another quickie.

Again, sorry for being so lame on the blogging front. I won't bore you with the reasons again. I clearly didn't get the ball rolling again as quickly as I would have liked.  Have faith.. I'll be back and I'll be much more interesting than the last couple of posts.

Today I'm writing to share with you a photo from last weekend's wedding. I also want to introduce you to the new Frost on Flower page on Facebook. Please head over there, take a peek, and click "like" if you like what you see! Word of mouth is one of the best means of promotion for a photographer!

quick update!

Our internet is back! Finally! Because of the tornado that hit Minneapolis on May 22nd we've been without internet since! Luckily that was the extent of the damage we received. Many of the boulevard trees on our street fell down but luckily missed houses, for the most part. The next block over and the one after that are a mess - that's where the tornado went through. It's crazy how close it was to us and how lucky we have been to come out of it safely. Part of our fence fell over and we found a lot of shingles, bricks, and wood in our yard.

The weekend before the tornado we drove down to Iowa for Olive's "welcome" party as we didn't have a baby shower pre-baby. I have a few photos of the recently born babies being held by their grandparents that I'll share soon. And I haven't forgotten about the mobile photos and how-to - that should be coming along, too.

Last Thursday I did a photo shoot with a young couple and their new baby girl, Trinity. Ironically she was born five days after Olive, on Olive's due date. Here are a few highlights:





























This weekend I'm doing wedding portraits and hopefully finally starting our garden. Next week I potentially have jury duty as well as the following week. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I don't have to go in though, because I'm at a loss for what to do with Olive. Tyler's mom and sister are coming up next week but only until Thursday. At any other time I would absolutely enjoy being on jury duty but we don't have a childcare network built up for Olive yet so this really stinks. Maybe you should keep your fingers crossed with me.. ?

So... unfortunately that means over the next week or so posts will probably be coming in slowly. I hope to get that mobile one up, info and photos about the tornado, and get some Friday Fancies for ya'll to see tomorrow. :)

I hope you didn't forget about me completely in my impromptu absence and still come back to visit even though I've been gone so long!!

too many tornadoes.

Sorry for the lack of posts recently! We were out of town for the weekend and came to home to find that a tornado had passed through our neighborhood a few hours earlier. Our power came back on last night but we're still without internet. Our house is safe but most of the trees on our street are down. The next block over to the east and the block after that are pretty messed up. I'll be posting photos as soon as our internet is back.

friday fancies.

Well, it's actually Saturday. Nine minutes into Saturday. I'm here to apologize for not posting my Friday fancies this week. It's been a hectic week with the car issues and getting prepared for a weekend away and now being away. I'll get back on track next week and have an extra good Friday fancies post! Sorry! :(

olive is *almost* 3 months old.

We're driving to Iowa late Friday afternoon so I am posting this now instead of Friday. Tomorrow will be full of renting a car and packing and cleaning up the house so it's not a mess when we get home. Tomorrow Olive will be three months old! Wow!

Today I used photobooth to take a quick little video of us playing on the floor. Now everyone who has yet to meet Olive can see her fun smiles, her attempts at standing up, and how she holds toys. She's really great at rolling over but got totally lazy and wouldn't do it when I was recording. Sometimes when she gets so upset about being on her tummy she can't roll over.

So it's a day early - but this is three month old Olive!



Olive seems to be right on track. She rolled over for the first time about a month ago and is a pro now (except for in this video..). She's been holding her head up for quite a while and now it's less wobbly. She sits up pretty well with a little bit of support. And as you can see above she seems to think she can stand. :) She's getting more interested in her feet but can't really get to them too easily yet so she sticks to her hands. She loves to eat her hands. She loves to eat her blankets and her clothes, too. She's always putting things in her mouth. Olive can grab onto toys really well and no matter what they are, what size or what shape, she tries to get them into her mouth. She has a wooden rattle that's a little heavy and too big for her mouth - she usually ends up hitting herself in the face with it. Olive loves to eat my fingers. She's doing great at elimination communication - can't wait until we have a potty chair for her! Olive has tasted a cookie, a chocolate chip, an apple, and some pasta sauce. She is getting much better at not needing to be held and moving allllll the time. But she still needs to be held and moving a lot of the time! Olive is very attentive to everything still. Since she was about a month old she developed a bald spot on the back of her head because she is constantly moving it back and forth to look all over the room. She smiles a lot. She talks to us a lot. She's starting to laugh, too. She's great! :)

help!

Dear world,

We need a new (used) car. And I'm asking you for help.

Our car had a great run. It's been many places. It's seen many things. I've added over 100,000 miles to it! But it just can't take it anymore.

We need something... as soon as possible. We'd love a wagon. Nothing too curvy. Maybe something kind of boxy? We need something inexpensive. Something that runs and isn't about to fall apart. Something with a warranty would make me feel better. Something perfect for a lady, her husband, their baby, and their pup.

Can you help us out, great big world? Anyone have any ideas? Are you selling a car that I want?

Sincerely,
me & my carless family.

cutie bug baby butt.

Here are some recent photo booth photos of my little bug:

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Time to work on point #2 from yesterday's down list - calling around to find the best place to have our car towed. Any suggestions? Hopefully babes will sty asleep for a bit to make this easier. I don't like the phone...