Maternity Photos

My sister Steffany has started a Photography buisness so naturally we are her guinea pigs. Here are a few pictures she has taken so far. We are working
on putting a blog together for her. She has a few pics posted but not much else. Please take a look at her blog and if you need any pictures please contact her. She is great and affordable. UnforgettablePortriatsbysn.blogspot.com

Pretty Pics

Here are some pictures we took recently with my
friend Shawna. Cruz is 3 weeks old and Trevor is
3 years old. They are precious!!
I am obviously not photogenic but everyone
else looks great.

I love this one of me and the boys.

We have a picture with Trevor in
this same pose so we wanted one
with Cruz too.

All my boys

I love how T is looking at Daddy in
this picture. Priceless

LOVE IT!

I had to post this picture. The side of
Cruz's head that is showing now has
NO hair. For some reason, the hair
on that side of his head fell completely
out. Slick as cue ball. He does not lay on
this side or anything. It's just so funny to
me. I look at this pic and remember how
much hair he had at birth.

Sweet boy!

Dance Fever

Sunday night we turned on Christmas
music and danced around the living room.
Daddy was spinning Trev around the room
until he was so dizzy...

that he couldn't stand up on his own two
feet. We laughed until we cried.

Swinging around and around and
around and around.

Mommy dancing with Cruzy baby!
Don't I look great in my sweat pants?

Boy, that was hard work.

Sleepy time

Cruz looked so cute with his little
hand covering face I couldn't resist
a picture.

Note big brother in the background.
It is Trevor's goal to wake up his brother
when he's sleeping. He does it a very sweet
way because he thinks he's being slick but
I know his sneaky ways. I wasn't born yesterday
little man!
OMG, I sound like my dad.

We took Trevor's bed rail down a few days
ago. I was so worried I would wake up to
him screaming in the middle of the night
but so far this is as close as we've gotten.

Cruz took a nap for the first time in his
own bed!! He really seemed to like it.
It will be a while before I'm ready for him
to sleep in there over night though.

First shampoo

This weekend Trevor needed a haircut so very, very badly.
I usually cut his hair at home but we had to go the
salon anyway so we decided to cut it there to keep some
of the hair out of the house. Trevor still had gel in his
hair from the day before so I had to wash it and he wasn't
very happy about it at all.
The picture is kinda blurry but this is the
face I got when I told Trev we were gonna
shampoo his hair for the first time.
I think this face is so cute. He's gotten very
good at this face since turning the wonderful
age of 3.

Daddy had to hold him down just to get
his head in the bowl. Poor baby!

I thought that after we got started he
would calm down but oh no!

Okay, it's over.

Still pouting.
But I think he is so cute!!

Suckers are magical in my salon!
They make tears disappear.

All done!! That wasn't so bad after all.

Money Money Money Money

Trevor has a responsibility chart we do
each week. His responsibilities are:
Clean up your toys
No whining or pouting (his new thing)
Brush your teeth
Be nice
Take a bath
Put clothes away in laundry
Share
If he does all these things Mon-Sun, he gets $5.
We explained all this to him and he says
"Well, I want a check". I also explained we can't
spend a check, we have to cash the check and
turn it into money. He was okay with that as
just as long as he got a check. Sunday we sat down to
talk about all the wonderful things on his chart
and how good of a job he had done. He said okay
I get my check now? We wrote Trevor a check
for $6. Monday I took him to the bank where
he signed the check, I signed under him and he
cashed his first check at the ripe old age of 3.
Hopefully he will understand the value of a
dollar and that you have to earn money, it
doesn't just grow on trees.

Signing the check

Giving me a thumbs up as he
looks for a sucker. Too busy to
look at the camera. Priorities mom.

Putting the money in his wallet along with
his fake cards. The guy who cashed the check
at the bank was wonderful. He played along
with the whole thing and was very sweet to
Trevor.

Money bags!

Say Cheese Cruz

PRICELESS!!
This is the first big smile we've caught on
camera. He was just talking away to Daddy
and smiling up a storm. My heart just melts
when I see those precious smiles. What a cutie.

Cruz is 6 weeks in these pictures.
I took him to the doctor on Friday to check
on his stuffy nose and found out that my
little lineman weighs 12 pounds. Wow!
Healthy little boy.

Here is little Cruz being Mr. Grumpy Gills.
He was tired but I couldn't resist a couple
pictures. He's even cute when he cries.

Here is Cruz in his first 3-6 month
outfit. Yes, I said 3-6 months.
My six week old baby can wear some
3-6 month clothes. Polo runs small so
I've already had to put up his polo 0-3
month clothes and I wasn't ready to do
that. Okay,that was a lie, they are still
in his closet. I just moved them to the back
where they will stay until I'm ready to give
them away.

So Sweet.