The Fosborne Family

shmoto smop

2010-04-15T06:54:00.001-07:00

senior portraits at railroad square, gorgeous wedding i've only just started to edit, and engagement photos at maclay.

i usually hate shooting engagement photos at Maclay Gardens, but this shoot rekindled a new romance with this location. it helped that i just got a new sexy lens to play with. a 50 fixed f/1.4. yummy. also i'm working on not photoshopping my photos. i'll only use it to remove unwanted objects like my purse i left in the background in a couple shots... but other than that, i'm trying to shoot perfectly and just color and light balance in canon's raw processor. this makes me happy b/c i hate photoshop. mostly b/c it confuses the snot out of me. enjoy these juicy images!

new iphone, cool new photo app, scottish games, and brother visit

2010-04-12T08:54:00.000-07:00

". . . in order that they [infants] might meditate on it [baptism] throughout life." —Calvin’s Institutes

2010-03-17T16:18:00.000-07:00

O blessed streams! either ye do prevent

And stop our sins from growing thick and wide,

Or else give tears to drown them, as they grow.

In you Redemption measures all my time,

And spreads the plaster equal to the crime:

You taught the Book of Life my name, that so

Whatever future sins should me miscall,

Your first acquaintance might discredit all.
-Herbert

it was the fourth best day of my life. it goes, my wedding day first, birth of baby second, bringing my sister home from the hospital third, and this day of baptism fourth. thank you to my family, friends and pastor for making it beautiful. our amazing pastor mo, wrote tal a song. i'll post the video and ceremony soon. it was the most beautiful day.

we're still gonna, and we can't wait!

2010-03-10T05:45:00.000-08:00

yup, we are most definitely still going to adopt. when, i don't know, but it IS going to happen. my heart longs to meet the rest of my children, varying DNAs, no matter. even though gestating a baby first was not 'my plan' i feel it's strengthened our desire to adopt. not that i didn't LOVE being pregnant, it's just that once you open the gates to children it's hard to stop the flow... you know what i'm talking about!
i saw this shirt on a blog and HAD to share. you will see me wearing this in the near future. I LOVE THIS SHIRT!

update on resolution/goals

2010-03-08T10:40:00.000-08:00

1. talk to God at least once a day and read at least one scripture and meditate on it throughout the day. (i do usually talk to God more than once a day, it just usually sounds something like "Lord help me not ram into the car in front of me for driving 5 miles below the speed limit" i'd like to have a more conversational time with Him) Done, easy

2. work out for a full hour, 3 times a week. like a real hard workout where i sweat my bute off! I've been doing pilates twice a week religiously but this is not enough. Nope not at all, in fact, i've even skipped pilates, damn

3. take talitha on an hour walk outside at least twice a week. Yes, it's been lovely outside but the walks only last 45mins. An hour is just a smidge too long for tal.

4. have someone/a family over for dinner at least once a month. Yes, we had davids brother michael over this weekend. Although family really doesn't count... So maybe no.

5. work on my recipe collection. (this is a recent domestication project that i've started now that i'm a SAHM (stay at home mom) and it's mostly a compilation of dirty notes with scribbled down recipes from Giada's at home 3 min videos off the foodnetwork.com- this will not do. i want one like the one my grandma has (Grandma Gumport is the Goddess of all SAHMs) a collection of exquisitely hand written laminated index cards with the most amazing recipes ever know to man. I MUST HAVE THIS! Yes! I've been cooking baller dinners almost every night and i've emailed myself all of them. This is going to be money!

6. limit all refined sugars to the weekends (sat and sun). let me elaborate on this one. i'm talking about cakes, cookies, and icecream! not pancakes and fruits. ummm, yes! i really like this one. Although the weekends are now fri, sat, and sun, and i might have eaten an entire box of thin mints this last weekend- no biggie.

7. read 3 books this year. I JUST FINISHED MY FIRST BOOK! this is a big victory. i picked it up every time i nursed tal. which at 6 times a day is a lot of reading. and no it wasn't a pamphlet, it was 227pages with no pictures, thank you!

8. sew tal a dress. working on it. i'm sewing her baptism dress for the baptism this weekend. we shall see it doesn't look great so far...

9. run a mini anything. there was a 3 1/2 mile run for breast cancer last year that i couldn't do because i was very much with child. but i will do it this year. i'd love to push tal during it! nope, nothing

10. make friday laundry day. nope, not even close

11. put money away for a trip with david and tal to here: http://www.grandhotel.com/mackinac.html or anywhere else. this is just my recent obsession. nope, not close at all, in fact i think i took money out of savings...oops

i sew good.

2010-03-08T07:39:00.001-08:00

blam, i was so pregnant! this time last year i was barfing my brains out and worried sick over mrs. baby. i was worried b/c i couldn't keep anything down and thought for sure she would suffer from it. thank God i had plenty of fat reserves for her to live off of. see ladies, love handles and badonkadonk do have purposes! now i am no longer barfing my brains out nor am i worried sick over mrs. baby getting enough nourishment. God is Good!

