Day 56

The teething continues but today we tried apple juice ice pops and Peter loved it.

Day 55

Peter and I went to visit my friend Lisa to see her nursery. He was having a really rought time and threw himself in the corner. The poor thing is teething once again.

Day 54

Rob looked outside today and noticed that these beautiful flowers had bloomed all the way. Aren't they amazing!

Day 53

I finally got to play with my tablet. I really do need some practice.

Day 52

I got my tablet!!

Day 51

We went out and picked fabric for a quilt for Peter. We are really excited about the great colors. I can't wait to get started and see how it starts looking. You will get to see it in a few months.

Day 50

Peter, as usual, was a complete goof tonight and was really silly. Rob got this great shot of him. Look at all of those teeth!!

Day 49

We had fun at the park today. Peter decided that he loves the slide. He was climbing up the stairs all by himself to get to the slide. We were so proud of him.

Day 48

The challenge for this week was to tell about yourself. I made this great lo.The text says "His eyes are
what everyone tells me
are from me. Everything else
they say is from my husband. I don't
mind this one bit because I LOVE his eyes.
Just like me his eyelashes are so long and beautiful
and his eyes are an amazing color. I love that my son and
I share this wonderful trait. That is what I love about myself too."

Credits: doodle (recolored) by Amy Fennell, overlay by Brenda M., frame from PSPX, paper by me
Program Used: PSPX
Fonts: Patterns and Dots and MA Brownie TOO

Day 47

We had a small party of some of our college friends for my birthday this weekend. I decorated my own cake and loved it!

Day 46

I think it speaks for itself!

Day 45

The sun is staying up later and later. This photo was taking at 7:45pm and as you can see it still was very bright out. I used PSPX's brush stroke.

Day 44

These are two pictures that I took this evening while my husband was getting the bath ready for my son. The first is my son playing with the gate at the top of the stairs. He was using it as the "safe" spot as he ran all around me. The second picture is Peter's stuffed animals in the boat cradle that my father made for Peter. We used the cradle in our room when Peter was young. My dad's craftsmanship is just amazing. This cradle is what spurred the underwater theme in the nursery.

Day 43

I was taking pictures of my son's feet today because I just love them. My showed me an amazing picture that she edited with Virtual Photographer. This photo has the diffuse filter and I love the effect.

Day 42

Peter decided that he needed to go into the pantry and get the rice chex and carry them all over the hosue. He did this for a good 15 minutes. It was just too funny!

Day 41

Peter can't eat candy really so for Easter we gave him his own little musical creator, which of course includes a microphone. He LOVES it!!

Day 40

Peter can actually drink from a cup!! The problem is that he will never give it back.

Day 39

I was having fun in my classroom and just had to take a picture of some of the classic toys that I have in my room.

Day 37 Inspiration

I loved Day 37's shots and received a template by Michelle Swadling for this month's Scraplift Challenge at www.gottapixel.net. I loved the template and it was perfect for these photos and out popped this lo. I did have to use the PSE 2.0 watercolor filter on the photos to make them clear but they make it so vivid!!

Here is what I wrote at GP -

This is for the April 2007 Scraplift Challenge. This month the scraplift is of TenSGal's Checking Things Out! ( http://www.gottapixel.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/ ). This template was a lot of fun and perfect for this series of photos. I had lots of fun.

Credits: Welcome Back DF by Tracy Collins; template by Michelle Swadling; PSE Watercolor Filter
Program: PSPX & PSE 2.0
Font: Cher Font

Day 38

Peter loves playing with his Mariner's hat that he got last year at a game. He is just so cute in it!!

Day 37

Peter and Daddy were being really silly tonight. The lighting was not great in the living room because we did not have a lamp on so some of the pictures got blurry. I used the watercolor filter from PSE 2.0 on them. That always seems to sharpen my photos.

Day 36

This is the quilt that my para, Ginger, gave me for when my son was born. It is hanging in our hallway and I have always loved it.

Day 35

Tonight was a relaxing night at home while I was playing Bingo at my favorite scrapbook site, www.gottapixel.net . I had made my own bingo card from Kathryn Mhire's Bingo cards to match her newest kits: Bodacious Borders and Bugs and Bodacious Borders and Bears. Peter decided later to be like mommy and act like he was crossing out the words on the bingo card. It was too cute.

Day 34

Happy Easter! We had a wonderful day with family. Peter got bubbles from his aunt, uncle, and cousins and was loving it!

Day 33

We went to the Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt in Sandy, OR on Saturday. They had wonderful teen volunteers, Key Club Members, to help out the kids because no parents were allowed to go into the hunt. At first we didn't think Peter would go in and then a nice, young lady came to help him and of course he went with her. Peter had a great time. This is the story of him getting the Golden Egg and receiving his bunny that is almost as big as he is.

Day 32

Playtime with Grandma!!

Day 31

Some beautiful pictures from our garden.

Day 30

Today Peter and I went for a walk to our friend's house. No one was home but I was able to take some beautiful pictures of her house all decorated for Easter. They are so great at doing this. I don't know if it will be as nice next year when they have a little taking up much of their time but I hope to continue seeing the great decorations. Later, Peter was talking on the phone with his Grandpa. It was just too cute.

Day 29

Today was a really fussy day for Peter. I don't know if it is beacause he is thrown off schedule by not going to day care today or what. There was one happy moment that I was blaring The Wiggles from the computer and he was so happy dancing and talking to the computer. It was just too funny.

Day 28

Today we hung out at the house because it was to cold to go to the zoo. After Peter's morning nap, I turned the Wiggles CD on and he was dancing to the music. I love it when he dances.

Day 27

Today was a fun day around the house. My husband has not been home much lately because of classes and going on that overnight trip with his students, so today Peter finally got Daddy time. He loved going around the house and playing. During this time though, he was tired and had a melt down. The first set of pics is showing you the progression of his tantrum. He was so tired that he slept for 4.5 hours for his afternoon nap and he was still tired. I wonder if a growth spurt is coming on.

Day 26

During the awards ceremony at the Math Competition, they had a bag piper playing while all of the trophies were behind him. He is a picture of some of the trophies. Unfortunatly, my husband's students did not win any of the trophies. One team actually got dead last but the kids had a great attitude about it.

Day 25

My husband went to a math competition with his students this weekend and took our only camera with him. Unfortunatly, I can't show you pictures of the kids because of legality. Therefore, I just let you get a glimpse of what they were playing.