Logan's Smash Cake

Ooooook, I know, he's not quite ONE! But close enough.

Logan's FIRST Birthday is in 9 more days and today was the best day

before his Big Day to get this Smash Shoot done!

Having Jaker here this weekend made this very do-able.

I LOVED EVERYTHING about this shoot today:

1) I got to photograph THE cutest baby

2) The Cake was amazing

(Becki, it hurt me to just put this in front of him, but we still ate some)

3) The lighting is awesome

4) I am in love with the outcome

(and can't wait to book up some more sessions)

Hope you enjoyed your shoot today Logan. Oh the memories!

My Incredible boy

Some of the many faces of Logan (and his cute little toes).

These were taken this morning during breakfast.....he is so sweet, even when he's screaming at me!! It's been a bit of a long week, but mostly a good week. My Hubby comes home tomorrow, can't wait. I think Logan misses him. I miss him too.

A Date with an 'old' Friend

Tonight made me feel good.

I met up with a friend that I haven't talked to in 4 1/2 years!

There's no need to get into why we haven't talked in so long, we just both have agreed that what has happened is in the past, what's done is done, and it's a NEW year.

Cheers to 2011.

Lots has happened in the past few years, we both have gotten Married and both have BEAUTIFUL Babies. I wasn't so much nervous to see this Friend, but more anxious to see her. Once I got Logan down and out of his Winter clothes, She and I had a huge hug... I felt so much better after that. We didn't exchange I'm sorry's or dwell on the past, we just both took a step forward and shared stories of our babies and what we're doing now.

It's true:

'They say true friends can go long periods of time without speaking and never question their friendship. These friends pick up like they just spoke yesterday regardless of how long it has been or how far away they live and don’t hold grudges. They understand that life is busy, but that you will always love them'.

Whoo's Turning ONE.....

WHOO'S turning ONE?

Well, I can't believe our little 'baby' boy is turning ONE in 19 DAYS!!!

Wow, time flies. I have always heard that when you have kids, time goes even faster, and well, I didn't believe it until Logan came into our lives. Its so hard to believe that I'm going to have a ONE year old. It's amazing. He is amazing. Everyday he makes me smile and warms my heart. Being Logan's mom has been an amazing journey so far, and it's just beginning. I can't wait to wake up in the morning and see his smiling face and get those amazing snuggles. Today we were eating Lunch and I went to get him some more CRACKERS and he looked at me and let out this huge burp (just like mom), and we both started laughing. After we stopped laughing, he looked at me, and let out a pretend burp with this huge squinty eyed smile....what a little ham we have on our hands. Anyways, this owl photo is what I have decided to go with for Logan's party, I just thought it was super cute. Jason, comes home tomorrow after a looooooong week away. I can't wait to see Logan's excitement when he gets here! I think the word of the day is AMAZING...lol

Hot Yoga

(I don't think I'll ever get to this point)

Whew, that was AMAZING. There were only 5 of us in Hot Yoga tonight, but man, it was awesome. I now will look forward to every Wednesday night. After I dropped Logan off with Jeff, Gavin, Liam, and Ash, Stacey and I took off to the Complete Wellness Center. We were both a bit nervous as neither of us has been to Hot Yoga before. I have some friends in Kitchener that are hooked, and I was interested and wanted to check it out. I quickly found out that our little yoga room doesn't get as hot as some of the studios in the city (was 28 when we got there and 34 when we left), but next week, I'm taking a spot right beside the heater. I left feeling calm and relaxed, and had a nice cup of green tea with Stace to end the evening.

Home Sweet Home

(big sigh)

We're finally home.

I do not miss Kitchener, but I miss my friends, which I knew I would.

