Reagan's Broken Arm

On March 7th Reagan had a first, she fell off the monkey bars at school and broke her arm! I know you're thinking "that sucks!" But you don't know Reagan. Who knew that this would be the greatest thing to happen to her? Yes, it was painful for some time after it happened. but what it gained her in attention was well worth it. 

That morning I got a call from Butler's office informing me that Reagan was there and that she had taken a good fall off the monkey bars. They said she seemed OK but wanted to come home. I figured the boys get a lot of attention for their injuries so we could nurse this for a little bit. I got her home and had her all set up on the couch. I had her put both of her arms out for me to see and one was quite visibly larger than the other. That got me worried. Her wrists are so little but her left one was huge. I realized she probably needed to be seen, so I made arrangements for the other kids and took her to the instacare. Reagan was so brave. When the doctor came in to look at her arm she sat so tall and answered all of her questions. Then, as soon as the doctor left, she would crumble and cry. It took all she had to be strong in front of the doctor and nurse. It was just the same when they did the x-rays. She acted like it was no big deal but as soon as we got back to our room she lost it telling me that they turned her arm and it hurt so bad. 

both bones in her wrist had a compound fracture one was very small and you couldn't really see it on the x-ray. The other was about half way through the bone. She wore her cast for 3 weeks and when they took it off the bruise on her wrist was pretty big and very blue. 

So not everything was bad about breaking her arm. She got to choose what color she wanted it to be. It was waterproof so we went swimming with it. Where ever we went people would stop and ask her what happened and she would quickly ask if they wanted to sign it. So the attention this cast got her was exponential. As rough as it was, I know she is so glad she was able to have this experience. She told me that she is going to be so sad when she has to throw it away. (I won't be)

Crew's 5 year old pictures

I can't tell you how much I love this kid. He is a hoot. He generally does what I ask him and is always telling me he told Jesus he is going to be good for me. I'm not sure where he came from but I think I'll keep him! 

Cache's 3 year old pictures

February brings a lot of crazy to our house. We celebrate 2 boys birthdays and that means pictures for 2 young boys (not easy), visits to their hematologists  and of course Valentines Day, parent teacher conferences, and this particular year we had 3 weddings and Reagan broke her arm. Phew. I'm tired just writing it down. Somehow we survived, but it meant that pictures of the boys needed to be easy. Seriously, it took about 15 minutes per boy. Nice and easy. Plus, I'm so happy with how well they did and how many sweet pictures I came away with. Here are Cache's... Don't miss the Iron Man impersonation and of course his fabulous somersault.

Reese 8 Months

I finally took some time to take pictures of our sweet little Reese. I got home from a session and I was on a role! I haven't found time to go to my studio with all of my backgrounds and props but time was ticking and I needed some photos of this sweetheart! So I threw a blanket over the back of my couch and created an in-house studio. It actually worked out great and I love how they turned out. Enjoy!

Reese Anina Diederich

Wow. So much for coming back to the blogging world. I'm sorry. Not that you care, but I am.

There is a reason for my absence. As you know I was pregnant. That's right, I said was. As in not any more! Being pregnant with three little ones under my care proved to be more of a handful than I anticipated. So many things have happened since my last post that have attributed to my lack of updates. But I don't want to bore you so I'll just jump right ahead to the recent addition to our family and the biggest stress reliever I could have received!

On June 9th we welcomed our fourth child, Reese Anina Diederich. We love her more than I could have imagined. I feel like she has been a part of our lives forever and am so happy to have her here. I know there are a few out there who have asked to see some pictures so here you go...

Let me just say that Reese was a DREAM to take pictures of! She slept through it all and I really put her through the ringer as I posed her so many different ways. I really want to share all of the pictures but that would be ridiculous:) But here are a few of my favorites.

She is a dream and her arrival has been an incredible blessing in our lives. Even the other kids dote on her. She is very loved and we are so happy to have her.