Documenting life...: Some faves of the babes

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Some faves of the babes

I just want to eat her up. She's at the cutest stage...talking non stop. Saying funny things. For instance, whenever I say no, she says, "please, I PROMISE!" Not that she has any idea what she's promising, she's just heard it from her siblings. Tae, you are fabulous!

17 comments:

Emily said...: She is too, too sweet. I'll bring the caramel sauce and chocolate syrup and eat her up right along with you! And I am thrilled to see that my baby is not the only one who toddles around with just a diaper on when it is 17 degrees outside!!!; December 17, 2008 at 8:03 PM
Erin said...: Aaaahh!! That one in B&W with the binkie is TO DIE FOR! She is a beautiful girl and these pictures are amazing. You are so talented!; December 17, 2008 at 8:11 PM
Sera said...: She is SO precious! I just love the little faces she makes! She's just way too cute! Would that be a Mam pacifier that I see? That's what Kaylee uses. I observe the weirdest things now that I'm a mom...

I am constantly in awe of your pictures. I love the bold colors and the lighting. Do you get the lighting like that with photo editing, or do you use special lighting when you take the pictures? I love to use natural light the best, but with my digital camera so often the pictures come out blurry if I don't use the flash. Guess I need a tripod. I'd love to hear any tips you have, though!; December 17, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Heather said...: What a cutie-pie! she reminds me of my Savannah. Hey, will you send me your address.. so I can pass on my Christmas card..
i love and miss you!
heatherkonold@gmail.com; December 17, 2008 at 11:36 PM
Sarah Welsh said...: SO Cute!!!; December 18, 2008 at 8:49 AM
Sandy said...: She is so adorable. I want to eat her up too.; December 18, 2008 at 11:11 AM
Emily said...: We just got home from Target where we were shopping for Claire's birthday present. So, we were in the toy section browsing every "girl" isle. Paige saw a Dora item and said, "Dora...Tae Tae." She said it over and over again. The girl is CRAZY about Dora!; December 18, 2008 at 11:37 AM
The Calls said...: so sweet..I want your camera and your skills!; December 18, 2008 at 2:38 PM
Amber said...: She is so adorable! I'm always SO jealous of your photography skills! Time for a new camera, I guess. . .; December 18, 2008 at 2:53 PM
Brian and Kim said...: Love her!!; December 18, 2008 at 5:59 PM
andrea said...: jen....she is sooo cute.; December 19, 2008 at 2:03 AM
Meredith said...: She's so cute and getting so big. I wish we lived closer so we could have our kids grow up together more...; December 19, 2008 at 6:56 AM
Colette said...: Those are so precious!; December 19, 2008 at 11:31 AM
Colette said...: Those are so precious!; December 19, 2008 at 11:31 AM
Bryndie said...: I love how she has accessorized her outfit! Darling!; December 20, 2008 at 9:02 AM
chelle said...: Great photos. I need to get out my camera and shoot my kids. Thanks. m; December 21, 2008 at 12:38 AM
Anonymous said...: Sooooo sweet!; January 5, 2009 at 10:21 PM

Out of the mouths of babes

5/11 Tae: "My dad is bigger than my mom and my mom is mini-er than my dad"
5/11 Tae: "Don't coffee me!!!" she and paige seem to think the word for copy is actually coffee.
05/11 Tae: After going in the front yard after me telling her not to.. " oh mom, I accidentally thought the front was the back"
03/09: Maddie: " Why do we have to pay taxes? Why do they have to have laws...like pay your taxes? Or don't stand on swivel chairs?" Ha ha!!
12/08: Tanner: "mom, don't pick your nose and throw it on the ground or you will slip on it like a banana peel. So you have to put it on a picture, or a high shelf"
Tae 3/09: Today she was looking for little scab on her hand and noticed it was gone. So she said "Mom, my owie went home!"
2/09 Maddie: Kimi is eating a burger, Mad hates red meat. "Mmmm, that looks good" Me: "But you don't even like hamburgers!" Maddie: "But if it were the only food left on earth, I'd pound it."
12/08 Tanner: "Mom, when can we get out our bean stocks?" I realized he was talking about Christmas Stockings. :)
11/08 I'm in the bathroom, alone. But never really alone. Maddie comes to the door and says "mom what was your best moment?" Uh, can we talk about this later?
11/08 Tanner: "Mom, is my bones warm or hot?" later that day..."I wish our house was made of nachos." Ya, me too.
10/08 Me" Well Maddie when I was little I only got a quarter or 50 cents for a tooth" Maddie" Ya, well that was in the OLDEN DAYS mom! The tooth fairy hardly had any money then."
9/08 Tan:" Mom, when you have the new baby, will we sell Taelyn?"
01/08 Maddie: "Guess what Mom, when I lose my front tooth the tooth fairy brings me $20" What?? Who said that? "A girl in my class! I'm so excited to get my very own $20!"
10/07 Madeline: "Mom I remember what it was like to live with Jesus before I was born" Oh really? "Ya, it looked just like it does here, but it was on clouds."
09/07 Tanner: "Mom sometimes your mean to me, but Sister Castleberry (nursery teacher) is always nice to me...like this many times ( he holds up his little 5 fingers right in my face)" How cute is he??
Just the other day Madeline came to me after practicing some intricate dance moves with Jaren and said "Mom, I just wish I could marry Jaren because he dances with me, he does whatever I say, and he's such a gooood guy. Why can't I marry my brother? " I then explained just why we don't marry our siblings. Hopefully she'll have no problem finding a guy just like Jaren in 20 years.
"Shake your bootie, shake your bootie..." This goes along with a mooning of sorts by the 3 yr. old Tanner
“Do you wish you were Dad so you wouldn’t have to change Taelyn’s diaper or do all the work, and you could be at church on time?” -Maddie
"I'm the last number strong" -Jaren

Deep Thoughts...

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean ? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.

If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward.

I bet one legend that keeps recurring throughout history, in every culture, is the story of Popeye.

When you go in for a job interview, I think a good thing to ask is if they ever press charges.

To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.

We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me.

Probably the earliest flyswatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick.

If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.