The Streetpoet

Elaina

Whitney

After staying up until midnight Friday night because the storm kept the boys awake (Seth liked the lightning but the thunder made him cry, and Jerome liked the thunder but not the lightning…go figure) and then no nap with a late night Saturday, we were all moving pretty slowly this morning.

A couple weeks ago our new music director instituted singing a hymn of the blessing of the Word of God before the sermon. All last week I’ve had the song “Ancient Words” running through my head…we sang it this morning.

This afternoon we went to Sienna Milner’s first birthday party! I got to see Rissa, Juil, Lori, Cristal, and Dawn, and of course my Laura! It’s been literally years since I’ve seen some of them!

Peter cooked dinner for us tonight! He smoked a pork loin on the grill and we had the Altamerano’s, Turners, and Abby over, and we had enough to send home with the Jones’ as they got back tonight. We didn’t eat till 8:30, but the time hanging out together was awesome and the kids had a blast!

I had a mini photo shoot with Ian this afternoon for his four month birthday. I am so enjoying him. He is an easy baby and smiles so much! He loves watching his brothers and is thrilled when they talk to him. He is truly a delight!

This is such a baby Regina expression!

Ian is losing his hair and I love how his little bit on top is standing up here!

Oh, those blue eyes! ….and the drop of drool is typical these days.

After the first  storm of the season blew in last night the rain stopped and the clouds parted to let the sun shine on Tim and Heather’s wedding. It was a beautiful celebration, even with the last minute change of plans every thing just smiled.

It was an honor to be their photographer. I enjoyed being a part of their day and capturing the details!

The rings.

The shoes!

The dress!

The bride!

The groom!

Their moments.

one of my favorite candids.

Congrats you guys!

And I couldn’t have done it without my man!

Last Saturday night I got a whammy of a cold…in two hours. No warning sore throat, no “Oh no, it’s coming!” feelings. But thankfully I’ve seemed to have kept my germs to myself this time. The day after my cold seemed to get better I got another infection…which seems to be slowing getting better. And then today Peter stayed home from work with a stomach virus or food poisoning…he doesn’t know which.

It’s been a hard week. I’m grateful the only thing that had to happen was Jerome’s dental appointment which was scheduled to be the day after Mom got back into town and she willingly took him for me. He loves going to the dentist because he gets to pick out a toy…and he always chooses parachute men!

A few weeks ago I randomly noticed that the moon “starred” when I looked at it through our screen door. Seth was coming in from playing baseball with Daddy and Jerome this evening and he took a double take and said “There’s a star moon!” I couldn’t have said it any better than that!

Just in the past few days Ian has started reaching for things and grabbing them! He suddenly has this fascination with our food at the table and his toes when he’s lying down. So precious!

Old cartoons with Daddy!

We got a toy catalog in the mail today. Seth could hardly walk home from the street as he was totally absorbed.

Regina and Cynthia took me out to dinner last night. It was fun to be with the girls and eat a quiet meal! I’m so thankful to have her here…it’s still amazing to see her walk up to my door!

Pray that I keep getting better, please. I have a wedding to shoot this Saturday! I’ve shot weddings sick, pregnant, and postpartum before, but it’s hard. This is the last wedding for me this year as far as I know. I’m so blessed to be able to do what I enjoy, being with my boys and taking pictures!

Thanks to my wonderful Peter who took all three boys to a birthday party this afternoon, I was able to complete a whole order of magnets in one sitting! As well as a couple other projects. It felt so good to be able to get stuff done without a million interruptions, and although the to-do list is still long, I feel able to tackle it and not so intimidated by it.

Thanks baby!

These are for you, Verity!