9 MONTHS OLD

the twins are 9 months old already! but the past two weeks have been long ones. first, jordan had the cold and RSV. now brendan has it and he was just miserable in these pictures. i only got a few of him and in almost all of them he is so sad. the picture above pretty much sums up how he felt. hopefully he will soon be feeling better. in the picture of the two of them it looks like jordan is letting brendan in on a little secret, mom better watch out...then you have big brother justin, who just had to be in the picture too. he barely fit in the bucket, but somehow made it work!

STILL SICK

just asking for prayers and healthy thoughts to be sent our way. jordan was in the hospital last week with RSV and now brendan has it. please keep us in your thoughts and prayers, as it has been a very long winter and the germs are just hanging out at our house. hopefully soon we can open up this house and let the fresh air in....i can't wait for spring!

THE HAIR

here are the brothers with their fresh-out-of-the-tub hair dos. of course, jordan has just a bit more hair. i had to really work to get brendan's to stand up. but they look so cute.

DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING

ok, it's official. i am addicted to digital scrapbooking. here are a couple samples of what i have been working on this weekend. as soon as i have scrapped all the "real" photos i have, i am not printing any more. i have vowed to only do my scrapbooking digitally and print the whole page instead. then i can just slide the 12x12 page into my books. much easier and much cheaper.

SNEAK PEAK

this is a sneak peak for a favorite client of mine. baby "m" was so fun to photograph, and big sister "h" and big brother "p" were great helpers! what a beautiful family!

JELLIES FLASHBACK

wow, talk about a flashback to childhood. i found these "jellies" today at target and had to have them. same hard plastic shoe sure to give the same big blister on the heel. but they brought me back to 1985 pretty fast....

SOME NEW WALL ART

i know, i know, you'd think i have enough pictures of my kids on the walls by now. but i just love these new 10x10 gallery mounted prints i had done this week of my boys. i have them up in the kitchen and love the way they look. what do you think?

MY NEW WEBSITE

for those of you who do not know, i do photography as a second job in my spare time. :) i have just put together a new and improved website this week. please pass this link on to anyone you might know that is in the market for a photographer. i appreciate all of you out there that have made my business a success. don't know where i'd be without you all! check it out!
www.memoriesbybeca.com

SICK, SICK, SICK

well, all kids have the flu here in the essing house. justin started with a high fever and head cold last week thursday and had it for 4 days. jordan started the same thing on sunday morning and is trying his hardest to get over it. and now brendan woke up with it all this morning. i honestly thought brendan might not get it. but, low and behold, we were up all night last night with a feverish, barking cough, runny nosed brendan. which would then wake up jordan and he would proceed to blow raspberries for about half an hour. needless to say, i am pretty darn tired this morning. and i just can't stand the fact that you can't do anything for the poor little guys to help them feel better. other than tylenol and vaporizors, we moms are not supposed to give our kids any cough medicine, etc. anyway, i just had to vent some this morning. wish me luck and send prayers our way that all sleep tonight, at least a few long stretches...

OUR BABIES

here are some individual pics of brendan and jordan. brendan is the top pic and jordan is the bottom. they are getting to be so much fun. we are snowed in today, justin does not have school. i am trying to get this blog updated, finish the never-ending laundry, cook 10 meals for a supper swap i am involved in, and play with everyone. should be a fun filled friday!

8 MONTHS OLD

who can resist the those cute, dimpled biskies. i love em! these guys are getting so big, so fast. what a blessing to our family! jordan is on the left and brendan is on the right.

FINALLY DONE

as most of you know, we moved into a new house this summer. this living room/kitchen is all one big room with about 20' ceilings. the room was not painted, just white. i painted it a warm tan color and finally have it done. what a huge job. and i had to do without my mom, as she would have been way to nervous watching me up on an old ricketly ladder to help. i got some cool new wording wall stickers to complete the room and thought they turned out good. these pics are for those of you who wanted to see how this looked finished.

THREE BROTHERS

my three boys. jordan, justin and brendan. of course, this was after the sitting up pics and i had to quickly put the barf rags back on for fear of messing up their cute little rebel shirts. justin sure loves his brothers. and they watch his every move.

i look at these three boys and can't help but think about my grandma gladys tilma and her three boys. i give her a lot of credit for the job she did raising them, especially as she did most of it on her own. i wonder if she is looking down from heaven getting a good chuckle from her granddaughter and great-grand sons who she never got a chance to meet. i'm sure she is having a good laugh.

SITTING UP

finally, the twins are sitting up by themselves. they last maybe 15 minutes by themselves, but that's pretty good. they turned 8 months old yesterday and are growing so fast. brendan (on the right) can roll over and make his way across the room in 10 second flat. jordan (on the left) if perfectly content to just sit or lay until you move him. funny how they have their own very distinct personalities so early in life. there is certainly not a dull day around this house and i don't think there will be one for the next 20 years!

TEETHING COOKIES

ok, so anyone who has had kids in the past 30 years knows about teething cookies, biter biscuits, etc. i let jordan (bottom pic) and brendan (top pic) try these out the other night. these are the grossest things out there. they hold them in their hands and chomp away, all the time these cookies are disintigrating and getting slimy. as you can see, jordan was a little more into the whole experience. but they both went immediately into the tub, as did the high chair trays themselves. once this residue dries, it is pretty hard to scrub off, and that goes for the trays and the boys skin... yuck!

2007 in Rewind

BABY RACHEL

a sneak peak for a very dear friend. i was blessed to be able to do these newborn shots of baby rachel this weekend. only 8 days old, it was so much fun! thanks you guys!

CHRISTMAS TILMA STYLE

christmas lunch is spent at my parent's house. the kid's opened lots of presents and the day was a blessed day. merry christmas all!

CHRISTMAS EVE ESSING STYLE

here are grandpa and grandma essing's four grandchildren. justin, bradan, jordan and brendan.
and here are the four essing boys that have enough hair to do mohawks... poor brendan, not enough hair yet.

JUSTIN, JEDI MASTER

justin at his jedi finest. he likes to put on his cape and us his light saber on anyone or anything in sight. and this does include his twin brothers.