a baby update

I had an appt this morning to check for progress. Dr. says I’m making slow progress, only a little change, so that’s good. We believe that the little stinker flipped around and he may be breech. He still has some time to flip head down, but I go in next week for an ultrasound to check and discuss the possibility of manually trying to turn him via a version. I really hope he flips before then. I do not want to have a c-section if I can avoid it but the version doesn’t sound pleasant at all either. I hope it doesn’t come to that. The scary part, when I got there the nurse checked his heart rate and it […]

Lyndsay Stradtner2008-01-21T18:47:12-06:00January 21st, 2008|Uncategorized|

Teagan’s Nursery

HA! Did ya’ll catch that title?!?! I called our baby boy by NAME! Yuhessss! We are so excited, after 8.5 months of deliberating, to have decided on a name…..Teagan Jude Stradtner. And yesterday we finished the nursery. It’s a tiny little room but I just love the way it turned out. I still have a few little projects I’m working on, but it’s 99% done. We decided at the last minute to forgo the pretty chocolate colored upholstered rocking chair, we have two other rockers in the house and just couldn’t justify the expense. If we find we miss having one in there we can always add it later. I also still want to add a big brown circle rug […]

Lyndsay Stradtner2008-01-20T15:32:06-06:00January 20th, 2008|Uncategorized|

she makes me work for it

In an effort to try and locate the sweet spots of light in our new house I sat T down before lunch for a few shots. She wasn’t that interested though… "she’s talking to me, but I’m not gonna look at her or that black box of torture""it doesn’t matter if she dances…I’m not lookin""it doesn’t matter if she sings, this is reaaaaallllly boring" "talking about barney won’t work today mom…I’m onto your tricks…I’m not lookin""hhhmmmm, did she say candy?!?""I really do love candy""Look here Mommy, it’s time to pay up!" …and she’s done. LOL!Little stinker. Anyone know of a cure for PCS (Photographer’s Child Syndrome)? Ahhh, I can’t complain too much I suppose, I’ll have a captive model before […]

Lyndsay Stradtner2008-01-18T17:53:05-06:00January 18th, 2008|Uncategorized|