dear baby,

Good grief, I cannot believe you are two and a half! Where did all the time go?? You're talking so much now, singing real songs (and made up ones) and peeing in the potty! Its so unreal to me. You've definitely taken the saying "terrible twos" as a challenge, and boy oh boy it has been rough. But we make it through, and you make it up with all the funny, cute things you do. One of my favorite things you've been doing is singing to me. I love your version of "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Row Row Your Boat." Your dance moves to the songs aren't half bad either. Naps are pretty much a thing of the past now, another sign that you are growing up. You've been working so hard at learning your ABC's and counting, along with learning to draw circles. Not going to lie, sometimes your circles impress me, and when you count to 10, a small part of me screams with excitement. It makes me so proud to see how much you are learning and growing! 

I'm also extremely proud of your manners! You tell us please, thank you, welcome, and bless you, and always say it in the right moment. You've also come out of your shell so much, which is awesome. I love when you share your great personality with everyone.

As always, you mean the world to me, and I am so blessed to have you. I love you baby boy, and want you to know that. 

-Mommy

20 weeks

Here I am, a little over 20 weeks, and still cannot believe we are having another baby. Its pretty obvious now that I am pregnant, and not just chubby, so that's good. On the down side, my clothes are all shrinking, and all my maternity clothes are still super frumpy, so I'm just stuck in the middle for now. 

I've been feeling kicks for a few weeks now, and Mike has been able to feel too. I'm really glad that he is here more this time around since he didn't get the chance with Logan. He's the only one who has felt baby Damon kick so far, besides me. We've tried to let Logan feel, but he doesn't have the attention span needed right now, so hopefully when Damon his doing the wave across my belly later on, Logan will be interested. He is at least calling him baby and brudder, which is fun. He's also calling him Logan which is pretty funny since we could never get him to say his own name before this. 

The boys room is all set up, aside from some wall decorations I'm wanting to get. Damon's drawers are jammed packed already from my favorite outfits that we had for Logan before. Also a few that I may have bought the week I found out we were having another boy. I just can't pass up the deals on those cute little clothes!!

Overall, this pregnancy has been pretty great. No complaints here! 

well darn..

So it's pretty obvious that I failed my new years resolution.. Don't judge, I'm not the only one! Since my last post, there's been quite a few things happening in our neck of the woods.

I quit working. The hours, and stress were getting to be to much, and I felt like I wasn't focusing on my family enough. It's definitely made a giant difference, and it was something that needed to happen. Since I quit, I got back into my photography business, and it has really taken off! I've had pretty much every weekend booked up, and started filling up weekdays too! I have photos coming out of my butt, and I couldn't be happier. It feels good to be home during the day, and also be working. I even got my own website up and working, and I'm pretttty proud of it. 
www.amandacomptonphotos.com if you want to check it out

We found out the sex of our newest family member! Instead of doing a photo, (tried to do one, and wasn't all that happy with the outcome) we changed it up a little. 

I'm pretty happy with it considering it was my first ever video to do, and we had no help. Naturally, there are things I want to change and fix, but that program is not the easiest to work with, so I'll just keep it the way it is. I do want to start doing more video work though, it's a nice change to just doing photos. 

Since we are having another boy, and I am way outnumbered, we got our little girl. 

Don't let that sweet little face trick you.. she is evil! Just kidding, but seriously.. she nibbles, barks, and runs wild, not to mention potty training. Just what you would expect with a puppy. Its like a new baby, but more intense at times. Logan and her have a love-hate relationship, as in it starts off all sweet and turns into a fight, where they roll around on the ground, and ends with crying.. Typically the cry is coming from Logan.  It's all very interesting, and makes for good stories. 

Speaking of potty training, Logan is making a lot of progress on it. It wasn't as bad as a I was expecting, so I'm sure the next child will be my challenge. 

I'm sure much more has happened, but forgetting them is my punishment for not blogging it all as it happened I guess. I do have a ton of pictures at least, and plan to get to putting them up very soon. It's time I start balancing my time.. Between my own pictures being edited, all my customers photos, and spending time with Logan and Nala, I hope I don't lose my mind!

Wish me luck!

big news

Over the Christmas holidays, we shared with our family and friends that we are expecting baby number two! We announced with a photo we had taken, but I want to go ahead and share some more from the photo-shoot.

