Boys and Me

Long time no blog

ashleyhiskesphotography — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:39:04 +0000

My life has been a wee bit crazy lately. But tonight Maddox pulled at my heart strings and made me blog! LOL

How did a 3 year old convince me to blog? Well it’s quite simple. I was walking behind him down our hallway tonight and thought “WOW, my baby looks so grown up today.” I will always miss the baby days, but I love the stage he is in right now. He is 100% potty trained! Everything in his life revolves around Spiderman. He is turning into a Mama’s boy more and more every day. He loves playing with his brothers. He’s just an awesome toddler right now.

I blogged this because I never ever want to forget just how much fun my 3 year old is.

And excuse the “snap shot” picture. I literally took it as soon as I was thinking about this post.

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ashleyhiskesphotography — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:05:48 +0000

I told you that I might do a ton of blogs all in one day!

So what has kept me so busy? Potty training! Honestly, I thought Maddox was going to be the first child in college wearing diapers. So what changed? Spiderman! First, we put Spiderman stickers all over his potty. Then we started talking about how babies wear diapers. He told me that he was Spiderman and I said he can’t be because he’s in a diaper, he must be a baby. That morning he went potty for the first time! And now we have been diaper free for 4 days!

Here he is playing PS3 while on the potty – don’t judge me! I will take what I can get!

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ashleyhiskesphotography — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:53:17 +0000

Baby it’s cold outside!
Yes I live on the East cost, and yes I want to move West!
While it might not be as cold as other places North of us, it’s still COLD!!!

And while I am talking about cold people from up North, I want to take a minute to thank Kristie Havyer.
She is honestly my bestest bud! When it comes to my photography she is always there to give me honest criticism without making me cry, she shares her tips and tricks, and she pushes me to do my very best! Kristie the person who calls me before my very rare few photo shoots to calm me down, and the first person to call me when it’s over to see how I did. Honestly, if it wasn’t for Kristie I would still be using my camera with a kit lens on auto. I love you Kristie!

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ashleyhiskesphotography — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:44:05 +0000

No, it’s not Paul McCartney you see. It’s my Alex! Alex wanted to make himself a mustache and beard so he could look like Paul. It upset me that he put tape on his face, but there was no way I could stop his “art”.

To say Alex is obsessed with the Beatles is an understatement. He knows all of their names, what insturments each plays (I am talking the name of the guitar, bass, and drums), and who sings what songs. He sings their songs 24/7. He knows more about the Beatles than my Mom, and she grew up with them.

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ashleyhiskesphotography — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:43:08 +0000

My Mom is an avid cross-stitcher. Every year she makes a few ornaments for the kids. This year we received Spiderman & Spongebob. The Siderman is extra special because she made the pattern from scratch.

Thanks Mom! The boys love them. :0)

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ashleyhiskesphotography — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:29:36 +0000

Oh my Austin! He is such a sweet boy. Out of the blue, for no reason at all, he will show up with a bottle of lotion and rub my feet for me. He even teaches his little brothers how to do it the right way. Last night he told me “I wouldn’t be this way if you didn’t raise me to be. Your my role model Mom.” Yep, totally made me cry! What other 11 year old boy is this way? Love him!

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ashleyhiskesphotography — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:32:01 +0000

Lunch time!
Can you tell I am running out of ideas already? Sad isn’t it?!

This is the life of a SAHM – packing lunches! I have 4 kids, but for now I only have to pack 3 lunches. Thankfully I still have a few more years with Mad-man.

And why is it that each kid needs something different. Andrew wants a regular juice box, Alex & Austin want water. Alex & Andrew want ham, Austin wants roast beef. And it goes on and on and on.

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ashleyhiskesphotography — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:09:20 +0000

This isn’t the best picture. All I was really trying to do was capture Alex’s after Christmas shirt.
It says “All I got was a lump of coal”. LOL

And for those who didn’t see it – Alex’s Beatles mustache.

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ashleyhiskesphotography — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:28:53 +0000

OK, I might sound a little bias here, but isn’t he just the CUTEST??? I mean seriously, look at that smooth flawless skin. It is really like that. I totally get the phrase “smooth as a baby’s butt”. One day I swear I am going to eat him!

OK, Mommy rave over.

Here is the B&W version.

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ashleyhiskesphotography — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:04:01 +0000

Yep, 2 post one day. But I am keeping up with my 365 rules. LOL

Maddox is 3 years and LOVES my iPod. Seriously, this kid uses it more than I do. It cracks my Mom up how well he does on it. Here he is on a lazy Saturday laying in my bed while watching Spiderman on it.