photo on the far left is tal at one month and the other two are her 4 month shots. one regular and one action. this is her new trick. she does this to get out of her swing, car seat, and also in the bathtub. she looks so different. i can't believe she was ever that small. this leads me to tell you about the few parental rights of passage david and i have recently obtained. one is the "oh my gosh, when did my newborn turn into a squiggly, tubby blob of smiles and laughs?" david and i had a fabulous weekend. last night we were looking at photos from when she was itty bitty, and laughing at how cross eyed and spacey she was. i really couldn't believe that it was only 4 months ago i had a baby and she was so tiny. she's a crazy baby now. seriously this child is wild. this was our first "where did the time go?" feeling and it's only been four months.
i can't imagine having this same feeling yrs from now. it's beautiful and sad all at the same time. i think the sadness part is the acknowledging that you will/can forget wonderful things. and time robs you of your memory. no matter how hard i stared at her when she was a month old and tried to burn the image into my brain it faded a little and that is sad. the other right of passage was when tal fell off the bed. i can only now talk about it because when i'd think about it i'd cry. she booked it off the edge of our bed by scooting north. not rolling, but scooting. david or i had never seen this. both of our hearts dropped when we heard the thud. thankfully she screamed immediately, but our hearts were broken. i cried the whole way to the clinic. by the time we got there she was all smiles of course, and the doctors were asking me if i was ok. the doctor also, in an attempt to make me feel better, said that babies bounce...when i told my friend and mother of 2 kids, she said "you took her to the clinic? you're so funny". funny? i can't wait to be that relaxed. i can't wait till i've recovered from the first-time-mom syndrome. i think i'm getting there.
my last right of passage recently earned was the ' preemptive declaring of oneself well again'. i got sick with a sore throat and ear thingy friday and as helpful and wonderful as david was this weekend he could not produce milk so i had to step up and feed the baby. and when he had to install an alternator in his truck i had to step up and take care of baby. now david is at work and i once again, am stepping it up (not like in the dance movie, i don't have that much energy). it's like in that one Cosby episode where both Claire and Cliff were sick and the kids were fighting and passing the chores onto the next weakest in line, and Claire was like "ahh hell no". well that's me. i'm trying to say 'hell no' to my throat and muster enough energy to change the diapers and give snuggles when needed.
oh that last picture if of the stuffed owl i made kelsi for her 18th birthday. I'm sew proud. i can't take credit for the design. i saw one for sale at a local handmade market here in town and loved it. but it was a little pricey so i said ahh hell no and made one myself. i'm going to make a mommy and baby one for tal! pictures of those to follow.
ciao loves!

2010-02-27T10:11:00.000-08:00

talitha and friends! these are some of Tal's boyfriends. SOOOO CUTE! she already has her pick of cute boys. what am i gonna do?

we absolutely love to roll over now. it's our new trick. however we don't always like to be on our tummy but we love to roll over onto it. this is a problem. but a cute one at that don't you think?

this is logan comforting tal. the funny thing is it actually helped. she loves to cuddle. logan is so chill. they make a good couple.

tal just turned 4months old! she is amazing. i really like the 4month stage. she takes naps in her crib (is she feels like napping, she pretty much does whatever she wants whenever she wants) and sleeps in her bassinet by our bed at night. (again, only if she feels like sleeping) she is rolling all over the place and can bust out of her swing and car seat if left unbuckled. she's a wiggly monster! she loves the morning. which melts my grumpy away if the night before was rough. she laughs when you tickle her belly and when you say ribbit or bungudee. she has a little curl to her hair like mommy and daddy so we have fun with different hair styles. she also love to be outside and loves new people and places. gosh i freaking love this kid! she's napping now. it's her 2nd nap of the day and i'm enjoying the quiet! thanks for loving on my baby y'all! Have a fab weekend!

my chinese new years resolution

2010-02-16T08:48:00.000-08:00

i've been inspired by several other blogs to make and stick to some list of personal resolutions/goals. i do think it will help to right them out and tell you kind people for some accountability. h'ok in no particular order-

1. talk to God at least once a day and read at least one scripture and meditate on it throughout the day. (i do usually talk to God more than once a day, it just usually sounds something like "Lord help me not ram into the car in front of me for driving 5 miles below the speed limit" i'd like to have a more conversational time with Him)

2. work out for a full hour, 3 times a week. like a real hard workout where i sweat my bute off! I've been doing pilates twice a week religiously but this is not enough.

3. take talitha on an hour walk outside at least twice a week.

4. have someone/a family over for dinner at least once a month.

5. work on my recipe collection. (this is a recent domestication project that i've started now that i'm a SAHM (stay at home mom) and it's mostly a compilation of dirty notes with scribbled down recipes from Giada's at home 3 min videos off the foodnetwork.com- this will not do. i want one like the one my grandma has (Grandma Gumport is the Goddess of all SAHMs) a collection of exquisitely hand written laminated index cards with the most amazing recipes ever know to man. I MUST HAVE THIS!

6. limit all refined sugars to the weekends (sat and sun). let me elaborate on this one. i'm talking about cakes, cookies, and icecream! not pancakes and fruits.

7. read 3 books this year.

8. sew tal a dress.

9. run a mini anything. there was a 3 1/2 mile run for breast cancer last year that i couldn't do because i was very much with child. but i will do it this year. i'd love to push tal during it!

10. make friday laundry day.

11. put money away for a trip with david and tal to here: http://www.grandhotel.com/mackinac.html or anywhere else. this is just my recent obsession.

this is all i can think of for now. i know i have more but my baby is screaming so i'll add to this list and keep you updated at time goes on. ciao loves!

my husband didn't know i liked lemon cookies and my mom thought i liked blueberry pie

2010-02-12T09:18:00.000-08:00

voila! curtains, made by me. my kitchen thanks me. did you see those white ones that were up previously? nasty.

ok, it's time for a little elle-train education (L-train is my knick name that i received upon initiation into davids family by his brotherinlaw scott, who we all call fott or scotty potty[more like just me and david call him that]. i changed the spelling to elle-train because i took 4yrs of french and the little french girl inside me comes out from time to time-merde). apparently my husband didn't know that i LOVE lemon cookies/cakes and my mom to this day, despite repeated corrections, thinks i love blueberry pie because of the supposed one time i ate an entire pie when i was like 4.