We are so excited for our new addition! Logan is starting to get used to the idea of a baby in my belly, and has started insisting on kissing it, and telling the baby night-night. He also makes sure that if he gives my belly a kiss, daddy needs to also.. its pretty adorable. If he is in the mood to discuss the baby (because honestly, he has his moments where a baby isn't his favorite topic) we ask him what he wants.. brother or sister. His typical response is "sisser" and there's no changing his mind. 

We got to see our little baby on ultrasound a few weeks ago, and my next ultrasound might reveal what we are having.. you never know! Everything looks good so far, which makes me super excited! I've even had a pretty decent first trimester, with a minimum amount of nausea. I can admit though, that I have a shorter fuse, and the littlest things can make me angry, and just like with Logan, I could sleep for days, and still be tired. But no complaints here, I know it could be so much worse. 

Say Hi to our newest family member! 

logan's 2nd birthday

One of the major things I missed sharing was Logan turning 2.. which I'm really disappointed in myself for not at least posting the pictures. It was a lot of fun, and I know there are probably a million things that happened that day that I would have loved to share, but can't remember now. I'm at least happy that I got a ton of pictures that I can share now, even if it has been a few months..

At the time, Logan was obsessed with the movie "How To Train Your Dragon" which meant that was the type of party we had to through. Let me tell you, it wasn't easy.. I tend to pick themes that aren't really popular.. Oh well, we managed to get by. Viking hats, and swords as the kids goody bags, a Toothless pinata (toothless is the dragon from the movie), some dragons around the house, and a big bouncy house was enough to satisfy our two-year-old. 

Logan had us relight his candles at least 10 times.. guess he had a lot of wishes

this is Toothless

We kept the party pretty small, which made it much more laid back and enjoyable. We ended up getting to keep the bounce house for the whole weekend, which was probably Logan's favorite part of the entire weekend.. Hours and hours of jumping, and lots of memories. 

*none of these photos have been edited.

wellllll...

I know, I know.. Its been so long that I am almost embarrassed . I'm not going to lie.. the last few months have been pretty insane. Mike and I hit a rough patch, and learned that we are both human, we both make mistakes, and that we both love each other so much, and managed to make it through a tough time. And let me tell you, just because things aren't going right, life doesn't care.. it still goes on whether you are ready for it to or not.

 On top of our love lives getting a little bumpy, my work life has also become a little hectic. By the time I get home almost every night, its time to get Logan fed and in bed, which has taken a major toll on me as a mommy. I come home so tired and worn out from the day, that all I want to do is sit and relax.. and my two-year-old just wants my attention. It kills me every day to think I'm not being the mommy he needs. But then he has his moments where he runs to hug me, kiss me, and ask me to "cuddle, cuddle, cuddle mama" and I feel better. I know being a stay at home mom has its downsides sometimes, but I have to give props to all those moms that work full-time with young ones.. its definitely a battle. 

Anyways, enough excuses as to why I haven't blogged.. I know its late, but my only resolution this year was to keep up with my blog, and so here I am, attempting to actually do my resolution. (lets be honest, not many people do..) Instead of making one big blog post of everything we've been doing the last few months, I figured I'd break it up into a few different ones. Even though I haven't blogged doesn't mean I haven't taken pictures. We got a new camera, so naturally, I couldn't resist the urge to snap some photos.

I just want to say thank you to the family and friends who were patient with Mike and I while we worked everything out, and I am sorry for putting everyone through the stress. I wish that I could take everything back, and that I could take away all of the hurt that was caused during that time. Guess people don't lie when they say that marriage is tough.

for logan.. 

Baby, I am sorry you had to deal with mommy and daddy fighting, and although I know you won't remember any of it, I will, and nothing makes me feel worse than thinking that you might have been hurt somehow in all of it. We love you baby boy, and we promise to do our best for you. 

for mike..

I am beyond sorry for everything, and I promise to do my best as your wife to make sure you know how much I love you, and how much you mean to me. Thank you for fighting so hard, and for your help to bring us back together. I love you with all of my heart.

happy birthday Jesse!

Yesterday, we spent our day partying it up for our friend Jesse's 2nd birthday! Lots of sliding, swimming, and acting like big kids!

I am so impressed by Jesse! This boy is 2 and swims like a pro!

This little girl, Lilly, is so adorable!! Loved playing with her, and hearing her say "this is so fun" constantly

Best Friends Forever!

I swear, Mike and Travis are THE biggest kids I know!

and of course I enjoyed seeing Ryker! He is such a little cutie!!

Thank you for having us Jesse! We always love hanging out with The Flowers Family!