my life as i live it . a daily dose

this week we bounced back into reality after our ‘baby-cation.’  our baby company has all said sayonara and headed back north; lover headed back to work and turbojet to school; and life has settled back into the rhythm of the everyday beat. and at the end of the week {after all it IS friday, woot-woot!}, all i can say is our transition from a family of 4 to a family of five couldn’t be going more smoothly. perhaps it’s because i have a newborn baby girl who has slept through the night twice {yes, i said TWICE} this week, or that i have two sweet little boys to keep me company, or that i am just feeling so gosh-darn grateful for all the blessings in my life, but either-which-way, currently, 5 doesn’t feel much different than 4. although on today’s daily dose, i think you’ll find that 5 LOOKS much different than 4, as the majority of my images today are of the 5th little person in our lives…

…daily dose!

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does it make me a bad mom that this is one of my favorite pictures of sweet pea so far? a yawn or a cry? you decide, but i think it’s cute and raw and real. my favorite kind of photograph.

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i’ve gotten some great images of my boys adoring their new baby sister {and they really do love her, it’s awesome. they can be mid-play and pop up for a quick kiss on sweet pea’s little head before it’s back to their playing} but i haven’t gotten many images i like of the three of them.

*photography fact : your own kids are your most challenging subjects. {at least if you’re me they are!}*

{excuse me sunshine, could you try to not be so cute? thanks.}

love, love, love. love is all you need…

family photography

my favorite image of the 3 of my babies so far…

family photography

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i teared up when i read this blog post on one of the many blogs i stalk frequent when i realized that this would be me next year. that my first baby is no longer my ‘baby’ but forever my baby at the same time. that one day he won’t need me the way he does now. that one day he won’t want to snuggle with me to fall asleep. or give me an extra kiss before hopping into bed. it was a good reality check. a reminder to cherish the now. to live in the now. now.

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do i have a cutie pie nephew or do i have a cutie pie nephew?

your answer : yes, yes i do!

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had to sneak one in of me and my baby girl…something about this image speaks to me.

lifestyle photography

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i wish i had more to share tonight {i actually have SO much more, but…} but i’m cashing in…even though baby girl sleeps, mama still wakes too often to check on her :0)

nighty-night,

stacey - thank you, thank you! always fun to share ‘us’ with everyone! 🙂

Arlene - Oh how I love your posts! So far, couple of my favorites are the boys kissin’ on their baby sis and the sharing of all their trucks 🙂
FYI- I pass these on along with other pics to great-grandma…Maybe I’ll try to print some to send for her to have “live”.

Tonya Lewis - Awwwww! I think I missed the news that you had a baby GIRL!!! Now we are both Mama’s to two adorable boys and a sweet pea (which is what we call our daughter as well!). What a sweet blog post. I love all the photos and it is so great that your transition to 5 has been so smooth. Hugs to you and your family!!!!

patti - ah… once again, i looked at the pictures over and over, wishing i was back in Hot arizona!! Great blog <3 I would love to have a copy of the three of them!! love you have a great week!!

Your Mama - Aw, all these pictures make me miss you guys so much! I love the love that I see between the boys and little sweet pea. Thanks, Stac makes me always feel like if I try real hard, I’m right there. Love all you guys!

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