Day 24

Two beautiful photos today. The first is my son playing with his Mariner's hat from a baseball game last year. The second is a beautiful view of Mt. Rainer. I took it while in my car stuck in traffic on my way home today. Our view is gorgeous.

Day 23

Another day of eggs. It was lots of fun.

Day 22

I am finally catching up. We have been busy in my classroom getting ready for Spring and Easter. Here are some of the great things we have been doing around my room. By the way, I teach Special Education Preschool.

Need to Catch Up

I have taken pictures but due to internet issues the last few days, I have not been able to upload yet. After a night of having Qwest on the phone we figured out it was a Dell problem, so I called them last night and after 2 hours on the phone they helped me resolve the issue. So, tonight, I will upload photos to share. Sorry for the wait.

Day 21

We are suppose to do pictures of Landmarks for the Mommy Zone challenge this week. I don't know if I am goign to get anywhere to take pictures of actual landmarks of Washington so I decided to do a Northwest landmark photo today. A few years ago, when we first moved to Washington, I made a stained glass piece (one of my hobbies that I have not been able to touch since I got pregnant with Peter because of the lead content) to celebrate where we went for our honeymoon. For our honeymoon, we spent a few nights on the Oregon Coast, one of which was in Canon Beach where we love looking at Haystack Rock. I made the glass to look like Haystack Rock from one of my favorite photos of us. During out honeymoon, we flew kites so I had to incorporate them into the glass. When I think of the Oregon Coast, I think of Haystack rock. Too bad we are about 3 hours away from it right now but it is very Northwestern.

Day 20

Today was a very busy day. Jenny and Ben spent last night with us. They left early in the day. Peter and I went out shopping. After a good nap, Peter was rearing to play. He enjoyed playing on his rocking horse. This is the horse that I have had since I was little. I just had to take a photo of him on it.

The photo had a filter used on it called Flashback by Virtual Photographer.

Day 19

Today was a very busy day. Peter slept later for his morning nap then I was hoping for because we had an appt. at Yeun Lui for his Spring/18 month photo. Peter did not want anything for lunch until Mom starting eating a banana. At the photo shoot, he was just so cute for the photo and there was even a bunny there but he would not let mommy get out of the picture. I ended up in his picture, luckily I wore something springy that matched his cute outfit.

Day 18

Sorry that this is a day late but I was exhausted last night. We were downstairs late with our friend Noel over as we watched the Oregon Ducks get to the Elite 8. We are very excited. As we watched the game, you can see that Peter snuggled right up to his buddy Noel.

Day 17

Today we got our packages from Pottery Barn Kids. Grandma bought Peter an Easter pail so he can always have it. We just love it. We have not shown it to Peter yet but I just had to share it because we are so excited about it. Easter may come now. We are going to get some practice this weekend and get his photo taken with an alive bunny. We will see how that goes.

The other photo was of Peter burshing his teeth, and boy look at those teeth. This is the first real shot I got that you can see those teeth. Peter just loves to brush his teeth. It takes a bit for us to be able to get the toothbrush back. I hope it is always like that for his teeth's sake.

Day 16

My little Linus. Peter loves his blankie. He will walk around all day if he had the choice. Going out the door this morning, I grabbed the camera and just had to take a photo of him in his cute overalls and him with his blankie. I only saw him a little longer today, just enough to take him to day care. Beacuase of conferences, I got home after 8pm and he was fast asleep. I just hate that. I miss my baby.

Day 15

I'm a complete slacker tonight. I didn't get home until after 8:30 tonight and I am tired. I am also trying to find the layout of the day for www.gottapixel.net as I was deciding what to photograph. So, I wanted to do texture and sitting near me in my scrap room was some tissue paper all wadded up.

Day 14

Today started off as a beautiful pre-spring day and then the Seattle rain came, and came, and came.

Day 13

Peter just needed out today so we went for a walk. My husband took the camera and got some great shots, including this bottom one. I took the swing shot. Peter wanted to swing all by himself. He kept shoving my hand away and telling me no. I let him go and he was actually swinging all the way with his legs and body going the correct way. I had no idea an 18 month old could do this. We were very impressed.

By the way, did you notice his nice haircut?? The clippers at Costco for $25 is well worth the investment.

Day 12

There were no real great pictures today but I like this one. We had the stoller in the house after going for a walk last night. This morning Peter decided that it must be his seat so he climbed right in. He was so proud of himself.

