"Spring is Here!!"

Well i just uploaded some new pics of the kids and i'm waiting on dinner to finish cooking......so i thought i'd blog......my windows are open, it's raining again this week,,,and i love to hear the sound of my kids playing and laughing together,,mixed with the rumbling thunder.......so serene...... this morning when i got up and looked outside,,,after a night of rain,,,it just looked so "springy".....all the colors of the trees and flowers and grass were so intensified.......so pretty.....most of my azaleas are also bloomed.....so i tried to get some pics of the kids around them.......i do this every year,,,,,but this year,,,they just were not interested..........so i settled for a few random shots.............................in the sewing world of Cloud Dust i've been sewing my hands off~!~~.......order after orders keep piling in.......most of them are duplicates,,,things i've already posted on here......but i have a bag to do and a baby bedding set i'm sooo ready to finish!!!....i'm getting ready to get rid of my baby crib...but i'm not letting it go until i can get some pics of this bedding on it!...................it does feel weird knowing that the "crib" days are over though.......on one hand it is sad...but on the other is it sort of liberating......life is getting a tad easier......our next big feat will be potty training for the third time........after that,,,wow!....i'll be the mom that can take a book to the pool again!!! HA!......enough rambling......here's some random pics of the kiddos.....

"Heroes at the Park"

well,,i borrowed my sis in law's camera last week, loaded up warnock and katie mae and headed to the park for a picnic......we met jill and her kids, noah and anna-kate out there ........we had missed noah's birthday party the sat. before,,so we decided to meet up so warnock could give noah his birthday present.......when i found out he was having a "superman" party,,i couldn't resist making him a super hero cape......and of course i had to make one for my little man too!......the boys LOVED them.......and wore them the entire time we were there......warnock thinks that he has to jump off of stuff when he wears it..lol.......i got some great pics of all the kids....including, anna-kate wading in the pond after the ducks...LOL........she just walked right in, pointing and yelling at them...tooo cute.....anyway,,,here are a few of my fav from the day!

"Modeled and Unmodeled........"

Well, for now i have no camera......so i'm not able to take pics of all custom orders i'm doing.....which bothers me....but i just don't think the cell phone pics would even worth posting.....lol........but on the upside...i'm saving up for a new one....a much better one.......so maybe next month i can start up with some pics again.....my goal is to have it by emma grace's birthday in april....so i can get some cute party pics and then to have it for the beach in june!! and i've got some of the CUTEST ideas for a beach portrait dress!!!AH!!!..........
this past sat...katie mae got asked to do some modeling for "Pink and Blue Ave".......when we got up that morning...warnock dressed himself....which he does a lot since we usually don't have plans during the day........and the emma grace was half way ready for my neice's birthday party that was later that day.....she was dressed,,but no hair fixing had taken place yet....lol........and my sitter was too late,,,so i had to take all three with me to do katie mae's pics......they were fine,,, not melt downs....thank u LORD!!!.......and the photographer got some great shots.....i've only seen these two so far....she posted them on facebook so i could see them......the one of them on the fence is just so "real"......i love it!!! and the cool part about it was that emma grace and warnock were already standing against the fence...and katie mae ran over to copy them......lol.......they did it all by themselves!........i can't wait to see the other pics .......the photographer is Janet Manuel....she's here in magnolia,,,and for u locals,,,she bought denise waterfield's studio..........so she's got a great location too!,,,,................

"And the WInner IS................"

And the winner is JANET........
just email me with the outfit and size u want.........thanks for all who participated.....and i will have more giveaways in the future!

"Giveaway"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay everyone! the pics from the shoot are up..........and i'm SO excited!! they are absolutely gorgeous!!......In fact, i'm so excited..i'm going to do another "giveaway"!!.......here's the link to the pic site...... href="http://www.collages.net"> when u get here, just type in "CLOUD" for the username and the password is "20027",,,,,,,look thru the pics and come back here to leave me a comment about ur fav model and outfit......that will enter u to win ANY new outfit u want!! (excludes hats and bows).......i'm going to leave the contest open until the end of the month,, my birthday FEB 27th.......then i'll do a random drawing.......i can't wait to read and find out everyone fav outfits..!!

"Sneak Peek"

So this past sat. we had the Cloud Dust photo shoot......it was at New Creations here in magnolia,, thanks so much Joana for letting us use ur place!!! Erin, from Imagine Photography and Jennifer, with Jennifer Hood Photography came and did the shoot....I had about a dozen little girls....aged from 9m to 6yrs old......and they all did so good.....except for my own, Katie Mae....lol.......she was glued to my hip...and cried if i tried to put her down or if someone else tried to hold her....it's a little of out of character for her to act this way.....she's usually the one chasing all the big kids around and laughing all the way.....ah!......but anyway.. we got some great pics..and the kids looked so adorable in all the new clothes.....my friend best friend melanie came down the night before and helped me SO MUCH finishing everything up ........i was really excited to meet some of my customers for the first time too....thanks holly and jill for bringing ur girls!!...and my cousin drove all the way from dallas with her daughter..,,thanks nikkie!.....everyone just had such a good time!.....i can't even begin to explain how cool it was to have all the girls wearing my clothes,,, and loving them.....twirling around in the skirts..and one little one cried that she couldn't take her outfit home...lol.....so sweet.......i'm dying to see all the pics!!...until then,,,Erin sent me just a few to hold me over......enjoy!!!

"World Peace and Chicken Nuggets"

So i'm sure everyone can think of at least one phrase that they're parents said All the time.....like it's their "famous" saying or something,,,, for example.....when someone left the front door opened my dad would always say "what's wrong with u , were u raised in a barn?".........well,,,,my wonderful husband has a couple of his own when it comes to our kiddos.....when one of the kids complains about what we're having for dinner, david always says, "u know, there's a lot of kids that don't have anything to eat for dinner tonight, and i know they would love to have ur food".......i keep waiting for the day that one of my kids says, "well give it to them"....lol......but that thankfully hasn't happend......lol........the other famous phrase david can always be counted on to say when the kids are fighting, or whining about not getting what they want,,,,"Well, i want world peace,, but we can't always get what we want,".........okay, with all this being said,,, david and emma grace were in the drive thru at mcdonalds last night,,,,,and david ordered a 10 piece chicken nugget meal,,,,,,,as they were driving around the the building,, eg started asking "Dad, why didn't u get a world piece?..... u always say u want a "world peace".....but u always order that 10 piece...why?"..................all i can do is smile even as i type this.......my sweet little emma grace......kids bring so much to our lives......i can't imagine my life without them!