Baby Portia

I finally made my way over to visit baby Portia, Heather and John's new baby girl. She is so sweet. So small, innocent and ready to face the world. She has such small little features...little toes, little fingers, little nose. It's so darn cute.

Heather and John look Exhausted.....just how they are supposed to look after having a baby. They look happy and excited to have their special little one....They glow. A new baby, especially your first, is such an amazing thing to experience.

Congrats to you two, I'm happy for both of you!

Here are a few photos I shot of them today.

Update on the Rodgers Household.

We have so many changes going on in our home.

Amelia is learning to use the potty and I must say, quite regularly now. So far as of today, we have only had one accident and it was a poo accident. She tells me every time that she needs to pee. She is making it to the toilet before any leaks. It's so exciting to think my little baby may be potty trained soon. To top it off the expense of buying diapers would go down by half. Hey, maybe mama can afford to buy some new shoes. :) No, but all kidding aside, she is doing quite well with it all.

We have also started the Letter of the week. We began this last week with A and now B this week. I have hung a board up here in the living room with the letter on it and we will do different projects to reflect the letter. Amelia along with Rhiley are loving it. I hope they will learn from it too.

Norah Belle is also up to new things in her life. She is walking on a regular basis now and thinks she is super cool with it all. It's really cute. She toddles around everywhere. We all love to watch her go, go, go.

She is also to the age where she is pointing at everything and wanting to know things. When she points I tell her what it is that she is pointing at. She is learning.

Bryan is doing well too. He is still working at Honeywell and gets overtime every-so-often...which helps in the bills department. We like having him home with us though....but we know the bills need to be paid.

I'm doing well too. I have been busy taking lots of pictures and loving it. The first wedding I get to help Cathy out with is March 21st...so that is coming up and I'm quite excited about it.

That's us in a nutshell. Not much more to report. We are ready for spring, and can't wait to get outside and enjoy the nice weather! The snow is getting old for us all.

Thanks for reading!

Moms Birthday, Rhiley's Birthday And Much More Fun!

This was a busy weekend. It was quite nice though. The busy times were welcomed and I didn't really mind it all.

Friday the girls and I spent the day with my mom, shopping and we went to lunch. We just roamed around the mall and went and did some grocery shopping. The girls love every moment they get to spend with my mom...well and I do too.

Saturday, I woke up and finished the cupcakes I had started for Rhiley's big Birthday party then also, I put together moms birthday cake for her party that would be that evening. After getting myself along with the girls cleaned up, we went to Rhiley's Birthday party at 2:00. It was fun, my girls wandered around Rhiley's grandma's house like they owned the place, and just played, ate snacks and of course cake and ice cream.




Saturday evening was a blast actually, we spent the evening at my Brother and Gracie's house for my moms Birthday. We all just hung out as a family and, relaxed, ate pizza and had some Birthday cake. It was really nice, their house is so cozy and warm. We gave mom her birthday gifts and made her homemade pizza (her birthday dinner request). The girls even took a bath in Jake and Gracie's big Jetted tub.












Sunday was a down day for us. We sat around, and just enjoyed each other. The weather is still icky snowy here, so we didn't want to do much. We decided that evening that the girls had been in the house long enough, and that we should take a Sunday afternoon ride in the car. I brought along my camera in case the opportunity would arise. Which, it did. Here are a few shots from our drive.

Our Weekend. Friends Come to Visit.

This weekend, my friends Deb, Yo and their two girls came down to visit us for a few nights. It was a blast! They came in on Friday and left Sunday. It was so nice to have them here. The girls really had fun playing. Sara and Rhiley came over on Friday night too and also spent the night. Needless to say, we had a house full, but I really enjoyed myself with everyone. We all played and played.....and played more on Friday night,then we woke up on Saturday morning and relaxed, chatted and just hung out. Bryan made us a huge tasty breakfast and we all drank yummy coffee.

Sara and Rhiley stayed until mid afternoon and then went on their way. We decided to pull out the Wii. Deb and Yo hadn't ever played. They loved it! We played it all evening!

Bryan had to work on Sunday, so we got up Sunday to him already gone. I made Breakafast for our guests and then they pretty much packed up and headed out....heck they had a 4 hour drive ahead of them.

Anyway, It was super nice and I hope they get to come back to visit us very soon.

Amelia and Norah's Photoshoot.

We have had a busy weekend and I haven't had a chance to post some photos until today.

Thursday I went over to Cathy's house and practiced taking photos of the girls with her lights and equipment. It was a lot of fun, except the wrong time of day for the girls. They both just wanted to eat. Oh well, I was able to get a few cute pictures of them.

I Love these first three of Amelia with Mike.

Miss Belle Loves the Camera too.

Amelia's Photo Shoot.

Our Mini Photo shoot yesterday.

Norah Belle Shows Off For the Camera.

I haven't been able to get that many cute shots of Norah Belle this week. Well Yesterday I took advantage of the great weather and her new outfit to take a few shots. She actually worked with me, and I was able to get some fun ones to show off.