My Birthday!

My birthday celebration this year was amazing! My family took me to Sakura and it was the best! Zach absolutely loved it. Probably the only time I was able to have him sit still in a restaurant! He was amazed by the big fire and the volcano! After the dinner, my mom had a wonderful surprise party planned with all of my family and my close friends! It was an amazing day!

At the end of dinner, my little man having a little dessert!

Sitting with Granna, mesmerized!

I don't know who was more excited about the fire...Zach or Granna!

And then the newest addition to the celebration this year! My sweet baby girl!

Aquarium!

This week we took Zach and Jordy to the Aquarium! This was of course Addie's first visit there and it was so much fun! Zach had such an amazing time! It's really neat to see how he is totally into things now that he is older!

The Trio!

I LOVE this photo!

Zach loves his Aunt Marcel!

They were so excited to find Nemo!

Addie at the aquarium!

I can't believe...

My sweet Addie Jean is 9 months old today! On this gorgeous day, we were able to get outside for a little bit!

Look who's standing!

Happy Valentine's Day!

We had a wonderful time today celebrating Addie's first Valentine's Day! We surprised Granna at work with beautiful roses and a box of chocolates! Zach was super excited to surprise her! We then went out to lunch! Such a great day!

Here is my little Valentine!

Here is my other Valentine licking his lollipop from his Valentine gift bag! He was still able to manage a few licks even though he was feeling under the weather!

Joy of Love:Day 12

Day 12 lesson was to focus on the eyes!
I love how both of my children have these amazing blue eyes! Today, I was able to capture Addison's Baby Blues!

Water Park Fun!

Today we ventured to the indoor water park. Last year, Zach had a blast...this year...not so much! But I was able to capture a few photos of him in the beginning. Now that he knows and understands fear...he is so cautious! Needless to say, we didn't stay very long!

Here is my little princess in her new suit!

Both of my babies!

Zach checking things out!

He was very interested in the rafts until he fell through...that was when it was all over!

Riding the waves!

Checking out the water slides!

Chris took him down the slide and here he is getting in trouble because you can't go down as a couple!

Addie taking a dip and Zach on my hip!

And that was the end of our journey!

My Love!

Chris and I on the Family Ski trip!

Joy of Love:Day 10

Day 10 is all about where they are most comfortable! Zach's favorite place to relax is in my bed! He LOVES it! Here he is having breakfast in bed in his most comfy clothes...his pj shirt and undies!

Joy of Love:Day 9

AIRPLANES!

My lesson for today was to focus on passions or hobbies...so I decided to capture Zach with his airplanes! This is a huge passion of Zach's! He has loved airplanes since he was about 1 years old. He is fascinated by them. He will stare at them closely as if he were an engineer! We have well over 100 matchbox airplanes and probably 50 or more different types of toy airplanes and helicopters! I tried to capture Zach playing with his airplanes, but tonight he was focused in me taking the photo, so naturally he wouldn't cooperate! So here is one of his airplanes with him in the background! Best shot I could get :)

Yum!

Tonight for dinner, I made spaghetti. I usually don't give Addie much adult food because I am so afraid she will be a horrible eater like her brother...so I want her to stay on baby food as long as possible. But tonight I couldn't resist!

She loved it!

Joy of Love:Day 8

This precious gift is "From the Heart." After giving birth to both of my beautiful babies, this precious pendant was given to me by my husband. Each pendant has my little ones name on the front, their birth date on the back and their birthstone attached. I absolutely cherish this special gift from my husband. It is pretty much the only necklace I wear. I adore it!

Watermark!

The more I learn about photography, the more I get sucked in! I just learned how to leave a watermark and I am so excited about it! Here is my first photo of my first watermark!

A few of my favorite things...

Now that I am taking this class...I have really started to get into playing around with my photos. Here is my first story board of a few of my favorite things!

Joy of Love:Day 6 & 7

This assignment from Joy of Love really warms my heart! It is a post about two people who are the closest to me...my mom and my grandmother. Lesson 6 focuses on "Who they Love." When I think of the "they" I am thinking of my children and other than my husband and myself...they absolutely adore their Granna! Granna can walk into a room and both of their faces light up! Zach of course runs to Granna with open arms as he has already had almost 3 years of being spoiled by her. Addie isn't quite sure yet of the meaning of Granna but she knows that this lady is super special. When she sees Granna, her feet start kicking, her arms reaching and the smile on her face...priceless!
Granna is a very special lady to my children!

Lesson 7 is all about generations! My grandmother is one of the most amazing people that I have ever known. My prayer was always to be able to give birth to my children and have her be around to know them. God is so good the way he answers prayer. My grandmother began to struggle with alzheimer's before Zach was born...so naturally I was always concerned she wouldn't know or remember him. Zach has become a huge sparkle in my grandmothers eyes! Here is a generation photo taken of the four of us when Zach was four months old.

When Addison was born, my grandmother's memory hadn't gotten any better...but with the power of prayer...she does know her sweet great-granddaughter Addison Jean...who is named after her! Addison is three months old in this photo.
Here is our generation photo with Addie Jean!

We love you so much Granna and Mauzy!
(Laura Jean Cope)