Photography class

So I signed up for a digital photography workshop and have had a blast!  I had no idea what this fancy camera did that Mike bought me and I've had it for almost a year and a half.  So I've been taking a million pictures trying to work with the "manual" and apeture settings on my camera and have noticed a lot better pictures.  I even found out I can shoot in sepia which I've been trying to figure out for a long time and I have a timer on my camera so I can do our family pictures.  Which I'm going to try to accomplish today since we don't have a family picture with Ashley in it.  I've also been reading a lot more on photography and am beginning to realize how truely dumb I am!  Ha ha!  on the bright side...I have been doing a lot of things correct and not knowing it and applying a lot of rules I didn't know were "rules".  So all in all I have a LOT to learn but hey at least its a start.  I'll be posting to flickr more often now so go see my pics and see what you like and don't like.  Here are some pictures of my babies!

Super exhaustion!

Well April is zooming by like the last two months.  Good grief!  It seems like my days are like this: change diapers, get a sippy cup with milk for Mercedes, feed Ashley, watch cartoons and drink coffee, make breakfast, clean house and do laundry, shower, bathe Mercedes, bathe Ashley, do makeup and hair, sit down and do bills or time for lunch!, clean up lunch, try to get Mercedes to take a nap (which is rare), time to get dinner ready for Mike, eat dinner, clean up, time to play with Mercedes then fight with her because she hates bedtime, bounce Ashley, rock Ashley, bounce Ashley, rock Ashley, (hopefully during this time Mercedes finally goes to sleep) and finally 11:00 pm when everyone is asleep I get to exercise (yeah right) take a bubble bath and go to sleep....whew....tomorrow I get to do it all over again!  :)   funny thing is...I wouldn't change it for anything.

Ashley Samantha

My sweet Ashley is two months old.  I cannot believe how time flies by!  We have been enjoying our new little angel and often wonder what we did without her.  Mercedes is still great with her and loves her so much.  She says "mom where baby?" whenever we are away from home and Ashley is not in my arms.  She's such a good baby.  She falls asleep around 10:30 or 11:00 and wakes up around 5:30 or 6:00 in the morning to eat, then sleeps until about 9:30 or 10:00.  She is a lot more fussy then Mercedes was but I don't mind at all.  She is just as sweet and beautiful. 

Ashley Samantha Fausett

My sweeet baby Ashley arrived January 19th, 2010.  She weighed 6 lbs and 14 oz. and 19 inches long and has a full head of beautiful brown hair.  Her eyes are starting to clear up and we can see now that they are GORGEOUS and brown of course;)  Gotta love that hispanic bloodline.  It was a very long day for me but happily it ended great!  All I can say is thank God for the person who invented epidurals!  Although it didn't work as well as the first time it sure did help.  My little angel took her sweet time and arrived at 8:47 pm.

Mercedes is crazy about Ashley and extremely protective.  I love it!  Ashley is her baby and when anyone is holding her she says "mine", or "my baby".  It's actually pretty cute.  Mercedes has turned into a beast!  I guess that comes with the age since she'll be in the terrible twos next month.  She throws fits, talks back, and spends a LOT of time in the corner.  Kids....  We've begun the potty training process and it's not going to be easy.  She'll do great one day and then the next she will refuse!  Oy.....She is so beautiful though.  And she is very smart:)

Mike and I are doing great.  Just trying to keep up with the munchkins.  Sometimes they gang up on us but as long as we stick together......I think we can win!

Almost baby time!

I have to admit I have been back on facebook and abandoned the blog again.  Well we have three weeks until baby is due and couldn't be more anxious and excited.  I am a little nervous about labor but oh well.  She's gotta come out some how right? 
Mercedes is so cute and rubs my belly and says "hi sissy".  it is my most favorite thing lately.  She is also turning into a terror.  I suppose it comes with the age.  She will be two in March.  She is funny though.  Anyone kissing on TV or anywhere and she goes "eww..gross".  I love it! 
Well we are just sitting around waiting for baby and not much else.  I try to get as much rest as possible but that is sort of impossible with an almost two year old, and husband and being as big as a hippo.    Okay well, here's to hoping for a fast easy delivery and as short a stay in the hospital as possible!

13 weeks to go...

Last tri and I'm starting to count down weeks until our baby is due.  I can hardly wait to see her.  Mike asked me what I was going to do with my last few weeks of freedom....lol!  After you have one kid whats a few more?  Anyways, I can't wait to have two girls and I'm sooo anxious to hold a new baby I can hardly stand it!  Well I get a 3D ultrasound done on Tuesday so I'll have to post it.  Until next week and I'm bored again!

Ooops....missed a few months

Hi Friends. I have to say I haven't been all that busy. I have been cleaning and getting ready for baby but really if I wanted to I could keep up with this blog. So we'll try to be better. Haven't been up to much lately, just chasing Mercedes around and having a blast doing it. She is so much fun. My favorite thing lately is when she lip signs and plays air guitar. SOO funny. She LOVES music and points to the stereo and says "dance, dance". I love it.

I am now in my seventh month of pregnancy. I am due at the end of January... and that seems so far away but I know its only a matter of time and I really won't have much time at all to brag about! We haven't picked a name but have a few in mind. Probably we'll end up deciding when we see her what her name is for sure. Oh yeah! It's another girl:) YAY! I'm so excited about having another girl. I love babies! And very active 1 and a half year olds;).

Well not much else going on. Mike has been working and being a dad and husband. I don't know what he's going to do when he lives with three women. he he he....poor guy.

I had a brief encounter with facebook which is probably the reason I didn't do anything with the blog. I might get back one and I might not...haven't yet decided. For now we'll just keep the steady old blog going..

Here are a few updated pictures of my princess! :)