watched some T.V. and just hung out.

I love weekends like theses. I wish we would have made it to church but it just didn’t happen. I am so in love with my family and so blessed to have them in my life. My parents are amazing people. I truly don’t know where I would be without them. They have always been there for me and I can go to them for anything. I love how well Wes and my dad get along. The two of them pair up and become a team, you can’t beat em’!

My husband is so patient (most of the time) I was amazed to sit back and watch him this weekend work on this pool. There were times when my dad I and would read the directions over and over and then stare at the pieces wondering what in the world we were supposed to do with them. Wes would come back, take one look at it all and have it ready in two minutes. You don’t often get to see the “working” side of your spouse. You know they go to work, do and job, and then come home. This weekend I was lucky enough to see him in action and he is awesome!

Then there is my son! How was I so lucky for this little guy to pick me to be his mom? His personality grows more with each day. He has become so independent and is filled with so much energy. He is really testing me right now and loves to pretend he doesn’t hear me when I call his name and say NO! At times it is so hard to discipline him because the stuff he is doing is so darn funny. I think to myself where did he get that from, Or what was he thinking. At times I want to strangle him, but I love him too much!

All I can say is I am truly blessed all around. Life is good. God is great! And I had one amazing weekend with my family!

Oh and another great thing I get to leave in the morning, kid free, to go and visit my friend Kalin in Ventura! AHH I can’t wait! Mom-cation!

Here is a picture of the pool we are trying to put together…. The pool itself was easy. It is getting the motor, pump, heater, and all the fun stuff together we are having the issues with!

Kohl’s Face

Poor Little Monkey

My little monkey once again had a rough night. He woke up with a very hoarse voice and wanted to be Mr.. Cuddle bug, for only about 2.5 seconds!  Actually he slept with me until 10am. Can you say AMAZING! It’s not the best sleep when your kid is all cuddled up next to you and you arm tingles because it has been asleep for the last two hours, but it is sleep, and I will take it!

Throughout the day I knew he didn’t feel the greatest because he was very needy which is not like him and the color in his face was washed out. So we just kept it a low key day and took it hour by hour.  Hopefully tonight will go a little better. I just wish I could help him.

Here are some shots I got of the sick monkey earlier. I was trying some new things.

 WHY MOM.. WHY??