Hip Momma's Journalhttp://thehipmommasjournal.squarespace.com/journal/en-US2009-11-23T22:06:27ZSquarespace Site Server v5.8.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Little Miss Sunshine - San Antonio Children's Photographyhttp://thehipmommasjournal.squarespace.com/journal/2009/11/23/little-miss-sunshine-san-antonio-childrens-photography.htmlMelodyA.2009-11-23T13:11:01ZPhotography Rockin' A children

And I thought my girls were beautiful.

A few giveaways coming up after Thanksgiving. More on that soon. Who doesn't like free stuff?

]]>Trouble- San Antonio Children's Photographyhttp://thehipmommasjournal.squarespace.com/journal/2009/11/19/trouble-san-antonio-childrens-photography.htmlMelodyA.2009-11-20T04:42:07ZPhotography Rockin' A childrenHe says he's bringing sexy back. I think his mom might be in for some trouble. But ain't he cute?

]]>Sweet- San Antonio Children's Photographyhttp://thehipmommasjournal.squarespace.com/journal/2009/11/17/sweet-san-antonio-childrens-photography.htmlMelodyA.2009-11-17T14:22:46ZPhotography Rockin' A children

]]>'Tis the Seasonhttp://thehipmommasjournal.squarespace.com/journal/2009/11/16/tis-the-season.htmlMelodyA.2009-11-16T14:38:09ZThere is absolutely a direct relationship between how busy I get and how much I blog. I am busy. Not too busy, however, to put up our Christmas trees.

Be back soon. Really I will.

]]>Trick or Treathttp://thehipmommasjournal.squarespace.com/journal/2009/11/2/trick-or-treat.htmlMelodyA.2009-11-02T12:00:32ZSmell my feet. Why do stinky feet always make kids laugh? We had a fun Halloween like always. I really don't think that an event involving candy could possibly go wrong anyway. I've mentioned before that we live on acreage. Trick or treating in our neighborhood would involve a car or lots of walking. So our neighborhood has Trunk or Treating. We head to our clubhouse and park in the lot. Those that are way cool decorate their car trunks and we walk from trunk to trunk. Well, it works. The kids had fun and got way too much candy. We usually go to the grands' house where we do the traditional house to house ring the door bell routine. We'll have to see what the girls choose to do next year.

Ever since Natalya was born over 8 years ago, we've almost always dressed as a family for Halloween. Vienne chose to be Dorothy sometime last year so that meant we had to follow suit. Natalya sorta got stuck with being the Lion.

She was a real good sport but has requested that she be allowed to chose her own costume next year. She says she doesn't even want to do what the rest of us do. I'd say we had a pretty good run lasting 8 years. Who knows. She may see how much fun we are having and join us anyway.

The family. Daddy was Tin Man and I was Scarecrow. I think we look pretty cute.

And the trunk. That's a tornado in case you can't tell. There be lots of tricks and treats this Monday. Go see.

Well, I'm ready to move on. The Halloween dec will soon be packed away and I'm taking Christmas out. Don't be a hater, I love Christmas decorations and I love seeing them for more than a month.

]]>Kiddos- San Antonio Children's Photographyhttp://thehipmommasjournal.squarespace.com/journal/2009/10/31/kiddos-san-antonio-childrens-photography.htmlMelodyA.2009-10-31T20:10:06ZFun with Friends Photography Rockin' A children I have a few friends that I've had a real long time. One of those friends is Heather. We went to college together. She was in my wedding. She actually is the one who introduced me to my husband! So she surely holds a special place in my heart. I can't believe that her children are so adorable! Just kidding, I knew she'd make lovely babies.

I just could not get over her son Baylor's curls. Curls like no boy should ever have. I would have given a foot for curls like this.

Baby girl Landry is the spitting image of Heather. So sweet and just adorable.

It had been really rainy but we put on our boots and played in the mud.

Cutiepie for sure.

Thanks, Heather, for letting me photo your kiddos.

]]>Autumnhttp://thehipmommasjournal.squarespace.com/journal/2009/10/28/autumn.htmlMelodyA.2009-10-28T21:25:17ZPhotography

]]>Rain Rain Go Awayhttp://thehipmommasjournal.squarespace.com/journal/2009/10/26/rain-rain-go-away.htmlMelodyA.2009-10-26T13:54:02ZMy Best Shot Monday Photography This is Texas children

Some lovely shots of my girl on this once again gloomy, wet, rainy day. Ask and ye shall receive? Really. It was such a dry summer, we begged for rain, water wells were going dry. Hmm, now we are flooded. Oh, well. It's supposed to be nice this Saturday for Halloween so I guess I'll take it for today.

]]>The Pumpkin Patchhttp://thehipmommasjournal.squarespace.com/journal/2009/10/19/the-pumpkin-patch.htmlMelodyA.2009-10-19T11:00:44ZThe obligatory pumpkin patch trip. We make it every year. We really thought we'd be rained out this year but we were given an absolutely gorgeous day today. So glad we made it.

I don't look forward to the day when Natalya says she's too old for this.

This shot is really sooc, no editing at all. The sky was really that blue.

I just LOVE how Vienne always puts her arm around Natalya when I say, "Snuggle!" LOVE it.

I'm almost afraid to mention it but Vienne did not cry once last week at school. Not once. Knock on wood for me. I will remain cautiously optimistic. Happy Monday, here's to another tear free week.

]]>Road Trippin'http://thehipmommasjournal.squarespace.com/journal/2009/10/5/road-trippin.htmlMelodyA.2009-10-05T11:00:19ZExploring Life My Best Shot Monday This is Texas

Well, both girls got healthy and just in time for the weekend. Me and my friend Angelia had serious road trip plans to go to Round Top for some junk in our trunk antique crafting fun. We were so serious that this time we brought the Uhaul. And the Hubbies. The Hubs were actually excited to go and I think they had a good time. We brought home some fun stuff and are planning our next trip in the Spring.

There was some mention from the men about masculinity and pulling our carts. So there had to be a picture.

Happy Monday! What's your best shot?

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