{6 years :: Josh & I}

together 10 years. married 6 years.

Josh, words can't express the love I have for you. I love that you make me laugh. I love how patient you are with me. I love that you are there for me. I love our life together, I couldn't have ask for anything better, and I wouldn't change it for the world. You are everything to me. I know our road ahead will be ever better then road we have already traveled. I LOVE YOU!

Few cute pictures of us at the resort in Mexico.

This is where we took our first vacation. All-inclusive trip to Iberostar Paraiso Del Mar Resort in Mexico. We totally loved this place and hope to go back some day.
This is my absolute favorite wedding picture from our day. I love it! Wish I would have gotten it quite large. Only got an 8x10. Bummer. And just a few more from our wedding.
Just a few recent ones of us. We has this thing going where we were going to take a picture of us every year in July...that didn't last long. We did it for a couple years and then it kind of died off. We should really start it up again. It is fun to look back on photos of the ones you love. Happy Anniversary babe. I love you!

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{Chicago - Day 2}

On Saturday, we all went out for breakfast to The Original Pancake House. Josh and I had went there in Novemeber 2008 and loved it. Deinfately wanted to go again. After breakfast we went and did a little shopping. I was looking for a new top to wear that night to dinner and The Second City for a show. We went to several places. I have never really shopped in Forever 21 before but Erin always got cute clothes there and she said the one in Chicago was HUGE. And boy was it. It was like 4 floors. It was insane. I did eventually find several tops that I liked. Plus some cheap jewelry.

We finally ended up back at the hotel to get ready for the evening. We were going to dinner at The Grill on the Alley. It was the same place we had went when we were there in November with Josh's work. It was yummy.

Before we went to dinner, Rob and Erin came to our hotel to have a drink before dinner. Josh got me a Pomegranite Martini. It was good but really to strong for me. I couldn't believe it.

Dinner was fantastic. I had salmon again. I just love salmon when going out to eat because I can't make it right at home.
After dinner we headed to The Second City for an Impromptu show. This is the 2nd time I have been to Second City. It is hilarious. I just love it. It is a comedy place where they do many skits that are sooo funny. My cheeks always hurt after leaving because I have laughed so much.
By the time we got back to the hotel it was like 2am. It was so late and I was exhausted. ~Until next time for the last day...LOL

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{weekend in Chicago}

On Friday, I got out of work around 3:15pm, so Josh and I could head to Chicago for the weekend with Rob and Erin (they were already there). I could not have been more excited. Josh did not have to work so he dropped Ethan off at my parents house. Ethan stayed one night at my parents then on Saturday my friend Mindy picke dup Ethan to take him for the night. I love my family and friends, they are so good to me.
Anyways...heading to Chicago with our GPS...couldn't get there without it. We got in around 6:30pm and we had reservations at a very nice restaurant called Topolobampo. I was super excited to me going there since Rob and Erin had loved it the last time they went. We checked into your hotel (the Hyatt Regancy Chicago). It was really nice...and HUGE! It was funny because on the way to Chicago Erin had told me that they got upgraded on there room for Free. I was like no fair..I want an upgrade. When we checked in...that's what we got...YAY! Here is our room it was like a studio appartment. We thought it was hilarious that the room had a door bell. LOL It was funny when we saw Rob and Erin's room...we kept joking that it was the size of a closet. HA! It was a nice room tho. I had to start getting ready right when we got there because I knew it would take me a while to get my hair all done up.

The lighting was terrible in the hotel so these are NOT the best pictures...but hey it captures the moment. It was fun. We were off to Topolobampo for dinner. A very nice Mexican cuisine. Let me tell you it was fabulous. I had Salmon, and it was delicious. It was a very expensive meal for Josh and I, but we had a great experience along with it.
I am going to leave off here because it is super late and I have to work tomorrow. But the rest of the trip will be blogged later.
Stay tuned....

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{a night out}

As many of you know, I work part time in a doctor's office, Family Medicine office. We have attending physicians and resident physicians. There are 6 attending physicians and 28-30 resident physicians. There are 1st, 2nd and 3rd year residents in our office. They only stay for 3 years and then they graduate and get a job in their own office. This year we had 9 graduate and every year we celebrate. I have worked there for about 8 years now and my husband has never come to one of the Resident Graduation Parties. Mostly because he doesn't to many people and there is a Roast that he wouldn't really understand. But this year many of the gals at work were bringing there spouse/significant others. I decided I would too, with much dissagreement from Josh. But he agreed to come anyways. Thanks Babe.

I was really excited to go, because it is alot of fun and there is dancing afterwards. I love to dance. Even tho I am sure I am not that good. But I don't care.

Before we were about to leave I went to the neighbors so we could at least get a shot of me and Josh dressed up. I did my hair....and I thought it turned out fantastic, which I was rather excited and proud of. HA! I love doing up-dos with my hair. I love being creative with it.
Plus I got to wear this super cute dress that believe it or not ladies my husband picked out. HEHE I am not that good with clothing so I am glad that I have him to help. (Yes he actually bought it without me being there.)
This is the shot we got of Josh and I: (thanks Lisa)


We had a great night out. The party was at the Amway Grand Plaza, and was fabulous. Ethan was staying the night at Rob and Erin's so it was nice to just come home and relax.

