CJ is 3 1/2 months old - how has time gone by so fast?? I promise to get this blog going in the next week or so! So in the meantime, here are some snapshots of my beautiful amazing son!

Hey everyone! Christian John Leroy Boarman IV was born Friday April 4, 2008 at 5:53 pm. I had an amazing 100% completly natural/drug free childbirth and it was amazing! He weighed 8lbs 4oz and was 21 inches long! He’s quite the baby, I’ll tell ya! I’m going to be out of comission for a little while so if it takes me awhile to return e-mails please understand! To anyone that is waiting on anything, its all been ordered and I’m just waiting for it to arrive so I can ship it out!!

More pics soon - I promise!

Oops, hadn’t realized its been sooo long since I last updated.

Christmas was great, New Year’s was fun, and now were just counting down to our little ones arrival. I’m 32 weeks pregnant right now so 8 weeks in counting, although I’m hoping its more like 6 weeks. ;) The nursery is pretty much done aside from a few paint touchups, and we’ve been buying clothes whenever we see something ultra cute. :) I’ve been buying the cutest diapers since were going to be cloth diapering and its really going to be SO much fun and soo cute! If you didn’t know, cloth diapers aren’t like yesteryear and you don’t use rubber pants anymore.  I’ll be sure to start posting pictures of all my baby stuff to keep things updated! I am sooo ready for CJ to be here, expecially with all the lack of sleep hes already putting me through…I would rather wake up to crying then wake up to being kicked really hard in the bladder! ;) Not to mention, the heartburn, and just feeling really big! I know everywhere I go people ask me when I’m due and I tell them end of March/beginning of April and they say…”Wow you only look 5 months pregnant” and I’m like, thanks, I feel about 10 months pregnant! :)

I have a lot of write about, but I feel really sleepy right now….so I’ll be sure to keep the blog updated, or at least try to!

We hope everyone has a VERY Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! To all the brides we’ve worked with this year, thanks for making it so great! We look forward to meeting new people and having just as much fun helping preserve memories in 2008!

We found a home for our cockatoo but aquired two beautiful sun conures along the way. It was a good trade as I was looking for a better home for the C2 and these people were looking to find a companion bird. (The cockatoo needs rehab, really.) These two are a breeding pair, so were hoping they’ll lay eggs in the Spring but we’ll see! =) Aren’t they beautiful??! We named the male Sonic but don’t know what to name the female yet. Pic taken with P&S.

PS. Yes, my house sounds like a zoo.

Abby and Brent got married December 8th. Everyone was super relaxed - including the bride and groom! They were married at St Luke’s and their reception was at Los Patios at the Hacienda….ooh, the food was yummy! I really ….really love food right now so don’t get me started. =) Their ceremony was simple but sweet followed by dinner, dancing, toast and cake. Abby and Brent - I wish you guys a lifetime of happiness, and love. Make sure you get ahold of me *WHEN* you do decide to have children….I want to shoot your baby peektures! :) No rush of course! Of course….if Brent is pregnant right now.….haha, j/k! I’ll have your gallery as soon as possible!

Wheeew! So much to do and sooo little time! The holidays are always a busy time. If I haven’t gotten back to you - don’t fret I have read your e-mails I just have to answer them! It’s been super busybusy - but I will get back to you, ya’all know that!

For Thanksgiving we went up to Indiana to see my family and I LOVED IT! It was so nice to get away and see everyone. I really do miss everyone! I slept a lot, went to eat lunch at school with my 4th grade sister…I forgot how much I love school milk. YEP! My mamma and daddy bought some clothes for the baby, and we even went out to celebrate my moms 50th birthday! My brother and sister in law were also there - its always fun to watch them get drunk. ;) Everyone had fun and the food was good! I expecially love virgin daquiri’s! :) Dont mind the noisey pictures below - they were just shotatthemoment.

My mamma gettin a little lap dance action from the DJ

On Thanksgiving John and I made pumpkin pie - it was pretty good….hah, we cooked a plastic bowl in the oven…we could of ruined all the cornbread but luckily it was all safe and the bowl was the only thing destroyed. My dad hung the melted bowl on the wall for all to see — yep, were fantastic chefs that don’t check the oven before turning it on. I wish I would of taken a picture…it was priceless…a sure Thanksgiving memory!

I also got to see Tiffany and Nathan….I hadn’t seen them since my wedding June 2006! THEY ARE SO CUTEEEE! I also met my brothers new girlfriend Ashley - shes really good with the kiddos and shes super nice. I hope they get married…then I can shoot their wedding! Woohoo! Haha ;)

Since I’ve been back I’ve been sleeping nearly 14 hours a day - yeah, isn’t that crazy! I’ll be 24 weeks pregnant on Monday - Christian is due between March 31 and April 2 says the doctor - BUT WHO KNOWS! I’m really excited….since I won’t be going to a hospital and rather a birthing center I’ll get to go home about 2 hours postpartum and be in my own bedroom with our beautiful baby boy! I AM SO THRILLED! I never officially posted it but yes WE ARE HAVING A BOY! I was a little nervous about sayin anything prior to Thanksgiving as I didn’t want any spies! He’s Chuck Norris Jr inside of me right now - I spose’ were going to have an active little boy on our hands….just what we need right? :)

We decorated outside a few days ago and also set up the Christmas tree. Ugh, of course the cats have been all up in it. They love the Christmas tree - TOO MUCH! I guess its so pretty they just want to play with the sparkly balls and tinsel.

This is Lake Webster - I grew up on this lake and well, it looks pretty right now. I think I’ll get a big picture printed and hang it on my wall.

I want to let everyone know that we will be out of the office starting November 16. That is my birthday and then the 18 or 19th we are heading to Indiana for Thanksgiving. We will be back after Thanksgiving! I’ll have very limited access to e-mail during this time. If your inquiring about a date feel free to call me. I  hope everyone has a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

A few days ago I woke up and my first chinchilla Tony Romo had passed away. I hadn’t even had him for a year (got him for my birthday last November) I have NO clue what happened to him and all the others seem healthy and happy…but he is missed.

RIP Tony Romo…mommy and daddy love and miss you!

 Mark and Myrna’s wedding was fabulous! I think they did a pretty dang good job planning it all from out of state. It seemed like it came together really nice and everyone definatly had a good time. I promised I’d post more pictures when I got a chance so heres quite a few. I should have the gallery up real soon! Friends/family will also be able to order via the gallery just in time for the holiday season! Congratulations Mark and Myrna! I wish you guys yearsxinfinity of happiness together!!

The beautiful bride!

I lovelovelove this photo, I love how you can see the groom in the mirror!

A super sweet ceremony moment!