This week’s catalyst is: What’s something you wish you could do? (Something you know how but are too afraid to try.)
Here are my words:
This one was easy for me. I’ve always always always wanted to be a published author. Fiction. Reading has always been and will always be my number one passion in the world and I’ve always dreamt of being one of those authors on people’s shelves. I have started several novels and have done a lot of writing over the years but I have never taken it all the way. Never fully finished, edited, and sent out a book to a publisher. In the last six years, I have mostly stopped writing altogether but I still think of it from time to time and the desire to become a published writer has not subsided one little bit.
I know this is a very blurry photo but it’s a representation of today and that’s what this project is about isn’t it?
David and Daddy went to Stanford’s Lucile Packard today (where we’re planning to have the baby) and took a class on sibling preparation. As part of the class, they gave David this “Big Brother” shirt. Which he hasn’t taken off all weekened. I am not sure how much of the class he digested but we figure no harm and possible help is never a bad thing.
We also looked at a few more houses around Mountain View, Palo Alto, and Menlo Park. I think we have officially seen all the new houses in the area now.
Other than that, I’ve gotten nothing done. No art. A lot of naps, though…
I shall leave you with one more photo from this session:
Tulips. I can never get enough of them.
Really busy day today, trying to tie up loose ends at work. Making sure that whoever takes over for my work is not left stranded. I want to leave things the best I can.
There are still so many baby things I haven’t even begun worrying about like washing all of David’s old clothes with the special baby soap. Like buying a new pack-n-play so there’s a place for this little one to sleep. Like making sure we have newborn diapers etc. etc. At least I did make the carseat installation appointment so I feel good about that. And David’s going to a “sibling” class at Stanford this weekend so we’ll see how helpful that will be.
My sister is coming to visit exactly one week from now. I haven’t seen her in person since June of 2006. I miss her like crazy. I cannot wait to see her and hug her and spend hours and hours talking to her. I know she’ll help me with shopping, with preparing for the baby, and with looking for houses. She will cook for us. She will just be so awesome to have around. I cannot wait to hug her.
My Big Picture Scrapbooking class started yesterday and the boards are already hopping. I am so excited to be there, to get to teach this class, to get to share this experience with others. I cannot tell you how happy it’s making me. I am so thankful for the opportunity.
I shall leave you with this wonderful photo of David from this morning:
Happy Weekend!
This week’s question was “what keeps me awake at night?”
To be fully honest, the one thing that literally keeps me awake at night is the baby, of course. Now that I am 8.5months pregnant, between peeing and spinal pain, there’s not much sleep to be had. But since I did a tag on pregnancy two weeks ago, I wanted to focus on something else so I decided to choose another big thing happening to us: the fact that we might be buying a house for the first time ever. Deciding whether to buy or not, finding a house, and trying to do it all in the middle of a baby coming certainly has been keeping me awake so I thought it was a fair one to tackle.
I originally planned to do “vintage” this week but somehow when I started doing the tag, this is what came out. I don’t know that it uses any specific technique except maybe a bunch of stamping and some layering. Nothing major or very new to me. I took a chipboard house and added elements of what I hope to have in my new home: music, words, flowers, sleep (moon), joy (butterfly), togetherness (key) and lots and lots of love.
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I am combining Emily Falconbridge’s art journal questions with trying a new technique each week. You can see the full list: here
This might officially be cheating since these photos were taken last night but they were too precious to me not to count in my year so as far as I am concerned this is today’s photo and that’s that.
This is David and Daddy playing with stomp rockets in the backyard. David loves these so much that I think you can see the joy in his face. Last night, he decided to experiment with the different ways he could get the rocket to fly.
He tried using his elbow, jumping with both feet, sitting on it, jumping backwards and many other crazy styles.
And the whole time he laughed and laughed and just couldn’t get enough.
Watching that kind of joy on a kid’s face is electric and contagious. It’s one of the joys of being a parent and getting to experience the world through your little one’s eyes. He kept making his hands into little firstballs so he could get more strength.
And of course here’s a tulip shot I took before I had to part with the beautiful, reddish orange ones we had this week.
My Big Picture Scrapbooking class started today and I couldn’t be more excited. You can still register for a little while and if you’re on the fence, go for it! I promise you won’t regret it 🙂
Happy Thursday!
