just some things on my mind...

1. i'm so annoyed with maternity pants right now. why don't people make maternity pants that fit petite people? seriously. i am so over constantly pulling my pants up. grrr.

2. there is something in our backyard (or our neighbor's backyard) that i'm ridiculously allergic to. every time i go out there, i'm overcome by sneezing and snot. so gross.

3. i finally have enough baby clothes for this baby to do a load of laundry! lots of creams and browns with oranges, reds and greens. trying to stay away from the typical yellow/green combo or too many duckies. it's been hard but i've found some cute gender neutral outfits...enough to last the first month anyways.

4. speaking of baby...i'm completely overwhelmed with the amount of options i have for cloth diapering! oy. i think i'm down to four brands...but how do i know which one i'll like if i can't try them out? these are the ones i'm thinking of: gdiapers (i did these on e for a couple months so they're familiar territory), bumgenius, mother-ease or happy heiny's. each has their good points and each has their bad points. i guess i could just buy one or two of each and see how it goes. but i'd rather not do that...it kinda seems like a waste of money. still thinking on it. not much time left though!

5. more about poop...elijah seems to be suddenly interested in potty training. after seeing our friends' boys, conner and dylan, using the toilet all last weekend while we were in pismo, he seems to think that it's the cool thing to do. lots of encouragement on that front. lots of accidents too. hopefully he won't get bored with it...




6. kinda saddened by this picture when it popped up to be edited in lightroom the other day. this is not the face of a my little boy...oh he's growing up so fast!

a post about our trip to pismo is coming soon...just as soon as i get the pictures edited. also...planning a post all about baby and my bump. hopefully coming this weekend...

baby samari

i had the privilege to shoot a sweet newborn session yesterday. meet tiny samari! she was born a few weeks early and though she's grown quite a bit, she's still itty bitty! and oh so sweet. here's a sampling of my favorites from my time with the webster family.

father and daughter.

just wanted to share this fun shot i grabbed of our neighbor rich and his youngest daugher, kymber. love it!

a sad day in the anaya household...

ok...in the scheme of things...there are sadder days in the world. however, last monday (the 2nd), elijah had his first haircut. those little baby curls on the back of his neck really just had to go. my mom did the honors while john held elijah and i, of course, documented the occasion. we were all a little sad...but it does look better. he really did not enjoy the scissors on his neck; he kept saying, "it burns! it burns!". silly boy.

and yes, i did save the trimmings. :o)

small town carnival...

last weekend was the annual almond blossom festival here in ripon. good times.
it started on friday (well, technically thursday night) but we didn't head over until friday afternoon. elijah, my mom and i walked (elijah rode his bike) over to the park to check out the carnival. e was content to just tool around on his bike; thankfully, he doesn't really get the whole point of carnivals yet, so we didn't have to stick around very long.

saturday morning was the parade, which elijah enjoyed, despite the lack of firetrucks. what's a parade without firetrucks? seriously. after his nap, we all headed back over to the carnival with john so that e could ride some rides. turns out, he wasn't tall enough for any of the ones he wanted to ride (like the motorcycles) so he just rode the train once with daddy and we called it good. i think we got out of there spending less than ten dollars! pretty impressive considering the cost of everything. honestly, e just wanted to ride his bike the whole time...and we were happy to let him. kind of a fun little small town tradition...

ah...bathtime.

good ol' bathtime.
i love bathtime pictures...
but i rarely take them...
for lots of reasons.
mainly: it's the end of the day and i'm tired.
but also because the lighting is bad (the photographer in me)...
and mixing camera and water is never a fantastic idea.
every once in a while though...it has to be done.
like last night.
we let e play with his pretend shaving cream (the greenish soap in the pictures above)...
as in, we didn't stop him when he basically emptied the entire container into the tub.
good times.

look who's here...

that's right...baba and uncle luke are here for a little visit! so, in advance, pardon my blog negligence.

baby peyton.

two newborn sessions in a week! whew. here's a few of my favorites from a session i did yesterday with little peyton.

baby kylie is here!

you may remember troy and rachelle from our photo shoot several weeks ago. their little girl, kylie, was born shortly after our session and i had the privilege of doing her newborn session last weekend. though she wasn't too interested in sleeping much, i was able to grab some sweet shots. here's a few of my favorites...

more signs of spring.

this picture is for you dad.

