Blog fun!

Hi...well, I did it. I'm bloggin on my private bloggie.

I have not denied anyone thus far so feel free to email. I have only questioned a few emails and asked for more detail. Sorry ya'll....just need to be cautious.

This said....Hope you had a great weekend. I blogged on my other private bloggie just now...click here

IF I BLOG on the private blog...I'll post an update here as well. That way....you don't have to check it everyday. JUST COME to this blog first and then if you see...

CLICK HERE FOR PRIVATE BLOGGIE...then..you'll know I've blogged.

Until then...Deb is so gonna kill me for this highly random picture of us above!! LOL! (we were inspired by Ericka's facebook profile picture)

LOL!!

I call this picture above "Where's DEB?...there she is!!"

p.s. I started my private blog

hi..don't miss Luke's video below.

But..had to say one more thing.

I have a private blog. If you emailed...you got through. I did not reject anyone that emailed me thus far. So..if you can't get in..email again.

For the 'chosen' bloggers....go to the following and key in your address.

If you got in..great. If you did not..again email me like you did before.

This is in serious "test" mode.
http://www.andreaspeakingtruth.blogspot.com/

Whoohoooo! Party!

Luke has mastered the computer!

Well, this is seriously about 1 month old. But, so worth posting!

I'll let you see for yourself.

Love you, A

Summer heat

Summer relaxing for Luke and Daddy.

These photos was taken early, early am after Luke's first tube feed. He was so tired by 10am??!. Must be this dang Texas heat. It wipes him out.

So....we are literally homebound (inside) this summer. It's so hot. Poor little Luke is going nutso!!
hugs, A

p.s. It occured to me after I posted this that my husband would be mortified if he saw his white legs so exposed like this on the blog.

(snickering) Guess that's the price you pay for not checking the blog out!!

Our little missy

Hi blog family, I hope you're doing well. I know many of you caught that deleted blog entry and if you did...please continue to pray for our loved one.
(change of subject)

This said, below you will find our little baby girl. Hannah bo joe. Hannah bean. Missy Pop. And my favorite..."chubby".

She's pretty much won over our hearts, minds and soul. We are smitten. Truly. Even Luke is starting to say "It's ok Hannah"..."It's ok Hannah"...after hearing her cry. She's a little doll baby.

She's pretty much the perfect child. I am very serious when I say this. Aside from the spoiled factor of wanting to be held and cuddled 24/7...she is seriously amazing. A true gift from God.

I've been wanting to blog about her for awhile now. But, life has consumed us and there has been zero time. I pray for more time in my life.

What is Hannah doing?

• Rolling to tummy
• sitting up in bumbo
• eating rice cereal with applesauce thanks to my nannie Lexie!
• smiling constantly!! Especially at Daddy.
• Belly laughing when tickled
• coo'ing and saying 'dahh, dahh, dahh'
• blowing raspberries and making funny mouth noises. (this cracks me up)
• stiffening up like a little washboard and having a tantrum when put down. She likes to be held before retiring to sleep.
• Sleeping through the night 7pm-7am. (since 6 weeks old) Yes..babywise!
• Drinking her bottles with rice cereal mixed in.
• watching Baby Mozart and loving it.

She's basically a little cherub. An angel from Heaven. Very smart and tracks you across the room. She's going to be soo smart. We can really tell. She's so alert.

I hope you are blessed with her little faces below. We love her so much. She blesses our family greatly. When God says "children are a gift from the Lord" He meant every SOUL He created. Period. Special needs is not a factor.

Love you blog family...so much to say. Be back, A

deleted post

I wrote this entire blog entry today. My mom made me delete it.

Sorry. Guess I need to just say "please pray". Until then..., this should cheer everyone up.

I call this picture "Healing".

Me

I've literally typed a huge blog entry. I deleted it.

Bottomline. I need God.

I'm distracted. I need God.

Get me back to you Lord. Please, I beg you. I can't blog, I can't do anything anymore.

And yes, I have clients and strangers reading this. Thinking...uh oh...she's got my photos...I hope she doesn't lose it. lol.

Not to worry. It's not that complicated. It's easy.

I need GOD. My life would be so much more clear.

God has revealed to me why I am so cluttered in my mind and can't even blog anymore. I've lost touch with my Abba. I'm secular and it's driving me nuts. I need GOD.

My heart to yours. love you,
A

Baby girl swimming!

Hello loved ones and blog family.

Well, what a day. The bus didn't come as they were confused and thought I was taking Luke. We packed up last minute and drove Luke to Aubrey to meet the bus.

This said, off he goes.

I had to blog this video with Hannah bo joe swimming with Daddy. It's her first swim at Gpa's. (Jon's dad)

We love going there. It's so fun.

Have fun! I'll blog more later.

So...blog Customer service

So, there is actually no support for me. I tried to get on this forum and it was complicated.

This said, Ericka says "Andrea, have you considered creating another blog that is separate from your main profile blogs".

Actually...it's funny she mentioned this. I thought..wow, I could do that!

And then, try the private out for awhile therefore keeping this blog up in case the private just doesn't work.

Whatcha think? Good? Talk to me:

POLL BELOW:

getting complicated

So...issue.

It appears that if I set my blog to private...then you are only allowed 100 readers.

Ok? Ummm, slight issue. I get approx. 2,000 hits a week.

I've already gotten up to at least 80 emails...possibly more.