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ABC's of ME!!

I got this from my friend Sarah's blog...It looked like fun...Have a go at it if you want...
A - Age: 31
B - Bed size: King
C - Chore you hate: Laundry
D - Dog's name: don't have a dog - when we did her name was Joey
E - Essential start your day item: Coffee, preferably a Carmel Marvel
F - Favorite color: Brown
G - Gold or Silver or Platinum: Silver or Platinum
H - Height: 5'5" 1/2
I - Instruments you play: None!
J - Job title: Photographer and Medical Assistant
K - Kid(s): Ethan
L - Living arrangements: Live with Hubby and son
M - Mom's name: Suzanne
N - Nicknames: Jaim
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Yes surgery!
P - Pet Peeve: People that do not pay attention when they drive.
Q - Quote from a movie: Don't know...
R - Right handed or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 2 brothers
T - Time you wake up: 6:00 - 6:30am
U- Underwear: Yes
V - Vegetable you dislike: Peas
W - Ways you run late: Doing my hair - has to be perfect
X - X-rays you've had: feet, ankles, knee, fingers, abdomen
Y - Yummy food you make: enchiladas
Z - Zoo favorite: Giraffe

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{my new bag from XcessRize Designs}

For the longest time I have been wanting a really nice camera bag to carry around, besides my traditional Nikon bag. I wanted something that is cute and fun, so that when I am doing weddings it is stylish and modern. Not to mention I needed something bigger to fit more of my stuff in it.

Drea introduced me to XcessRize Designs on Etsy. One that she has been wanting to get. Oh how I love Etsy. If you have not heard of Etsy, you are missing out on some fantastic handmade products.

I just wanted to share how fabulous this bag is. It is very large. A lot larger then I thought it would be. Please don't mind the picture....it is a horrible one of me. UGH!










I am in love with the outside fabric on it. It is gorgeous. My camera strap is a black and white damask print so I thought this would compliment it well.

Below is a picture of the inside of it. You would not believe how much this bag will hold.

It will be nice to be able to have my backup camera with me at weddings and not have to have 2 bags.

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{header in progress - today}

I have started to make a new header for Stirring the Pott. Not sure if I want to add the words Stirring the Pott to the header? What do you all think? I will have pictures of our family on there it will be a changing header.

I know I haven't blogged lately...Alot going on.

I have 3 Newborn sessions next week. I am so excited for that. I love doing newborn sessions. Be sure to check out jaime pott photography for the sneak peeks...of course I will remind you here with alittle post...lol

We cut Ethan's hair this morning...OH MY he looks so adorable with his new hair cut. I love it. Josh always does a great job.


We didn't do much today. Slept late...well like 9am, cuz I went to bed late, was at the neighbors watching The Bacholerette. Some of those guys are TOOLS...Yes I said TOOLS. I hope it will be a good season. Looks like it will be.




Ethan I went to Walmart and got a few things. I had to get some of his wipes. I use the Parents Choice Organic wipes...LOVE THEM! I also found some fake Crocs for Ethan that were a $1. I also got me a pair of cute plaid canvas shoes. OH and a great deal on a pair of winter boots for next year for Ethan. They are Cars and they were only $5. They look quite nice. I love getting good deals.

We then came home and took a nap....That felt really good. Actually before that we played out side and I took some pictures of Ethan being cute.


That's about it for our day....I hope it will be nice out tomorrow too.
Hope everyone is having a good weekend so far.

Until next time...

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doctors - valentine's - spaghetti

I had a doctor's appt on Monday...wasn't sure how it was going to work because he like's to get into things in unknown places. So I loaded up the diaper bag with books and cars. Well of course when I get there he wants nothing to do with the books or cars....too many other things to explore and play with. What do I do to keep him still...whip out the trusty iPhone...hahahaha Works like a charm.





































After the doctors office....he came home and took a nap....when I went to get him up from his nap...I walked in the room and freaked because his bed was empty....I then look over and find him in his little tent that Aunt Shamay sent for him....he loves it too!! Thanks Shamay.

As you all know E does not eat very many different varieties of foods. I got home today and Josh was making dinner (yes he does this often....and I love it) He was making Chicken Primavera...I thought why not give E a little try at it....I even told him he could make a huge mess if he wanted to....but he just had to try it. He was playing with it for a while and then stuck his tongue out and licked it. We praised him so much...cheer and clapped for him. We always like to make a big deal out of it when he eats something new. (Thanks Shamay, it works great.) When he finally took a bite, we had a party. I was so excited and so was E. He likes when we make a huge deal out of it... It was great, I am sooo proud of him for trying it and taking several more bites. This is real progress for him. I hope we can try and work in more foods. We shall see.

