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I'm clearly not in a very creative mood...at least not creative enough to come up with a nice title...lol. So I finally have something new to post about! I went to the doctor on the 4th to see if my broken foot was better. It's not healed, but it's healed enough to wear a normal shoe again. I have to wait to start running, but I think I can live with that :o). Daniel and I got our tax return yesterday and he bought me my Nikon D5000!!! We bought it online, so I still have to wait to get it, but it should be here in less than a week. I haven't been taking many pictures at all lately. This winter has been so dreary/cloudy/rainy/sometimes snowy. I miss the sun. I may have forgotten what it looks like :o(. I hope the sun comes out when I get my camera so I can play around and learn it (I heart natural light). Daniel also bought me my macro filters and uv filter, a 62" tripod, the D5000 field guide, Understanding Exposure, a Lowepro camera bag, SD card, a backdrop stand, and Photoshop Elements 8. I was going to get a black and a white muslin backdrop, but they're expensive so I'll make due with sheets. I don't do portraiture much, so I suppose it's not necessary right now. We're going car shopping tomorrow, so hopefully we'll have a new car by tomorrow night. I'm excited, but surprisingly also a little nervous. I'm just ready to get it over with. Oh! We also bought Kelsie a booster seat yesterday! It won't be here for 6-8 weeks cause we ordered it from Daniel's work website, but we got it for half the price we would have paid in stores so I'm happy. Here's what it looks like...it's so cute!
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Ok, now for a few pictures. They aren't great, but my babies are cute so I have to share! The links under the pictures are the links to see the pictures bigger.

Super baby Ashlin! She kept wanting her blanket around her so I clipped it to her shoulders with her paci clip.
Kelsie rarely takes naps anymore, but she just got sleepy.
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One of the decent January days...we went to the park and here's Kelsie being a ham!http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4291235571_71c5d2ea9f_b.jpg

Kelsie and Ashlin watching the Charlie boy and his brother on youtube ("Charlie bit my finger!").

Ashlin chewing on her straw...she likes straws...
Kelsie wanted her hair put up like mommy's after a shower. She's so cute!

My first post of the new year!

It's a new year, so I thought it was fitting to have a new look. My old blog was pretty boring, but a friend of mine, Amy, posted about a site called shabby blogs. I heart shabby blogs...lol. Now I have a pretty new background and header.

Anyway, so what to update about? Hmmm...well, Daniel and I signed a new lease at our apartment. One more year. I really, really hope it's only one more year. I don't like living here and I haven't for a long time. We signed the new lease so we wouldn't have moving expenses. Our plan is to buy a new car (probably not new new, but fairly new...the newest we've ever had, for sure). We wanted to have as much money as possible to put down on it, so we decided we'd save moving for next year. The plus side to not moving is I told Daniel that if we stay here, I get a dslr with income tax return (and not just any dslr, but the one i want...I don't want to settle and not be happy with it). I've been waiting at least two years for this camera, but I keep putting it off for one reason or another. Well no more! I'm so excited!

So, guess what?! It snowed yesterday! It doesn't snow much here and when it does, it either doesn't stick, or doesn't stick for long. It stuck last night! Daniel was supposed to work last night (he works 12 hour night shifts. He leaves at about 6:20pm and gets home usually 7:45). He left last night and then came back home about 10 minutes later. He said something like, "Yeah, that's not gonna happen." Apparently the roads were pretty bad. He said people were driving 5 mph and one car had slid off the road and an ambulance passed by him just in the few minutes he was gone, so he came home and called in. I don't blame him. He decided since he wasn't going to work, he would go outside and build a snowman...lol. I bundled the girls up and we went outside to help him. I don't think I've ever seen snow like this where we're living. The snow doesn't usually stick to the parking lot, but it did this time. It was really pretty. I had to take Ashlin inside after a few minutes because it was too cold, but Kelsie stayed outside and helped finish the snowman. It was a really good one. I was going to get a good picture of it the morning since it was dark last night (and put a mouth on it since Daniel didn't put a mouth on him), but someone thought it would be a good idea to steal Kelsie's first snowman. It was gone this morning (one more reason I hate living here) :o(.