1.hotel rooms with adjoining doors freak me out when i don't know who's staying in the next room
2.i love lemon cookies and cakes
3. i HATE blueberry pie
4. i like my middle name (briana) better than my first name because there are so many lindsays and i hated having to be called lindsay G all through elementary and middle school
5.i wish i were a barrel racer. that's were you ride a quarter horse around a bunch of barrels as fast as you can while rednecks yell at you.
6. i love being a housewife/mother more than i ever thought i would
7. my favorite meal is fillet mignon cooked medium rare with a potato with sour cream and butter, and a salad with some type of honeymustard vinaigrette-that's the jam
8.i hate sleeping with socks on
9. i have to make of list of the places i'm going and the things i need to get before i run errands or i will most definitely forget something. or spend most of the time saying the things i need in my head over and over so i don't forget-then forget something
10. i will not buy anything that requires continual purchasing of other items that the thing i just bought needs to function. for example they were selling this magic can garbage cans on tv and it required these special trash bags to fit it. i really wanted it but couldn't get over the anxiety of maybe not being able to find these specific bags and then having a useless garbage can. this type of thing is too much for me to handle.
11. i'm having a hard time not making every one of these things a qualm i have with bad drivers
12. i don't like to mix fruit and chocolate. the only exception to this is chocolate covered strawberries.

this is all i can think of for now.

blorgging is fun

2010-02-09T20:09:00.000-08:00

i am here on out abandoning all attempts at grammar. except perhaps the occasional comma and period and maybe i'll throw in a few quotation marks here and there for your viewing ease. i'm doing this because, as you have probably gathered, i suck at it, and i have no time for it. this blog is random. so is my life/mind. so i guess this works. confession- i read random people i don't knows' personal blogs. i think i'm interested because of the same reason i 'like' 'real'ity tv. i think i like to compare my life to theirs or see how they 'do it'. see how they live their lives. i either judge them or steal their ideas. so why am i keeping up a blog? if people reading mine will either judge me or copy me? (yeah right on that last one) i have no idea. it's therapeutic for me at times to talk about my life. i've not done it consistently enough or honestly enough to reap the extent of those benefits. nor will i ever, probably. i know myself. but i'll try from time to time.
i keep telling myself i need to keep a daily journal for my grandkids to read one day. and to help me remember all of the amazing things that happen to me everyday. like today talitha- i'm pausing writing to think of my favorite thing she did today and i'm so tired i can't remember what happened today- i woke up at the sound of her crying in the baby monitor, changed her diaper, fed her, took an obscenely long shower, showed up 15 mins late to davids birthday lunch at bella bella, ate amazing french onion soup, won a bet that one of the ingredients to french onion soup was sherry, came home, looked at trees with tal outside our apt, washed dishes, put tal down for a nap, cleaned, made really cool curtains for the kitchen, made dinner, kissed david hello, got tal up from an almost 3 hr nap, AAAAAHA! here is the amazing part! if you're still with me- david asked if he could get tal up from the nap, he picked her up and i watched them cuddle so sweetly for 10 mins. 10 mins of face to face cuddling and it was amazing. how wouldn't my grandkids wanna read this! i say sarcastically. i'm going to finish my day before i rabbit trail on. then after cuddles, fed tal, played football with david as tal sat bundled up in her carseat on a pick-nick bench, watched american idol, nursed and put tal to bed, said goodnight to david, he had a tummy ache so he went to bed, made a chic patty(fake chicken-don't ask why i eat this crap) and some tomato soup and started blorgging after looking at stupid facebook for 10 mins. there what a good day. and i'll remember this day because i wrote it down somewhere. in comparison i guess i've had more spectacular days, like when tal rolled over for the first time, or when she fell off the bed (this was the bad type of spectacular), or when david and i took our anniversary vacation to the mountain house in NC, but i will remember today because it's written down. i want to remember every day, good, bad and spectacular. so i will try to write my days down somewhere. either here or in a journal. how about i'll give you show and tell ones. you know the ones i'm really proud of. that seems to be what most bloggers do. the look what i did ones. so next blog i'll show you the curtains and burp clothes i made. and the adorable pics of tal i just took. well i'll show you some of those now. ok they appeared up top. bonne soir my loves! i promised myself i would go to bed before midnight. i have 9 mins to fall asleep.

2k10

2010-01-04T12:05:00.000-08:00

Hello New Year!

10lbs of Pure Butter and Cuteness

2009-11-23T11:43:00.001-08:00

Talitha had her 4wk doc apt today and she is 10lbs! She came home from the hospital 7.7. I can't believe how big/fat/and cute she is. It's gone by so fast! She is on the brink of smiling these days. Every once in a blue moon you get one, usually after she eats. I tried to get one in this video, no luck but she's pretty damn cute. We are in her favorite place in the whole house- her changing table. She loves looking out the window and at mr. dragon... Everyone and thing now has a social title preceding their name. Not sure what that's about. I think it's an attempt for mom's to make everything a story in a storybook. I always said I'd never post "lame" pictures or videos of my kid... well lame is subjective and this video is very long and full of 4wk old cuteness. However it comes with a disclaimer; if you are not related or obsessed with my baby, this will be very boring to you. That said let the cuteness roll!