But on the upside, I have been spending time with Family and Friends that I have been away from for so long. It's so nice to have my Nanny and Pops, Mom and Mike, Ma and Pa B, just pop on over, instead of running around like a chicken with it's head cut off. We've been here 4 nights and already have been out for dinner visits for 3 of these nights. The house is coming along nicely. I really should have taken photos of the monstrosity (is that even a word) of a mess that was here on Friday. I really thought it would take FOREVER to accomplish putting away everything, but 4 nights later and there's just a few boxes of 'junk' to sift through. Everything has a place and I really feel that we were meant to be here. Logan is crawling around and pulling himself up on everything like crazy. He even crawled all the way to his own room this morning to play with his toys. He didn't really have the room in the old place. It feels good to be able to 'just breathe' in this big open space. It's really been too cold to play outside, but Marley's having the time of her life running around in the snow without being tied up. We got Satellite today - wahoo. I have been taking the odd photo, but once the 'mess' is cleaned up, I'll post some photos of the new digs. Another thing that is super exciting, we finally have a washer and dryer at home, the first time in 4 1/2 years, and I LOVE it. Stacey (who used to live here) has been a super huge help with cleaning and unpacking and directing me to which light switch is to what set of lights, and with some other things as well. I owe a HUGE thank you to my Mom, Mike, Brian, and Laurie with allllll of thier help: 2 trips to Kitchener, packing and loading up the truck , unloading at the new house twice; once without us, and getting us hooked up with some (new to us) goods. It really means so much when we can count on some great people to help out when we need it. Stacey assures me that's what friends and family are for. Anyways, time to hit the sheets. Good Night!

Oh the memories....

Our First Christmas here at this old house - December 2006

Marley very much wanted to go out and play in the snow - I think she was there for an hour

Bringing Logan home for the first time - February 11, 2010

Hanging out in the backyard on a hot May afternoon

I never knew I would feel like this: Sad that we're leaving this house. This 100 year old house has been 'home' for the past 4 1/2 years. It's in need of some much needed TLC. I first fell in love with the character and charm of this old house, the living room is in the attic, I just loved that. Oak and Maple original woodwork is all throughout this place and it's so pretty. The outside, is less desirable, but it's been 'home'. Driving with Jason to work at 6:15am, I stared out the window and got a little teary on the dark drive. I started to think about all of the memories that we have here. There was a time we had friends over every weeked, some that slept here every weekend too, having too much fun to go home. Jason proposed to me in the (then) living room (which we turned into our bedroom), our Nephew Sam used to come and hang out with me when he was little on my days off and we'd snuggle and have the best naps with Marley and Lucy Loo, and getting locked out of the house with T-Dot and having to climb up the side of the house and break in through the window. We brought Logan home from the Hospital to his freshly painted and decorated room. Even though we're right between Weber St. and the noisy Expressway, Logan and I hung out lots in the shaded backyard where he'd fall asleep under the tree and I'd just stare at him in amazement and take a billion photos. I used to love to lay in the hammock and watch Jaker cut the grass or playing with Marley. These memories make me smile. These memories aren't going to stay at the house, I know that. They are apart of me, and I will take these memories where ever we go. I just feel at the moment that I'm leaving them behind. There's the many friends that I'm going to miss as well. Friends come and go, the ones that really matter never go to far away and are always there when you need them. I'm just going to miss so many people that I think I'm kind of avoiding the goodbyes, hoping they will just be so longs, and see you laters. Tonight is our last night in this old house. I am super excited to get to our new place and I know it will just be a matter of time that I have so many new memories to tuck away with the old ones and I'll be just fine.

New Year, New place

Well, Here's to 2011! A new Year brings with it new hopes, dreams, resolutions, and for a us, a new place to live. We will be moving to this Beautiful house in 3 MORE SLEEPS!! I have been away for 9 1/2 years and I am so looking forward to being home. For Jason and I, our hearts have always been 'back home'. We've been in Kitchener for 5 1/2 years. WE have made some amazing friends and memories down here and we brought to this world an AMAZING little boy while we were down here, but we are so excited to be coming home. It will be so nice to be close to all families and some old friends. I can't wait for Logan to be able to run around with Marley in this awesome backyard too. I can't wait to make some more amazing memories surrounded by friends and family. Stay posted for new pics once we get things a bit settled.

~ The Front and Back yards ~

Logan James Barber

Well, here is the first post of many to play catch up.

Logan is almost ONE YEAR OLD, but here are some photos from his Birth day. Logan was born via C-Section on February 8, 2010 at 1:25pm, 8lbs 7oz and 20 inches, at Grand River Hospital, Kitchener. I can't believe almost a year has gone by. I remember this day like it was yesterday. I never knew that I could LOVE so much and could feel so much happiness.