in an effort to save my neglected blog.........

Our cruise - a fab time of beautiful weather and clear water!!!

So whats been going on with us since my hiatus from blogging? Hummmmm, lets see.....

Avery is talking .... a lot and has become quite opinionated and a handful. She spends most of her day demanding to change her clothes at least 10 times in addition to dressing herself (which can be pretty funny) She is putting 2-4 words together pretty consistently. We are still having some issues with mumbling, but speech and development are right on track. She had her most recent evaluation today and she is advanced on a fair amount of the skills - so that is great news!

Brenden is doing great in school averaging a 91% in math!!! Basketball is wrapping up and baseball is getting ready to start. He is looking forward to spring break and so am I!

oh goodness 1 month since I posted ....eeeeek

I have been swamped with photography, which has been wonderful, and just so busy with the day to day stuff that I hadent realized it had been so long since my last post. I also began volunteering with an org called Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep - which offers photography to families dealing with perinatal or early infant loss. So I have done a couple of sessions for them. Oddly, though it is heartbreaking, it offers me comfort and is a form of therapy for me. Getting through Conner's death is still a struggle sometimes, but volunteering makes me feel good and like his life continues through me. Thanksgiving marked 4 years since his death. Such a hard reality that so much time has gone by since I have held my son.

Avery is developing quite a personality...quite the firecracker she is!!! She is pretty consistently putting together 2-3 words which is amazing. She is totally obsessed with Mickey and Minnie mouse and almost refuses to wear anything not involving them. So opinionated for 2!

Brenden is doing great in school. Reading so well, and now playing basketball.

We are so ready for Christmas!

just a quick picture share :)

since the last post had no pictures :)

A blog post with no pictures....

I know it's unheard of for me to post without adding pictures. I have been so busy, I havent shot my own kids in almost 2 weeks....eeek! Carl and I went to Cleveland for the Cure Tay-Sachs event this weekend. What a great event! They showed the documentary we filmed early in the year - it was so amazing!

Avery is a cray lady! The conversation goes like this:

Me: "Avery, put your glasses on"

Avery: "no"

Me: "Do you remember what the doctor said?"

Avery: "No more monkey's jumping on the bed" (Really it was "no no more .....bed" - but thats what she meant"

Brenden starts basketball this week - he is growing like the jolly green giant. He has shot up an inch and a half since June. We had to put him in all size 8's already :)

Happy Halloween!

Halloween is almost here!

finally some new pictures of Brenden to share!