the sweetest and best baby in the world, Talitha Kelsi Osborne

2009-11-02T13:25:00.000-08:00

holy smokes y'all! i had me a baby. She is the most amazing thing in the world. She's sleeping through the night (minus the every 3 hrs I wake her up to eat) and for most of the day. And when she isn't sleeping she just looks around all cross eyed and makes the funniest facial expressions. She is so beautiful and cuddly, I want her to stay like this forever!...I could go with out the feedings through the night though... But, she is fabulous! The birth however was so traumatizing, I'm not gonna lie. My epidural wore off in a couple of very key spots toward the end of labor and I experienced the so called "ring of fire". Other than the 2hrs of pushing at the end and the 2 hours of heavy labor before my epidural wore in, it was a great experience. My fabulous husband was perfectly soothing and supportive. He even stopped breathing when I did while I was pushing! I really couldn't have done it without him, or the epidural, or the zofran... Kudos to woman who go w/o meds. I had a wonderful midwife deliver Tal and fabulous nurses. One in particular had the funniest perspective on the event and said things like, "We need to put in this intrauterine monitor to see how strong your contractions are so we can avoid blasting out your uterus with the pitocin". Is that what will happen if you give me too much? Cuz I was curious... And another funny nurse I had was Michael, he was wonderful. He cleaned up my "bag of waters" after they broke it and helped me put on huge mesh underwear and even put in my catheter. The conversation we had while he was putting it in went as follows. Mike- "So do you like to cook?" Me- "I do, I love to make Italian food because you don't have to follow the recipes to the T". Mike-"I love Italian! If I were younger I'd go to cooking school" (Mike is 55). Me-"Why if you were younger, I don't see how being a chef is any more taxing than working crazy long shifts as a nurse?". Mike-"Yes but as a chef you are working over a stove all day". Me-"And here you are working over a..." Do you see the humor in this conversation people? Well Mike and I did and laughed pretty hard, which I don't think helped him with the cathing process... Sorry Mike!
Other than the trauma of birth, it was the most amazing experience in the world, my beautiful daughter was placed on my chest and started to root right away! What a fatty! We all hung out together for 30 mins while I nursed her and David inspected her little body. She is the most beautiful little creature! We are so thrilled with her! More pics and stories to follow! Thank you all for your prayers and patience with me over the past 9 months!

due date shmue date

2009-10-18T08:24:00.000-07:00

My temperament whilst writing this entry: pissy. I know that it is very common for first time mothers to deliver past their due date by a week or even two, but like many others before me I assumed she'd come a day or two before. Why, I have no idea, just wishful thinking. I was done around 28wks honestly. Which is when this photo was taken. I've been that huge for a long time. My body is so done. I am happy that she has made it this far. It does please me beyond anything to give birth to a FULL term baby. I remember rejoicing every week we progressed to a level that reduced the risk of immature lungs or other developmental shortcomings. Thank you Jesus for this huge blessing. So I guess my temperament is more: Thankfully Pissy.
Now that I have a little extra time on my hands, I thought I'd blog about something I forgot to a while back; Top 10 worst things to say to a pregnant woman, more specifically this pregnant woman!
Now please people, if you recognize yourself as the offender please do not feel the need to apologize, defend or anything what you have said. These all make me laugh and without them my life would be much less colorful and I'd have nothing to blog about. So own them with pride! I will leave most of these anonymous, however there are some you will be able to figure out, enjoy! Did I mention my temperament...

#10 Oh, I thought you couldn't have kids. (this comment was followed with a bumbling explanation of how he/she assumed because we were adopting that I was broken or something. Nice! Stay out of my uterus!)
#9 Oh, does David have a job yet?
#8 Oh, was it planned?
These two comments were in response to telling people we were having a girl
#7 Three minutes of evil, condescending laughter, that had been building up over the past 26 yrs... -my mother
#6 Oh, are you disappointed?
This comment was in response to telling people her name- Talitha
#5 Oh, really, what about Suzanne?... - can you guess who said this?
#4 Awww, how far along are you?-30wks-WoW! That's a big baby! Grabbing my stomach and then saying, And she's already dropped too, wow you have to be further along than that!...- Some crazy lady in an elevator, I was very scared because I was trapped with this woman attempting to give me her "medical" opinion.
This comment was made to me while I was standing on the big scale at Publix when I was 34wks preg (don't ask why I was doing this)
#3 Oh! "How much did you gain?" me- excuse me? I'm only 34wks but 27lbs so far if you must know. "Oh girl, I gained six total with my 6th child, ha beat that!" ... Made by this crazy woman who was missing 3 front teeth and had about 4 kids trailing begrudgingly behind her. Maybe she would have gained more weight if she had some teeth to eat with... Just saying...
This one is a positive one because I don't want to loose any followers with this depressing blog. It was made in response to saying we were having a girl.
#2 AAAAAAHH!!! I'm gonna buy her a bra and teach her how to shave her legs when she's four, cuz she's Italian, oh and i'll teach her quintillion! followed by 2 more minutes of high pitched squealing!... No other than Aunt Vita!
I wish this were a lie;
#1 Oh really you're pregnant, you probably shouldn't tell a whole bunch of people because the chance of a miscarriage is pretty high in the beginning... Omfg...

Well People there you have it, my grumpy blog post. Hopefully my next one will include a beautiful baby girl as opposed to her mean and evil mommy venting! Is it obvious I am in need of prayer...

Roid Rage

2009-10-04T13:21:00.001-07:00

Her nursery is done! Thanks to the magnificently talented and fabulous Ashley Cortese, http://smittendesign.blogspot.com/ I was able to finish decorating Take out's room (this is our daughters nick name). I'm obsessed with the flowers and initials over her crib. Ashley found these amazing flowers at Michaels and she just thumb tacked them to the wall. I love frugal creative design! The initials are also from Michaels. The wire thingy is from Ikea, so is the chandelier and mirror. Those poofy pink and purple hanging thingys were hand made by Ashley for my baby shower and repurposed for my baby room! This room is so calming I hope I can stay awake in here.

