day 7: photo challenge

Today's challenge... simply... fruit.

Which if you know me very well, fruit hasn't been high on my list of prefered foods. I like fruit but I am more a meat and potatoes kind of girl. That has changed since having Cori, especially once she started eating solids! She informed me the other day that "I love apples ever" which I take means she has loved apples forever.

Here she is pretending to wash her apple in her new kitchen that daddy made for her.

until tomorrow :)

day 6 and day 5: photo challenge

I am behind... I know... but... I did takemy pictures on the right days, well sort of! Apparently I have a problem reading or a problem with my eye sight... I wrote all the challenges down on my kitchen calendar so I wouldn't have to look online every morning before trying to take pictures... but I switched my days around.

Day 6 (taken on Day 5) is a picture of Adalynn from a "low angle" as she tries to crawl over my legs as we were all playing in the living room.

Day 5 (taken on Day 6) is a picture of Cordelia from a "high angle" as she plays with my mom's old Barbies at my grandparents house in Lincoln. When we get to Nana and Papa's Cori knows exactly what she wants... the Barbies from the basement, Nana or Grandma Michelle to play with her on the floor, and jelly beans from the kitchen!!

One more post by nights end and I will be all caught up!

day 4: photo challenge

The challenge today was to take a picture of something green. Since this is summer my immediate thoughts went to all the green found out my door. Here is my picture for today:

Can you tell what it is? I have taken this picture from a bird's eye view and then zoomed in... any guesses? Maybe I will wait until tomorrow to tell you! Just kidding... it is corn. I'm sure you knew! Maybe the bigger question is can you believe I am growing corn?

Growing corn in my container garden no less! We live in town and although we do have a great yard I am a little indecisive about where to plant a garden. So these containers are doing the trick. I have already enjoyed some radishes (Randy and Cori not so much) and look:

I have a few strawberries ready for the picking!! My corn looks like it should be knee high by the 4th of July and I have blooms on my tomato plants. So maybe this city girl will have some "harvest" photos in a few months!!

And here is a little more green... Addi wasn't so sure, I think it was still a little wet from last nights rain!!

Well... until tomorrow!!

day 3: photo challenge

Today's challenge was to take a picture of the clouds. In my head I had envisioned my favorite Georgia O'Keeffe painting that hangs in the Chicago Art Museum it shows nothing but a bright blue sky and rows and rows of white fluffy clouds.

But today... well the sky didn't look that way. This morning there were rain clouds which lead to a down pour and was followed by clear skies... not a cloud to be seen for miles! But thankfully the clouds returned this evening!!

This was taken looking east from outside our house.

While this one was taken looking west, over the house.

This was they type of cloud I was hoping to see hundreds of... ones that Cori and I could point to and say it looks like a fish or dog or car... but we only saw this cloud... and at 8pm at night Cori was tired and not in the mood for playing a game.

So what do you see?

Tomorrow's challenge: something green!

day 2: photo challenge

So here is what I was planning to wear today.... since after all I was suppose to take a picture of "what you wore"... it wasn't anything too fancy: jeans, green tank, and a brown tank.

You can see the detail in the brown tank much better in this photo.... what you can't see is that this tank has hidden pockets! And who doesn't love those!!

We were all set to go to the park for lunch and then onto the pool until a did a double check in the mirror and here is what I saw:

So the beautiful brown tank came off :(

It was replaced by a brown tee... which I tried to take a picture of... but after all we had a lunch date at the park and my one attempt at a picture failed!

But tomorrow is another day... to take a picture of the clouds... So if it isn't raining Cori and I will go hunting for animals in the clouds!!

day1: 30 day photo challenge

A 30 day photography challenge sounds like a lot of fun until you learn day one is a self portrait..ughh. But since I encouraged my girlfriends to start this (yes you have me to blame)...well... I'd better suck it up and take a picture. So here you have it: baby in one arm, while the other sleeps so I figured I'd better not set Addi down for fear that she would make too much noise and wake Cori!!

Since this isn't Glamor Shots I didn't go through the trouble of dolling myself all up... I am loving the fact that it is summer... which means pony tail and no makeup! I think the last day of the challenge is another self portrait... maybe by then I'll feel like looking my best :)

Now the artist in me thinks of a self portrait not just as a picture of my face but a picture of who I am... so I will include this picture:

When I see this picture I see: a baby on one hip, my wedding ring, my newly painted pink fingernails, and my funky koi fish shirt... which says I am: a mommy, a wife, a girly girl, and an artist... now if only Cori didn't take her little Bible to bed I would have stuck that in my pocket to show that I am a child of God.

A few months after Cori was born we splurged on a really nice camera... more than just a point and shot... however that is how I have been using it. So I am hoping that through this challenge I can try to take some better photographs... step away from the point and shoot and learn how to use manual and a few other settings to get the best pictures I possibly can!

Let me know if you want in on the challenge!! I would love to see your photographs too!!! You can also check out a few of my friends who are doing this challenge with me... see their posts on the right side: kim, chelsea, and danielle

SUMMER!

School is out for the summer!!!!!!!!! Mommy is home for the summer!!!!!!!!!!
So much to do and so little time... will we get everything done?


There will be weddings... the Little Lady, Mr. A.A. and our girls at my cousins wedding.

There will be lots of sisterly love... whether we want it or not!

There will be a lot of firsts.... like cereal and squash!! Which she is loving!!

And crawling... yes, crawling. We are in for an active summer!
And loving every minute!!!