When we woke up this morning, one of the first things Kelsie said was she wanted to go outside and play in the snow, so I went ahead and took her out. Ashlin was still sleeping. She didn't actually play in the snow. Instead, we just walked around in the parking lot...lol. I found a spot where the snow hadn't been touched and I suggested Kelsie make a snow angel. She'd never made one before, but she knew how, so she got on the ground and made one! When I helped her up, she told me to make one, so I had to get down there and make one, too. We came in after that. It was too cold. We've had a blast with our little bit of snow and I got some cute pictures. Ready to see them? Yeah, I thought so! (click on the picture to see the full size)

Kelsie and Ashlin's first snowman! Daddy helped, but just a little...hehehe.

Ashlin after playing in the snow. We couldn't stay out long cause of how cold it was.

If I ask Ashlin where her nose is, she sticks her finger in her nose. Every time...lol.




These are from playing in the snow today (1-8-10). The first is Kelsie's first snow angel next to my snow angel. The 3rd pic down is Kelsie making her first snow angel.

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Well, the year is coming to a close...

This is it-the last day of 2009. I've heard a lot of people say that this year has sucked for them. It makes me sad to hear that. There have been a lot of difficulties, sure, but I can't say if (for my family and for myself) there's been much more than normal. God has truly blessed me more than I could ever imagine. I certainly don't deserve it. Daniel lost his job this year. He lost it for a month and then got called back because they needed him. Huge blessing right there. He didn't need to learn a new job or meet new people. He has the same pay he did have and the same schedule. It's familiar and comfortable. My mother-in-law, father-in-law, and their six kids still living at home finally got their new house put on their property this year. Another huge blessing. They were living split up in 3 different houses for months waiting for this house to be finished (it was several months behind) and finally they got to move in. Our little 1987 toyota has lasted us over a year since we got it. That's HUGE. It seems like since Daniel and I have been married we've gone through a car a year (close anyway). Hopefully this little thing can last us until the end of February. Then there's always not having a lot of money, but God still provides for us. We have everything we need and a lot of things we want (even if those things aren't brand spankin' new). To sum it all up, I'd say 2009 was a good year! Here's hoping for a great 2010!

Now for some pictures! Sorry for the picture overload... (I uploaded a new way today, so most of the pictures are cut off. Just click on the picture and you'll be able to see the whole thing.)

weekly-ish update 1

The girls were sick for about a week and a half. They're finally over it, thank goodness. I hate when they're sick. I feel so bad for them when they can't breathe through they're little noses. So we haven't put our Christmas tree up yet. It's killing me! I'm the kind of person who likes it up the day after Thanksgiving and Daniel's a Christmas eve kind of guy. We (well, he, but it's pointless to argue with him) decided that we'll wait until December 21st to put the tree up so the kids won't get into it. I can't wait!!! I want to take Christmas-y pictures soooo bad. Maybe it's a good thing we're waiting since I hurt myself (if you don't already know, more about it in a minute). Mamaw put her tree up already and the girls saw it. They love it! Daniel did almost all of our Christmas shopping online this year. We have a little left to do so last Saturday (Dec 12th) we were going to finish. I was carrying Ashlin to the car and stepped wrong or something, twisted my ankle, and fell. In order to keep Ashlin from getting hurt, I twisted mid-air and hurt myself worse. Ashlin didn't get hurt at all, though, thank the Lord! I went to the doctor today (14th) and the x-ray showed that I have a broken foot. Yay....lol. 24 years old and I have my first broken bone ever. I have to go to the orthopedic doctor on Wednesday to see if I need a cast or a boot. Kelsie's been cute with this, though. She'll randomly come up to me and say, "Mommy, you k now?" or when I get up to do something (hopping or with crutches, of course), she'll say, "don't walk, mommy!!!" Ashlin's getting to where she tries to copy almost everything we say. She's learning to talk sooner than Kelsie did. She's not great at the words she does say, but just her trying is adorable. Mamaw has 2 goats (a baby and her momma) and they were bleating and so Ashlin tried to do it, too. It was so cute. She said Papaw for the first time today!!! She still says "bah-bah" for Mamaw, but she'll get there. Here are some pics...enjoy!