These belly pics should be the last, meaning I can not get any bigger than this. I'm maxed out. In fact I even lost two pounds, which I heard is normal for the last couple of weeks. About a week and a half ago, she dropped WAY DOWN and I can now breath a bit better and the heartburn has let up a bit, thank you Jesus! I'm also, as of a week and a half ago 50% effaced and 1cm dilated. Booyah. This baby is coming down the pipe! All in all I have had an extremely healthy pregnancy. No placenta privia, no gestational diabetes, and even no stretch marks (which I'm extremely surprised about)and baby as far as we know is healthy. I thank God for this every day, however, I have had a "hard time" being pregnant, meaning I've had almost every uncomfortable annoying symptom you can get, and to the max. This leads me to why I titled this entry Roid Rage, well as soon as this precious package dropped she cut off all circulation to my...ass, making my tiny, under control hemorrhoid issue an out of control raging burden, the likes of which I had no idea was possible. Some of my close friends/family members have heard the entire story, I will not expound anymore except to say I had no idea they could explode... I knew my pregnancy was unique when I was talking to a fellow mom and said "oh man, being pregnant is crazy, especially when your hemorrhoids explode!?" to which she responded with "umm what are you talking about, I never had hemorrhoids". Me- "me either, I was just kidding, I was speaking metaphorically". Scared Mom- "What are the hemorrhoids a metaphor for?" Me- "umm...your heart that is so filled with blood, i mean love for your baby and desire for her to be born?...". Now totally confused and freaked out Mom- "ok, yeah". Anyway my body is officially ready for her to exit, she has wreaked enough havoc from the inside, I'm now ready for her to do so on the outside. I'm 38.2 weeks pregernant and just waiting for her to come. David and I are freaking out excited to meet her. Oh those weird pics of David are his belly shots I took because I think he was getting jealous of all the attention my belly has been getting. And yes he is wearing my maternity pants because I was in need of a laugh and he obliged! Love you Boo! K hopefully this will be my last post before the bomb drops!!!! Love you all and please keep us in your prayers!

34 weeks pregernant!

2009-09-03T06:10:00.000-07:00

This is very exciting! Talitha is almost 5lbs and roughly 18inchs long! Poor little cramped up thing. Her favorite place to store her huge feet is unfortunately in my stomach. I'm getting very anxious for her to come, meaning I want her out of me now. I'm so flipping large. I've gained almost 35lbs and I can't breath, sleep, eat w/o getting heartburn, or lay/sit in one place for longer than 15 min. I know all of these are things that come with the territory and I'm happy to do them for her, but I'm a bit exhausted. I almost had a panic attack when my birthing class instructor said a lot of first time moms don't deliver until week 41 or 42. I along with all the other pregnant women in the class let out a huge groan of sadness and a little vomit when she said this. Well my little baby girl, please come as soon as your lungs are done doing there thing, you've not made this very easy on me, if you stay in there too long I will ground you from seeing your little infant friends.

Two very exciting things; My girls got baptized, and I got taken out on a date!

2009-09-01T12:35:00.000-07:00

The first pic is of one of my girls, Diamond. She is very precious to me and just recently got baptized. I drove her to church that morning and felt the inclination to scare her a little so she would realize the severity of her "choice" (in quotes cuz y'all know God choose us, PCA Holla!). I think I said something like; "you know once you do this there's no more playing around. God said He'd spit the luke warm out of His mouth and His punishment for those who KNOW the truth and reject it is much more severe than for those who don't know." Diamonds response; "yeah du!" Alrighty then, let's get you dunked before I hurt you. Anyway, praise God for this miracle!
Another, much less praiseworthy miracle, was I got taken out on a real date with my husband! He took me to Grayton beach, about a 2hr drive from here. During which I read to him our pregnancy handbook given out at our last birthing class, the contents of which I will disclose later-hilarious! We walked the beach and then ate at the marvelous Red Bar! For those who do not know of this place it can all be summed up by the photo of that weird painting where the dude is giving a medieval mammogram to his lady friend. Apparently woman were not aloud to disrobe even in front of doctors back then. Once this rule was abolished the mortality rate dropped significantly. Anyway, this place is awesome, and the weird "artwork" everywhere provides for numerous provocative dinner conversation topics. And the food is fanflippingtastic! After we gorged ourselves we walked the beach again and for those of you who know me well enough to know my spiritual gift (the one where freaks flock to me and say weird weird weird and wrong stuff as if I was there therapist, medical doctor and mother all rapped into one- that spiritual gift)should know that this pregnancy thing has not in any way inhibited my gift. In fact it has strengthened and fortified it. I.e. I was walking out of Walmart and a very nice homeless man yells (I was 2ft from him) "What you got in there?" over and over. I was like "in where... my cart?" Crazy pants replies "What you got in there, Lemme guess, A girl?" Me- "OH! Yeah, it's a girl nice guess!" Crazy pants Mcgee "I knew it! I guessed it! I was right WHOOOOHOOOO!!!!!" and stands up on the bench and starts jumping around like a leprechaun chanting "I knew it! smidle fact inglitthruen", he started to trail off in some unintelligible language. I power walked to my car and thanked God for blessing me with this gift, as it makes me laugh every time. Ok, back to date night. While David and I were walking on the beach some dude, prob on Meth, yaya or whatever drug makes you think in reverse(I'll explain), was like "Hey! Congratulations!.... You are pregnant right?" Me "yeah, thanks!" Dude- "Cool, right, I have a daughter Eve, she's 6". Me- "that's great man, ours is a girl too, her name is Talitha". Dude- "Oh it's a girl?". Me- "yup, I just said that... Ok bye". Dude- "Alright, great well congrats". David- "What's on your shirt, is that radiohead?" You see david does not have this spiritual gift and does not know what the rules are when it's in use, Rule #1 Hold your keys in between your fingers for protection #2 NEVER ASK QUESTIONS THAT ENCOURAGE THE CRAZY TO FLOW. David broke rule #2. The conversation that ensued was too stupid to transcribe and waste your time. This is my burden and I won't burden you with it-That's rule #7. I will say, later on I ran into Dude again and he defiantly touched my belly for way too long and I was forced to run away-rule #5. Ok, seriously though, my date with my husband was wonderful. I realized there won't be many more of these in the near future, or at least ones where we only have ourselves to worry about. I treasured our date night. I love my husband. I love being dated by him and I pray he will aways want to date me.

