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… “it’s a new day. It’s a new life! And I’m feelin’ good!!”

Today was a NEW day and I feel like I got a lot done even if my home doesn’t reflect the effort. Laundry was washed and dried, though not folded. (yet) The dishwasher is on it’s 3rd, yes that’s right THIRD, load of dishes as I type! The fridge got all it’s icky sticky leftovers tossed, though I haven’t yet washed down the shelves. Ugh! That was a hard one for me. My super-bionic pregnancy sense of smell does not aid in those situations!! Blah! But I don’t want to think about that!

The lads and I got to spend some good time outside today and that was oodles of fun!! They got dirty from head to toe which of course means that they had a blast! My brain is slowly starting to process the fact that camp is nearly here and I’d better do some planning so I at least have diapers on hand while we’re there! Priorities change a lot when you have kids.

So the rest of this week is dedicated to cleaning/mouse proofing/packing. Except for tomorrow morning, we have our play-date. Can’t miss that for something as silly as cleaning house! But seriously there have been some things that I’ve been putting off that MUST be done this week. So here I go. Tomorrow after our play date, I’m going to be going through the lad’s closet and purging a lot of stuff! Now that we “know” this baby is a girlie, I won’t feel so bad about giving away some of the cute boy clothes that I’ve been hanging onto. So if you have a lad that is younger than mine, don’t be surprised if I “bless” you with a big bag of clothes sometime soon. I also need to pack up all of their extra blankets and sheets and such in a rubbermade so that the mice don’t decide to build nests in/with them. Ick!! I don’t even want to think about that, but hopefully our cat will get his act together enough to be a deterrent to the mice even if he isn’t smart enough to actually catch them.

Today I processed the pics from graduation on Saturday. It was fun! I think that we got our name/face out there if nothing else. We have had several people ask about getting family portraits done. That was encouraging. I’m going to be making guinea pigs out of my friends w/ families this summer as much as possible to build experience and my portfolio. I’d much rather do kids and fams instead of just high school seniors, but you’ve got to start somewhere, and I’m not planning on being THAT selective! In fact I’m super excited about doing my own portrait shoot with our little one when she arrives. Newborn photography is SO fun!!

And when I wasn’t cleaning out yucky leftovers and editing pictures or playing outside today, I was browsing Amazon for ‘stuff’ for our little Lass. I want to do a “giraffe” theme in her little room, and here are some things I found.

I just LOVE this poster!! I’m going to get a frame for it and make it look all artsy, but as big as it is I’ll basically need nothing else on her wall.

We got build-a-bears for the lads before they were born, but I searched ALL over their site looking for a giraffe and they don’t seem to have one now. They did a couple years back but apparently it was a limited edition or something. Anyway, I found this cutie and very cuddly looking one that I think I may get instead.

Then this floor mat, is of course not necessary, but I thought it would make a good rug too. Her room is a very tiny one just so you know.

Our infant car seat is blue, and both of the boys used it. I’m a little at a loss for what to do with it. I found this ADORABLE giraffe print car seat cover, but unfortunately it’s pricy. I could buy a whole new car seat for the same price. So I’m not really sure what I’m going to do about this. I know it wouldn’t damage our daughter for life to ride in a blue infant seat, but at the same time I kinda want to revel in the girly-ness, ya know? We’ll see, but here it is just so you can see how cute it is.

The little girl’s room is going to be painted in a chocolate brown and “latte cream” color. One and a half walls will be solid brown and the other’s will be cream w/ “chocolate” polka dots. I’m looking forward to decorating, but of course that will all have to wait till after camp. The room is Stu’s office space right now, so we’ll have to do some redistributing as far as what goes where in our house. I have already hogged up the big spare room with my studio. I’m sure it’ll all work out just fine though.

So on those happy girlie decorating thoughts I’ll bid you adieu! I just caught my lads streaking through the house sans diaper AND unders! I don’t want to know what happened in the time it took for me to notice. Little boys, so much adventure in every day! Ha ha ha!

It’s here!! And I’m all set up with my mobile studio in the school cafeteria. We’ve had one bite so far. I’m hoping that the rest will come after the ceremony which is just starting. The girls were too busy getting on their moccasins and putting their hair in traditional buns to get pictures done before hand. Still even if we don’t get many, or any, more people actually take their portraits, at least we’re getting exposure. The parents can see our display table with the portraits that we’ve taken already and I think it makes a good impression anyway.

Well, I’m here for the next 2 hours at least just waiting for the graduation ceremony to finish. The wind is blowing like mad out there!! I’m so glad that it worked out for us to set up inside!! The lads are happily playing with their play date buddies this morning. I’m glad that it worked out for them to go over there. It’s nice to have the peace of mind that they’re having fun and with someone reliable while I’m off “working” ha ha!!

Hope you all are having a spiffy Saturday. I’m going to fix spaghetti for dinner tonight. Stuart wanted to grill, but we have no grilling items. He tossed out the idea that he could grill spaghetti, but somehow I don’t think it would be a fantastic success. Guess we’ll just do it the old fashioned way! Toodle-oo!

P.S. My photo for Shutter Love Tuesdays was “viewer’s choice” for the second week! Yay!

That’s what happened today. I opened my eyes late! Actually, I got up and made my hubs some lunch and then crawled back into bed where it was warm, and slept for another hour and a half!!! Guess I needed it. But the inside baby and the outside babies were ready to get up before I was STILL! I think the lads actually needed a bit more rest this morning too, because instead of the squeals and squaks that I usually hear over the monitor, I heard nothing for quite some time, then only some quiet chatter. And then when I did finally pull my lazy carcass out of bed and go get them up, they were both cozily cuddled up in their respective beds with their blankies. Awwwww!

Anyway, maybe that’s why the day seemed to fly. My dad got here just as we were finishing breakfast and brought us donuts!!! Can’t beat that as a breakfast dessert! Then I cleaned up the house a smidge and decided that we just HAD to take a walk. So the lads loaded up in their 2 seat buggie and off we went. The walk was great, and the lads had a fine time playing outside after we got back. Then we had lunch and then we needed to make an emergency trip to the store and grab Daddy a Dr. Pepper and take it to work. Sometimes it just happens!

So nap time was just a little delayed. And while the lads were relaxing I was getting some of my photo orders ready for pick up. The photography thing has been fun! But it is INDEED a lot of work! For this poor lazy mom it can be a shock to my system!! But however it goes we got permission to set up and do graduation photos on Saturday during graduation. That will be an experience worth remembering and I’m sure I’ll tell you all about it. Pray for us if you think of it. It’ll be great to get the extra exposure and all, but could be a very stressful situation as well.

Anyway, the afternoon whizzed away and then suddenly it was time to think about dinner. We had a guest coming over tonight and were going to grill chicken. I had several different things that all needed the oven and had to think quick about what to do first. I made the infamous chocolate cobbler for dessert. It was SOOOO yummy!! Of course the first batch of batter I tried I had to toss because I misread the directions and put in 3x’s the milk it called for. *sigh* But the end result was delish! At the advice of a friend I used hot coffee in the recipe instead of hot water! Yuuuuuummmmmm!! You’ve got to try it, seriously!!

So anyway, here we are at the end of the day. The sun has gone down and it’s getting “dawk” as Qade would say. One lad is down and out and the other will be on his way shortly. I don’t really know where the day has gone, but it’s been good anyway.

Happy Lime Green Thursday, friends!