Where the heck have I been? What the heck have I been up to?
Well, honestly, no where noteworthy, nothing fancy, no good excuses. Just life. A life that seems to scream by so fast that by the time I lift my head up to look around a solid two weeks have flown by. I'm sure you can relate on some level to what I'm talking about, right?
I've been busy with magazine assignments, photo shoots, and running my three rugrats around to three schools (this three schools thing has already been the subject of quite a bit of grief, and it's only the fourth week of the school year. ugh.).
And I've been busy with birthdays. There are two September birthdays in particular that I must talk about now. Two very big, milestone birthdays in our little family. On September 9 my husband turned fifty years old. Yes, that's right, 50. Five-oh. He's really old. He's an AARP member now and has been getting lots of mileage out of saying that I'm one now, too. I guess if he's getting old, he's taking me with him. I'm old by proxy. Thanks, dear. We had a wee small party (at his request) in our front yard with some friends. It was really a very nice day:
Happy birthday, my handsome love. You complete me. Ditto. You rock, you old fart.
The other milestone birthday is that of our Miss Nadia, our last baby. She is turning two on the 29th. I can hardly believe it. I can hardly stand it. It's just not possible that nearly two years has passed since she joined our family. This is big, folks. Mega big, too big for my heart to handle, I'm afraid. I'm already a mess and her birthday isn't for another week. And I'm done talking about it for now. In the meantime, here she is, gettin' her sass on with my sunglasses. She loves sunglasses and almost always puts them on upside down, the little trendsetter. She also loves shoes.
This afternoon I went to see "Mama Mia" with some of my bookclub friends. What a fun movie that was. A raging estrogen-laden chick-flick that charmed my musical-loving and Meryl Streep-loving pants right off. And while out with the girls I didn't think about the three screaming and fighting kids, thirteen dozen loads of laundry and sinkful of dishes I left behind. Nope, not once.
And speaking of chick-flicks, the "Sex and the City" DVD comes out on Tuesday. You bet your Jimmy Choos this girl is getting one.
I'll be back later this week, my friends. Thanks for stopping by!
wondering if I could just cut and past your first two paragraphs for my own blog... don't worry, Nadia is still little! and I love your latest maternity shoot
Posted by: Clair | September 22, 2008 at 06:53 AM
wasn't mama mia the greatest "forget all your worries and cares" kind of flick? absolutely loved it - bought the soundtrack cd yesterday too!!
not to worry about the baby's birthday - they'll always be our babies!!
Posted by: Suzanne | September 22, 2008 at 11:40 AM
Just had to mention that Hoonie always wears his sunglasses upside down too. Maybe it's more comfortable that way???
And Happy Birthday to your family members...can't believe Nadia's going to be 2 and that your husband is 50, haha! Don't let him take you down with him Tina... :)
Posted by: margaret | September 22, 2008 at 10:36 PM
Hi Tina, i just had a question about simple scrapbooks new site.... I use to love going to the simple studio gallery and check out all the amazing lo's by the contributors like yourself. I can't seem to find anythin like that. Also the stimple blog and the studio blog. I know i must have been hiding under a rock latley. Do you think you could possibly post some links to these. Im still negotiating the new site.... it will grow on me.
Posted by: lisa | September 23, 2008 at 07:16 PM
Happy birthday to all the family members!
My little guy just turned two on the 5th and I'm still having issues with that. They're so stinkin' cute at that age. It makes you yearn for another baby in the house, but at the same time thoughts of sneaking your hubby in for a snip, snip aren't far away either. FUN times!
Love your photos!
Posted by: Kyla | September 24, 2008 at 05:58 PM
WOW - how is she TWO?! I am tearing up reading all of these updates/milestones....the moments are all so fleeting. Happy much-belated to Nadia, and up-coming to Aidan! And tell your hubby he's a darn-good-lookin' AARP member. LOL
Posted by: Angela | October 14, 2008 at 05:41 PM