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I bought these pajamas in Virginia where K was born. At the time E was 3 and I bought only the size 4 and the size 6 because that would last us “forever!” Well E is now 9, and yep, you guessed it…I’m kicking myself for not buying the larger sizes. They love these pajamas, they are the perfect weight and they are super comfortable. So this last week (or so) we did a photo session of their last time in their matching pajamas. Now the larger ones get passed down to K and E will have to help me shop for some cool big boy designs. So farewell to you, you CP Airplane Jammies!!

Oh and I will very soon have some client photos to show off…sorry been on a kick lately with my boys and us!

This is another group of moms who are getting together once a month to share and write letter so our sons, so someday maybe they will understand a little better what their/our lives were like during these times.

And just so there is no confusion…yes this is my second group, so twice the posts in the month!

Dear E,

So a little while back I decided I wanted to do some photos of you at age 9. So we got permission and headed to our favorite location to shoot some shots of your brother riding his bike without training wheels and some of you acting as my model. You are such a wonderful helper. You are kind and you are most days willing to put up with my “just one more” attempts at learning this trade better. And while you are not the “clown” that your brother can be, you still have your moments of craziness and silly faces.

So who are you at nine? You are a studious big boy, who is a little daydreamer as well. Its not that you mean to be, its just you are so smart that your mind goes in so many different directions. I do have to remind you though to rein it in since it will affect your grades at school and your future in college etc. You are curious and like to figure things out. You are shy and even just saying “hello” to a person you know at school is hard for you sometimes. You love to laugh and tell jokes as long as you know the person very well. You love to teach others and especially your little brother on the proper ways of doing things. You are black and white. You are generous with your things. You are getting more responsible with daily homework and schedules and such. Although you are forgetful and unorganized…hmmm wonder who you get that from? Perhaps the author?

I simply cannot fathom that you are halfway to adulthood. It really does seem like the other day you were in my arms in the hospital and I was in awe at how big you were. Then blink, you are a toddler at Busch Gardens riding the rides with your friend. Then blink, you are making your baby brother laugh by yelling “bacon!” Then blink, you are in preschool learning your name, letters and doing puzzles.  Then blink, you are starting Kindergarten while Kyle and I learn to be without you for a whole day. Then blink, we are here in Kuwait and you are in the Prep section with a homework diary and several teachers. I am sure that time will not slow down one bit from this moment on. So put up with me. OK? When I ask for one more photo, and one more time reading with you…because this is going to fly by!

Love,

Mommy XOXO

Now follow me on to my friend Marissa Gifford’s blog Vancouver, WA Newborn and High School Senior Portrait Photographer and see what she writes to her little boy.

Miss J contacted me for a quick family session at the Kuwait Towers. Her hubby had just gotten back from a separated tour while she and the kids stayed here, but they were headed back to the USA the next week. So we met up at the Kuwait Towers in the evening and it turned out fabulous. I still am amazed at the way she coordinated everyone to match the colors in the Towers. Course Miss J is fabulous like that! So while its been a year later…these are still some of my favorite location images and still had to share!

Are everywhere, use the designs to draw your attention, use the colors, get the kids involved! I asked my boys to take a photo inside the mall. My oldest said “No lets get on the other side and peek through!” Ahhhhh…he’s my son! And this took all of 5 minutes. Just remember to learn your camera, whatever you have so you can have the best shot when the moment happens!

Continuing on from my last post (gosh have I been that bad posting!) this month’s theme for our Letters to Our Sons And Daughters blog circle is Bucket List.

 

Dear K,

Well you are quite the talker these days and have opinions on just about anything. So when I asked you what would be on your bucket list (list of things you want to do in your lifetime), there were three things that you came up with. First was to see the pyramids. Which quite honestly is on mine as well, but with recent political events and your nut allergy, I’m not exactly sure how we’d accomplish this. I’ve wanted to go to Egypt and see the pyramids ever since I was about your brother’s age, and living in a big sandy desert definitely reminds me of those dreams. Hopefully one day we can take that journey together if things settle down more.

Secondly you said you wanted to see China. Now this I have no idea where came from, other than you love to sing the Moo Shoo song from Veggie Tales. You have been singing it everywhere, and we have to remind you that you cannot yell PORK here in public. I think someone would be annoyed or upset. But you still sing the song everywhere and especially if we visit Pei Wei and get a couple different dishes for Daddy and Mommy. You on the other hand, do not even EAT Chinese food. Your slight allergy to soy has kept us from giving you any, especially here in a land we don’t know and a medical system we don’t entirely trust with allergies like yours. So not sure where China came in there. But hey maybe we’ll visit the Great Wall someday together too! Or maybe just China Town. Get you some of that Ping Pong Squid you’ve been wanting (tee hee).

And lastly, you said you wanted to go to Great Wolf Lodge, because in your words, “We’ve never been there!” Which AGAIN its not we’ve never, it’s we haven’t been in a long time. Because we have gone. Five times in fact if I think I can count correctly. You have the MagicQuest wand and compass to prove it and I have quite a few terrible photos as well. Humidity is not my friend, although I think our last adventure I did use the water camera…hmmm…see if I can find evidence of that trip….

So now its my turn to say some of the things I hope will be on your bucket list, or at least are on my list for you! Firstly, that you be able to get treatment/outgrow your nut allergy. This is one of my greatest wishes for you- to not have to deal with the life and death wondering of what traces of nuts MIGHT be in food and not being able to trust people who give you things. I know they are working on it now and its not there yet and haven’t had superstar results but I pray that God will enable the doctors who are working on this (many with allergy kids of their own) to have wisdom and understanding that only he can provide into this very scary and complicated immune response. I pray you don’t have any major reactions at all or at least until you are old enough to be able to understand what is going on. We have made it this far but I only consider that a blessing of God and not anything that we can claim. I ask that you ALWAYS carry the epipens with you, even when its not cool, even when its a pain. I’ve read too many horror stories and they all share the same factor, there was no epipen there. So please, for your sake, wear cargo pants!!

Next I would say to go camping, but oh wait…we did that last summer!! Oh you boys had such a blast and its something that I hope we get to do a lot of in the future. It was so nice for you to “unplug” and be out in nature and have adventures with your brother. I am hoping that once we go back to the USA that we will take time every year to do a little bit of that wherever we are because I think you boys need to get a little “wild” every now and then.

Disneyworld…check! Did that two years ago, the whole shebang! It was fabulous and yes it was magical. You boys were the perfect age to remember and I think you always will with fond memories. We may or may not go again (maybe with Autie Sarah) in the future but even so if not, we at least went once, and that is more than I did growing up, so you lived a blessed life already!

Travel the world, well not by our choice of places but yes, you’ve already travelled the world. Kuwait and Germany already and hopefully more in the not to distant future. You boys are a great age for travelling, if I can manage to not pack so much stuff!! Those European cars are tiny!! Just think of E sitting in the middle of the seat last time crunched between you and the big suitcase. So yes more traveling the world is in order.

And lastly I want for you to find your purpose with God. Everyone has one (or two or three,) and it is only through learning to love Him and obey that we find out our purpose is. So I pray that you grow in your love for God, that I am a good example, that we find churches and friends along the journey that help you develop that. I pray that your stubbornness can be used for His glory and that you will know that you were wonderfully made for a purpose that even I cannot see at this point. We live in a world full of sadness and full of anger and strife, I pray that we can be a light, a hope and a blessing to others as He has blessed us. He has blessed us with you, my little bucket head.

                                                                                                                                                            Love,

                                                                                                                                                                Mommy

 

Now follow me on to my friend Sarah to see what she writes : Sarah -  here