Sleeping Baby

Ruby fell asleep on the couch a few days ago. That is a rarity. She didn't nap for weeks when she was transitioning from 2 naps a day to 1. Her body was just confused. Week after exhausting week I prayed she'd just sleep for a little bit so I could just think straight and form complete, understandable sentences.

Then one day, Lilly was sick and stayed home from school, and it just happened to be on one of Steven's days off. So we all climbed into our bed and watched Harry Potter. Steven just couldn't keep his eyes opened and fell asleep. Not long after, Ruby fell asleep. I mean really fell asleep and stayed asleep for a couple of hours. The next day she fell asleep again with Steven. And she did it the next day, and the next day, and the next day! She would only take a nap with Daddy and she fell asleep within 10 minutes.

Occasionally she will fall asleep downstairs when she isn't feeling good or she is really exhausted. The kiddo is just crazy. She is into everything, climbs, on everything, and plays with everything she can get her hands on. She is much more than a "handful". She is more of a handful than Lilly and Sadie combined. Everyday she is looking more and more like a little girl and not a baby. But just for a few moments in her sleeping on the couch, she looked like my baby again. So I grabbed my camera and just kept shooting. Before you or I know it, she'll be starting school, and I don't think I am ready for that at all.



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-k

The Other Playground

Here is the rest of the photos from last Saturday. This playground is in the middle of some older housing in our neighborhood. We like it because it has stuff for everyone, a LARGE playground structure, a small structure for Ruby, swings, and a couple of merry-go-rounds. It also is pretty shady so it's really nice to go to and let the kiddos blow off some energy. The girls rode their bikes and there was even a little girl there that Lilly knew from school. There really aren't many pictures of Lilly because she was running all over the place.  Seriously, she was everywhere. So you won't see many of her. But here are some of this part of the day.










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-k

A Saturday Off?

Steven has been on normal day shift schedule for the past week or so. What I mean by that is 8 hour shifts with Saturday and Sunday off. I seriously cannot even remember the last Saturday he had off. And on nights, his first day off he would sleep half of the day so we wouldn't see him. This past Saturday he had off and had gone to sleep normally on Friday, so when the girls woke up and he was waking up too they started getting excited. Lilly figured out that she was going to get to share breakfast, lunch, and dinner with him. She and Sadie were giggling because they were so excited. It was so cute to see them that excited over something as simple as sharing meals together.



Since we're pretty early risers, we took advantage of the day. We ate breakfast, got dressed, and headed out. The girls got on their bikes, Ruby in the stroller, and we headed for a playground. We got there and the girls parked their bikes and headed on to play. There were flowers there to pick, a giant playground, and they were able to ride their bikes around it. Ruby felt left out because she couldn't take her bike and helmet so she borrowed Lilly's helmet to play in. And yes, Lilly's helmet did fit her. Sadie and Ruby have big heads- Thanks Steven!- and Lilly's head, even though she's older and taller, is the smallest of the three.



What I love about these days is that I take my camera and just photograph whatever I can. The girls will occasionally break from playing for a little while and let me take a few photos while they rest. After they excitement form the playground wore off we packed up, got on bikes, and headed to find another playground. We found another playground and gazebo and played there for awhile then headed home for a much needed potty break. The girls were beat so we headed out for lunch and then back home so Ruby could nap. And when she woke up we headed to another, you guessed it, playground! But since Ruby is about to wake up from her nap and we have to get Lilly from school, I'll save it for another time.




And for even more photos, check out my other blog, Fleur De Lis Photographie.

-k

Oh and I am making it a priority for Steven and I to take more pictures together and to try and get some more family ones, you'll see more and more photos of us. And Steven hates it!

Fleur De Lis Photographie

So I have decided that I would like to start a photography business. When, I don’t know. I am in no rush to get it started because we’ll be moving in 9 months and we don’t know where and I am taking the kiddos back to the states for the summer. So in the mean time I am absolutely content on practicing until we are are settled at our next base. I started a new blog that I’ll start just posting anything photography related over there. I also have a bunch of photos that I have wanted to share but take much too long to load onto Facebook. I’ll still be posting about our everyday lives on here. You can find my photography blog here, Fleur De Lis Photographie. If your wondering about the name, it is after Miss Lillian. She was the first reason I wanted to learn photography. Also, Steven and I have always been partial to the number 3. Three words in “I love you”,  3 baby girls, and 3 kisses when we say goodbye, and three petals on the fleur de lis. It just fit.  Looking around our house you’ll find clusters of 3 everywhere, which I just noticed so it just seemed like the natural choice.

So for the foreseeable future I will continue shooting everything and anything and build a potfolio, so if you know anyone who’d like some photos done let me know!

And because it just doesn’t feel right to leave a post without photos, these are some of  my favorites from this spring.

-k