from the camera of LoW and the mouth of aniC #2: photography

The Giveaway is still happening, click here.

if you are just joining me, it's me, aniC. wanna know what i'm doing here? well, LoW challenged me. click here to read about it. in short, she posted pictures of her choosing, and i have to blog about them while she's away at hot, sweaty, girls camp.

here goes numero dos.

our dear sweet zoe. i do believe she is a photographer in the making.

and she begs the question...how many pictures of the same thing in different angles can you take for it to be enough? back in december she used my sweet wittle baby boy to find the answer.

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so apparently six.

photogrpahers take note.

p.s. zoe so totally loves her sweet wittle baby nephew. it's definitely true wuv.

Adopting

This past December Zoe adopted a kitty. You may remember Boo because she's been around for years. She was Wesley's but when he moved out he felt he couldn't take her, so he asked Zoe if she would.

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Of course she would!!

She took Boo in her loving arms and made Boo hers.

By making her jewelery, and making her wear the jewelry, and then making her pose in the jewelry.

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This is the new spring line.

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Work it girl!!

Does your cat wear Zoe?

All the cool cats are.

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This past weekend after going round and round with Rae about cleaning her Guinea Pig's cage and everything else, while she moaned and groaned, Rae and Naomi came to me with this idea.

.Could Naomi adopt Skip, the guinea pig, from Rae?

.Sure! I said.

.So Naomi has done her thing, taken this guinea pig in her loving arms, playing with him and loving him and fussin'. Oh, she's fussed over this little guy alright, grooming him and all.

Yesterday she got a little carried away with the nails though and ..... clipped too deep, if ya know what I mean? Oh! My stomach as I think about the visual! Ouch! My finger tips ache as I type!

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And he cried and she cried!

Are you one of those momma's that overthinks the consequences of letting your child adopt out her pet to your other child? I'm not.

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Rae will not be doing the same with a baby one day just cause her momma let her give up a guinea pig so easily.

BUT, if it ever happened that way, I'm just sayin', dibs on Baby J!!!

I have THE biggest crush on Baby J, and I think he has a pretty big crush on himself too. That little blue circle he looks into is a mirror- you must see him flirt with himself!

I don't blame him!

AniC- if you ever get tired of feedin' and changin'- can you at least let him come visit me?

Babies Need to Workout Too

Did you know that AniC is a personal trainer?

She is.

And did you know that being her baby is no excuse to not workout?

It's not.

How do you think Baby J got Popeye arms?

"But momma" Baby J says, "I can't even walk yet."

"Drop and give me 20!" says AniC.

And if he isn't working out, she is using him to make others work out.

Hanging out with her is why I am in the shape I am in.

Bam!

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Hey- do you like a good Giveaway???

Do you like free food?

Then come back Monday, boy do I have a Giveaway for you!!!

Oh Crash Test Dummy, Why Do Thou Doubt? In Defense of My Sista

I have a favorite blogger who I read daily, she goes by Crash Test Dummy but she's actually a Smarty Pants. And I love her and her blog, I adore them both.

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But she doubted. Not me, but my sister.

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AniC are loyal to each other, we don't let a crash come between us, or a test, or a dummy. But occasionally we let a Sonic commercial and a key chain come between us. But never the three things listed above. Never ever! \

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So Crash Test Dummy wanted to see pictures of AniC, to see if she really does have a fro.

As I looked through my pictures I remembered, it's hard to get a picture without her fro!

It's always in the way!

Naomi wanted me to get a picture of her holding her baby cousin.

The whole corner is filled with her fro!

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I wanted a picture of my nephew with the flower my girls put in his hair.

There is the fro, again!

A close up of the cutest chubbiest baby in the world.

And the..... fro-iest fro.


A picture of history....

And more fro.


I wanted a picture of the Chinese Buffet for a future blog post on how it drives me crazy when people say, "Do you want Chinese?" and they don't finish the sentence. And I always think, "Chinese what?" Even though I know they mean Chinese food....And the fro, once again.

I also wanted a picture of my ma's mantle, she always has it done up.

Here is her St Patrick's day mantle.

With AniC's fro.

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See, it's everywhere!!

It's almost impossible to get a picture without her fro!!



The answer in short Crash Test Dummy- yes, she does, she really really does have a fro.

And she knows how to use it.

Reunited and it Feels So Good

Guess what 2 babies will be reunited today?

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Here is a hint-

My baby and my baby sisters baby!

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Wait- does that make 3 babies reuniting?

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I had intended to share a story about my childhood today but instead I must prepare for my visitors.

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In the meantime I would like to share some beautiful pictures with you. Zoe says so anyways. Shortly after I snuck the above picture of Zoe holding hands with her sweet baby nephew, she asked if she could take some pictures. She was SO impressed with some pictures she took of the sun through her fingerprint smudgy tinted window, that she took not just one but many.

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So I dedicate this most wonderful collage I made to Zoe. Without her, we wouldn't have this photography masterpiece.

When an Aunt Loves a Baby

I have a sweet nephew that lives far away.

It's really really hard on me.

It hurts.

Not so much here-

Or here-

But. Right. Here.

I finally got to meet my nephew face to face at Christmas. I told my wittle baby sister AniC that if she wasn't always right there keepin' an eye on me, I'd be kissin' on him. Then she did the kindest thing ever and granted permission. Then he gave me lots of sugar.

I really love him.

I wish he was mine.

Yesterday I asked AniC if she would just give him to me.

She said I could have him from 10 PM to 10 AM.

He's not a good sleeper, bless their heart.

But he's an amazing beat boxer!!

You can't have him, ya'll!! He's mine! And AniC's and Shad's.

But really, stop watching the video and falling in love, you can't have him.

My Wittle Baby Sister's Baby versus My Teenaged Baby

I absolutely positively cannot, (cannot!) get enough pictures or video of my new nephew!
My sister posts them on her (private) blog. (sorry guys)
She posts them on our (private) family site. (sorry again)
And she sends them to me via text. And I reply, "Aw! SO cute! More! More!"
It's amazing how he's so little and yet she just puts a camera up to him and he knows how to be cute. He just..... does.


Like this video of cute baby Judson-

I watched this over and over.
Then I showed it to Gary.
Then I wanted my own baby (which I still ask for daily) to video and show the world.
Then Gary said no (which he still says daily) and I decided I must make do with what I have.
I took my camera and put it up to one of my babies to see what he'd do.

Yeah... Um.... No.

It just doesn't work like that- it's just not the same.

I Had Stomach Pains, Labor and I Pushed

Yesterday was SO tiring. First off, my stomach hurt all day, then I labored to get my house in order and when the kids got home I pushed real hard to get them to do their homework.

And then, after the stomach pains and the laboring and the pushing, I had a new nephew!!!!

Meet wittle baby Judson, named after his father. And he looks just like his father too. Good thing, if he looked like Anitra they may have felt compelled to name him Anitra and that wouldn't have been nice.

Look at how great Anitra looks!

I didn't look that good after having my babies. I didn't look that good last night, after the stomach pains and laboring and pushing I did. I don't know how she did it.
Of course when we talked last night she said, "it didn't even hurt." So apparently I was in more pain yesterday than she was, so that explains......

And look at the proud Pop-

Wait a minute..........
They said they were naming the baby after the daddy, but I thought his name was Jug?