We've Created a Monster!!!!

Loooooooooooooooooooooong time folks...life has been CHAOS! Wonderful chaos, but crazy non the less! Let's see, where do I begin...my photography business has taken off much to my surprise and I have been overwhelmed with clients and a HUGE learning curve! I love it!! :) Now that the holiday is over, it has slowed down again, but I still have clients and continue to get more opportunities everyday. During Nov & Dec I was doing like 3-5 sessions per week! Yay!

Anyhoooooooo...my kids are AWESOME!! Jaimie is a monster! She is into EVERYTHING as toddlers are...but she is soooooooooooooooooooooo funny!! She makes us laugh everyday with her silly OCD antics and crazy mood swings! Just like her mommy (poor girl). She has recently learned to disrobe at will and if we don't have her locked into a onezie, she is DEFINITELY takin' off the clothes and diaper and running free! Here is a photo of her streaking the family room lastnight! She also has learned to climb on everything and open doors (just yesterday), so we are in for an entirely new set of messes/chaos! She's a trip, we love watching her grow!! She is talking more everyday, although most of it is babbling gibberish that she seems to think makes perfect sense, but her mannerisms while babbling make it worth listening, she be funny!

Now Caiden, he has blossomed into a full fledged young man...he no longer has that "little boy-ness" to him...he is a little dude and a very well mannered, polite, funny and loving one at that! He was a good boy this year and santa was good to him. He got his Nintendo DS portable video game (MUCH to Mom's dismay), a robot thing and a bunch of fun nerf toys...oh and Guitar Hero 3...a VERY cool video game where you actually play a toy guitar to 80's rock music and learn! WAY COOL!! He is doing well in school, except a few responsibility issues, but nobody is perfect. Jeff and I are working with him on being more responsible about remembering the little things, but he is a smart cookie so we feel good knowing that he will be fine in school and life with a good head on his shoulders. He finished football and is now in his first year of basketball. Jeff is the head coach and I just LOVE it! Coach Dad...very becoming!! :) His team is called the White Sharks and Uncle Doug was kind enough to make custom shirts for the boys with a cool Great White Shark logo on the front! The boys feel like studs out there with their cool shirts! :)

Jeff is really prospering at his new company (well about a year or so into it), but they are a wonderful company to work for, he is well respected and is learning so much that he never thought he would be able to learn in this position. We are looking forward to a nice long career in this place and it makes him happy which makes me happy! :) :) :)

Enough outta me...here are some pix!! Happy New Year! We love you all!! Whoever may be out there reading this, that is! :)