David and Jake are spending most of the day watching football. David
also loves watching movies on Jake’s G1 Android phone. I just love
watching them. See his beard? He’s been growing it for day and I love
seeing it but it is not fun to touch or kiss.
Quiet day for me. I worked on the tags last night (photos coming next)
and four catalysts today. I also got my CK kit finally so I put all the
cards in for all the days and decided on a routine:
– daily photos taken and posted on the blog here with notes
– weekly updates of the journaling cards, written in pen
– monthly ordering of prints to put in the album (not sure where yet.)
Things are starting to get organized a bit. Off to do some Photoshop
reading. Happy Sunday.
I captured this little gem as David and Jake were playing outside. We
had just come out of ThemeFest where we hope to have David’s Fourth
birthday in a few weeks. Before that we drove up to San Fran airport to
meet our friend Dave and his wife Christine as they had a layover on
their way back from the Philippines to Cincinnati. I hadn’t seen Dave in
a long long time so it was nice to catch up.
The rest of the day has so far been quiet. I came home and fell into a
long nap and have just woken up to my relatively long to-do list. It’s
looking at me and I’m looking at it and not sure where to start. On we go.
It’s been a few rough days for me. Two days ago, my watch stopped
working, which is a major major problem for me. Then there’s the
exhaustion I mentioned yesterday which got worse and worse throughout
the day. I then came home to notice that my diamond bracelet wasn’t on
my arm anymore and that was just the last bad thing I needed for the week.
Just when I thought I wanted to crawl into bed and have this week be
over, I noticed my diamond bracelet sparkling in the bed. And then I
went to visit Big Picture Scrapbooking and saw that my Projects Now!
class Change in
Plans was finally up and my day just did a 180! Teaching at BPS is
my biggest scrapbooking dream. I am very passionate about teaching and
BPS is exactly where I wanted to teach the minute I heard about it two
years ago. This truly is a huge huge dream come true so I am really
excited and had to make it my photo of the day. If you download it, I
hope you send me an email and let me know how you liked it.
And I will leave you with a photo of David from this morning at school.
Another one of the little boy. You know I will have a lot of those this
year. See the crooked smile again? When I ask him if I can take his
photo, he immediately dons this face. This is on the way to school. He
likes to run down this road and this morning he had a small snack of
pretzels and wouldn’t let go of them as he ran.
Things have been hectic in 2009 already. Working on a big dream I had
that is so far promising to come true before the little one arrives.
Christmas tree is still up and I just decided I am not ready to take it
down yet, so there. Other than that life is same old same old here. I am
really exhausted the last two days, not sure if it’s the pregnancy, the
hours of work I’m putting into the aforementioned dream, or the fact
that David’s been waking up in the middle of the night and requesting
hugs and kisses. Either way, I am glad the weekend is coming soon.
Today I just wanted a smiley boy. He’s doing his weird smile but I still
love it.
The Christmas tree is still not down here but we’ve already gotten back
into the routine of things. I generally start my day by checking my
mail, reading AMM, and my
RSS feeds. I make breakfast for David and then jump in the shower. We
then both relax as we eat our food. I make David’s lunch for school and
we both get ready and we’re out the door. I drop David off at school and
get to work and our days begin.
It might sound boring or tiresome but I love routine and I love this
one, especially on a morning like this when I miraculously woke up
before David and he slept all the way to 8am. This never happens. I have
a lot of work today for both my job and a scrapping project I am working
on so I needed the little bit of extra sleep and the quiet time in the
morning, so I feel extra blessed for the tiny break I got.
Well, off to start our day. May yours be a wonderful one.
This morning when I took David to school, his teachers told me about how
he loves playing with these trains and likes to make a really long one.
The classroom is really dark (especially since it’s cloudy outside, too)
so I wasn’t able to capture anything better. But I love this photo cause
he’s smiling and the way he’s sitting is exactly how little kids sit. I
am pretty proud of myself for letting imperfections go and just
capturing daily life. Trust me, it’s not easy for me.