And.....they are still flowing through on blogger and facebook.

Not to mention..I haven't even thought about my family/friends. The headcount thus far are random beautiful faithful bloggies that come say hi and pray for us.

I'm in mass confusion now.

What in the world am I going to do?

Be back...love you,
A

Rest in peace Momma Dugan

Denise's mom passed away today peacefully.
Thank you everyone for their prayers and I would like to ask you keep praying for all of the family.
We love you Niecer and our hearts loved Momma Dugan and she will be missed.
Personally....I will miss those late night dinners when you came in town. My heart is sad.
Love you,
A

The time has come....

Hey blog family,

I've mentioned this for months.

It's going to happen.

I'm setting my blog to private.

For those that have sent me requests, I've already gotten all of your emails and will include you.

If you don't know me through some venue and I can't place you....I will not add a fake email address. If you email me and say "please add me..I've been following you...". It's not enough. I need to know where you know me from and specifically.

It's come to this..."Stranger Danger".

It's shutting down in 1 week.

Andrea

early Sun morn.

Hi blog friends,

It's early. I went to bed at 8pm last night and woke up at 5:33am. Praise GOD....a night of good sleep. It's been almost 2 weeks.

I hope all is well your way. I was hit with some pretty upsetting news about my sweet client/friend Niecer. You've heard me mention Niecer before. Well, her mom was vacationing in Austin, Texas, hit her head and fell, blood went to brain, and now she's in a coma in a Austin hospital.

It's shocking. That quick.

Basically, Denise and family are awaiting the expert advice at this point on what to do? The doctors are saying she's stable? But, at the same time they said that her mom is brain dead. ??

As of last night, Denise was so confused as was her brother.

Please pray for this family. I had a high affection for Denise's mom. She would go to dinner with us when Denise was in town on business. Jonathan called her husband yesterday to see if there was anything we could do. So far....nothing we can do but wait.

We love you Niecer,
A

Feed the monster

I heard last night that if you start a blog....you gotta feed the monster or it will die.

So interesting.

I have thought about this 1,000x in the last few months about my bloggie. In fact, I used to dish out advice about blogging and say 'if you blog...you need to blog at least every day'.

Interesting again.

My 20yr class reunion is finally upon us. It starts tomorrow and ends on Sunday. I'm out of pocket until then and next week will be a great week. The reunion is over and it's a a new focus, more time to focus on my babes, my wife stuff in reference to having dinner ready, schedule my photo shoots SMARTER and just get back to the basics.

So my love bugs........I do so hope to blog more.

I've missed talking, writing, hugging, chatting, releasing...etc.

Much love and be back,
A

yes, I am here

Hello loved ones.

Luke swinging below. I'm seriously starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel these next few days. My class (20yr) reunion is next week and after that...I'll be able to breathe again.

Stay with me ya'll. So much to talk about.............. a lot.

I'm here. I'm present....I will be back. I love you.

A

"Swick" Swinging! Luke

Luke---tricycle

Hi loved ones, love you.

The following video is of Luke and his tricycle. The school allowed me to take this home with us to practice.

If you watch the video all the way through you'll get to listen to the high screeching pleasant sound wail that I hear all the time when I try to get him to work!!

Enjoy! Love you.

I call this video "Push".

Hannah bow bumbo time!

2 milestones in one day. Unbelievable. Brace yourself! This is seriously cute. And....gotta watch the end. Hilarious!

I call this video: "Bumbo".

Hannah rolling on tummy!

Hey lovey's. Love you. So....hi. Here is Hannah Bow rolling on her belly. Right on target. I'm so proud of her.

I love ya'll and miss y'all. Be back with a ton more!

I call this video: "momma is proud".

Happy Mother's day

Oh blog....where art thou go? What has happened to you honey. I've left you for dead my love. Where before you were in my 1st thoughts of my day....now, you are an after thought.

oh....my love. What is happening to us? Where am I going? And why do I feel so void to blog sometimes.

I love my blog....but I'm so tired blog family. My life has taken me over.

I pray I can get control and take it back.

Lord, help me sift through this craziness that surrounds me with parenting, wife stuff, photography, work, clients, vendors, no play, strange family stuff, bills, payments, mortgage, carpet cleaning, diapers, poop, baths, "eat, eat, eat"...., Elmo, and God help me with this thing called Facebook. What the heck? God..another addiction.

Lord, help me be a MOM. A good mom. Not a freak out mom or an after thought mom. Help me be totally present and just be up my kids butts all the time. But not feel so dang guilty all the time....I need some freedom in this. Let them know momma loves them desperately all the time and that they feel secure in that and SEE YOU. Feel closer to You because momma loved them as You love them.

That's my dysfunctional prayer Abba.

Oh...and would you please put a serious burden on my husband's heart to learn what edification means on holidays. This really annoys me about him. I give this to You my love.

Ok....Love you Lord....and love you blog family. Thank you for allowing me to pray, love and enjoy.
Hugs,
A

I leave you with Luke at "a year..or something of age". I saw this on my external drive and thought...wow...he was so chubby! Love you, A

I call this picture "unedited point shoot Luke".

p.s. This was really hard not to fix the exposure, bring up the yellow a bit, hit contrast..a few bumps there...and possibly curve this baby in photoshop. You see....I've lost it. Help me in this too Lord.....for the sake of TIME..I need to LET IT GO!