That black and white picture of Tori that I posted recently that I loved so much inspired me to take some b&w of the boys.?? While I love these pictures, I am realizing that there is something about deep pools of dark brown that really give that “liquid” eye effect and I couldn’t really recreate it with Tanner or Ty.?? Ty has pretty dark eyes too but not like Tori’s.?? Her’s are still BLACK.?? You almost can’t see the pupil.?? I wonder if they will stay that way??? They sure are fun to photograph that dark!??

I am having a mommy wants to scream kind of afternoon.?? All I stinking want to do is post process some of Amanda’s pregnancy pictures and it’s now 3:30 and I have yet to even start.?? (a)?? Tori is being a typical tiny one today – really wanting mommy at every second.?? Not that I am complaining about that but it makes it difficult to do anything.?? (b) Ty is supposed to be sleeping but keeps calling me.?? (c) Tanner is bored and looking to me for entertainment.?? (d) My internet is going slower than the freeway during rush hour.?? I got everything done this morning so that I could have some mommy time and I still am not managing to get any.?? Grrrrrr….?? Okay enough of the vent.?? Hopefully I can type through a fussing baby and she will fall asleep in a second.??

Back to Tanner…

He will be seven on May 22nd! He is feeling so grown up lately.?? He seems to have really matured since our family received the blessing of another member.???? He also seems to be coming out of his shell more and more.?? This last week he has made me giggle several times with his comments.?? Just sounding grown up.

Last week I asked him what he wanted for lunch and he didn’t know.?? I gave him some options and he finally chose something.?? A little later I asked the same question of Jim and added leftover pizza to the lineup of options for dad.?? The minute Tanner heard me say that, he swung around and said “YOU should have told me that!”?? As sassy as it sounds (and kind of was), Jim and I got quite a giggle out of it because it was very atypical of Tanner.?? Felt like a glimpse of our future teenager.

In the same week, he said something else fairly sassy that made me laugh.?? He actually was being more patronizing than sassy.?? I was telling him about something and midway through my description he turns his head and starts talking to Jim.?? I say “Hey!?? I was in the middle of telling you something!”?? He says “Mommy I CAN talk AND listen.”?? LOL!?? Oh really??????? Why do I sincerely doubt that??? Wasn’t that such a “man” thing to say??? I begged to differ.?? (I didn’t ask him to repeat what I said though because what if he could??? LOL)

Then there is his sweet side…

Jim bought me a massage for Christmas and I just got around to using the gift certificate.?? When I got home I was telling him that the massage therapist was awesome.?? Tanner, overhearing our conversation, walks by and says “But was she kind?” – 🙂 :).?? Glad to know that he is realizing that character counts.??

Tori is a wee bit quieter now.?? She is sucking on her fingers – darn it.?? I am really really trying to swap the pacy for her fingers because I don’t want a thumb sucker on my hands!?? Not sure I am going to win this one.??

I have??a whole??passle of pictures to??post but have had no time for post processing or blogging this week.?? The nursery is ALMOST done so I expect to put up pictures next week.?? That has consumed a lot of my time this week.?? I L O V E it!?? The??kids bedrooms in our house are quite small so decorating can be a little more??difficult because of that but??her room turned out even better than I had dreamed.??????

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