house??

ok- so it's totally been a while ...ummm yah. I mean to post, but I just kinda forget. I'll be a little better about it (maybe). So, Lauren is almost 3!!!!! She is totally her own little person and walks around the house saying things like "i do it myself" and "thank you honey" - She calls everybody honey and wants to be aknowledged for it....she is a big girl now.

Wehave a chance to get into a home!!!!! I'm hoping everything goes smoothe and simple (yah, right). In any case, we still have negotiations to do so if you're the praying type- pray that it will happen the way it should.

a long time.....

So...I know it's been a long time since I've been here. I think I'll stop making promises to blog more. I'm at my computer lots editing...but not much blogging...
I'm sure you all know through talking with me that I have a website now...


www.bornhoffphotography.com

and a photo blog.. www.picturethemoments.blogspot.com

You can see tons of Photos on there! This Photo I'd like to dedicate to Dean and Barb... I was thinking about you both as I was editing it. Love you!

Spring is Here!

Lauren and I went out to the arboretum on Saturday and had some fun!

Lauren is 2!!!

Here are a couple photos we took while having a picnic!

Business cards

Here is a final draft of our business cards- they're at the printer now!!! My sis is awesome!!!! Thanks Jen!



The Front:



The Back:

At the Zoo.....

So we went to the Zoo yesterday. Not the big Brookfield zoo..the little one in Wheaton. The kids can pet some of the animals (if they can get close enough). My Friend Wendi went with us.




Lauren was big on pushing the stroller....



Where's the Horse???



There's a Llama taking a nap!



I see a Horsie!!!



There he goes!





Horsie want a Chicken nugget???!





Look at me!!!!




posing....




sitting on the stairs of the triain...




Lauren and Wendi







Look! What is that??




Watching the birdies...




A little birdie...




Come on Momma!!!




what's in here???











This is when lauren started running in circles...





looking at the ducks...




she saw a little ladybug....





...the little ladybug..

It's official!

Well fam...
It's true. I am attempting to start a photography business. I am slowly getting more and more referrals- that hopefully within one year from now, Photography will be my main deal. For now my "website" is


www.picturethemoments.blogspot.com

My sister Jennie is working very hard to design a business card for me. She's great at what she does and I am lucky to work with her on something like this. (plus- she's my sister... so I trust her!)

Here is a very rough draft of my first business card:




There is already one big change to this: I changed my phone number to 630.405.3500 ...so that will be changed on the card.
I'd love your input! I am married to a printer- so of course he will be printing my cards for me. He is a little worried about 4 photos being on there. I told him I thought i should just hand out my business cards on full size letter head paper! Looks awesome! Only problem is it's a little too big to fit into any normal size wallets!

In other news... Lauren is beginning to have an opinion about what she wears. She has these pink winter boots that go with everything (according to her!) Think it's cute! We went to the park yesterday. The days here are unpredictable. It's right on the edge of warming up- but still a little too cold to be outside for hours like we would like to! I miss those long walks we used to take last summer! But here's at the park yesterday:


These big blue eyes and this big purple binkie! Yes...we are in the process of slowly making it "disappear" but we are also going through some changes, we may let her keep it for a few more months. Mommy's going back to work....Not sure how she'll do. We are betting she'll do just fine. We are looking for a sitter with kids as well so she can play with them and be busy the whole time. I plan on working just some short shifts in the beginning. Nothing full time.


OOOOO...that's a big slide!!!


Here I go!!


WEEEEE!!! She really was happy about this..you just can't tell because of that plug in her mouth!



After this..she had to go several more time by herself!

..a day at the park..then the mall!

It was warm enough for us to visit the park today. We had tons of fun! Lauren loved it- because there was a little park just her size! Her favorite thing was going down the slides! She has no fear! While we were there- it did get a little windy- so we decided to go to the mall and play indoors. As we were getting ready to leave- lauren had a little melt-down. oh my. it was as bad as putting her precious wubbies in the washer. totally unglued! we had to carry her to the car because she was just too sad to walk. She finally calmed down just as we were pulling into the mall parking lot. Then we started the process all over again. As she is getting more vocal about her opinions- she does tell us what we should be doing now. "GO NOW!" as she points to the little indoor park. "HELP PLEASE" as she needs help taking her coat off so she can run freely! "BYE BYE" as she runs in the park with the other kids! She does obey pretty well- today it took us twice before she willingly left the park when it was time to leave. No tears at the mall. we walked around a little more and after maybe 10 minutes of window shopping- lauren was passed out in her little stroller. How cute!
have a good day!
Oh- one other favorite sentence she has learned is "I WANT IT" - imagine how fun that is to hear it in the store every 2 seconds as we're going up and down the isles.! I'm not convinced she really WANTS to take it home- just to touch and feel every blessed thing on the shelves!