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.
Aislynn got these blocks 2 Christmases ago and she still plays with them:)
Took these when I was snapping pictures of the layouts below...
Love this one above...
I had the blinds up, but it was foggy and gray outside, but I kinda like the light here. I had the ISO set at 400 and was shooting on Aperture Priority mode.
This page I am REALLY happy with, made it with the January Kraft Girl Kits. This is my favorite kit so far:)
details...
That's all for now:)
Aislynn got new paintbrushes in her stocking, but we have been out of that big white paper, so we got some yesterday. Today she had been begging me to paint, so while Shaun and I cooked dinner, she painted. Love how serious she is;)
These pictures are a little grainy b/c I wasn't using the flash.
No, not do more laundry, ha ha. One of them is to take more pictures. Which may not be necessary since we took 8, 503 pictures in 2008-WOW. That is a lot. I know it isn't realistic to take a picture every single day, but I can try right? So the laundry picture I took late last night after realizing I had taken no pictures yesterday...and since laundry is pretty much all I did (that is 5 loads there), I decided to capture the moment, hee hee.
Another one of my goals is to really LEARN my camera and everything it can do and improve me photography skills. This picture is a little out of focus, but I do love how the pillow and futon in the background are blurred.
This shot is my favorite...she seems to be thinking, "When will Mom stop taking pictures of me and give me the popcorn she promised me if I let her take pictures of me?" :)
More goals...to eat less packaged foods, which is why I made a big pot of soup for lunch instead of buying cans. Less $$ and more healthy.
We also really need to curb our spending. We are saving all of our receipts for a month and seeing where we can cut back. Our goal is to be in a better financial position at the end of the year then where we are now.
Another goal is to get Kraft Girl Kits rockin'...which I am optimistic about, especially since the website is done (THANKS SO MUCH PHILLIP!!!!). Check it out here!
That is it for now...we are getting back in the swing of things here and will hopefully get our Christmas stuff taken down tomorrow.
Shaun and his Dad and Sister 
I still need to get used to the manual focus on the lens...a LOT of the pictures came out really blurry, so I need to practice some more, but so far, I am loving the lens!
I took this picture of one of Ashley's sweet little kitty's with no flash. I had the ISO set at 1600.
Today I am 17 weeks. I am definitely feel the baby moving a little more, Shaun has felt it a couple times. My belly is definitely growing!!! In less than 2 weeks, we will know if the baby is a he or a she!
For this picture I adjusted the white balance, looks a lot less yellow than the previous belly pictures:)
She got her "shower thing," this little baby bath. She was so excited about it:)
I got a new lens-woo hoo!!! I am going to try it out sometime today hopefully!
Leaving milk and cookies for Santa and carrots for the reindeer.
Aislynn and I made this plate at one of those paint your own pottery places.
We all must have been good this year!
Opening her present from Santa...a doll house!
This was everyone minus Brynne's Sean on Christmas Day...
Our little family on Christmas Day, it's weird to think that we will have a 6 month old next year at Christmas!!!
Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!
Today I am 16 weeks. I have totally been taking advantage of being pregnant and eating sooooo many goodies this holiday season and not even worrying about it. But my belly is definitely getting bigger:)
The past few days I have been feeling little movements in my belly...little taps inside, not really strong enough to feel from the outside, but this is one of my favorite things about being pregnant! I can't wait until they get stronger and Aislynn and Shaun can feel them:)
