for being such a bad and boring blogger this week!

It’s been a crazy one. My goal is to do only two sessions per week. I know that beyond that, I get crazy. With four kids and a dog and a husband and a house and a business, I can only take on so much without being sent over the edge! But in a combination of circumstances, I’ve done 5 this week, one of them being a wedding! Aye yay yay… Fun stuff, but it just leaves me little time for blogging. And housework. And cooking good meals. (ok, let’s face it… even without sessions keeping me busy I’ll find stuff like emails and Oprah to help me avoid the inevitable housework!)

I really really want to share the pictures from our camping trip a few weeks ago. It was a funny experience and I want to make sure I get it down! But, alas, and I have stuff to proof before Saturday, so it’s just going to have to wait a few more days.

Oh… but one more thing… and I don’t have a picture right now, and I wanted to make a special post, but I’m just going to talk about it anyway.

My baby turned four on Monday.

Something about that kills me! Four is not a baby anymore, by any stretch of the imagination. At three, I could still stretch my imagination. But at four… it’s done. He’s a kid. Not a baby. The other day, dropping him off at class at church, rather than giving me the little kiss on the lips I’ve come to expect, he turned his head at the last minute and gave me a kiss on the cheek. There’s a time when that starts to get weird, and I guess that time has come.

I had a session on Monday, and afterwards I went to grab a bite to eat at a local sandwich shop. As I sat there by myself, a mom came in with her little boy and they were having the cutest conversation about what they’d done last time the went to Tahoe, and I found myself missing my little dude, realizing that this sitting-by-myself thing at lunch will be a regular occurance in a couple of years, once my baby is in school full-time. I’m on the verge of a big life-change, and it feels weird to be staring it in the face! I’ve had so many years of being home with these people, sometimes being overwhelmed by their neediness, but so intertwined for so long, it feels weird to be moving out of that stage in my life! Luckily, they’re still small and they’re not off to college yet!