The Barton Family Blog

um.. ya. haven't posted in an eternity. what's my excuse?? well.. I went through a "I don't want to take any pictures" phase.... then a "I don't feel like uploading any pictures" phase, followed by a "all the photo editing programs won't work on my computer" phase. Lastly, I now don't have any internet. So... all those phases... ending with no internet... are my excuse for why I haven't posted. ≈ BUT TODAY... I def. got the picture-taking-bug. Here's two of my beautiful girls! Naomi edited, I photographed.

I"m at the library w/ sickie little Hollie. She's had a fever since Sunday, and her mild cough seems to be getting a little worse each day. Poor little girl. This is the first time in a LONG time that my kids have been sick. For that I am grateful. It's been a good year. Natalee has a mild cough as well and Shyanne seems healthy. Natalee keeps telling me each morning that she's just fine. She's desperate to not miss school. Now that the girls are back in school, I think she'll fight sickness just to not have to miss! (: I'm so glad that they love it so much. ********************************************************************* Update on my pregnancy: I am officially 14 weeks. Officially in my second trimester and definately showing. I am over morning/all day sickness and feeling my energy returning. Yeah!! I have an apt at the end of the month and I'm guessing from there I will make my ultrasound apt. (fingers crossed) We should be able to find out wha...

...behind the picture. Ok... so I'm trying to get ONE SHOT where all 3 girls are looking at me, smiling, and not looking like dorks... so I snap and I re-pose them, snap another pix, re-pose them. FINALLY - I get them to all smile by holding the camera by my neck and looking over it grinning at them - and what do I do???? Tip the camera down as I look over it - cutting off most of their bodies and capturing the lovely black window behind them. Needless to say... I LOVE THEIR FACES in this pix - so I had to share it. Hollie's actually smiling! It's a miracle! (:

Natalee is addicted to princesses. She wants to wear a princess dress morning, night and noon. She's slowly converting Shy (: Every day she must wear princess underwear. I've given up arguing. She will empty the entire underwear drawer in search of princesses. Here's a direct quote from her today: "Mommy, Belle told me that she wants to be on my chonies for today" The princesses on her underwear talk to her! She's that special (:

Here's some pix of the girlies playing with all their Christmas toys.... errr... make that - Cardboard Boxes. Yep. You know what they say about kids & toys... they usually have more fun with the box it came in! Ha. The girls were entertained for an hour. I kid you not!

Granny & Gramps got the girls several sets of hair styling tools for Christmas this year. Hollie, of course, had to try them out on someone ... Unlucky for Gramps - He was the only one sitting still! ha! Man I'm happy when videos actually upload! It's a miracle (:

not for long tho.... (: I wonder how she is going to handle not being the baby anymore?? YIKES! I'm not looking forward to that!