Life As We Know It

Is it possible... my child is.... BERSHON??

OMG I swear, I could pull out 50 images of Porter being soooo Bershon when I try to actually take 'good' pictures of him. 

Tonight I put on an outfit I want to use to take his pictures downtown.  I haven't updated his "send to family" pictures since he was 11 months old.  I might just wait until he's 2, but... it'll be cold and snowy in February and I don't want to deal with that.  So, we may do 18mos and 2.5 years instead of the "traditional"... cause we know I'm not "traditional".  I also have a credit with a canvas company for a free 16x20 canvas, and I'd like to get a really good picture of him for that.  My credit expires in 15 days.  So, the pic has to either be one I took already or one I take in the next 2 weeks. 

Anyhow, I love this shirt I found on super clearance this summer.  I need to find a cuter pair of jeans, so I may check out Gap this weekend, and the converse (which you can't see too well) look SO freaking cute with this.  However, check out his expression...

Addicted to Bershon

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Bershon: (from UrbanDictionary)
Bershon is pretty much how you feel when you’re 13 and your parents make you wear a Christmas sweatshirt and then pose for a family picture, and you could not possibly summon one more ounce of disgust, but you’re also way too cool to really even DEAL with it, so you just make this face like you smelled something bad and sort of roll your eyes and seethe in a put-out manner.

"My parents are making me pose for the Christmas card picture before I can go to the party.  Way bershon. "

"I have to go to my brothers piano recital.  Totally bershon"

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So I found this Flickr.com group through Suburban Bliss' blog... Totally love it.  Check it out.

The 'I'm SO Bershon' pool

I'm alive, I'm alive!

My last post was written from a hotel room in Indianapolis.  Well, Plainfield, IL to be exact.  I can write about this now as the big secret is over.  Right now I'm in O'Fallon, MO sitting on the Morrisons couch with Heather and Kasey and 3 laptops.  Yup, Saturday night and we're big dorks all blogging.

Ok, wait, we're even bigger dorks... we just set up the timer and took pictures of us blogging... and not just one... we had quite a few outtakes! HAHA!

Anyhow... why are we here? Well, Heather threw a surprise party for Ryan's 30th birthday... the big 3-0.  We've had plans to drive down here for awhile, but I haven't been able to say anything on the blog. 

So, anyhow, thats why Thursday was so stressful.  I was trying to wrap up client orders, get things sent to the lab, get packed and get ready to hit the road.  We drove 4 hours to Indianapolis and stayed the night at Lee's Inn (cheap- $60- nothing special, but definitely good for the price).  Yesterday we finished our trip and made it here around 3pm.  Porter did SO well in the car. 

I actually ended up booking three sessions while I'm down here.  I had two newborn sessions today and I have another session on Wednesday.  Ryan is flying home to MI on Monday evening and Porter and I are staying the rest of the week to visit and for my session.  Wish me luck on our drive home... just me and P in the car for 8 long hours.  Hopefully he'll do as well as he did on the way down.  I just plan to take lots of breaks, we'll visit a few different Targets along the highways and stretch our legs LOL.

Anyhow, I didn't take any party pictures, but Heather did... you can see them HERE.  The party was great.  All of their friends and neighbors down here are wonderful, friendly and so fun. 

Today, Heather came along with me to my sessions in St. Louis, and Kasey met up with us at Mike and Erin's house for my session with sweet baby Yuri.  Afterwards, us three girls met up with the guys and kids at Chick-Fil-A for dinner.

I haven't taken many pictures, but here are a few from "on the road".  We stopped at a rest stop to change P into his pj's and he was so excited to see the "Big Trucks".