Keeping Busy

Hubby is still out of town.  My work-horse guy is stuck in a hotel room every evening and he is going stir-crazy! And last night I slept with the lights on because the bed seemed even more empty to me in the dark. But here's the crazy part... we have talked more in the last few days than we have in a long, long time! He's a captive audience on the other end of that cell phone and he is actually listening to the things I say. Maybe his boredom isn't a completely bad thing after all!  It's still hard to be without him though. I miss his warmth at night, the feel of his foot searching for mine as we both drift off to sleep, and the comfort he brings by taking such good care of our home and our family.  He will be home for one day (hopefully) this weekend and then back to Atlanta to finish his air-bus training.  I am looking forward to some great snuggles over the weekend!

(I seriously need to try to remember all of these sweet, gooey-sentimental things once he is back home every day and wearing on my nerves!)

In spite of me pining for my sweetheart, the girls and I have managed to keep busy every day. I am grateful for busy schedules that have kept me occupied and having fun while Hubby is away.  Baby showers, photo shoots, even a visit to the Federal Building to finally change my last name on my social security card... busy days meant the sting of missing Hubby was a little less.

The other day, the girls and I headed out to take some portraits. We have been taking their pictures seasonally, and we had hoped for some great spring pictures to add to the collection for Carley's and Madi's senior pictures. I had scouted out a great location the day prior so all we had to do was show up and hope the rain clouds kept their distance! Okay... that AND hope that we didn't get arrested for ignoring the "No Trespassing" signs on the historic train bridge! We had a blast!  The pictures look great, we had an incredibly fun time, and the only people who stopped near the bridge were factory workers that stopped to shout out their truck windows how cute they thought the pictures were going to turn out.  Fun Fun!

As it turns out, taking the pictures is only half of the fun. We then came home to look through the 690 pictures on my camera alone and then the editing process began. We each have different ideas about how we want the pictures to look, so one pose can end up looking completely different depending on who does the editing. Here are a few of my favorites so far:

Linzie Savanna

Carley M'Lyssa

Emily Nicole

Linzie Savanna

Abby Julia

Abby Julia

Carley M'Lyssa

Linzie Savanna

Emily Nicole

Carley M'Lyssa

Carley M'Lyssa

Linzie Savanna

I'm just getting started on editing Madi's pictures. I told her I want her to wear her hair down so I can get pictures of her hair also..  She has a super busy schedule but hopefully I can get her to cooperate this weekend!

Catherine Madison

Catherine Madison

We had so much fun and we have so many great pictures! These are just a sampling of the wonderful images we captured that night. I adore my girlies and I am so grateful to them for helping me keep my mind off of missing Hubby this week.  Now if I could just get brave enough to sleep without the lights on then I'd really be making progress!

My best friend, Hubby himself, is coming home tomorrow! I am so excited to see him and love him to pieces.. even if it is only for 36 hours or so... and then he goes back to Atlanta for one more week. We can do this!