BIG PICTURE PHOTOGRAPHY – Ten on Tuesday

1. Yowza — been a while since I’ve done a Ten on Tuesday.  Not sure if it’s because I haven’t had much to write about.  Or if it’s because SO MUCH HAS BEEN GOING ON AROUND HERE.  (In case the all caps didn’t give it away, the answer is the latter.)

2. Croup stinks.  Sick sucks.  Jakzen got croup – again – the middle of last week, starting with a late night trip to the ER.  And he’s still sick.  Poor little dude.  He’s had some rough nights (and so have we!).  He’s been super tired and has a perpetually runny nose and of course he’s coughing.  Oh, that cough.  So we’ve been quarantined.  And we’ll continue to be quarantined until the germs are GONE.  Which I hope is SOON because I’m going stir crazy.

3. We had a busy weekend all planned out this past weekend.  And it all got canceled.  Thanks to #2 above.  Mom and dad, and gram and gramps were going to come for a visit, but I didn’t think it would be much fun at a sick house.  So hopefully – HOPEFULLY – they can make arrangements to come back sometime soon when we’re all back to 100%.

4. The coolest thing that happened on my birthday??  Eloise Violette was born! So happy to share my birthday with this new little sweetheart…well, with her and Elvis.    **Please note that baby Ellie was born on Friday, and her mom was somehow home and already leaving comments on my blog yesterday.  I think she’s a superwoman.

5. I ordered my own cake for my birthday.  I realize that statement sounds sad and pathetic, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth.  I wanted to order my own cake because there was a bakery I wanted to try out.  Decadent Desserts. One word.  DEEE-licious.  Vanilla cake with chocolate mousse layers and caramel then covered in chocolate ganache.  Oh my.  Please note that I originally ordered this cake when I was expecting a house full of company…and alas, they didn’t come (see #3) and that left a whole lotta cake.  For me.  Woe is me.

6. Poor sick monkey (who is a total stinker and pushing all sorts of buttons around here lately — both literally and figuratively.) 

7. And this little monkey had a big week, too – (ask me about it in person and I’ll tell you all about it!).  Really trying to enjoy this newborn “all I do is snuggle and sleep” phase because I know it doesn’t last long. 

8.  I just realized that I haven’t blogged about Mark and Kristi’s visit… They came to meet Maguire and to spend New Year’s with us.  We had a good — quick — visit.  And wanna know just how wild and crazy our visits are??  We  stayed up until 10:45p on New Year’s Eve.  We almost made it to midnite!!  Yep, that’s crazy.

9. Bahhahaha!  This picture cracks me up.  Can you tell they are related??  Both mouths, hanging open in concentration. 

10.  And this picture cracks me up, too.  Just moments before, Carter was told to put his Gameboy down, so he crept over to Jak so that he could “help” him with his game.  Jak was totally captivated by his big cuz, and the 2 boys shared a giggle.  Wished we lived closer to my nephews because I love seeing the interaction between all four of the boys.  (Hint, hint, Kristi!)