listen.
can you hear it?
beyond the distant drone of the freeway
and the hum of airplanes overhead.
listen.
closely.
you can hear it.
hear them.
the birds are back.
so are the bees.
and that sweet, soft breeze.
listen.
you can hear it.
the chattering. the chirping.
the bustling bees.
the whispering wind.
even the flowers can hear it.
they are dancing, shivering, in anticipation...
swaying slightly.
bobbing in tune with the humming of the bees.

spring is here.

he got to lick the beaters...

signs of spring...

shocking, i know.

hello, hello! two posts in one weekend...yowza! :o)

just wanted to let you know that i just posted an update over at my knitty shop blog...please pop on over there and read it! fun stuff happening over there. here's the direct link: weebitshandknits.

also...i have some super exciting news to share. i'm officially an auntie! technically, i have been an aunt since i married john (his sister has two kids) but on saturday, my brother and his wife welcomed a baby girl into the world! evelyn renae was born at 2.45am weighing just under 8 pounds (offical weight: 7 pounds, 15 ounces) and measuring 20 inches long. i have yet to see pictures but i'm sure she's beautiful. i'm so excited to meet her...though i will have to wait until june when my other brother gets married. hooray for new babies...

and what's a blog post without any pictures?!? elijah learned how to use scissors this week! while he doesn't use them correctly yet, he has a great time cutting away...just like mama.


and one more...just for fun. me and my boy. :o)

weekend in the city.

ok ok...so i've been MIA. so sorry about that! i've been knitting away on all my orders from my grand opening of weebits! so excited about that. but i hate being completely absent from this blog so i wanted to share some fun photos we took in the city last weekend (the city being san fransisco. it's about 70 miles northwest of us). john and elijah spent most of saturday at the ball park (that'd be where the giants play) watching supercross while i drove in later with some friends. we picked a very tired elijah up from the motorcycle craziness and then headed over to do some shopping and have dinner on pier 39...yummy seafood! we spent the night there in the city and then headed back home the next day. it was a short trip, but full of fun too. elijah had some fun firsts while we were there (though this wasn't his first time in the city)...
1. he rode in a taxi (without a carseat which completely freaked me out) and loved going up and down the hills of the city (mama could've done without them...erp.)


2. he got to ride on a merry-go-round! pier 39 (one of the city's top five tourist destinations) has a ton of fun little shops (read expensive and touristy!) and restaurants so we went there to eat dinner. elijah and our friends' kids conner and ashley rode the merry-go-round after we had dinner (i had to ride too as elijah wouldn't get on without me. he wouldn't sit on the horses either. so we just sat on one of the benches and watched the world go by. again...erp.)


3. he loved looking at all the big buildings and watching the traffic way down below him...especially after dark. the fire truck speeding down 3rd, lights and sirens blazing, was a definite highlight.

here's some more pictoral highlights:

open for business.

it's up! please head on over to my online storefront: weebits hand knits. good stuff over there! please let me know what you think...

coming tomorrow (hopefully)

i've been working my little tail off and though not everything is done, i decided not to wait any longer. my online knitting shop will be opening its virtual doors tomorrow! please check back for more information. until then...

a lil sumthin', sumthin'

almost ready to tackle the "big bridge"

getting ready...

down they go!

watching the river. we played "pooh sticks"

some pictures from last weekend. no. not last weekend. the weekend before last. apparently i'm behind. as usual. we took elijah and his bike over to the little bike path on the other side of ripon. you'll probably recognize it as i've done a couple photo shoots there recently. he wasn't thrilled about having to ride down the big-ish hill at first but with daddy at his side and a lot of reminders about brake operation, he made it down just fine. he loved watching the river slide by underneath him and talked about the big bridge for days. in fact, he still talks about it. looking forward to longer days so we can take him over there after john gets home from work. i'd take him myself during the day but john freaked me out with his homeless people stories...so we'll just have to wait until he can come with us.

on an entirely different note, just a heads up that i will be taking the week off from blogging and my blog reader. a bit of a sacrifice, i know, but i really want to get my knitty shop up and running by the end of the month. i only have a few more prototypes to finish! and i know that if i leave the blog stalking alone for a couple days, i will have no problems finishing them. i have a product photo shoot planned for thursday and am planning to work on the website this weekend. hopefully it will all go as planned and i can show you all the fun stuff i've been working on by monday! so...don't miss me too much. here's to being productive!