Pow. Pow! Admit it. You're dead. On the floor writhing in pain at the sight of such cuteness meeting your eye.
Ha.
I'm kidding.
These will make RJ's official three portrait pictures. Now if only I'll get them printed. The clothes are by Matilda Jane. Stinkin' adorable!
Saturday, September 27
Friday, September 26
Next?
What a crazy time in the world it is. I mean, I'm just floored. I'm floored by IKE. I'm floored by the actions of the White House. I'm floored by the candidates for President. I'm floored by the market and economics of it all. I feel like for years we didn't know what to say about politics or the state of the world. We were caught off balance, perhaps. And then terrorism, and the war, and Bush, and Hillary Clinton for goodness sake, Katrina, Rita, and now Obama and McCain and Palin?! How can we not discuss it? It is just beyond me not to. And I'm the last person in the whole wide world that ever wanted to get into a discussion about politics. So, like I said, it's a CRAZY time. I keep hearing John Mayer's "Waiting on the World to Change." I feel like it's a-changin' alright. Hold on to your britches, my friends!
Thursday, September 25
"I'm the Birthday GIRL!"
We had a great time yesterday celebrating with a few friends. There was only one incident that required ice as a result of a head-on collision. Good times for everyone. I love parties.
Saturday, September 13
Stinker
I do love that she lets me take her picture. Even if she gives me the hardest time doing it. It always strikes me how other kids always want say "show me the picture!" from the back of the camera. But RJ never says this. She just doesn't care. Oh well. I adore her and am so happy to have caught her days before she turns three for the first and only time.
Saturday, September 6
Girls on a Beach
I couldn't find these pictures forever... and alas, here they are. Rosie plays with her friends Ashley and Kate minutes before everyone departs to avoid Edouard.
Wednesday, September 3
Happy Labor Day, Y'all!
We're back from a super fun time with family over the long weekend. Good thing the Biggest Loser is starting soon. I could use some serious inspiration to get rid of the 10 pounds I've packed on this summer. Enjoy the photos of cousins galore!
Thursday, August 28
carly may weigh just 4 lbs, but think again if you want to mess with her!
carly may way 4 lbs, but think again if you want to mess with her!
Originally uploaded by ..Kristen...
The Sweetest Friends
Theirs is such a treasured friendship! Amy and I had a wonderful lunch last week catching up on all that August has brought us and the girls played and played on the platform stage. They sang songs loudly and played ring around the rosie. They laughed and giggled and held hands. It's magical to watch their friendship grow.
Last week, RJ played at Kate's house and they rode on the tricycle together laughing all through the house. I wish I had a video of that! But they were still doing it when Don and I arrived post our bicycle ride-date.
Riding bikes in hill country is so much fun and hard work... if you aren't going 30mph downhill you're sweating your butt off trying to make it uphill.
Last week, RJ played at Kate's house and they rode on the tricycle together laughing all through the house. I wish I had a video of that! But they were still doing it when Don and I arrived post our bicycle ride-date.
Riding bikes in hill country is so much fun and hard work... if you aren't going 30mph downhill you're sweating your butt off trying to make it uphill.
Sunday, August 24
Markers Outlawed
Here's the reason markers aren't allowed in our home. Stay out, Markers. You ain't invited!
Monday, August 11
First Love
It was inevitable. We'd send Rosa Jane to school and she'd find some cute boy to bring home to meet the parents. We've been talking about W for days and days and weeks and weeks now and finally last night his family came over for dinner. We had a great time watching the two love birds. Click on the picture to see more...
Tuesday, July 29
kid trooper
Yesterday Rosa Jane went with me on a location scout, but ended up getting a bum knee when she fell down and scraped it to pieces. Not that she liked posing for me before she got hurt, but it was a real double whammy when she was.
From this photo, you can see she picked out her own attire: stripes. It "don'ts" matter that they don't match. It cracks me up to hear her say "don'ts" and then I think we should live in a trailer.
She is also wearing her super fast shoes that she loves so much.
We're getting better at connecting and therefore minding. The terrible two's aren't that bad, you just have to have a pocket full of toddler currency. Whether that's a promise for chocolate milk or a viewing of The Incredibles.
