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I can't believe we have less than a month till Roman turns 1! He is growing up so fast! It won't be long till he is walking. He can stand...I've seen him do it...but he doesn't like it. He has hit every milestone before walking so now we just wait. He has always waited to do things like sitting up, crawling, pulling up, and everything else till he is sure he can really do it. He doesn't like to practice till he gets it right...he likes to get it right the first time. But I'm not in any hurry for him to walk. Not because I feel like he is going to get into more stuff...but once he starts walking he won't be a baby...he will be a toddler! *Tear* But seriously...cutest baby EVER! He is obsessed with phones right now. He always steals my cellphone and calls all my friends. He can say hello now...even though it doesn't sound like 'hello' but I understand him. Isn't that how is always is? You can only understand your own child's language. I still can only understand a few things Roman says like 'hello' 'mama' and 'dada'. But when he talks on the phone he puts the phone to his ear...ok...more like his chin...but I count it. We have so much fun together. He is starting to play more by himself...doesn't happen often...but it does happen sometimes. When it does I feel like a bad mother. I feel like I should be playing with him and be with him 24/7 but I get reminded that it is good for him to learn how to play on his own. So now when he starts playing on his own, I take a step back and not get involved and just observe.
Anyways...I've started planning for Roman's birthday. After the party I'll post millions of pictures for you to pour over!
Here are a few pictures of my baby love before I go:

“Got To Wear Shades”

Took this picture of my handsome husband last weekend while spending time with out family.

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Booooored

Roman is asleep and Malachi is working all night tonight so I'm all alone. I'm watching all of our normal Sunday night shows and really wishing Malachi was here with me. So I'm going to eat ice cream and fold laundry to keep myself busy!

Lately

I haven't posted in a while. Whenever I have free time I'm on the computer editing photos. I am having wayyyy too much fun with it! I'm pretty proud of the work I'm doing now...especially considering that I just started to get serious about all this about a month ago! It is the first hobby that I've really enjoyed. I've tried soooo many other things like scrapbooking, knitting, painting, and baking (and although I love it if I did it all the time I would get fat!). I can't get enough of photography though! I love capturing all those special moments...and who wouldn't when you got the cutest little model in the world :-) One of my friends, Vanessa, is going to come out here sometime next month and model for me. I want to branch out a little bit plus it will be nice to have someone who can sit still for more than a second or two to practice on. And that is what I need....a lot of practice! Yesterday, when I went outside to take pictures of Roman, I didn't look at what the ISO was set at so all my pictures turned out wayyy to bright (yes...don't I sound so intelligent with all this photography talk...pish posh) I still forget that all the settings on the camera need to work together. I guess I'm still in the habit of shooting in auto mode that I forget to check all my settings. But not anymore...well...I'm sure it will happen again...but I'm going to get better! I'm kinda bummed right now because we were all going to go to the park once Roman woke up from his nap to take pictures but now I hear a thunderstorm rolling in. :-( I want to practice practice practice! I could go with Roman tomorrow while Malachi is at work...but it would be easier to have him with me. We will see...but here are a few pictures I took yesterday (with my new 50mm f/1.8 lens!)

I HATE BUGS!!!!!!!!!

UGH! I'm trying to kill this really nasty HUGE beetle hanging out on the curtains in my living room. I'm trying to kill him with febreeze and it is not working. I can hardly breathe now because my house smeels like "winds and springtime". He crawled behind them and I'm seriously considering getting something long and ruining my curtains by smooshing him! BLAH! We have been having a bug problem...everyday there is something new. Thankfully yesterday Malachi found the roach and not me. Roaches make me melt down. Imagine the worst temper tantrum you've seen a two year old make at the store...that is me when I see a roach! I FREAKING HATE BUGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Big blue

The ONLY good thing about living in our apartment is that we have a pool. Roman and I (and Malachi whenever he can) go to the pool almost every other day. Roman loves the water! He will either sit in his floaty or lounge in my arms splashing the water with his feet. It is also a convenient way for us to get out of the house without hopping in the car and going somewhere. The pool is the only thing I'm going to miss from this horrible horrible place (okay...I may exaggerate...but it still isn't the best place to live in the world) when we move out in October!

Lalalala

As I go throughout my day I always think of tons of ideas to blog about, but when I actually come and sit in front of the computer my mind goes blank!
I wish it wasn't so stinking hot outside! I've really gotten into photography and photoshop and I want to go outside with Roman and have some mini photo shoots. But first we live in an apartment so I can't just go in the backyard because there isn't a backyard...I have to hop in the car and go somewhere. Plus I only know of one park so far here in Pensacola that we can go to that is about 15 minutes away. So it becomes a huge deal...plus it is hot...so we would only spend like 30 minutes out there because we would be miserable! I wish isn't wasn't so hot! Oh Florida...I'm actually excited about moving up north in a few years. It will be a good change!
I went through my wardrobe this week and got rid of tons of my old stuff! I got rid of things that don't fit anymore and things that aren't me. I have so many clothes that I have out of convenience and then whenever I wear them I don't feel like myself. So I got rid of those and everything that has holes or stains in them. So now I have NO winter clothes. I'm going to need to save up all my clothing money for the next few months so I can be warm this winter!
Roman stood up on his own yesterday! Totally blew my mind! He is growing up way too fast! The next thing is walking! I'm not ready for that!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh today we were watching AFV while we were eating dinner (oh yes...I get bad mother of the year! We NEVER do that but today we did...please don't judge me!) and only clip came on where a little girl had drawn all over here face and Roman started to crack up! It was the cutest thing! I love to hear him laugh.
Well...on that note...here are two pictures I edited today. I took these two in RAW format (which I will be doing from now on. My husband even bought me a bigger memory card so I don't have to worry about how many pictures I'm taking!)