Ashlin seeing Mamaw's tree lit up for the first time. Her Uncle Mark is holding her.

Mamaw's Christmas tree (I didn't even try to get a good pic...sorry for the poor quality)

Lil' Ashlin

She wasn't smiling, but I wanted to include a picture of Ashlin in the butterfly wings. She walked around for about an hour in these things. She loved them!

Kelsie on the bouncy zebra...even though she's a bit too big...lol.
I don't know why I'm putting these up, but I felt inclined to add pics of my injury...lol. Excuse my ugly foot, but please note my ankle (that there is one). This is my good foot.
This is horrible quality, but this is my broken foot. You can't see how bad the bruise is (it covers most of my foot), but the break is where the bruise is the worst. Also, no ankle...my foot is too swollen.

It's snowing!!!

Well, not now, but it did this morning...the first snow of the season! I got the girls bundled up as soon as we woke up and we went outside and played in it. They had so much fun! It was Ashlin's real first time in the snow (she was only 3 months old last time she saw some and couldn't care less). Here are some pics...enjoy!


First time in the snow. The picture I got with the look on her face when she first stepped out in it was really blurry. She had a huge smile on her face. To bad it didn't turn out, but this one is really cute, too.


The girls playing together. I love how Ashlin is looking at Kelsie.

Up-close cutie pie!
Black and white with a blue tint


Kelsie eating snow...obviously...lol.

Trying to catch a snowflake on her tongue

The girls staring a little boy playing in the snow

She couldn't tear her eyes off the boy...even after I gave her a snowball

It's been a long time

Wow...it's been a long time since I've posted anything. It was a little too much work to try and keep up with my 365 project. I was constantly falling behind with my posting which made it quite a job when I finally got to it. It makes more sense for me to stop doing it, but I like the idea of posting updates on the family and how things have been going. I haven't decided if I'll do weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly updates (I don't know if my life is interesting enough to update weekly...lol).

I'll let this be my first update. Since I posted last, Kelsie had her 3rd birthday. We had her party at the park and she had such a great time. The weather was perfect, too. She had a great time playing on the playground with Ashlin and her cousins Abby, Jada, and Reagan. Mamaw pushed her really high on the swing saying she's make sure she didn't send her to the moon, but Kelsie wanted to go to the moon...lol. She talks about the moon almost every night now and if she can't see it, she has to ask me where it is.Kelsey Jo and I took the kids to the park cause her brother was coming to town for Thanksgiving and we were thinking about doing a little photo shoot with the family (just for practice) and I wanted to scope out locations in case we did. I didn't end up doing the shoot (Kelsey Jo's mom didn't want to take time away from my family so close to Thanksgiving), but we had a great time looking for nice spots anyway. I got some cute pictures of Kelsie and Ashlin. The big (main) picture in the storyboards are from that day at the park along with the one of them in the leaves. These are the first storyboards I've ever made :o).
Thanksgiving was great. We went to Grandma and Grandpa Peabody's first (Daniel's dad's side of the family). That's always awkward. When we left there, we went to my mother-in-law's and we had a blast. I love the family gatherings over there.
I took the girls to get they're Christmas pictures made. I like that they have backgrounds I don't have and the photographer was great at getting the girls to smile at the same time, but I think I may like being the one to take them. If I ever get the materials to make my own makeshift studio, I may never take them somewhere else again. I really like being able to say I took their pictures and then there's the instant gratification of having the pictures as soon as I'm done with the shoot. No waiting around for them to be shipped (unless I'm getting prints). Not to mention one of the most important things...I tend to fall in love with all of the poses and I can only buy one or two. When I take the pictures, they all belong to me.

The girls are sick right now. They've been battle low fevers for a couple of days and they have runny/stuffy noses. Ashlin's nose is worse. The poor thing has a hard time nursing. When she's sleeping, she tries to breathe through her nose, but can't and she stops breathing for a couple of seconds and then breathes through her mouth, but that startles her and sometimes wakes her up. I just hope they get better soon.