Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
I believe I am creating a monster. If Chelsea can reach it she will grab for my camera, the strap or even the lens. Chels is just so very interested in Mommy's toy that I am already putting it up out of reach so that I won't cry later.
My little sweetie turned 7 months old today. Some highlights of Chelsea right now:
Her hair is getting thicker,
She looked at Rob yesterday and said Dada,
sits up with a little support from the boppy to play,
has a great laugh, is getting over a nasty cold, loves to pull and try to eat my hair, is so damn cute.
This is them today, Rob got a phone upgrade and was playing with it and Chels was fascinated by it. Can't you tell??
I still need to do the Mr. Bear monthly photo
I am extremely proud of Wyatt and here is why; last night at dinner he asked if he could say the prayer. He was clear, coherent and did a darn good job. Then tonight we decided that Wyatt really needed a haircut. As you know Wyatt is terrified of the clippers until tonight. We put in a movie, and put a sheet down, but forgot the cape, and with very, very little fuss and no crying we shaved his head. That boy had a ton of hair. I think we have stumbled on to our solution to a problem we dreaded. My little man is growing up so fast.
These are those little moments that mean so much but I know I will forget. Thank goodness for blogging, it will keep me sane when I finally get the chance to scrapbook and will be an added addition as a journal when I'm gone one day.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
A picture of me and my friend Julie at the mini album class we took Thursday night. also a shot of my new hair cut. The cut reminds be of the 80's rocker Joan Jett. I would post pictures of the album but it's not done yet. I haven't decided what pictures to use. The album will come together quickly once I pick out pictures.
Julie and I don't hang out nearly enough and we always have fun when we do. We have another class next Saturday that will have us making V- day cards.
Last night Rob and I took the kids to see Playhouse Disney Live. Wyatt and Kelly both agreed that it was AWESOME!! They featured Little Einsteins, My friends Tigger and Pooh, Handy Manny, and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Rob gave me crap because I could sing all songs to all the shows. I think I was just as excited as the kids when it started. We let Wyatt get an official Manny construction hat and Kelly got an Einsteins light-up wand. We had really good seats, on the floor, section 1, row 3. Next time I will go to section 2 because it is right in the middle. The people asked for no flash photography, so I bumped things up and I think I got some great shots. I started really wishing for a slightly longer and faster lens, like the 24-70, 2.8. we were closebut I couldn't get the lens close enough. this shot was taken towards the end when everyone was on stage. The kids did fantastic and again we all had a great time.
I was trying to stray from what lots others were doing when they did laptops, ipods, cell phones, yada, yada.
I have a hand wisk, a hand crank wisk, small beaters and my big mixer. I like it and thats all that matters anyway right?
Chelsea is on her way to saying her first word but will it be Dada or Mama?? Both Rob and I are coaching her to say one or the other. I know that the odds of her saying Dada are bigger but dang it can't one kid say Mama first? I'm the one that got cut open to bring them forth, give me this at least.
Poor Chelsea has been so miserable with this cold. I think last night was the best she slept and Rob was fantastic and got up with her at 6 this morning and let me sleep until almost 8am.(that is REAL late for me)
So far today I have done lots but not much that really shows. Like feed the baby, take shower, upload photos, arrange 365 photos in folder, covert RAW images, upload photo to the challenge, feed baby again, change baby, blog, play with baby, etc.,etc.
I need to go, it's hard to type one handed and Chelsea stinks again. hmmmm.......
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Say Hello to the new Kelly. We are calling the Dora the Explorer haircut. Hopefully now she can learn to brush her own hair.
While we were at the salon I also got a trim and while I was sitting there she managed to do this.....
It looks like the tooth fairy will be swinging by tonight.
Which leads me to Grandmoms visit this afternoon. Seems g-mom was shopping at Kmart and found something that Wyatt would like...
Friday, January 16, 2009
I haven't taken a photo yet today but I did do my homework for my 12 week photo course.
I'm half way done with all the little V-day gift bags for Kelly's class. I know I will post a photo when they are all done.