Look how adorable these are. E cousins' Grayer and Maiya sent these Valentine's to him. They are so cute. Thanks Grayer and Maiya you did a great job!

Ever since I saw the movie Twilight with my friend Sarah, I have been reading the book, and the rest of the series. On Tuesday I read the whole book, New Moon, the 2nd one in the series. Now I have to go get the other 2 books...but they aren't in paperback, which really stinks because they are $10 more...but that's okay...they are fantastic books.

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today. lazy. sick

today.
i had the day off.

lazy.
i was very lazy today and did not do a thing.

sick.
i woke up with a horrible sore throat.

so i really didn't do NOTHING all day.

i never told everyone...i was waiting til i got everything together. but i recently became incharge of running SIMPLE. cool huh? i am very excited about it. i have a few changes in store. the previous owner, drea, wanted to take a much need break from reviewing and the SIMPLE site for a few months. she then asked me if i would take over....and of course i jumped on that oppurtunity. like i said i am very excited about it. be sure to keep checking out SIMPLE. we have alot of giveaways and coupons right now.

anyways, not sure why i wrote in all lowercase...but i did. HA!

i am sitting in bed relaxing waiting for josh to get home. he went to have a drink with a friend after work tonight. he should be bringing us dinner. yay.

also i would love it if anyone could pray for my mom to get better. she has been sick now for about 3-4 weeks. she has been on 4 antibiotics and steriods. she has bronchitis, tracheitis among other things. all the medicine keeps making her sick too. she gets back side effects to medications. the tracheitis is making it hard for her to breath. (it is inflamation of her trachea) and the bronchitis is making her cough alot. i actually asked her...shouldn't you be in the hospital? she can barely get out of bed right now....so just please pray for this infection to go away. thanks

and this picture of ethan i just have to laugh at....his expression cracks me up.

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My new desk...thanks to my husband!

He finished my desk this morning. Look how awesome it is. I totally love it. This is where all the photo magic happens. LOL He did such a great job. I just love it. He is such a handy man, he can do just about anything around the house. And if he doesn't know how to do it, he will figure out how. Love that about him.

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P&S - Me

In Novemeber Josh had got me a Point & Shoot camera, just for everyday life. Sometimes you just can't carry around a big camera, ya know? So I had been buggin him for a small one. Thanks hun, because I totally love it. All the rest little videos I did were from the P&S. It is fantastic. I would recommend this to anyone that is looking for a new camera. Here are a few pictures taken with it:


















I am sure you already know, because you hardly ever see pictures of me, I hate getting my picture taken and hate self-portraits....but I wanted to try and get a good one of myself...and this is what I came up with....not the greatest but hey it's me!

I never noticed this before but Ethan and I have just about the same eye color in these 2 pictures. So cool!



















































I just love the clarity it has too. I would have never thought I could get this great of a photo out of a point and shoot....but it can happen.


















The picture above is from when we went to get my parents christmas tree. I love how it captured the snow falling.

Here is a picture of the camera. It has a nice large LCD screen on it. And it is sooo easy to use. The 10x optical zoom is great too.

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Please help me...

Some one please tell me how do you keep your child in bed? I can't take it anymore. I have been putting him back in bed for an hour now. Is anyone out there? I have tried to put him back to bed without saying anything to him....just bringing him to his bed. That doesn't work.
I have tried to threaten with a spank....he laughs at me.

As of right now...I am going to......just scream.

He is opening and closing the door....right behind me....thinking it is funny. ARGH.

Oh my word talk about frustrating. I even laid in bed with him for like 30 minutes....

Please if anyone has any suggestions...I would love to hear them.

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New blog address....

Take note of the new blog address. The old one will be redirected to the new one...

http://blog.jaimepottphotography.com

Thanks

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Before AND After....

I finally decided it was time to get rid of the current color I have been styling for the past 5 months.
The first 2 pictures are obviously before....PLEASE DO NOT LOOK at the actual pictures..I know they are horrible...hehe Just snapshots...very quick ones at that. I have to admit...as much as I hate it....I have been blessed with some grayish/white hair early...starting at age 19. May not see it in the pictures but believe me it is there. It looks blonde from far away so that's good. But up close....watch out!!! hehe



I went to Target tonight to get my supplies...aka, BOX of Magic!!! hehehe
I think I was in there for about 45 minutes just trying to figure out which brand and color to get. That was a task...I am not a very good speedy desicion maker with things like this. So I debated on this for a while. I wanted No Amonia and the most Natural as you could get with dying you hair...LOL This is what I decided to go with, it had No Amonia in it, it has Aloe, Pomagranete(sp?) in it, it is permanent (my hair doesn't take well with non-permanent color).


















What do you think? I think I like it....as usual there is a hint of red too it....Like I always get when I color my hair. I much care for it, but I don't know how to avoid it. I think it is just how mu hair is when it takes to color!!
Again please excuse the odd poses and pictures....I obviously can't take a self portrait to save my life...hahahha I do think I will like it better tomorrow. I mean I don't hate it!!

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