Bath Time...

I have fallen off the take-a-picture everyday wagon already. Soooo...count me in the category that does not stick to their New Year's resolutions, lol. Here is a picture I took the other day, Saturday, maybe? I took these after bath time tonight after I realized what a slacker I have been about pictures. I used no flash with these...just had the widest aperture (f1.8) and the ISO set at 1600.

Awhile back, bath time was such a pain, but now we have a good system and A behaves for me pretty good. We set a timer to let her play in the bath for awhile, and then we wash up. I had been using baby wash cloths (the kind with the soap in them) and have been procrastinating using just regular soap and shampoo b/c I love when we are reading bedtime stories and she smells all baby like:) But now she helps with shampooing her hair and she likes that, so I gave in:) Then we play the "dry dry dry" game, where I furiously dry her off singing "dry dry dry" to the tune of that cat food commercial (the "meow meow meow" one). Then we get jammies on and brush our teeth and play the laughing game. Brushing teeth used to be another battle b/c Aislynn would always keep her mouth closed! The laughing game is where we just laugh really loud and obnoxiously while I brush her teeth...see laughing keeps her mouth wide open:)

Oh, the silly things you do when you are a parent:)

And I keep forgetting to post this, but a week ago, I had another card picked up for CARDS. It will be in the June issue. YAY!

Buds...

Today A's bud Lillian came over, here they are on the couch watching The Land Before Time. When Aislynn was going to the bathroom, she called out, "Lillian is my best friend." These girls are so cute together:)Here are a couple layouts I did the other night: I made this with the December Kit from Kraft Girl Kits. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! Stay warm!!!!!

Ultrasound Pictures...

Here are our ultrasound pictures from Monday...they are kinda creepy looking, but here they are:

That is his little face and hand. Those are his little legs and feet. Here is the "it's a boy" shot:)

I took Aislynn to the library yesterday and we finally got a library card, so she checked out some books. They have been keeping her quite entertained:) While we were making dinner last night, she had a drumstick and was pointing to each letter with it and saying what the letter was:) Here is my belly at 19 weeks. Whoa! No denying there is a baby in there, lol.

27...

Today I am 27. Not too excited that it is my birthday, maybe 27 is the magical number when you realize the numbers are going up? LOL. Anyways, Aislynn kept begging me all morning to make a cake for me and Uncle Phillip, so here we did. I think licking the spoon is why she wanted to make the cake so bad:) Phillip, Brynne, Sean, Josh, and my Mom came over and we went out to eat and hung out all day. This picture is a little out of focus, but it is cute!

Check out A's cheeseball face:)

Yes, I do love close up pictures of that sweet face:) Aislynn wanted to help blow the candles out!

Still no name ideas for baby boy. Good thing we have awhile before he needs a name!

It's a...

BOY!!!!

I will post some of the ultrasound pictures as soon as I can get them scanned, I just wanted to get this up here:)

Aislynn loved the pictures and said, "That baby is soooo cute." And she thinks we should name him Laolo:)

Hope everyone had a great weekend!!!!!!!

More crafty things...

I stayed up WAAAAAY too late last night, and am totally regretting it today, especially since A got up at about 7:20. But I did get a lot of things done...it feels so good to play! I feel like I am in a groove lately! Here is a page I did to recap 2008.

I got 28 pictures on that-1.5" squares I made this with the December kit from Kraft Girl Kits. And a few cards...these were fun to make.

Did this one with the leftovers from the January kit from Kraft Girl Kits.

Yesterday we played in the backyard and Aislynn's latest thing is to dig with sticks as her shovel:)

I promise I will stop talking about my new lens...soon...but getting the lens made me read my instruction manual for the camera again and that refreshed me on how to change the white balance. It was really gray and overcast outside, so I changed the white balance to that setting and the colors looked so much better after I did that!

We got a big box from Grandma P. yesterday and there were some goodies for Aislynn in there...love love love this picture... She LOVES her pink guitar-thanks so much Deb!!!! What a rock star:)

18 weeks yesterday...

This was my picture I took yesterday...18 weeks. This pregnancy seems like it is flying by, so much faster than when I was pregnant with Aislynn. Maybe because I am not so obsessed with being pregnant this time since I have done it before, lol. I am definitely craving sweet tea, cheese, AND twizzlers/licorice. Expecially the last thing. Like so much that I have to get a new bag everyday. Today I bought 3 bags, so that should last a few days:) The baby is moving around a lot more now, especially when I am sitting down, it is the best feeling! Aislynn keeps telling me my belly is getting bigger, and she gives it kisses and pats it to say hi to the baby:) Today A looked so cute in this shirt that I HAD to take pictures of her in it. I took a ton, but a lot of them are out of focus, or dark, weird. Anyways, these are the best ones... In this one and the one below, there is the strange ray of light, it was only in some of the pictures, but I am so bummed it's in the one below:( How cute is that face?

It was a little windy:)

I think this one is my favorite: She is becoming more cooperative with the camera...yay!

More pages to share...

Used up a lot of the January kit from Kraft Girl Kits last night...

And the picture for today... We went swimming and to the beach (way too windy to take pictures on the beach today) with Aislynn's little pal, Lillian. When we were leaving their house, she tripped and scraped up her elbow and knees on the driveway:( She was asleep by the time we got home and took a little nap on the sofa. I love sleeping kid pictures:) So sweet.