So I'm going to have one of "those" boys. The ones who don't listen to their teachers, that are running around and whopping it up. Yep that's my boy. I got to his class Wednesday and I get the line," we need to talk to you before you leave". Dread hit fast and I wondered what Wyatt had done this time. It seems he wouldn't settle down at snack time, he wanted to go outside, he didn't like the snack. when they said no to his going outside he pushed his teacher and told them to let him go outside. So when it was time to go out they wouldn't let him go until he apologized which he did. For this disobedience he wasn't allowed to watch any t.v., no Yohoo's or friut snacks. We had several talks and reminders throughout the day about doing what you are told etc. when we picked up Kelly he tells her that I'm mad at him. He just doesn't fully get it. I keep hearing from both of them that I am mad at them when I'm not, they just aren't listening to anything I say, so when I get ignored they lose a priviledge. Reality discipline you gotta love it.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Picture from last night of Chelsea and Kelly. Chelsea is getting teeth and Kelly is about to lose one of her top teeth at any time. Love my cantankerous girls.
How is it in one evening my living room and kitchen can get destroyed? I have been trying hard to keep things picked up but yeesh. I'm going to reestablish some order before I pick up Wyatt from Busy Bodies.
Chelsea has figured out that a walker can actually move forward. Now I just need to clear a path for her to get around.
I have added another project for myself to work on. I'm working on project 365 and an online 12 week photo course and my new project is the 2peas weekly photo challenge. This week is texture so I uplaoded a couple of frost photos from a couple of weeks ago.
I'm going to do my best NOT to fall off the wagon but I really need to take some time out and convert all my RAW photos. There are more pictures I would post but I'm usually in a hurry and only get out the important ones.
So off to clean for 40 minutes before I get Wyatt.
Monday, January 12, 2009
So almost every Sunday, on our way to chrch we pass this spot where the cows come to feed. Some days the are around, some days they have headed back into their desert pasture. Ol' Red here was giving me some serious attitude. He kept sticking his tongue out at me. Then he would diss me by looking away. Uh..hello, I'm taking your picture, look my way. I truly wished I could have stayed longer, I wanted to get some nicer shots but we were already late for church. The fault for that is mine alone. I asked Rob to pull over twice. Once for a roadrunner sitting on a rock, and second time to get a hawk on a telephone pole. It wasn't till after the hawk flew away I realize that I didn't put my memory card back in my camera. Thankfully I keep my extras in my bag otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get this big guy.
He is really hard to see and Rob was the one who saw it and pulled over. I had to run across the street to get even near him. I wish I had the time to pull out the tripod cause he never moved, he was still sitting there when we came home from church. And yes he is real, his head moved a couple of times.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
I haven't done photos like these with the other two in quite a while. Food for thought.
This bottom shot is one I did about half and hour ago. Since the moon is suppose to be bigger I wanted to try the whole reflections and silhouette thing.
Unfortunately the mission is about 45 minutes away and in a not so safe area, right Mom? Granted I'm sure there will be other shutterbugs out there but...
Oh and by the way, food photography is considered the hardest and if you can do it successfully, they say you can shoot anything. I'll give it a go.
Have a great weekend. Go Cardinals!!
Friday, January 09, 2009
Now you really need to double click on this image to really see it. I haven't done much tweeking cause I'm not really sure what to tweek.
This is my photo for last night. We lost power for about and hour and all of a sudden I thought that this would be the perfect time to try this since no one in a least a quarter mile had power.
I learned two things. Which I hoping to try later tonight. I really need a wide angle lens and I should have tried this earlier in the evening and get the moon when it is in a different position.
The moon was almost directly overhead and I wanted to get the moon in with the silhouette of our fat palm tree. Well it was just cold enough and I was doing 30sec exposures that I didn't want to lay on the ground. Plus I really don't have the right tripod. So cool, I used and learned with what I have. I do think in the summer I will get one of those kinder sleeping mats so that these old knees can get down and be more comfy.
**Chelsea had a 6 month check up on Wednesday- she weighs 16lb and 4oz and is 25 inches long. She is darn near perfect but mommy already knew that. Poor thing got 4 shots, two in each leg and has had a fever for about 24 hours. Chelsea has been miserable and a total bear from it.
