three blogs in ONE day, it's a BIG night!

hi

my name is Teagan and i'm my mommy's favorite model. I like to sit and play with mommy while she takes millions and millions of pictures every day. One day when I get bigger i'll learn to run and hide like my brother but for now i'm enjoying all the fruit puffs mom gives me when i'm done:)

FINALLY!!!

I can officially post that Koren has mastered the potty! For the past 6 months we have started the whole "potty training game" and we have failed each and every round. About 3 weeks ago we decided to give it another shot and told K that he wouldn't be able to go on the airplane (we are headed to S.Cali next week) if he was still in pull-ups. Well, whatever the reason was, it clicked! That day I vowed to only put a pull-up on at night and he has yet to to have an unjustified accident. He has even made it through all of his long naps dry! I know it's kind of a funny topic to blog about but hey, it's important! Everytime Koren finishes up doing his business he says, " daddy is going to be so, soo happy...isn't he mom!" Ok, now i'm about to sob up thinking my little boy is no longer a little boy he's my little man! 

Koren you rock dude and I just love being your mama and in 16 years when you look back through my Blog Book you can see just how proud I am of you!!! 

good night

just finished watching Grey's Anatomy. time for bed. goodnight!

two days in a row

so I think I just set a record for blogging, i mean two days in row how great is that!! 

I thought I would post a few pics of some fun recent finds: 

I have been on an etsy frenzie lately, I scored some really fun pillow boxes the other day and just came across these when I was thinking of a baby shower-party-favor-holder..what do you think? 

I'm already staring to think of Teag's first birthday. I've always loved the look of the vintage fabric banner, and how cute is this one! 

ok, so I had a few more pics but blogger decided to be irritating AGAIN and not let me download anything. I'm about to move to either typepad or wordpress...arrrr

happy Thursday everyone, and for those of you in WEnatchee i'm sure you know the food fair starts tomorrow- i think i hear a gyro calling my name with a bit of funnel cake to wash it dow ;) :) 

i do have 10 this tues.

let's see if i can get 10 things down before my lovely children need me

1. we have all been sick. i mean really sick. it started out with T, then K, after that was me and soon there after was justin. fun. the stomach bug that has been sweeping through the valley took out the collier family by storm. we are all over it now, thank God! 
2. i have been swamped lately with photo shoots. i'm feeling awfully proud of myself right now and some of the work i've been producing lately. i fell like i'm in a good groove and my camera and i have really connected. i've also had a lot of babies lately and it makes me sad to come home and see my almost 8 month old chunky monkey, i miss her sweet little newborn self (not enough to do anything drastic now :) :) ) 
3. this past saturday we spend the day in kennewick with my brother and hilari. the weather was freezing but the boys still managed to get a bit of golf in.
4. so yeah, it's almost may and it has been snowing!! how freaking unbelievable!
5. apple blossom is this coming weekend and next. i'm not sure how it came up so fast this year, but i'm really looking forward to the food at the park. i know that it's horribly fattening and almost always an outbreak of food poisoning occurs but i still love it! 
6. T is getting her first tooth! justin gave her a bath this evening and we were able to finally see a little white poking through her slimy pink gums
7. 2 more weeks and we are off to southern california and i couldn't be more excited. everything is booked and the only thing left is to get to costco and pick up are admissions to the theme parks
8. koren had a tour today at Seeds and got registered for pre-school as well as their summer enrichment programs. i think it will be a great fit and he is super excited to be with his friends at "school"
9. i'm almost to ten and i'm hearing dora sing the "i did it" song, which means it's almost over and it's time for bedtime duty...
10. ten, I made it YAY. the only caps i've used so far, which is because i'm feeling a little lazy tonight. goodnight goodnight!!!

i know, i know...

o.k. I'm not going to ramble on about all the reasons I haven't blogged, I've just been busy. I'll post later today with what we've been busy with !!!! Until then, here is my little cutie just being her cute little self :) (check out the bottom picture up close, you can see she had a little accident during our photo session and it's a good thing we have wood floors)

calm before the storm

hello hello~ 

this is another bullet point post because that's all I can muster up at the moment

