Twenty Questions for a Two Year Old

Breakdown in mommy's words:

Fruit is her favorite thing. period.

Apples are fruit, refer to question #1. True.

Chicken nuggets are #2 on the list of her favorite foods, 

preferably from Chick-fil-A (kid has her momma's taste in nuggets)

When asked if she wants chicken nuggets she will respond with

 "Yes! And fries, and chocolate milk and ranch and ketchup!"

heh.

She is actually a good vegetable eater, but like her sister will only eat them raw.

I actually think her favorite game to play is cars- she can regularly be found carrying her little matchbox Lightening McQueen and Mater to the store, nap time, bath time, etc.

They are her favorite characters right now, hands down.

Pretty sure she copied her sister on the favorite color and animal.

She hears it all day long from Kinsey, so it doesn't surprise me she just copies her answers here.

She's quite the copy-cat of her sister these days.

Momma's songs would most likely mean, "You are my sunshine"

But it could also be "radioactive" by imagine dragons....who knows ;)

Apparently daddy was on her mind at the end of this questionnaire...

Doesn't surprise me because she is quickly shaping up to be a Daddy's Girl.

Some of my favorite things about 2 year old Makayla are:

Her bouncy, crazy, curls. Love them.

The sweet little personality she has "me want to hold you mama"

She's my little cuddlebug.

Her silly side, 

when undressing to change clothes or for bath she often says 

"everybody gonna see me nakey!!!" and then runs around like crazy

Her love for her sister- she will often call for her after she gets hurt. 

She doesn't want mommy or daddy to comfort her, but instead her big sister.

Melts my heart.

Her love for certain toys, McQueen and Mater, Tigger, her glow baby, 

and most recently her Elmo doll. 

She can't go to nap or bed without tucking all of them into her blanket next to her.

She has great verbal skills already. She is starting to sing parts of her ABC's correctly (just parts) and can count from 1-10 + in both English and Spanish (no thanks to Dora on that last one, either!)

She's quite to little monkey, both in climbing skills and mischief making abilities.

Roy calls her "mono"

She's my baby girl and every time I look at how much she is growing, learning and changing I just want to pull her close to me and make time stand still. 

Stop growing up so fast, little Kay Kay!!!

My World

Life has been a little crazy lately, (when isn't it?) and even the best laid plans to blog more often have been pushed to the back-burner. 

Mostly because of these two cuties....my world. 

I'm currently working on a post about Makayla's 2nd Birthday Party (already?!?) and her 2 year photo shoot, plus lots of tutorials and recipes are in the works. 

Until then I leave you with the progression of a photo shoot with 2 kids under 5. Enjoy!

Eleanor @ 10 months

Thought I would share a recent photo session- this is my adorable niece Eleanor who is 10 months old in these pictures. My youngest daughter, Makayla, and her were born exactly two weeks apart! I always enjoy taking pictures of sweet Ellie, and even though her mom said she wasn't being very happy I think I got some good shots!

What...It's been over a year?

Wow! March 2011. That's the last post I wrote. It's now July 2012. Time. Has. Flown.

Here are some things that have happened since my last post (In no particular order):

- I crafted a lot.

- I left a lot of those projects unfinished...as usual.

- We went on a family vacation to Padre Island, Texas and then didn't want to come home.

- I photographed my second wedding and did some portraits along the way.

- Oh! I had a baby... Makayla Ann,  aka. Boo, was born July 28, 2011- she is the cutest little thing and I cannot believe she is about to be ONE!

-  I went brunette...than back to blonde 2 weeks later. I didn't like looking so serious, it made me depressed 

-  Kinsey turned 3 and will be 4 soon.

- We got the house all fixed up to sell, then met with a Realtor who promptly squashed all our dreams of selling. 

So now that you are all caught up, lets get down to why I decided to come back to this blogging world after so long. I missed writing. I missed sharing even if no one was reading. But most of all I missed knowing that someday I can look back on all this for myself, or with my girls, and it will be like a journal of our lives as a family. Of all the crafty things I do, scrapbooking is not one of them. So this is my little scrapbook for myself..and hopefully an interesting, insightful or just plain funny take on a normal mama's life. 

“There are two kinds of perfect: The one you can never achieve, and the other, by just being yourself.” 
― Lauren King

Happy Valentine's Day!

Playing Catch-Up

It's been a month since I've posted much of anything on my blog, and aside from the day to day stuff that keeps even the most faithful bloggers away from a routine posting schedule, I've had a whole lot of life going on.

Next weekend is Kinsey's big 2nd birthday bash! There will be more to follow about that after the big event. I can't believe my baby girl is going to be 2 in a few weeks! Time really does move too fast.

Just this weekend we returned from a week long trip to the Seattle area, a place by the name of Poulsbo where my husband and I lived for almost 2 years right after we got married. I haven't been there in over 4 years, and it was like a blast of memories I had forgotten all came back to me like I was there yesterday. Isn't it amazing how memories can be lost and then found again so easily? I really miss the area, water around every turn it seems, how the fog settles deep into the tall trees in the morning, the moss that grows on everything, it's just a beautiful place that everyone should visit at least once in their lifetime!

Before that trip I had been hustling to get some new jewelry pieces up in my Etsy store and together for a jewelry show in Washington. Check them out here.

I've also been getting a website up and running for my photography. I was able to get a few more shots of family for my portfolio, but I'm looking forward to working with some real clients soon.

I also had some great news to share at the beginning of August, but held of due to my intuition and it proved, sadly, to be right. Our family was really excited to add a new bundle of joy next spring, but I suffered a miscarriage at 9 weeks. I recently found this poem and it really summed up all the feelings I have had in the past 3 weeks, so I'll share it here, too.

Just Those Few Weeks

For just those few weeks

I had you to myself.

And that seems too short a time

to be changed so profoundly.

In those few weeks,

I came to know you...

and to love you.

You came to trust me with your life.

Oh what a life I had planned for you!

Just those few weeks...

when I lost you,

i lost a lifetime of hopes,

plans, dreams and aspirations.

A slice of my future simply vanished overnight.

Just those few weeks...

It wasn't enough time to convince others

how special and important you were.

How odd, a truly unique person has recently died

and no one is mourning the passing.

Just a mere few weeks..

And no "normal" person would cry all night

Over a tiny unfinished baby,

or get depressed and withdraw day after endless day.

No one would, so why am I??

You were just those few weeks, my little one.

You darted in and out of my life too quickly.

But it seems that's all the time you needed

to make my life richer

and to give me a small glimpse of eternity.

~S. Erling

Photography page up and running!

I am so very pleased to announce that something I have been wanting to do for well, just about FOREVER, is finally up and running! My photography can now be seen at this website http://brieherreraphotography.shutterfly.com/ and I am accepting bookings for custom portrait sessions. I am also planning to get some of my prints matted and listed for sale either on etsy or in a local gallery soon, but all prints seen are available for purchase now, just contact me for more info!

Please send this info in the direction of anyone who might be interested and I'll keep you posted on the progression of this dream becoming reality!

Nature Shots

Picture Post

We leaving on vacation in beautiful San Diego for the week, but I'm still posting some photos for your viewing pleasure! Enjoy!

Beautiful Babies

Time Flies!

WoW! It's been quite a while since I've found the time to post. The month of May always seems to be crazy around here, and June has been just as bad this year! Hopefully soon I'll be able to post more 'fun pics' of our trips to Mississippi and Carlsbad, NM in the near future. Until then....here are some recent nature shots....enjoy!