La casa mia post move in and pre decorate and finish painting and organizing, your welcome.

2009-08-24T14:52:00.000-07:00

This is Take outs room. Not painted yet (I bought a purpleish silver), or unpacked, BUT, really cute.
That is her swing that I wish played the song, "down to the floor and let me see your hips SWING" whenever I turned it on.
And the rest is self explanatory.

Talitha is making me into a flipping girly girl

2009-08-24T14:21:00.000-07:00

Ok, the first box, she is going to live in those little puffy grey shorts/pants the first yr of her life, b/c they are so flipping cool and I wish I could wear them. The pink skeleton onezie I got for haloween, cuz it's awesome and glows in the dark!!! And those bird things are her sheets!
The second box, has three of the cutest hats I've seen. The two w/ the flowers are from etsy.com (god bless you etsy)And those b-girl shoes are setting the 'cool' bar pretty high for my little girl, but I have no doubt she will rock the snot out of those kicks.
Third box, a really too cute to let her throw up on burb cloth from the fab Mrs. Trashley Jones and the cutest socks every. I think I have a baby foot obsession. Ok these are just some of the things I love looking at in her room when I'm bored. And I'm extremely surprised I'm so giddy over these girly, pink, tiny, glittery, things that before I thought were for ballerinas and cheerleaders... no offense my girly girl followers.

our prego pics!

2009-08-24T14:09:00.000-07:00

First of all, my husband is gorgeous. Second I am very pregnant, but I LOVE these pics, taken by the fabulous Rebekah Hood in West Palm Beach Florida. THANK YOU REBEKAH!

I had a fam V-cation!

2009-08-17T13:53:00.000-07:00

Here are some really bad pictures of my trip. I also apparently took a vacation from my profession as a photographer as well. We (my dad, sis and bro) went to cocoa beach and 1) went deep sea fishing, and caught nothing, but none of us got sick-bonus 2)went to a pet store, Geoffrey had never been and was underwhelmed- exhibit his face 3)stayed in a cool hotel on the beach and my dad read something from a Russian orthodox bible, and I learned where I get my hand mannerisms from when I talk- exhibit the hand point 4)Kelsi threw a frisbee at Geoffrey's face in the pool really hard and gave him a bloody lip, but he took it like a man, and cried a lot 5)Geoffrey went periodically crazy 6)I got more pregnant and Kelsi got more better hair 7)We went to downtown disney and saw the movie UP in 3D(which was fab and made me cry a lot in the beginning)and learned that geoffrey does not think it's funny to take posed silly pictures with a legendary Irish writer statue. 8)Finally we chilled at the pool and I got a lot more pregernant.

40 Days till I'm full term!

2009-08-17T10:55:00.000-07:00

YES! I can't believe it, but I'm 8 months pregernant! I can't wait to meet this little princess! We just had our maternity pics done by the fab Rebekah Hood in West Palm Beach. She posted a sneak peak of a the shoot on her blog http://kallimaphotography.com/blog/
It was so much fun! David and I had never been to WPB, but really liked it and fell in love with 5 guys burgers and fries and might have gone there twice in two days, no biggie.

I totally posted that wedding all backwards, but I'm not gonna fix it cuz it took forever to post.

2009-08-08T17:31:00.000-07:00

My three stages of work; Shooting, Having really hurt feet, and then beacoup de editing. Thank you david for all the foot rubs. I feel like rocky the day after a fight the day after I shoot a wedding. No lie. My poor sundays have suffered because of it, I'll enjoy a little break from them for a while, but I'll miss you you crazy beast of a day!

No more weddings till after baby comes!

2009-08-08T17:14:00.001-07:00

This was my second to last wedding I shot 7 1/2 months pregnant with david at my new favorite wedding venue here in town called Goodwood. It was pretty rough working this long not gonna lie, but I'll miss shooting for a while so I figure I'd post one last wedding monster.

I love my Husband, and his ridiculous comments!

2009-08-03T09:46:00.000-07:00

To expound on my love for my husband, as my last post about him might have seemed a bit sarcastic to some, I'd like to share a story about his never ending faithfulness.
I was four months pregnant and at the height of my vomiting streak, and on the way to pick david up from his job at the Department of Children and Families. I hadn't shaved my legs in weeks, nor had I brushed my teeth in God knows how long because it made me vomit, and I was barefoot and in 3 day old pajamas when I went to pick him up. What a treat for my husband. I was also wicked constipated because well, i was pregnant. Why would I tell you this, because I have to explain why I'd just downed a gallon of prune juice before leaving. Anyway, I'm waiting outside in the car for D-rock to come out and I see before me the human embodiment of Jessica rabbit walk out the door of David's office and following behind her is my hero, david. I look at her,then I look at me in the rear view mirror and spasmodically attempted to brush straight my eyebrows and remove as much eye gunk as was possible before david got to the car... As soon as David got in the car he had the biggest smile on his face as if this "thing" he was looking at was somewhat pleasing. He leaned over to give me a big kiss and just as he did, that gallon of prune juice came bellowing forth with the strength of a thousand daemons. Luckily I'd come prepared with a winn dixie plastic grocery bag. Reduce reuse recycle bias! Anyway, the reason I love my husband is because he's made me feel more beautiful throughout this pregnancy than I've felt in my whole life. AND no jessica rabbit's scare me! Oh and I've since brushed my teeth and shaved my legs. I don't want to press my luck! I love you D-rock!

