Valentine's Day - 2018

Happy Love Day!! Unfortunately we've got a sick little on our hands which has put a little cloud over the most lovey dovey day of all. Looking back, it seems our kids have been sick almost every year on Valentine's Day. Ha! Go figure.

This year, our little B Bear has pneumonia ... so we're keeping him pumped with lots of fluids and meds, but we're gonna make the most of our day together. And, per tradition we'll be making heart shaped pizzas for dinner tonight.

I love looking back on previous years and reminiscing on all the fun memories we've made.

• 2013 - Valentine Heart Petit Fours for sweet treats and pre-natal massages
• 2014 - I failed to blog Valentine's Day in 2014, but we spent it in the Bahamas and took sweet photos of our little man (ugh tug at my heart strings, he was so tiny!)
• 2015 - More delicious and festive treats plus dipped krispy yummie and per our usual tradition (although somehow I managed to miss blogging about it nearly every year?! what the heck) we made our homemade pizza and cake batter blondies to celebrate!
• 2016 - I had a fun little photo session with the kiddos and again, then little man got sick, but we made the most of it ... and on the actual day we once again headed down to the Bahamas (part 1 , part 2 and part 3)
• 2017 - Lainey was under the weather for our Valentine's Day Photoshoot but we made the most of it. And then we celebrated with the kiddos' fun treats and Bennett's class party. 

This year poor buddy has to miss his Valentine's party, he was so excited filling out all of his Valentine's and I hate he won't be there to pass then out to all of his friends. We'll be dropping them by the school in the morning - and hopefully picking up his little Valentine bag will give him a little pep to his step. 

This year I hosted Valentine's Day Mini sessions for my clients at Katie Marie Photographie and to advertise I used my littles as models to spread awareness for the sessions. So, in honor of Valentine's Day here are some of my favorite captures from their mini session this year :) Siblinghood can go 0-60 reallllll fast :) Love them so! 

The make me smile :)

-- Katie Marie

February Goodness

I have a love hate with the month of February. I feel like it’s a prize month for making it ALL the way through the never ending month of January. Christmas is over, New Years comes and goes and then all of a sudden you’re asleep in the rabbit hole that is January and can’t get out. Finally you wake up and it’s Valentine’s Day ... and your mental capacity of winter is spent ... but the groundhog saw his shadow and you have the unfortunate realization that spring actually isn’t as close as you originally thought.

So much rambling. Sorry about that. I’m coming live today from the hospital waiting rooms I’d Vanderbilt University for my 3 month follow up business ... so I’ve got a lot of time and a lot of thoughts on my hands. Bottom line however, we’re still in February and it’s probably about time I recollect all of the happenings around these parts.

For starters, we registered our little mister for his real school - and I cried a lot of tears - both happy and sad. 

I mean, he’s still putting pants on his head. He can’t be old enough for real school! He’s the best little goofball around. 

Photography has been keeping me super busy .. and I got my first couple of features this month (eek!!!) Along with studio progress and a real life completion date - whew - big girl stuff is coming at me in all sorts of ways!

Hubs and I snuck away for a much needed little vacay with 14 of our buddies. We had some awesome adult time in the lovely Punta Cana, Dominican Republic!

We came home to our littles and our Bennett buddy was feeling a bit under the weather. But no worries, he solved all of the worlds problems. I was editing some photos in my office and came out to check on the littles to find him sitting in his bean bag chair with a bandaid over his nose. I asked him, “Buddy what’s with the bandaid?!” To which he quickly responded “well my nose wouldn’t stop running and bandaids stop boo boos from bleeding so I thought it would stop my nose too!” 

Like duh ... why haven’t I ever thought of that before?! Bahaha! :)

The sickness kept us inside for a few days and cabin fever can create some very interesting creative streaks.

But we’ve been doing our best to get out and take advantage of all the indoor activities we can! Movies (check) theater/plays (check) yummy restaurants (check) ... here’s to hoping spring comes sooner rather than later!! 

Declaring goodness and praying for positive results by days end! Have a great week gang!! 

—Katie Marie