10 on Tuesday on: a secret, parenting advice from a toddler & getting busted

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-09-21T10:52:41-05:00September 21st, 2010|My Family|

1. Tuesday is now officially the busiest day of the week at our house. I think I’ll start calling it “this day is going to kick my butt Tuesday” for short. Up early, big kids off to school, music class with the duder, trip to People Rx, home for lunch, quick nap for Teagan (I almost always have to wake him up, bummer), leave for carpool to pick up Taryn, back home to fix a quick early dinner and then back out to go watch Ty play football. Then home again, way past the little kids bedtime, spend an hour doing bath, pj’s, supplements and medications, put the little kids down, fix lunches and THEN, it’s time for me to […]

#60

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-09-15T21:54:35-05:00September 15th, 2010|My Family|

Football mom truths:

#60 did awesome.
I am proud of him. Like, really proud of him.
He plays on offense, defense and special teams.
It took him literally years to convince me to let him play. I was am afraid he’ll get hurt.
The first hit made my heart sink and reality set in. I contained my inner panic well.
I would prefer he play the *safety* position just because I like that name better than *tackle*. Of course I realize it has nothing to do with what he actually does or is….it just makes me feeeeeel better.
I call his uniform a costume just to see him get flustered. Works every time. I’m mean like […]

10…back to school edition

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-08-26T21:13:13-05:00August 26th, 2010|Austin Photographer, My Family, Uncategorized|

Man it has been awhile since I posted a 10 on Tuesday. It’s not Tuesday, but I’m awake and have half of my wits about me so here we go….

1. Kindergarten & 7th grade:

Could they be any taller?!?! Time flies. Be sure you click that link, it’s worth it just for the laugh. It gets me every.single.year.

2. As the first week of school is about to come to a close, I have more stories and one liners from Taryn than I can wrap my mind around. Her first day went really well. She was really nervous, but also very excited that morning. All 5 of us actually managed to get […]

So. I’m here.

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-08-14T23:20:10-05:00August 14th, 2010|My Family, Uncategorized|

I’ve stared at the little blinking cursor for a couple of days and I’m not sure what to say. So I guess I’ll just type for a bit and see what comes out. Maybe I’ll leave it up for a few days and see if it feels right before hitting publish. I’m sure it will ramble….

I know I’m long overdue for an update. Teagan has been very sick, he’s been through what feels like a living hell the last few months. I cannot imagine anything worse than watching our child suffer. While I’m not ready to go into specifics or exactly what Teagan is dealing with, it has been a long road filled with […]

the reasons

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-06-20T20:51:32-05:00June 20th, 2010|My Family|

When asked what he wanted to do today to honor him on Father’s Day, he answered that he wanted to see the kids smile. Not that he wanted a day to himself, or for me to take the kids off for the day, or to go do something specifically for him. He knew the new carousel at the mall would do the trick to get the kids smiling, so off we went, knowing full well the mall is not his favorite place. And smile they did, Taryn from ear to ear and we all got a good laugh at Teagan yelling “giddy up ELVIS”, the name of his horse. He smiled right along with him and I loved every moment […]

the 4th kid and his fam

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-06-17T22:57:59-05:00June 17th, 2010|Austin Photographer, Client Work|

Wade is the 4th kid in our house. Ty’s bud that lives just a few blocks away. Wade is a great friend to Ty and I know that growing up together will be filled with memories of forts and nerf wars and exploring and pesky sisters and video games and sleep overs and staying up late and everything else that comes along with being a boy and having a best friend. I love it when I hear them emerge from Ty’s room, I can hear their dual footsteps coming down the hall, a few whispers formulating a plan and I know what is coming […]