From this photo, you can see she picked out her own attire: stripes. It "don'ts" matter that they don't match. It cracks me up to hear her say "don'ts" and then I think we should live in a trailer.
She is also wearing her super fast shoes that she loves so much.
We're getting better at connecting and therefore minding. The terrible two's aren't that bad, you just have to have a pocket full of toddler currency. Whether that's a promise for chocolate milk or a viewing of The Incredibles.
Thursday, July 10
welcome to my world of toddler craziness.
Oh, My Word! Is my daughter a handful these days or what?! 110% Pure crazy. Unstoppable. Darling husband insists this is just a phase, but I don't know. I'm trying to keep my cool and keep things interesting. But it's hot and summertime and things are a bit stressful. It sure would be nice if she'd play along with what we think is fun and games.
Alas, it's her world and if we try to ignore her much longer, I'm a feared our whole house will be destroyed by markers, stickers and play-doh.
'Cause Rosa Jane says, "I gonna write yo' name. See, mommy?"
Alas, it's her world and if we try to ignore her much longer, I'm a feared our whole house will be destroyed by markers, stickers and play-doh.
'Cause Rosa Jane says, "I gonna write yo' name. See, mommy?"
Tuesday, July 8
happy belated birthday, america!!
That's just the way things seem to be at the Roedner Ranch... a day late and a dollar short.
But it rained yesterday and we were so grateful. After urging Rosa Jane, I finally convinced her it would be fun to run into the driveway, out where we'd surely get wet, and give each other a kiss while we laughed and laughed. Kissing in the rain is one of my favorite things to do. Fun, indeed!
The pixie has come and gone. She brought lots of sunshiney brightness as she always does and the world seems a little bit dimmer after she leaves. While she was here, we watched a parade, ate tons of barbeque, partied for the donr's birthday, fed the animals back at the exotic zoo and cheered on the finalists at wimbledon.
My favorite time was the time spent on the front porch watching the birds and explaining the intricacies of dove-identifying.
But it rained yesterday and we were so grateful. After urging Rosa Jane, I finally convinced her it would be fun to run into the driveway, out where we'd surely get wet, and give each other a kiss while we laughed and laughed. Kissing in the rain is one of my favorite things to do. Fun, indeed!
The pixie has come and gone. She brought lots of sunshiney brightness as she always does and the world seems a little bit dimmer after she leaves. While she was here, we watched a parade, ate tons of barbeque, partied for the donr's birthday, fed the animals back at the exotic zoo and cheered on the finalists at wimbledon.
My favorite time was the time spent on the front porch watching the birds and explaining the intricacies of dove-identifying.
Tuesday, June 17
Past the Point of No Return
Satellite radio and seeing what's playing is one of my favorite things. I just heard one of my favorite songs by Hal Ketchum. That takes me back to cruising around on cheap gasoline in a hot, roof-down jeep around the small town of Liberty.
Boy, today times are different! I used to be worried about mileage on my car, now I'm worried about filling the tank to make it down the hill to take me to my destination of choice, preferrably a swimming pool to quiet the howling of scorching hot dog days of summer that hasn't even officially started. Someone want to tell that to the Big Man upstairs sharing these past ten days of temps over 100?
The tables have turned on Roedner Ranch. Don's taking some well-deserved time off and thankfully, I'm working session after blessed session. I really love the opportunity to capture new friends at camp and friends anticipating a new baby or two.
All in all, this is a great life. I have my favorite people next to me and a ever growing web of friends and family with which to live and laugh.
Boy, today times are different! I used to be worried about mileage on my car, now I'm worried about filling the tank to make it down the hill to take me to my destination of choice, preferrably a swimming pool to quiet the howling of scorching hot dog days of summer that hasn't even officially started. Someone want to tell that to the Big Man upstairs sharing these past ten days of temps over 100?
The tables have turned on Roedner Ranch. Don's taking some well-deserved time off and thankfully, I'm working session after blessed session. I really love the opportunity to capture new friends at camp and friends anticipating a new baby or two.
All in all, this is a great life. I have my favorite people next to me and a ever growing web of friends and family with which to live and laugh.
Sunday, June 8
All my friends
It's hard getting everyone to look at the camera when there's so many friends altogether. ;-)
We're having lots of fun playing with Kdogg. click on the picture to see more of our adventures in Austin.
