Mission 'Binky Removal' almost complete....

Well I would like to apologize to any who have heard the distant sound of someone torturing a small child, it is probably coming from our house.... Hailey is giving up her binky this week. By force of course. We boxed up the binkies and sent them away to little tiny babies that still need binkies. After all Hailey is a 'big girl' now and doesn't need them anymore. So, in the spirit of Christmas we boxed them up and gave them away. She was hesitant at first, but she does love to take care of her babies... (that's how I conned her into it..) so she picked out a couple of bows for the box and wrote on it and then we put it on the front porch for the mailman to take and deliver. Later when she was really tired and thinking she needed a binky for comfort, she wasn't so sure it was such a good idea and wanted me to go buy some more. She wasn't so concerned about those little babies needing binkies because she needed it even more. Then came the screaming... so needless to say it has been an interesting couple of days. She has had her moments of complete meltdown, but surprisingly enough bedtime has been pretty easy. So, we are on day four now and she hasn't asked for it all day... I think I can see the light at the end of this tunnel. I am ready for the mission of 'binky removal' to be complete. I was just sure she was going to start college with a binky in her mouth. After the trouble Hailey has had growing out of hers, I am very glad Hayden is not a binky baby... weaning him from the breast might be just as hard though... sigh..... :~(

Love and Blessings,
Teresa

Just be still a minute, and let me take your picture!!

Well, it was Tyler's turn to model for me. I had to test out some new equipment and he said he would sit there and look pretty for me.. most of the time he was on the phone to his girlfriend... but I didn't post any of those.

~Teresa

They just don't make 'em like that anymore....

I don't have any pictures for you today... Sad I know. :( But I want to paint a picture for you real quick of my dear husband. He is a worker. Through and through, that man has a work ethic unmatched by any other person I know. It was something that drew me to him and was definelty a plus when we talked of marriage, is that I knew that he would work hard to support his family and that he would never be a deadbeat, and I would never have to work extra hard to bring up his slack. He is a very honorable, loyal, dedicated man. The reason I even bring this up is that he left for work yesterday at about 6:30 am like he always does... and returned home at 1:00am the next morning...after having to turn around and go back to work after he had already started home that evening. He put in a 17 hour day. And do you know that he did not complain a bit. He didn't gripe about the company, didn't bash his bosses... And I tell you this because I just want to give him some praise and recognition for how hard he works for our family. His normal schedule is two weeks on then two days off... so he gets four days off a month and lately he has been working some of those days also. I am so thankful for this husband God has given me. I find this quality in him so valuable and I treasure him for it. I work from home part time doing marketing/webdesign and have recently started up a photography business, doing what I can to bring in more income as I also continue to stay home and raise our children. With those things and 'mommy' 'mommy' 'mommy' 24hour days there are times that I NEED his help when he gets home. And there are times that I complain that he doesn't help enough, doesn't do this or do that or take care of things without me asking or telling him to.... but I am taking a step back tonight and sending up a prayer of thanks for this hard working man, who loves his family and will always give his all to provide for the family we have built together and the dreams we dream together. I hope that he would say that I am as dedicated to my work here at home, and our children and to our family....

Love and Blessings,
Mrs. Zachary Wright :)

Stan the Man

I got to hang out with Stanley today and take some 6 month pictures. Isn't he just so handsome? This is my third baby boy (fourth counting Hayden) to take pictures of... I need a little baby girl now!!.... calling all mommiess... I need some sweet baby girls to photograph for my portfolio... it's starting to get a little overrun with all these baby boys!

~Teresa

Friday's sneek peak-

I got to take pictures for Korenne and Nick and their family tonight- what I believe would be their first family pictures since their family's joined together when they married this summer. I hope I did them justice- this one is my favorite, there are plenty more of the whole family... but I like this one the best.

~Teresa

Jacob

Would you look at this sweet little baby boy... don't you just want to eat him up?! This is Kelci's little man Jacob and they were over the other day for some quick shots... we are going to finish up at a later date when we have some more time to play, but I just wanted to share his preciousness with you all.

Teresa

My Christmas Joys...

Well, I have to say...those are some sweet lil angel babies are they not? Their momma must be so proud! :) I had a cancellation of a photo session due to the weather, and so we just substituted Hailey and Hayden in their Christmas outfits. Just scrumptious!! I also have matching Christmas pajama's for them to wear Christmas morning... I will surely be posting pictures of them in those also....who could resist?!

~TeReSa

Hailey's Surgery Update:

Well, I think a couple of months ago or so I promised updates of when Hailey's surgery was going to be... well after an MRI, a followup appointment and a doctors office nurse that doesn't know how to return a phone call (or make one for that matter).... we do finally have a date. She will be having her muscle transfer surgery on April 20th, 2009. We will be in Kansas City as Childrens Mercy Hospital at the downtown location. She will be there for two days and Hayden is going to stay home with someone and miss out on all the excitment. She will come home in a brace/cast that she will wear for 6 weeks. She has an appointment on March 26th to get fitted for the contraption and we will bring it home with us then and take it back on surgery day- she will wake up with it on and we will only take it off for cleaning of her arm after a couple of weeks. The surgery has a high success rate, and we are praying for maybe another thirty degrees range of motion (or more!) up above her shoulder and out to the side of her body. She is completely potty trained now :~) and will be completely off the binky by then... so that is two worries off my mind- I was afraid we were going to be in the middle of those two very stressful times when the surgery happened. Please pray for courage for her, and us through it all. I am most concerned about her level of pain, and level of fear. After the Holidays are over I am going to start preparing her and talking to her about what is going to happen and how we will stay at the hospital and such... I might leave the scalpel part out of the it though...

Love and Blessings,
Teresa

A proud mommy moment..

HAYDEN IS CRAWLING!! Yay, I have a crawler! Yeah, yeah I know this means that he is going to be into everything... but that's okay, I am still so excited because Hailey wasn't ever able to crawl as a baby and just walked due to her arm... we worked at it very hard in physical therapy, but she just couldn't put enough weight on it to crawl... So, I am very excited to see Hayden crawling!!

Blessings,
Teresa

Wyatt Grayson Michael

Here is a peek at the precious baby boy I got to spend my afternoon with yesterday! he was pretty tricky and smiled mostly after I put the camera down, but we still go some great pictures! Enjoy Jess and Grandma!!

~Teresa

Sneak Peek for Crystal...

... Look at those handsome boys! Those are my nephews...check out the website soon for the rest of their quickie session... we had a good time!

~ TeReSa

Here's a peek at my weekend's work...

It was a great weekend full of turkey, travel and pictures! It was nice to go up to Missouri and see the family! It was even better to get to take some pictures of them :) Hailey came down with a bad flu bug on Sunday though and we had to head home early... but she is better now and things are back to normal... and I am back to proofing! Hope your THANKSgiving was awsome! ... Psst.... by the way.... Only three more weekends until Christmas...