2008 May « Frazzled LaShawn

Thank You, Evan

May 30, 2008 at 7:03 am | In Kids, Photography, Stupid Human tricks, life ramblings | 3 Comments

While I was pregnant with Evan it was the running joke that we should be VERY careful about what we named him. Chase is the most appropriately named person I have ever met. All we have done since he was 4 months old is CHASE him. After Evan was born there was a moment when filling out the birth certificate paperwork when I thought that maybe I should name him “sit still” or “don’t move”. People laugh, but I really did pray that Evan would be a little less physical than Chase was. Partially because if I have him running around and Chase trying to find the highest point at which to hurl himself from…well you can see where that could get tricky. The other part was because I feel like Chase left babyhood REALLY fast. He was crawling at 5 months and pulling up at almost 7 months and walking at 9 months. Evan is now about 10 days from being 7 months old and he is totally happy to just scoot around on his belly, or combat crawl as I like to call it. He doesn’t try to get up on his knees. Why bother when he can get where he wants to go just fine? He can sit up unassisted, but doesn’t care to most of the time. I was going back in my blog and found that when Chase was right about the same age he was already doing THIS.

So, Evan, you just take your time sweet boy. I will be happy to carry you forever.

Possum Kingdom…OR…What I did this weekend..

May 26, 2008 at 11:23 am | In Crazy Woman with ALLLLL those kids, Family, Kids, Photography | 5 Comments

We took a spontaneous trip to Possum Kingdom. Jason’s company owns a 5000 acre ranch down there, so we went and stayed in one of the campers on the property. When I say spontaneous I do mean VERY spontaneous. Jason looked at me at 4:15pm on Saturday and asked if I wanted to go down there. We were on the road at 6:00pm. We keep things interesting.

I bring you…what to do while out in the middle of no where:

Walk around looking for things that can bite you…totally ignoring the deer behind you (target not real)

Try to eat rocks before your mom sees you

Throw rocks into the Lake. See who can make the bigger splash:

Take a ride with your dad..looking serious as though you are not having a good time and then scream when you are taken out.

Invite your brothers along for the ride.

Check out the creepy old cemetery that is in the freaking middle of NO WHERE!

Hang on Dad like a monkey child.

Look for something to shoot.

Find flowers for your mom instead.

And when Mom says, “Go entertain yourself” do so quickly…

Poor Evan…

May 23, 2008 at 10:33 am | In Crazy Woman with ALLLLL those kids, Family, Kids, Photography | Leave a Comment

He has been horribly neglected here on the blog lately….so here is some Evan love.

And a wonderful illustration of what happens when you leave a toddler and a baby alone for .05 seconds.

Last but not least….all my boys.

Daddy’s Birthday…

May 22, 2008 at 7:15 pm | In Family, Photography, life ramblings | 4 Comments

We were supposed to be out of town tonight celebrating the marriage of my wonderful and dear friend, Amanda. We are not, thanks to a good healthy dose of food poisoning. I am completely heartbroken over it. I can’t talk about it.

We did stay home and this evening celebrated my wonderful hubby’s 32nd birthday. It was just us and the two little ones. We had two of Jason’s favorite things…Chinese takeout and triple chocolate cake. In Jason’s world the more chocolate the better. His headstone will probably read: Here lies Jason…death by chocolate.

I have probably said it enough times that you all are tired of hearing it, but I will say it again. I have the best husband a girl could ask for. He is just amazing and continues to amaze me daily. Of course there are the big things in life that matter, but for me it is the little things. The fact that when we have had a fight and we are in bed he will move his foot over to touch mine. When he sees something he thinks I might like or be interested in he will email it to me. The biggest thing…he laughs at me. I love that.

I love you, Jason. Even when (especially when) you are being a big goof.

Jason and his mini-me:

Larger Families…

May 21, 2008 at 2:36 pm | In other blogging | Leave a Comment

I have a new post up at Larger Families. Go have a look!

Taking the leap…

May 20, 2008 at 1:02 pm | In Family, Photography, life ramblings | 7 Comments

The school question has come back into the conversation lately. As in, what in the hell am I going to do about school? Some of you may remember I went back to school last spring for a semester and then found out I was pregnant with Evan. Whenever the discussion of school comes up my ADD comes out in the open. I want to do EVERYTHING, but I don’t want it to take away from my boys. Does that makes sense?

If money, time, and kids were not an issue I would truly throw myself completely into learning photography and try to build a business out of that. But, money, time and kids are an issue. I have started to actually “study” some through books and websites on photography, but I am timid about concentrating on it. I am scared to fall even more in love with it. I am scared that I will be ruined from doing anything else. I am the type of person that once all my kids are in school I am going to need something to fill some of that time…something creative and stimulating is what would be best. Photography is something that can get VERY expensive to get into and to get good at. Is it worth the risk of never making money to cover the cost of it? Is it worth going to school for something else and finding out later that I hate it?

Can I get over my fear of trying to get good and finding out I am not? Can I jump?