Embrace Simplicity: About Time

Well if it is not apparent to any of you-- Blogging is def. not on the priority list yet.

Ha! No complaints here-- life gets busy but thought I would post before we head to North Carolina!

Yes it's another novel/ tons of photos-- so ENJOY!

We had a lot of new fun adventures in July.. Crazy how we are already approaching AUGUST?!

Can anyone tell me when that happened?

If any of you follow me on IG or FB, you know that in July Abe had his first independent art project. I truly believe that exercising a baby's creative side is important-- and FUN!

So I knew this would be a messy project, but to be honest-- I didn't think through it all because, when he was "over it" I looked at him and thought, "how am I going to carry you in without touching my own clothes with your mess, still be able to open the sliding door, and get you up stairs to the bath.."

So it was a challenge and I learned what to do for next time..

1. obviously wear clothes that I don't mind getting dirty (yes this is washable paint but...)

2. leave everything outside until after bath-time

3. get messy with him!

We had a blast and will be doing this quite often. Grandma Donna already said she would like one each month to hang in her house. How sweet- and such a great idea!

We also met baby Adaya for the first time.

(What an adorable name by the way- Love it-- and her!)

We had a park day with her and hope to meet up with her and her mommy, Sarita, soon!

Of course we started the #AbeandAdaya hashtag. It's a must.

Speaking of hashtags.. Again if you follow us on IG you know of our

#AbeandAmelia tag.. and this month we started our new #thuglife tag for these two as well.

Side note for all you judge-y folks (yes you exist): Nothing to do with being a "thug".. Just our tag for attitude faces. They are hard core. And tough. Love.

#THUGLIFE

We had the pleasure of watching De'Mariya in July as well! TWO times. Abram loved her. A few times they would make eye contact and both would giggle un controllably. . . I love babies. So innocent and new and lovey.

Life is GOOD!

We (The Stucky Fam) had our first family photo shoot done on July 13th!

Our goal was golden hour-- and Sheraya captured our moments.

She did a great job -- even despite the fact that we were getting eaten alive by mosquitoes.

OH MY WORD!

Lucky for Abe- he got NOT ONE bite!

So I went photo crazy and I am now uploading 39 PHOTOS! Yep.. I just did. Some have funny faces and I love them! I couldn't share all of them on FB.. But here are some more gems!

Love my boys.

We were not ready for this next photo- and it makes me love it all the more.

Seriously one of my faves.

Honey Lovie Sweetie Honey Boy

Abe's time to shine :)

Love the "candid" feel of these-- and that sun.. to die for.

The idea was to have all 3 of us looking.. But even with just one little one-- you can see it is not as easy as it seems. Still a very awesome pic!

Lovin' This.

Ben and Abe's faces--- Priceless

And daddy talking to Abram. Stucky Fam candid.

Started out okay..

thought about smiling..

and over it.

Mommy and Baby.

10 months old!!!

Ended our shoot with the sun down and all smiles.

Another Art Day with our girl Amelia last week.. Her very first painting! Megan (Amelia's mommy) and I wore paint "friendly" clothes and the kiddies loved every minute.. including wiping their mess all over us.. They were really more interested in the actual bottles of paint.. Hilarious.

We set them in the tub for a bath afterwards and they looked at each other and both started bawling! We still aren't sure if they were upset that they were done with art time…. or if they really didn't want to take a bath together! Either way, minutes later they were splashing away and loving the bubbles / buddy in the tub!