WooHOO!!

I'm going on vacation! I'm going on vacation!

(I'm very excited that we'll be at the Outer Banks this weekend.  It's a real vacation--no one has work that has to be done, and we'll just get to sit, relax, and have fun...at least as much as our kids allow us to...)

Logan and I are historically very bad at vacations.  The July before Tommy was born we decided to take a few days off to have an early anniversary before I got uncomfortably large.  Logan was then offered some extra hours at work, and since I usually encouraged him to take the extra shifts he jumped at the chance...shortening our "vacation" by several days.  So, I decided to pick up extra shifts at Franks, too, so we spent our "days off" working.  But this time--no sir! We're taking Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, AND Saturday, and we're just chillin'.  And driving (down side).  But mostly chillin'.

WooHOO!!!!!

Photos

We've been much more remiss in taking pictures of Jack than we were with Tommy, but we took some lately that I thought I'd share (and a picture of Tommy, too).  Enjoy!

Such a cute smile!

A good sleeper

We took a picture in July of all three of us "expecting". This picture was when we were saying goodbye to Carolina and Jon (they moved to Wichita this week....very sad...)

Rub a dub, dub, two boys in a tub...

Precious Memories

Today Tommy "helped" me make cookies, and it was so cute! We put a little apron on him, and he helped count the eggs, and poured them in (I did the cracking), and he dumped the chocolate chips in after he "helped" me mix the batter.  As a reward, he got to lick the beater, so he was happy as a clam!  It took twice as long to make them, but I think they'll taste even better for the effort :-)

Jack is growing up so fast!  He had his 2 month check-up yesterday, and when they weighed and measured him he was in the 95th percentile for height and weight (90th for head circumference).  He's a big boy, all right! He's getting pretty good at holding his head up, too.  Such strength!

Jack sure looks like his brother! I took some picures of him the other day using the same chair with the same blankie that I took pictures of Tommy with, and when I showed them to Logan he originally thought they were of Tommy!  I have some examples below.  Which are Tommy, and which are Jack?  Take a guess! Hint:  There are 3 pictures of each.  Good luck!

Picture A

Picture B

Picture C

Picture D

Picture E

 Picture F

Almost Professional

Last February I was enrolled in an online class for digital design, and one of our assignments was to contact a real graphics design company to find out about pricing.  It just so happens that Buena Vista has a graphics design firm (go figure), so I contacted them to find out how they come up with their price.  I ended up having a great conversation with the head guy, and he told me that any time I wanted to show him my portfolio he'd be happy to take a look.

Well, at that point I was just gearing up to have Jack and was trying to keep my head above water.  I thought a lot about the offer, but didn't feel the timing was right. After Jack was born I started to think that maybe I should act...so I did.

I took my portfolio by his office about two weeks ago, and was very pleased with the result.  He's offered to pay me on a project basis, and has already given me my first project!  I turned in five rough designs for him today, and he thinks one of them is right for the job! He's even passed it on to the client for feedback.  I'm still reeling a bit about it.  Logan was laughing at me yesterday because I was stressing so much about my designs, but I want to make sure I'm putting my best foot forward in this kind of situation. He said "They're good designs," and my answer was "But I don't want good! I need amazing, creative designs!"  He just shrugged it off. He had to hold back the "I told you so" when I got the feedback from the client.

I'm so excited!  I'm almost a professional!