Some achievements of the kids

Max can add & is starting to learn to read.
Spence potty trained himself.
Tessa is crawling & has two teeth.

So many things happened during 2008.

So many things happened during 2008: Joe and I switched roles, had our third baby and moved into a house. Joe went to work full-time for SM&P as a utility locator. While I became the full time parent. I continue to work part-time at Target Portrait Studios, Lifetouch. So, Joe usually works the week and I work the weekends. Therefore, Joe and I did not see each other much. In the first part of the year, Joe and I had some monthly dates to a music series at the Royal Theater. Later in '08 I took off a weekend so we could have family-time. We also started going to church regularly, Unitarian Universalist Community Church, and we love it. We were welcomed and feel at home at our church. We had several false labor scares, which was embarrassing and frustrating, having already had two babies naturally. But we got a lot of support from our church community. May 26, Spence turned two! He is so smart, calm, silly and such an easy going boy. On May 27, we added a new family member, Tessa Jean. My mom, Theresa aka Meme, was able to visit when Tessa was born. Actually, she arrived just as Tessa was born. It was awesome having my mom visit. Actually, my sister, Jenn, and her new husband, Steve, and "baby" brother, Tim came through Indiana and visited, on their way to Vermont. Max and Spence adore their little sister, they smother her. I am constantly trying to tell the boys to get off of her or give her some space, lol. July 18, Max turned four! He is very smart and funny. He is very independent But is needy many times during the day, understandably since he has two siblings in two years. Funny, I was actually more worried about how Spence would do with the new sibling & not Max. Both did and do very well, But I think Max had more regressions in behavior that Spence did. The portrait studio that I work for went digital over the summer. We had our digital training, which for me was a longtime coming. Even though I had already been digital in my photography, the class took my photography to a new level. I look forward to future photography related courses. I enjoy learning new techniques and pushing myself in my work. Also, over the summer I started getting outside photography gigs. Back in '04 I had photographed a wedding and then later another wedding reception. Of course, I need to do another wedding because my photography has grown so much that the wedding photographs that I have do not do me justice. Anyhow, I had five private photography gigs over the late spring to early fall season. I cannot tell you how much I love my job, being a Photographer. And a mother , lol. In September we moved three blocks from our downtown, on the square apartment to a large 100yr old house. It is awesome! If we had bought it there are many updates that we would do, But it otherwise is perfect. We were blessed with lots of help from our close friends, Joe's parents and our church. The last part of the year is full of holiday get togethers with family. A very enjoyable time. We always wish that we had get togethers a little more often, other than: Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve and Christmas. There is this huge chunk of time that goes by before we see family. And an even longer chunk of time before we see my family. Anyhow, we had a very good year, much better than '07. Hopefully, '09 goes decently well...maybe as well as '08 or even better. At least one can hope and wish, if not be somewhat proactive about it. Lastly, I got a new camera for my birthday/Christmas, a Digital SLR by Olympus from my parents. It is awesome! I created PhotoBee Photography by me, Melissa Morgan. I became a member of our church, UUCC.