We got to work really early this morning so we got to play outside for a bit and I tried to snap a photo quickly before David changed his mind about playing on the swings.
Another long, eventful day but now we’re halfway through the week so I am feeling more optimistic. I hope your week is going well.
Happy St. Patty’s Day to those of you who celebrate. I don’t really but I do enjoy seeing others who do. Here’s a branch that I photographed at work this morning. I love seeing spring finally arrive at our door. I am ready for the warm sunshine and blooming flowers everywhere. It always makes me feel rejuvenated.
A long day today even though it wasn’t Monday. As my last few days are coming at work before I leave for maternity, and as the baby gets coser, there are just lots of odds and ends to do for both. So today was meetings and presentations and then trip to Stanford Hospital to learn more about their birth center and process.
My BPS class starts on Thursday so I am really excited about that and a week into the class, I will be leaving for maternity so I will have extra time and attention to give to the class which makes me even happier. I just hope the students like all the work I’ve put into it.
I will leave you with a photo of David from school cause I can’t ever have enough of those:
I had a rough night last night because during my sixth wakeup for the night – which was at 3am – my spine just decided it didn’t want me to lie down anymore so no matter which way I turned, I just couldn’t get my body to let me sleep. So, when David woke up this morning, Jake must have told him that Mommy needed some more sleep cause when I finally got up, I saw him sitting in the living room, on the beanbag, with covers and quietly reading a book.
On the other hand, David’s been considerably more difficult lately. Not like he’s terrible or anything; he’s still the sweetest boy. But he shows signs of complaining and pushing back more often. I don’t know if that’s really just natural part of growing up or something is up but I am hoping it will pass. Honestly, on the little sleep any little thing gets on my nerves so it could also be mostly me, who knows?
I had quite a lot of contractions today. I really can’t imagine getting a lot bigger but I know I will. Oh well, as long as the little one is happy and healthy.
David bought these Spiderman tatoos and cannot get enough of them.
Today was a quiet day. My brother and sister in laws are still here. They spent the morning playing with David while I took a nap and then they all went to have lunch with a friend while David and I attempted to take a nap but he wouldn’t take one which meant I couldh’t have one either. And now we’re all watching Wall-e.
Here’s Leila and David, playing with the tatoos.
And here are some beauitful tulips my friends Manu and Hana brought yesterday:
Happy Sunday.
This week’s catalyst is Create a piece of art around a memory or occasion that has no photos.
Here’s my text:
When we were planning our wedding, the one thing we spent the most amount of money on was our photographer. We figured the photos were the best way to preserve our memories of the special day. We found this person who looked really professional, had great albums, etc and decided to go with him. He did show up and take a bunch of photos and he even delivered us our proofs and album. The deal was that a year later he would give us the negatives. Except that when the year passed, he went completely awol. We couldn’t get him to answer the phone or email. We were never able to get in touch with him again and, to the day, don’t have one negative from our wedding day. We still have the album we bought but if you come to our house, you won’t see any wedding photos on our tables because we have none.
Happy Pi Day!
My beautiful sister-in-law threw me a baby shower today. It was a wonderful, relaxed one and good friends came. We didn’t have a lot of people but it was really nice to have one nonetheless. I am reall thankful that they came all this way just for us and played with David so much too. She bought some yummmy food and did some traditions from each family member.
Here’s my brother in law, Danny, and David.
Here’s a tradition my other sister in law, Andee, does: we gave candles to everyone so they could light them when I am in labor.
One from Lelia herself: she bought stickers and got the guests to pick the ones they liked and write some words on a picture frame so when the baby comes we can put the photo in it with everyone’s sentiments around it.
And finally one from my sister: a sheet torn by everyone and then candy wrapped in it.
And that’s it. I hope your day was as nice as mine.
Did you know there will be Friday the 13ths this year? We’ve already had one in January and here’s the second one and we will have another one November. So if you believe it’s unlucky, you’re in for a long year.
I hadn’t had tulips in a week or so, I missed them. Look at all the colors. It’s just so stunning to me. Even though it doesn’t even smell, I love it nonetheless.
Not feeling up to saying much today, so I will leave you with a lego shot I took at David’s school. Happy Friday.
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