I have downloaded a 12 week photo class from 2Peas and I'm enjoying. Most of this I know but it's refreshing and I like the challenges and excercises.
Now I'm off. I'm wanting to learn more about food photography. My plan is to take my own and use it in our kitchen. If all else fails I will download from istock photo gallery for a fee and then I know I will have great images. But I really would like to try and learn on my own.
Off to learn.
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
I have always wanted to wear funky socks but they usually didn't come in my bigfoot size.
It all started with Kelly wanting this one pair of socks a couple of years ago and the obsession has taken over. Most of the time the socks are striped, polka-dotted, flowers, anything. But today it is Disney characters.
Now Wyatt is my whitey-tighty boy, but for X-Mas he received Lightning McQueen and Mater socks. So when I was at Target this morning they had finished their Dollar Spot setup and I found some cute new socks for ALL the kids.
Wyatt received Buzz and Mr. Incredible, Kelly got red pom, multi colored hearts, and purple and white with multi colored polka dots. Chelsea received two different multi colored striped socks.
So my picture of the day is all about our crazy socks and Mommy's secret wish that she could wear them too.
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
This is my rough prototype of Kelly's Valentines day card.
The actual one will be in either red or pink, with a small square of v-day patterened paper. I will cut out the love in a different color and glue that on. I also plan on cutting out a heart that will say from Kelly, and use fiber or ribbon to attach to the handle. I will let Kelly pick out some candy to put in the bag. The bag is only 3 1/2 inches tall and 1 inch wide. Perfect for her class. Now I just need to get busy and make about 20 of them! Oh and find more v-day paper, the one thing I don't have an abundance off.
I must thank my Cricut machine for doing most of the work. ;)
Monday, January 05, 2009
Saturday, January 03, 2009
Thursday, January 01, 2009
It feels promising. A bunch of scrappers are starting a Project 365. How this works is that you take a picture a day. A picture of whatever you want. Well I'm not going to buy their kit, I'm going to do my own project. My goal is to be a better photographer. so I've been making a list of photos that I want to take throughout the year and also doing a photo idea calender where I list photos I want to take each month. For example on the calender I would take Mothers day. ideas would be to take a picture of mom, any flowers, a hug, whatever makes that holiday come alive. For my everyday shots that would include taking pictures of our street, a wreath on a door, my computer, doing the dishes etc. Got the idea?
My first photo is of my new TV with my favorite program, Good Morning America, with the news ticker documenting it's new years day. I have started a new folder labeled project 365 in my My Pictures folder.
Last night Rob set up the jumperoo. Chelsea was content in that for a bit as big bro and sis kept setting off the lights and music and making it bounce. Why is it that big kids like to play with little kids toys??
So I'm late as usual in posting Chelsea's monthly Mr.Bear photo. Those two are getting along better these days but if Mr. Bear gets to pushy Chelsea will not hesitate to shove him off the couch.
Chelsea has beautiful blue eyes. with an inner ring of light blue and an outer ring of dark blue, but I'm finding it very hard to get a shot highlighting those eyes. I tried for awhile to capture them but they come out dark. I should take her outside.
At six months sleeps later than my other kids. This morning she awoke at 6:30a, I picked her up and she went right back to sleep, so I laid her in my bed with Rob where she didn't wake up until 8am.
Is eating very well, and enjoys watered down pear juice. Wants to sit up and almost rolls over but doesn't try very hard. Chelsea really wants to follow her brother and sister. Loves playing in the bathtub, like to be swung like a pendulum (shake off the baby), we have done this with all our kids. Chels is laughing and smiling more. She is starting to recognize her name when called. Loves Braxton our dog.
So as not to exclude my other heathens I'm compiling a list of funny things they have been saying lately. Wyatt's favorite thing to do is mimicking or repeating commercials. Right now whenever a Christmas commercial comes on he turns to us to say Christmas is over. He can do this several times in a hour. Kelly lately keeps saying that she never gets, or never has had something like eggs or chicken. She says this instead of saying its been a long time. I've started telling her to take the word never from her vocabulary.
