willow raine

willow, you're such an amazing little girl. i can't believe how big you've gotten already. you and your bubba and sissy mean the world to me and i'd do anything for you guys. i remember holding you for the very first time. i told nana to call when you were coming over, because i wanted to be the first kid (out of me, michael and rachell) to hold you because i was so excited about you. i got to sneak over a good hour before them, and i definitely got my cuddle/kissy time. i still remember changing your diapers, and my nostrils are still shot from all the toxic poop you did, but don't worry, i still love you :) your sissy gave me the drooliest kisses when she was a baby, your bubba projectile vomited on me when he was a baby, and you gave me your stinky diapers. i'd go through all of that again for you guys, and i really didn't mind it because i got to be with you guys. i wanted you to be able to come across this when you're older, and realize just how much i love you, even though i tell you that i love you all the time, and i don't even mind it when you say "yeah, whatever, you told me a million times already". i love your spunky personality, i love how you say you're over justin bieber when it's clear you're still crushing on him, i love that you tell me things you think i don't know already with such fascination. to be honest, i really don't know what you tell me beforehand, i just pretend i do :) like that really, really long word that you say. you can't say 'humuhumunukunukuapua'a' but you can say 'sdlkajfklahfohasgjaslkdfjashdfoahsgoawhjeaiofjskldfhsdoghuawlskjkldhfauiweuocjsldgha' or something that sounds like it. it starts with a t. you said it so fast i couldn't understand you. i love how when you're losing an argument with me and you stop and say "okay, just... just stop, lets just talk about something else". you know what's sad? you're actually mature enough to end the argument. i don't know any other 6 year old as mature as you. i can't express how much i love you in words, and i hope that you know, even when i make you mad or yell at you, i still love you with all my heart and soul. i'll be here for you whenever you need me, and you can totally talk to me about anything, no matter how complicated or embarrassing it is. just promise me that i get to question your boyfriends before you get involved with them, because if they hurt you, i promise you that after mommy and daddy kick his butt, i'll be the next in line to finish the little pervert off. and remember. all boys are icky, yucky and have cooties. except justin bieber :) i love you so much and nothing will ever change that. here's a little timeline of some pictures from when you were a baby, all the way up to our most recent photoshoot :) i have a picture of me and you when you were first born, but i can't find it anywhere! so, i hope these pictures do their justice to show just how beautiful and amazing you are.

8 months

1 year

2 years

3 years

4 years

5 years

6 years

bug's 6th birthday party

this is the back of willow's dress. i LOVE the cute little bow (:

she was SO excited (: she got the littlest pet shop animal that she's wanted since she started collecting.

see that glare? it's totally aunt terry (:

she's cheesin (:

this is her littlest pet shop cake.

so... can you tell she kinda likes littlest pet shop stuff?

awkward absence

i haven't been on here in so long! i haven't been busy, i just forget that i have a blog... hopefully i'll stay on task from now on, at least for a little while :) anyways, i haven't really been up to anything. my brother caught strep throat. my throat is now swollen, but i don't think it's strep. it's not sore or anything. it was yesterday, but it's better now. still swollen, but not sore. willow's birthday party is on sunday. she's going to be six :( she needs to stop growing. i remember her being a cute, pudgy little baby. i miss that. my aunt honee's mom passed away a few days ago. she'd been having a hard time in the hospital, and she had a breathing tube in while she was in a coma. when she woke up, they took the tube out but she passed away not too long after they took the tube out. my prayers are with them all. i know how hard it is to lose someone. i lost my best friend one year, seven months, one week and three days ago. i had to add all that up on a calendar, give me credit for that. it was right in front of me and i STILL had trouble figuring out how long it's been. i suck at math... wait, does math even have anything to do with dates? ...i guess it kind of does. anyways. sorry i've been so inactive. i'll try to post more. i'll definitely be posting pictures from willow's party, so i'll be posting on sunday for sure if i don't post between now and then. if i remember O.o

CHRISTMAS!!!!

i posted some detail pictures on my photography blog, so go take a look at them :) these are pictures of bug, lexie and bubba opening their presents from me, starley, aunt dana, aunt shawnna and grandma emma. they get to open the rest of their presents this morning :) wanna hear a funny story? when i asked bug if she wanted the mickey mouse coloring book or the winnie the pooh coloring book, she points to the winnie the pooh one and says "i'm too old for that one." haha, yeah. five years old and too old for winnie and and tigger :( so sad. its a good thing the eleven-year-old likes them! her mommy has a tattoo of tigger :) anyways, here are the pictures.

heather's wedding

heather's wedding was beautiful, and so was she. i've got the pictures :) even though no one even reads my blog.... except family. i think. i'm probably just talking to myself. but i don't care, the pics are posting worthy.

walking down the aisle with her daddy :)

her daddy giving her away

heather and her hubby combining their sand :)i don't remember what was said, but it made the groomsmen take a drink from their flasks

the adorable flower girls

the pretty maid of honor and bridesmaids and flower girls

putting her ring on

putting his ring on

the i do's

the kiss

officially mr. and mrs. :)

greeting nana

greeting mom

greeting papa

ashley and baby nathan :)

their first mr. and mrs. dance

the mother/son dance

the father/daughter dance

brian and starley joined in on the couples dance

sandra and starley did the cha cha slide

starley got crazy with the ymca

sandra decided to dance in the street

that's all of the most special moments :) and the funny moments.