Hey everyone its Tanja.

This might be my last post seeing as I will be moving sad times.

So if you have been keeping up I went to Jamaica to shoot Claire and Aarons wedding and I must say it was gorgeous! It couldnt have went better. Claire’s family and friends made David ( my fiance)  and I feel as if we were part of the family. We had such a good time getting to know everyone playing ping pong and pool at nights.

If you remember Claire’s bridals her dress is absolutely amazing and Claire looked stunning!!

Lets have a look :

Claire getting her hair and make up done.

Claire and her dad are very close and its so heart warming to watch the way the interact with each other. This was a big moment for the both of them.

Now pronounce you husband and wife

I feel like the gentleness of this picture just shows how much she means to him. This was the father daughter dance to “I loved her first”

Told you she looked magnificent.

just precious

what girl DOESNT love forehead kisses?

watching the sunset in jamaica was something else.

bling bling

Claire and Aaron good luck to your future and thank you again so much for letting me share these moments with you.

Enjoy!

-Tanja

So as you know we had our gender reveal party today

and I of course had to draw it out!  :)  I know everyone loved me for it.  We split up into teams Blue or Pink (as to which one you thought it was going to be).  And the Blue way out numbered the Pink!!!!

And of course I was wearing pink but if you’ve talked to me previously you would know I thought it was a girl but was rooting for a boy…….

BLUE vs. PINK :  (I’m not very good with videos at all so I uploaded them to youtube so either click the link or watch the video right here….i hope)  The blue team had a handicap because they had so much greater numbers than us so they had to pull with their left hand only……..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z0-Yq2c7MQ&feature=youtube_gdata

And here’s the results everyone has been waiting for……..

I just want to take a minute and express how greatful I am for all of you who showed up as well as all those who were there in spirit (there were lots of those too!).  I was VERY surprised at how many people showed up at our home, but I was super thrilled too!  It was so nice to know that so many people loved us and were excited for us!  I had work friends, old high school friends, family, church friends, college friends, and just friends, it was a good time.  Thank you to everyone who brought food and everyone that helped out with getting prepared.  I hope everyone had a good time and left on a full stomach!!!!  (I feel like I just won an oscar!  :)   I also wanted to mention it was really wonderful to have my parents there, I’m super excited that they have moved up here so they can easily come to our parties like this as well as be able to be more of a part of this whole baby thing!!!!  I love you momma and your fruit was a big hit!  Thanks I love love love fruit!!!!  :)

Enjoy!

-erika

PS. We are SUPER excited!  :)

So there are many people that gave some great guesses to my question that I posted on Monday.  Unfortunately none of them were right on the button, the closest was what my first guess was, but they let me guess again because I was too close to let me go!

That Darn Question:  What do 50% of dog owners give their pets?

A few guesses:  Table scraps, Treats, Baths, People Names, and the closest was Christmas Presents

THE ANSWER: Birthday Presents!

They said who “really” knows their dogs birthday anyways?  I sure do!  Ellie came to our home on July 13th and she was born May 3rd, 2009.  But I honestly would be more likely (and already have done so) to give her Christmas before Birthday, but that’s just me.

Enjoy!

-erika

Thank you for all your wonderful guesses!

Well TW being the manly man around the house that he is installed a new garbage disposal in our sink the other day.  Well apparently he forgot to punch out this alternate hose when you have a dishwasher to let it drain.  So this is where a girls hand is the only one that will do!  :)  I saved the dishwashers life today as well as our hardwood floor from becoming a soggy mess.  Also this led me to thinking about an event at church today.  Our good friends Dawn and PJ recently had a little boy and I think today was the first Sunday they brought him to church.  Of course babies cry and parents console them but it was funny to me that sometimes you just have to have a mommy’s touch.  PJ tried dearly to calm their little Maxwell with no avail but leave it to mom to take care of the problem!  Obviously since we are expecting a little one ourselves I found TW and I just staring and admiring them as new parents and thinking of how quickly that will be us.  That’s a pretty scary thought in my opinion.  I can still remember being so reliant on my mom and now I’m expected to return the favor.  I’m a pretty selfish individual so I’m beginning to think this may be a little bit of a problem for me to finally not get what I want when I want.  I know that makes me sound like a spoiled brat, but let’s really be honest with ourselves……we all know it’s true.  So I’m going to start “trying” (so please no one call me out on it!) to care more about others than myself to start preparing.  We will see how long this lasts.  :)

Enjoy!

-erika