Team Talitha

2009-08-03T08:17:00.000-07:00

I love my Husband

2009-07-28T12:17:00.000-07:00

After I got home from my baller baby shower, David and I were looking over all the loot and talking about the couple of things we still needed. One of them was a breast pump. Here's how that convo went down:

Moi: "I saw an automatic breast pump on sale at Target"
David: "Yeah? That's cool if you really want it"
Moi: "Yeah I really do"
David: "I thought you wanted to breastfeed her"
Moi: "I do, but I'd like for you to be able to take a couple of feedings too"
David: "Yeah, but you don't have to have a breast pump to do that"
Moi: silence...followed by an Excuse me?
David: "Yeah, you can just use your hands" -dead serious
Moi: ......................... "david, I'm not a cow"

Although the above photo may further the argument of woman being cowlike, it's hilarious. I love my husband.

Best Baby Shower Ever!

2009-07-26T06:57:00.000-07:00

Seriously, friends, family, and team Talitha, y'all blew my mind! It was the most beautiful and fun day! The food made my baby ingest all of her amniotic fluid like five times and get hiccups it was so good. The gifts, the people, the sweet comments, and even the inappropriate ones, made my heart feel like it was going to explode. I'm so excited Talitha has so many fly aunts! I'm totally cool with her coming to anyone of you girls to talk about SDR and the inevitable lot. Y'all got my back! I'll never forget that day. Thank you so much! P.S. You guys clean up nice!

Bideo

2009-07-24T18:04:00.000-07:00

Talitha likes the way her feet taste, apparently

2009-07-24T17:55:00.000-07:00

24 weeks baby

2009-06-23T07:17:00.000-07:00

Talitha is almost a pound and a half and looks like an ear of corn. Luckily she's a bendy ear of corn, otherwise I'd have a lot of explaining to do about the shape of my stomach. I'm still worshiping the god Zofran daily and praise Phenergan! Oooohhh! AND!! We got the manse! Thank you real God, Jesus! We move in during the month of July to be out of our current place by Aug 1st. The manse, aka the swiss family robinson tree house, is a tiny or cozy rather 2 bed 1 bath apt above the clubscouts meeting hall. I'm gonna try and infiltrate and become a den mother...

This will not turn into a work blog, This will not turn into a work blog...

2009-06-15T15:31:00.000-07:00

I love making collages! Click on the image if you want to see the image larger. This will not become a work blog. I do not have a wedding blog, because if I did, I'd get nothing done and update it all the time and obsess over it, not good. Ok, nuff work stuff for now!

I love my job and my cat!

2009-06-15T07:37:00.001-07:00

I get why people blog, it's the same thing as show and tell in elementary school. You know that was your favorite day. Look what cool thing I have! Well two cool things I have are my cool cat, olive, and my fabulous job! I'm my own boss and I do what I want! This wedding was beautiful and in one of my favorite locations to shoot, downtown St. Augustine FL. I haven't even started editing it yet but I glanced through and choose a couple that I thought were pretty, cuz I do what I want! More pics of this beautiful wedding and my cat to follow.

Aldo makes Diaper Bags?

2009-06-14T16:31:00.000-07:00

Ok my first purchase for baby! Well more for me but, damn it's cute. It's technically not a diaper bag but, it's perfect for the job it's split into two sections and has perfect little pockets! I'm so in love with this 'diaper' bag I had to share. Thank you Aldo!

Baby Room

2009-06-14T14:42:00.000-07:00

I haven't done/bought a thing for the room or baby yet. (I'm a terrible mother!) It helps to be broke I guess, otherwise I'd buy everything cute. I'm trying to think of color schemes and motifs that I like for little Talitha's room. It's tough because we are moving before she comes, where I don't know, but that limits me from decorating the room all out. The only things I have to base any future design on are a beautiful new black crib that my dad bought me for a Christmas gift for our future adopted son (he's still coming but a little delayed because his sister stole the show, she's setting a president) and these really cool alphabet animal prints that my girlfriend Tara gave me (also for our future son, again Talitha stole the thunder). The bottom two images of the doll, pink alice frame and babushka are just things my Dad brought back from Khasakhstan that I like and are quasi girly. Other than this, I got nothing. I loved getting ideas from Domino Mag (RIP) so if there is anything similar that you my peeps know of, please share. i.e. blogs, websites, mags...

I love Delilah

2009-06-13T18:59:00.000-07:00

I love Delilah. Well, more accurately, I love the things people think it's ok to say on the show, just because they are dedicating to their object of obsession, a song; not of their choosing.
i.e.
Delilah: "Welcome, and who is on your heart tonight"
Crazy bake sale lady Pat: "Delilah, I'm 50yrs old and I just want to say that there is hope! I've found the absolute love of my life"
Delilah: silence
Crazy bake sale lady Pat: "When I was 19 I met the love of my life, the most amazing man, he was smart, funny, handsome, and my best friend, the only problem was, he was married with a kid"
Delilah: silence and a possible muffled spit take
Crazy bake sale lady Pat: "Then I left town because I knew it wouldn't work, then I spent marriage after marriage after marriage trying to find true love again, I never found it until now Delilah!"
Delilah: "Uh hu"
Crazy bake sale lady Pat: "He's my best friend! The true love of my life. At 50 Delilah, it's possible!"
Delilah: "So is the first guy back again?"
Crazy bake sale lady Pat: "No no this is my second true real love!"
So yeah, amazing show! I was just listening to it on my way home from a wedding and thought, that junk is good.

Pregnancy related, I'm still sick and was reduced to beg the pharmacist to fill my zofran prescription despite not receiving the ok from my lazy doctor. He was this very nice little Asian fellow, who squinted (OUT OF DISBELIEF!) at my chart and the frequent usage of zofran. He said "Why you take too much?". I was a bit worried that I'd been double fisting my meds and started to worry about the baby, then my englo-asain translator kicked in and I realized what he was trying to say. To which I pointed to my belly and said I'm pregnant and need it to survive. He felt bad and gave me ONE pill for the whole weekend and told me to use it wisely... I took it in the parking lot.
Other than the occasional vomiting, I'm thrilled to be having this sweet little kicky baby. I love watching my stomach move. Even though this pregnancy was not planed, I'm glad God planed it. I love Talitha!

