Happy Birthday Alexa

Today was a great day! 
We headed to Fultondale's Childrens Park.  It is such a cute park and everytime I pass it I think one day I will stop.  Well today we had a reason, it was Alexa's first birthday and her party.  I cannot believe that sweet baby girl is already one.  She is precious, and truly one of the smartest babies I have ever met.  Her party was Elmo and Princess, because she definitely is a princess.  I love you sweet girl. 
Of course I took pictures at the party and they are coming soon to my photography blog, watch out for it at www.facebook.com/monicaannephotography
The boys had a blast at the park and at Uncle Bill and Aunt Peggy's.  They always have fun with their cousins! 

We had to run by the old house but realized we had  no way in so Brandon is going to go by Monday morning.  There is not much left but we have to get it out. 

Sweet, Sweet Saturday

So there was a lot to get done this morning, and of course not all of it got done, but progress was made. Especially with my homework and editing photographs from Carrie and Keith's wedding. I am having a blast with getting this completed, but as all photographs are it can be very time consuming. I just hope that the bride and groom are enjoying what they have seen so far. Of course there will be more on the wedding later visit http://www.monicaannephotography.com/ to stay in touch with my photography journey.

Brandon's allergies decided to send him into a serious cold. Of course, my mom telling people yesterday he had one when he didn't probably jinxed it. There was no fever and still is not thank goodness. I just hope that tomorrow he is 100% I do not like it when my men are sick.

Josie's First Birthday Party was today. I cannot believe that she is a year old. It does not seem like it has been over a year that I was at Beth's Baby Shower...or almost right at a year that I was taking pictures of the sweet girl. Now here we are a year later. She is a precious baby. She is so friendly and so sweet and happy! Love surrounds Josie and Josie truly radiates love. We all went to the party. One we love Josie, Beth, and Brandon two I was photographing the special day and Brandon was videoing it. When Beth asked me to do this...all I could think was duh! Well, that was after my are you sure it is that time already? The party was truly a perfect first birthday party. More on this will be on my blog as soon as possible. It was a great party though, Beth and Brandon you should be so proud.

We had to go to my mom's as soon as we left the party. She was calling and texting worried about the fact her television was not working. Brandon got it fixed, well the one in the living room at least. I am glad that we got her at least half way to where she was!

The boys and I took Brandon and the big cameras home and then we went to visit Morgan Makenzie so that the boys could swim. They are always excited to see Morgan and when there is a pool involved they are even more excited! They swam for a couple of hours and then we came on home to check on Brandon.

I also want to wish our Nephew Hudson a very Happy First Birthday! I hope that his day and his party were amazing. We love you guys!

One more thing that I want to celebrate tonight. Alexa Nicole and Amanda are home in their own beds tonight. Hoping that the first night at home is a great one for the whol family. We love you guys and I hope to visit next week!

Well, everyone is in bed now and I am soon to head there myself. Lots to do tomorrow. Hoping that I hear the alarm so we can head to the 8:30 Mass. Good night everyone. I hope that you all have had a super sweet Saturday! It is definitely one of my favorite days of the week! Enjoy your family and the time that you are able to spend together so many times we all take it for granted.

The Mother of all Water Heaters

The Mother of all Water Heaters has been installed thanks to my amazing husband Brandon and help from an old friend Adam Abts. First, I cannot thank Adam enough for coming over and lending a hand. It meant a lot. Thank you too his wife too for letting him come over. This water heater is really cool, it is a Hybrid from GE. I am super excited, and will be even more excited if it truly cuts my electric bill some! I will let you all know the outcome for that.

This morning was baseball tryouts. I did not take my camera because of the rain, but it was a lot of fun. Brandon is coaching John Michael's team, and they will meet tomorrow to chose teams. I am excited to watch my little man grow. Danny's team was picked today, and he is on Cale Webb's team. It should be a lot of fun. Danny loves baseball and I know that he will grow so much this year. I am looking forward to watching all of his games too, hopefully they will not have games at the same time. Missing one or the other is not something that I want to ever have to do. They start practice this week so expect a lot of baseball pictures in the upcoming blogs, especially once games begin. But I do think that this is where we temporarily change our address to the ballpark. Great memories coming.

I had a photo session today for a first birthday and it was a lot of fun. It was an old friends little girl, Ashlyn, and she is a doll. Tomorrow a baptism. I am looking forward to working on all of these pictures. I love photography and when I am able to capture memories for others that I know will last a lifetime and more for them means everything to me. Watch the other blog for more on each of these amazing sessions.

Well it is after 10, but I am off to bed. I am worn out. Rainy days are the best for a nap, but that was not in the cards. It is all good though. Before I go to bed as always I will be remembering all of you in my prayers. I hope that this Saturday was full of fun, laughter and love for you all. I was very blessed to see two friends that I have not seen in years.