Ohhhh!!!! My Sweet little Santa

The mission I had was very simple, to get my little Santa out there and take some pictures of him.... Here's the thing... Solomyn is his sisters clone, There is no doubt he is behind in speech and processing the same as she was and simple things like calling his name or talking to him seems to be like talking to a "I am trying to get what you are saying but since I have no idea I will just do this" wall...

I then decided I would just kind of follow him around and try to get some cute shots of him just playing and not try to get him to look at me by calling his name so they would just be some sweet and natural shots...  ( REMINDER) I am in no shape any type of photographer I have no idea what I am doing and since I know this deep down these just make me laugh..  :)



And when I gave up all hope of getting some cute pictures, I just sat down in the middle of the woods and watched him wander away from me, picking up sticks, climbing over logs and throwing everything that made it into his little hands... And then I got pictures of him the way they should be.. All by his self and when he thinks no one is watching him....

And at the very end are my favorites.... It surprises me what makes little ones get into there silly mode...  Today it was just a BIG leaf that made him get into the giggles.. The giggles were contagious and I began laughing right along with him... 

And there it is, the plight to catch my sweet little Santa, on my terms, in the woods, with the perfect setting, in the perfect place, Has ended up with Santa Solomyn  capturing me with his sweet little spirit...  Lucky, Lucky Me..  :)

To Give Thanks...

It is Crazy to think how fast time goes by and how quickly we can lose sight of what is right in front of us...  The past 3 months have been a blur and I am hanging on to this roller coaster ride with white knuckles all the way...  Needless to say, our lives have changed dramatically in the last three months and those who are closest to us know the JOURNEY we are now facing... I truly and I mean TRULY believe things happen for a reason and there is soooo much we should be taking from all of this right now and we will...  There were days I would wake up crying and depressed, and just want to stay in bed, other days were I would be fine till night time and get so depressed I could not sleep...  Till the other night when I was up well past 1:00 in the morning and I watched a series by Joel Osteen about perception and something clicked, I guess it was my light bulb moment and the MOST important things became front and center once again....

I am reminding myself daily of all the little things... "that in all reality"  are the most important at the end of each day...  And while we were in the mountains celebrating Thanksgiving with 2 of the most important people in our lives family was front and center ...

There was lots of deer hunting... although, only one was captured and a very small one I might add by non other Mr. Garth... We will now have meat on the table for over a month..  :)

I also did my own little photo shoot of the kids while we were there and came up with some cute shots...  Although not professional and probably not the best.... this year these will have to do and I am so grateful that 3 out of the 4 kids got out there and let me take them...

Madi of course was first and ready to go.....

Logan went next and had fun with it.....  :)

And I would LOVE to say that Karson Noah is next, But, he was not feeling it and I was not about to push for it...  His personality is all or nothing and well, on that day it was nothing..  But, I am sure there will be a time he will let me and I will post those then....  :)

Solomyn was next and since I have sooooo many of him, I will save them for the next post...  There were a few though that left me thinking ..... 

Perception is something that we as adults have to look for, We are sooo worried about who, what, where, when and why that we forget to look at the obvious....  There is just something sweet about these next photos of Sol...  Although, it was freezing cold, the seat was very, very crooked, the chains were rusty and his mommy was running around like a chicken with her head cut off...



 HE STOPPED AND ENJOYED the moment .....  Because none of those things mattered at all to him... WHY??  because his perception was just simply that he was able to swing by himself without any help... Which is a bigger deal then all those silly negatives...  :)