Inspiration Strikes Again

and another scrapbook page appears.

Credits: A Taste of Spring Too by Lynne Simmons at www.gottapixel.net
Program Used: PSPX
Fonts: MA Sexy

Day 11

Today was so gorgeous. It got almost to 70 degrees which is perfect for a Western Washington spring day. I got home late because of a dentist appointment but the moment I got home, we went for a walk as I ate dinner on the go. We looked at beautiful flowers and trees blooming. We also went and visited our friends, Lisa and Brad and baby to be. It was just so nice.

I had to play with photos of this tree. For me this is an amazing photo. I hope to keep getting better at this and getting more photos like this.

Day 10

I couldn't decide once again. I thought that everyone out there should finally see a pic of me. It is rare occasion because I am always the one behind the camera but I decided to turn the camera on the two of us. The other pic was to go wtiht the March Madness and my son saying "Go ducks!". He is getting ready for tomorrow's game. Go Oregon Ducks!

Day 9

I got to Peter's daycare today and found his hair spiked. The only thing we could figure out was maybe it was with the help of his food, which is not unusual of our son. This afternoon, we were playing upstairs and I just had to take a photo of it. The top photo is with the use of a Watercolor filter from PSE.

Day 8 - a day late

This was yesterday morning when Rob was getting Peter ready for the day. I always hear them wrestling and goofing around while I am in the shower every morning. This photo had some doctoring from PSE and then in PSPX, I played with Virtual Photographer and did the glamour filter.

Inspired

I was inspired last night and just had to scrap one of the photos. I have other ideas for the other filtered photo but just not enough time to scrap it yet.

Tonight's post may have to wait until morning. I took some pics this morning because I have an "Issues of Abuse" class for my teaching certification that I have to take tonight until 8pm. I'm not even going to get to see my baby this evening. I hate that.

Day 7

Peter was having a great time with today's photoshoot but wanted to be in charge of the camera. I wanted to get closeups but he kept grabbing at the camera and kept bringing it closer. Because of that, I got blurry photos. Of course Photoshop Elements comes to the rescue. This photo had the Watercolor filter that gave such an amazing effect.


The effect for this one is Pallette Knife but you have to look at it large to really get the effect.

The final picture was just for fun. Peter chose his own hat at Old Navy today and was going everywhere with it. It was just too funny.

Day 6

Today, Peter was everywhere. He just kept going and going. These are some fun shots of him getting around including his modified crawl, climbing udner the table, and just playing. Mobility has been a major issue for him and this collection of photos really celebrate how far he has come.

Day 5

I decided to do something a little different tonight. Before going to bed, we have to change all of our clocks to daylight savings time. It always confuses us in so many ways so I thought I would pay homage to my favorite clock in the house.

Day 4

I was so dead set on doing the photo of Peter throwing his little fit after dinner because he wanted more muffins but when Kodak popped up with viewing of today's photo, it just hit me that it had to be the one. Of course, I had to crop and change it to focus on my sweet boy but the look on his face said it all. My little boy is no longer a baby, he is a toddler who loves to toddle all around our house. This may not be a big deal to people but he just started walking successfully less then 2 months ago. It is truly a blessing and a curse.

Day 3

I couldn't decide today between these two pics. The first is of our son playing with Daddy's shoelaces. The second is of our son palying with his maraca that sings to him. He loves dancing to the music and having it count every time he makes it shake.

Day 2

Last night was rough here. Peter's teething really messed with his sleep and ours. He did not sleep much from midnight on, even with Tylenol. My husband took him downstairs just past 4:30am. At 6am, while getting ready for work, I left Peter on the couch with Teletubbies and this is how I found him. The poor thing was tuckered out and it was only 6 in the morning. May those teeth come in soon.

Day 1

This is going to be a long journey that may be challenging but I imagine so rewarding. For the next 365 days, I plan to share a picture a day. Of course there are going to be times that I don't have access to internet for a few days a time but I promise, I will take a picture to share with you the moment I have access again. I hope you enjoy the journey of a year with my family.

Here is day 1!


Peter was being a complete goof ball tonight, but I guess the question is when is he not being a goof. He was acting like he was talking on his toy phone when I took this photo. Later he was being Linus and walking all around with his blankie. 18 months is sure a fun age.