We're having lots of fun playing with Kdogg. click on the picture to see more of our adventures in Austin.
Monday, June 2
Chocolate River Movie
Chocolate river from obkb2000 on Vimeo.
Don caught Kristen and Rosa Jane watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Check out Rosa Jane's reaction to the very idea of a chocolate river. And then look how serious she gets when she realizes it IS a river of chocolate and she asks "He's going to fall in it?"
As you can see, RJ is all about mimicry these days. She can't be a big girl fast enough (she insists that she's five). She's also about making sure everyone follows the rules...
Friday, May 30
RJ and Crab, the wooden armadillo
When asked what we should name the armadillo, RJ promptly responded, "Crab."
And so it is.
This is for Robby.
And so it is.
This is for Robby.
Monday, May 26
Eyes on the Kid and the Dog.
This is one of my all time favorite things to do with my Peanut in the backyard. We're playing frisbee with Hanky and RJ is running back and forth chasing her one frisbee that's exited stage right.
The funniest thing is watching the kid and the dog. Sometimes they'll nearly collide and they always squeeze their eyes closed as if they don't want to watch it themselves. Good thing I'm the witness that's laughing my head off on the sidelines. I know this says something about my personality, but I'm not sure what. I'm watching and laughing with my eyes wide open.
The funniest thing is watching the kid and the dog. Sometimes they'll nearly collide and they always squeeze their eyes closed as if they don't want to watch it themselves. Good thing I'm the witness that's laughing my head off on the sidelines. I know this says something about my personality, but I'm not sure what. I'm watching and laughing with my eyes wide open.
Monday, May 19
Baby Clothes
We've been sorting out baby clothes to hand down to friends and Rosa Jane insists that's she's not too big to wear this 6-9mos outfit. Couldn't get the back snapped, nor could she really walk in the skirt. Hilarious.
It's amazing how much she loves her old baby things and wants to try them all on.
In other news, we're potty trained and have been so for about a month. It's a huge event in the world of toddler-dom. I just haven't felt it was necessary to detail every lovin' story here of our successes and failures. I will say that Dora, Shrek and My Little Pony's played a huge roll in motivating the kid.
It's amazing how much she loves her old baby things and wants to try them all on.
In other news, we're potty trained and have been so for about a month. It's a huge event in the world of toddler-dom. I just haven't felt it was necessary to detail every lovin' story here of our successes and failures. I will say that Dora, Shrek and My Little Pony's played a huge roll in motivating the kid.
Monday, May 5
Feliz Cinco de Mayo
Oh, Man! What a week it has been. We headed into the weekend facing some bad news in the technology department. The MyBook we bought from Costco to backup the computer that crashed right after our move two years ago totally went the way of the doodoo bird. That's right. All the information went up in smoke, too. So if you can think of anything monumental that happened between the years of 2003 - 2006 in the Roedner home, well, it's all gone byebye. That includes snippet movies of the peanut and all those thousands and thousands of photos. All that's left really are the videos we share on Vimeo and the photos we store on Flickr. Sure it's not really a back up, but at least they are accessible?
The good news is I have CRS (can't remember s***) disease and can't remember what all was on the drive without looking at it.
Now we're patiently awaiting a Drobo which is supposed to make all my backup problems of the past disappear in a flash.
In the meantime, I've done some pretty stupid stuff around the house... like mixed my own Oxyclean mixture and left it out on the counter. The solution fissed out of the container over night and wrecked our hardwoods by the sink. And when we had company coming over and hot margaritas, i put the glass bottle in the freezer to quick chill it. Guess who forgot about it and was reminded sweetly by her darling husband three days later.
Bring on some good news!
The good news is I have CRS (can't remember s***) disease and can't remember what all was on the drive without looking at it.
Now we're patiently awaiting a Drobo which is supposed to make all my backup problems of the past disappear in a flash.
In the meantime, I've done some pretty stupid stuff around the house... like mixed my own Oxyclean mixture and left it out on the counter. The solution fissed out of the container over night and wrecked our hardwoods by the sink. And when we had company coming over and hot margaritas, i put the glass bottle in the freezer to quick chill it. Guess who forgot about it and was reminded sweetly by her darling husband three days later.
Bring on some good news!
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