Again Happy New Year.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
The End of 2008
As we headed down we made stops so that I could take more shots. I plan to go up again on a slightly cloudy day to get other shots that were too hard to try that day.
By the time we came down the mountain the police had closed the road going up for safety and were still turning cars away.
So that night Sunday/Monday we had a hard freeze and the next morning I went out again to take more photos. This is a bougainvilla from my neighbors house that was so pretty with the color of the flower and the frost and the sun shining down. I got a couple of other cool shots but this is one of my faves.
On our trip to Mt.Lemmon I exceeded 10,000 pictures that I have taken with my camera! I can't believe it. I have learned so much in the time that I have had it and this year I plan to learn even more.
So Rob and I want to start this new year off right and so we have been very busy this week. Rob has finished tiling and grouting our bathroom shower. Next is to seal the grout and any caulking this weekend. I have been working on cleaning up the scraproom so that I can set up the cricut permanetley and actually be productive this year. Also we took down the tree and all the decorations today. I swept, mopped and my living room has returned to normal.
We are starting the year clean and fresh. I will not be making any resolutions so to speak but a promise to myself. To be happy, and to work on making myself the person I want to be.
May this coming year be all that you want it to be.
Happy New Year, with love C
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008
Why?
Last month I signed up Wyatt for the busy bodies preschool at Clements Center Tucson Parks and Rec. It used to be you only signed one month at a time and when I signed Wyatt up only January was available. I went on tonight and the F**king preschool classes are filled to the end of MAY!! Wyatt is only going to get to go one month. I'm so damn mad. I have no idea when they opened up the rest of the spring sessions, and to sign up for all the spring classes would have cost me $270. Monthly payments I could handle but not all at once.
Now I won't get to see Wyatt in his little cap and gown like Kelly. He won't be getting to experience some of the fun that Kelly did. After his month is up Wyatt will be asking me everyday when can he go to school. This just sucks. And worse is there isn't a damn thing I can do.
Just trying to keep up is right.
I constantly feel a day late and a dollar short.
I just want to yell at someone.
In Febuary I want to show up and make them take him. (I won't but it's a thought)
Sad part is they only have 20 openings(10 per class) between the Mon-Wed + Tues-Thurs classes. And I know some of those kids go to both sessions. I'm just venting now but I am calming down. I'm half tempted to call and find out when the opened the rest of the spring sessions.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Chelsea @ 5 months. She smiled, she sat nicely with Mr. Bear, she's adorable, she's all mine.
At five months we are consistently sleeping through the night. We have started baby food and will enjoy applesause, pears, carrots, sweet potatoes, squash and bananas. Doing very well in the eating department. Growing like a weed. Chelsea is starting to outgrow some of her 3-6 month clothes. Chelsea loves to laugh at anything Kelly does to amuse her but Chelsea really just wants people to be around her.
So last night Inez came over for dinner. As she was leaving she made a comment to Kelly that Grandmom would sure like it if Kelly, Wyatt and Chelsea would be good for mama and let mommy take a Christmas picture of them. So I decided to attempt again. We didn't even get one shot off before Rob sat down and said, "set your timer". Ummm....no makeup, my hair had been up. Rob said he didn't care let's just get this shot done. ;]
So we turned it into a game and this is our most clear shot. So I uploaded to Wally world and should be able to pick up our cards today.
One thing to check off the list.
Now that Chelsea is down for her morning nap I'm gonna go clean up Wyatt room (and maybe get rid of some toys). he he he.
Carrie
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Otherwise it's the typical holiday season, so much to do and so little time. I sometimes just want to hole up in the house and be a hermit.
I'm struggling on getting a christmas photo of the kids to do our christmas cards. Tried yesterday and it was a disaster with me in tears and ready to beat my children. All the complaining and they won't even look in my general direction. I just got sick of it. I'm going to try and do each child individually and then make a card.
So I'm sorry that this post has no pictures I'll try to get some ready later.
Carrie