I realized..

That I only have one printed, framed picture of my sweet pea in the house. I have lots of prints, still in the sleeves, but none that are big, or blown up..so I treated myself to several posters from Snappy last night. I made a couple of collages of her, and I am working on one for Matthew now. I can't wait for hers to come, and me to be able to go buy some frames for them to be hung up. I am sooooo bad! When we had Matthew, we went and had his pics taken every month, almost for the first full year of his life. Never once have we had her pics professionally done, but, but, but..as an excuse, we didn't have a nice camera when we had Matthew. We had the worst digital (it was HUGE!) camera, and it was so pixelated..then after he was a year old, we got our first nicer camera, and well..professional pics became nonexistent. Not that I am saying. "Oh, I take better pics than a professional"...blah, blah, blah..it is just easier to get those everyday snap shots of them being kids, that makes for better pictures.
Oh, I do want to take them to get them done, her especially..and I will..I just dread the waiting at the store, the crankiness that would ensue, and well..the sub-par photos that I would have to choose from. I want to treat them to a real photographer, but we just can't afford that right now.

So needless to say, I was happy when I found I do have a few great photos of her that I took myself, and I can't wait for them to come so that people will know that another baby does indeed live here, vs the one child that has pictures everywhere.

I am going to start doing collage posters for every year of their lives. I went through all of Matthew's pictures of his third year, and have to narrow them down to 30, and then I will have his poster made. It seems a lot easier to do it that way. This way, you will be able to see how he changed over the last year. I will do the same for her as well. Can't wait!