2009-06-13T18:29:00.000-07:00

C'est moi, looking pretty rough and pregnant after shooting a fab little wedding in Gainesville. In my defense I had to run through an end of the world rainstorm with all of my equipment from the chapel to my car.

A Girl! Oh my Gosh!

2009-05-27T08:25:00.000-07:00

Hello little Talitha Osborne! Dang you have a huge foot! No wonder your kicks are power packed. And your booty if fly girl! The first thing David did when we got home from the ultrasound was buy 5 books on raising daughters on Amazon. Seriously 5 books are en route to our house. We are both freaking out a little. One year at a time I keep repeating to myself. Oh and people please NO BABY PINK! It will make me barf, seriously. Only hot pink or magenta or purple. K thanks! Ok, bring on the drama!

Lady or Gent?

2009-05-26T17:49:00.000-07:00

This is me at 20 weeks, half way through and I'm hoping this doesn't mean I'm half as big as I'm going to be, cuz if so, damn! I'm only 3lbs more than my prepreg weight, but I lost 15lbs in the first trimester for barfidge reasons, but gained all that back plus 3lbs. Yummy. Only 11hrs till we find out the gender of this monster. I'd like to go on record and say my bet is a girl. David's is that it is a girl as well. We shall see. If it's Talitha (our girls name) or Levar (our boys name).

the 'what the hell's the matter with you' hormone

2009-05-24T10:14:00.000-07:00

... has kicked in. Apologies to my husband. The only previous experiences that have triggered the release of this hormone in the past have been my interactions with my girls. (the ones from the city kids program at my church, CenterPoint Presb) This hormone was pumping freely this past summer when we were at summer camp. Like the time when one of my girls was playing in a camp-wide game where the objective was to dodge the huge fire hoses, kick as many balls into the opponents soccer net, and avoid getting your personal flag taken. Jazz decided to put her flag in her bra. Ok, but when she came storming off the field crying and screaming "I'm gonna punch that girl in the head, she wasn't supposed to take my flag, a boy was" all I could say was, "what the hell's the matter with you?". This was a legitimate question at the time, I really expected an answer. If not from her, someone. The times I've had with my girls are really the only parenty like experiences I've had. This past Sat one of my girls called me up to spend some time with her. I was scared because I knew why she wanted to see me, she thought she might be pregnant. When she told me, a rush of said hormone flooded into my bloodstream faster than adrenaline and had we not been in the TCBY with lots of other black people I might have succumbed. Crazy white pregnant lady on 13yr old black girl with a sundae is somewhat frowned upon in Tallahassee. I'll never get the south. But then this other hormone that I've never experienced came quickly rushing to the scene, whom I will dub the MPR hormone (motherly public relations) and made me see the fear in her eyes that emerged when she was faced with the acknowledgement of the repercussions of her sin. And then I realized that being a mom is all about suppressing the 'what the hell's the matter with you' hormone and embracing the slower running more asthmatic MPR hormone. I think the biggest responsibility as a parent lies in how we respond to our children's sin. What a scary and beautiful responsibility. Never is a human being more vulnerable and naked than when their sin is just lying out in the open. That is some huge amount of power to either do a lot of good or a lot of bad. Who else besides your husband sees all of your dirtiness-yo mamma. Ok- nuf speculation on motherhood, cuz I kindof hate speculation rather than experience. P.S. If y'all think to, please pray for my sweet girls. The Lord has started a good and beautiful work in them and I know He will be faithful to complete it but, there are rough patches.

Sup Fam/Friends?

2009-05-22T10:58:00.001-07:00

H'ok, a blog about us. Well, I'm pregnant as you well know from the creepy floating baby in the corner of the page. We do not know the sex YET, but we hope to learn of it this Wed at our 19wk sonogram. I love my doctors office. I see a different midwife every time, but I love all of them. I'm still sick, throwing up occasionally and randomly, i.e. in the blockbuster parking lot, outside the movie theatre in front of a bus of people with my crack showing and David not telling me (good times). And please don't feel the need to tell me how to cure the nausea, I've heard/tried everything. I'm 5months into this, trust me I've exhausted everything. The only thing that works is the combination of both Zofran and Phenergan. (which give me migraines, more good times) I just laugh now when people ask me how I'm feeling and I say "Still blowing chunks" and they say "Oh, have you tried Ginger ale, or C-bands? That worked for me!" to which I fight the urge to say; "B@$ch don't try me!" especially because the comment is usually given by a fellow church member-Much love CPC! But it's all worth it because I can feel this little thang move now! What a trip! How cool is God?!?!

David, aka, Husband/Juris Doctor/Baller/Best Friend/Daddy to be/Vomit bucket cleaner outer, is doing well! Just finished law school and is working full time for the legal department of Children and Families. This position only lasts until the end of June, allowing the month of July to be stolen by the evil lord BAR EXAM. Whom David will fight with his gigantic brain and show no mercy. After that, who knows who David will go on to slay next with his then even bigger brain (still swollen from the recent victory).

Olive Oyl, my 'sweet' little kitty, is also doing well, thank you for asking. We are only slightly concerned how she will do with the new addition to the fam. Her past interactions with youngins have only resulted in two scarrings and minor bandage use. She has not ever seen an infant though and we're hoping the helplessness factor will help... Please don't call DCF, cuz David works there, thanks.

Our adoption process has been slightly haulted, do to the due-ness of another baby in early October. We are still planning on adopting in the near future, just as soon as things are "comfortable" with baby number one. (that's what we'll call it, then baby num 2 and so on, I read that assigning impersonal names to children helps them remember their place in line... JK! again, please do not call DCF)

I hope you enjoy this blog, because it is a pain for me to make, JK.