• we had a FANTASTIC mini-trip to Spokane on Wednesday. Koren and Holland were hooked at the hip (besides the occasional spat) and we were able to enjoy a few minutes of "mommy time." Dylan & Teags shared a few cute baby moments but it's a crack up to see D crawling circles around Teagan. Hopefully in a few months T will give her a run for her money. 
• B 2 B was pretty slow this morning but the highlight of my work day was bringing in my new "office" set-up for {mkc}photography!! Soon I will be consulting and placing all my orders out of the shop. YAY! 
• Koren has been getting pretty bruised up lately and i'm starting to worry what other people think. I know he has been really, really aggravating recently but I PROMISE he's just super crazy/clumsy and they are all legit! :) :) :) :)  & they are all on his shins and elbows which proves he's just a BOY  lol
• the neighbors down the street are setting up for a garage sell in the morning which for me means it's no longer winter...hmm not sure about my feelings on this.  After finding out that some of my friends have been scoring big time by shopping secondhand I think I'm ready to try it out! I'm a lover of all bargains, the cheaper the better! 
• EDIT- so it's Sat. morning now and the storm as arrived. I'm getting myself together to drop both kids off at the grandparents then make my way up to Hay Canyon for an engagement shoot, immediatley following that i'll be driving up to Pateros for a fun afternoon wedding. 

adios for now!

skipping town again!

tomorrow after a belly photo session me and the kids are outa here again. This time we're heading to Spokane to spend a little quality time with the Potter's and let me tell you I'm ready for it! I've got a million and one things to share and a million and one hugs and cuddles to give! 

We had a pretty unevental day, besides a great photo session this morning. K, T and I just hung out all afternoon. Can't beat a good lazy day. (the photo to the left shows you what happens after two 2 year olds "play" for a few hours)

peace

and quiet is what I have RIGHT NOW! ssshh read this very quietly as you might wake THEM up...you know who i'm talking about:)

We had another good weekend in Wenatchee. Didn't get up to too much other than a little Red Robbie's with the Hunters ( Matthew is one of Koren's new buddies ), some grocery shopping, some bathing in the sink, some sidewalk chalk drawing, and some napping! 

just like this

this is what i was talking about :) :) :) happy Sunday!!

oldies but goodies

I forgot to post some of these a while back. Koren and Teags' have officially become buddies and I just love it! 

Does anyone remember back in the day when Koren was around a year old and his favorite thing to do was to stand up on his little rocket ship (instead of sit & ride like it was meant for), well I don't think much has changed in the past two years!!

i'm baaaack

haha, so I have pretty much fallen off the face of the earth and then some. Hopefully I won't have any more super long hiatuses from blog land in the near future. Here's what we've been up to lately: 

• This past Monday I had a photography seminar in Seattle. It was taught by Sandy Puc and was an extremely informative, interesting and organized 5 hours. The topic was "bellies & babies" and it was all about new and time-efficient ways to photograph maternity and newborn shoots. I know you are all saying blah..blah..blah right now but I want to say it anyways! 
• Teag's is 7 months old today. I really don't know what happened to month six. It just sort of vanished. She is loving month 7! As any chubby little monkey does, she loves to eat. Her new favorites include anything BUT baby food. Soups, potatoes, pizza crust, grahm crackers, beans....you name she'll eat it! Koren never was a baby to put everything in his mouth and Teagan is just the opposite. She is such a mouther- I mean EVERYTHING. 
• ooh. forget from above, I spent an extra couple days in Seattle with my mom before the photography course and had some excellent shopping adventures AND a wonderful but quick lunch with one of my dearest friends Aliya. I really wish I had a lot more time to spend chatting and catching up with her but it was great to see her exciting self for a little while. 
• Koren has started asking for everything for his birthday. The problem is, it's not until June. I'm not sure if he understands that, but at least he has stopped saying Santa Claus will bring him this and that. 
• We are officially going to San Diego/Disneyland May 8th - 13th (sorry Ash, I think we will be there before you guys). I'm super excited and I kinda actually think Justin is too :) 
• the blog for Belly to Baby is now up and going. If anyone is interested check out www.bellytobaby.blogspot.com 
• Justin is staying extremely busy now that he's on his own. He as been given another state contract and has been helping his dad out with tax returns, so I haven't seen too much of him lately. 
• we are currently watching on the boob tube: Top Chef, American Idol (although we skip through the b.s.), How I Met Your Mother, and soon House & Bones
• Has anyone noticed that the Gap is now carrying baby gear and other baby stuff!!! I have always been a big Gap fan, but how cool is it that it's becoming a one stop shop. 
• ok, I think i've given enough of an update for now, here's some fun pics for your viewing pleasure ;)