I also decided I want to learn a lot more about Photoshop this year and
concentrate on bettering my photography as well, something I constantly
strive to do. It’s good for my business but it’s good for me. I love
taking photos so why not be better at it?
And here’s a shot from the tree which will probably start coming down
today. I honestly am still not ready to take it down yet.
The year’s finally started today. David’s back to school and I am back
to work. It feels good to be back in the routine but I miss him already.
We still have our Christmas tree up too so I am not ready to let go of
it all just yet. I gave myself one more week. Here are a few shots of
David from this morning. He’s been loving the lightsaber and plays with
it constantly.
Love this boy.
I know, I know, another computer screen photo with not much to see. But
there’s a story and a good one. Today’s my grandmother Maya’s 90th
birthday. My whole family and her friends and loved ones are all
celebrating in a restaurant in Istanbul and my wonderful sister found a
way for me to be there without flying there.
At the end of their dinner, we used the wonderful iChat to connect to
them live so Jake and I could wish her the best birthday. David was
excited about the idea but got shy in the last minute, so he didn’t come
to the screen. It was really special and for a few moments I felt like I
was there with them. Happy Happy Happy Birthday Omamika, to many many
many more!!!
In case we couldn’t make a connection I’d prerecorded a message to her
and then we also made a movie the three of us. here’s that movie. It’s quite funny.
Just so you don’t think I’m not taking photos of the little boy, here’s
a shot of David watching Winnie the Pooh on his little DVD player.
Happy Sunday!
I started the day by talking to my sister over iChat. We have some
special upcoming family events so there’s been much organizing over the
computer. I like this photo even though it’s low quality because it
shows the twenty things happening at the same time. Chatting with my
sister, backing up David’s DVDs as he sits next to me looking through
them, reading my blogs, all at the same time. Not to mention the crowded
couch showing my anti-nausea medication, the bills I still have to pay,
and just the overall chaos of finishing off last minute chores.
This is what Project
365 is for me, capturing our daily, ordinary life for a whole year.
Here’s David dancing to Pink’s “So What.” His new favorite song. He
rocks out while the song plays and I love watching all of his moves and
the faces he makes.
Another quiet day in the household. David and I spent the morning
relaxing in bed while I read a book and he watched Thomas on the DVD
player. Then we read some books together on the couch and I caught up on
my email and blogs. I have bit of a list of chores to do today like
getting groceries and doing laundry and cleaning up my scrap space which
has gotten completely out of control. But nothing urgent and it’s nice
to know that I can just take the day to relax and read and enjoy my life.
And, yes, my Christmas stuff is still up. I decided I won’t take
anything down until the next garbage day which is Thursday next week so
I can enjoy my tree for another few days.
David’s been wanting to watch Star Wars for a while but we needed to
find just the right moment since it’s a movie to watch with Daddy and
not Mommy. So we promised him that on New Year’s Day, he could watch the
movie with Daddy. He’s been talking about it nonstop for days.
So this morning they put it on and watched half of it. And then we met
friends for breakfast in San Fran, came home, took naps, recorded a
quick video for my grandmother’s upcoming 90th birthday, and then they
sat down to watch the rest of it while I did some art.
All in all, the best way to start the new year.
Here’s the second project of 2009 for me. I was one of the lucky people
to get one of Becky Higgins’ Kits of the Month called Project 365. It’s
organized such that when you have an open spread you see a full week’s
worth of journaling and photos. Since I have a new baby coming in a few
months, I thought it wouldn’t be fair to do another Daily David and
there was no way I could commit to two photos a day (I’ll be lucky if I
can keep up one a day.)
So I like this idea of a photo of a day with a little story each day.
Sometimes it will be just David. Sometimes me, sometimes Jake. Sometimes
all of us. Sometimes about the new baby. Sometimes about some other bit
of life. I have a feeling it will end up quite wonderful.
I am hoping I can keep up with it and I feel optimistic. Like last year,
I’ll post the photos here, too so it can keep me honest and my family
and friends can watch along.
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