Day 28-Ham & Cheese

Bear is such a little character-I turned around to see what she was doing & this is what I saw



What a Ham & always willing to smile & say, "CHEESE"

P.S. I have one week left until my due date & I really hope this baby is coming soon!

Day-23 Pair of Lips (my pic for Hope & Believe)

This is my picture for the challenge from Hope & Believe's blog. My sweet little bear never sleeps with out her beloved blanket. I Found her asleep in the front room, on top of a big couch pillow, and she had spread her blanket over the top before resting her little head. Look at that cute pair of puffy little lips. I thought she was probably breathing through her mouth, but nope, no air-maybe they are just too puffy to stay shut?!




Wow, I can't believe I have already missed a whole week of posting!! I have just been so busy trying to get everything ready for this baby, trying to pack, and doing the daily tasks of being "mom". I actually have been taking pictures, but I can't seem to find the extra time to sit down & play with them on PS the way I like to. If I had a better camera, or could figure out how to use mine better I wouldn't feel like I needed to spend so much time editing them. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to just go right on over to Costco and blow the money on an awesome camera, but I just can't justify it. The most frustrating thing is that I have read the manual that comes with my camera, but even the little tricks that I should be able to do aren't working. It is very discouraging at times. So...I am still here, enjoying your pics & slowly posting my "work". I am glad that you had such an enjoyable trip & can't wait to see even more of your fun shots!

Day-15 Fresh from the Dryer

I had just taken this blue blanket out of the dryer & Tiger was so excited to be wrapped in it & enjoy the all over warmth. She looked sort of like Cookie Monster! I wish I could have gotten a few more good shots.


Overlay 54% in PS 4.0

Sorry I have been out of the daily loop-here are a few pictures from the past few days that I meant to post, but didn't get around to. Enjoy!!

Day-14 Carefree

I have been trying to take the girls to the park or on an outing of some sort as often as I can. I don't know how soon I will brave taking 3 kids out and about-hopefully the adjustment will be quick. Tiger loves the curvy slide & She would go down over and over again each time seeming increasingly carefree. Oh, to be a kid in the summertime again!


Overlay 53% in PS 4.0

Day-13 Secure

This picture is a tiny portion of a bigger picture, but when I noticed the other moment I had caught I had to crop in on it. We were at the Zoo & our little Bear seamed somewhat unsure about some of the larger animals. She held on to her daddy's hand as she stood looking at the elephants in amazement. I love to see my hubby's big strong hand holding our little child so secure.


Brush Strokes Filter in PS 4.0

Day-12 Imperfect Perfection

The lighting is all wrong, the girls aren't sitting the way I had "instructed", & I couldn't figure out how to edit the car from the background. However, I find myself looking at this picture as near perfection because of the naturally happy expressions on both of my girls little faces. A moment in time to realize that true happiness does not require perfection, and that I can find perfection & happiness in every imperfect moment. (Does that make sense at all?)


Pin light 84% with PS 4.0

Day-11 Pouring Rain

We had this massive down pouring of rain last night with the gigantic lighting, booming thunder, & so much rain that it wouldn't go through the rain gutters. (I have to admit I was a little nervous-still the kid in me I guess?) I caught this picture of the water spilling off the sides of the roof ledge. I was hoping to get an awesome shot of some lightning but no luck!


I used the burn tool in PS on the rain gutter so that it wouldn't be the main focus

Day-10 Bear Cave

Our neighbors gave us this pop up tent & so far my little Bear spends most of her time in it. She stuck her head partially out one of the crawl holes long enough for me to get a semi-fuzzy shot of her saying, "Pee-Pole" (reffering to the little people she was playing with) I hope the fascination doesn't wear off too soon, it is fun to look through the top down inside & see her playing quietly in her new "bear cave"! (yea, sorry for the day late post again)


I used the Dark Strokes Filter-I think

Day-9 Trying hard not to "think pink"

After having two girls in a row it was a real hard switch to make when shopping for baby stuff. (it didn't slow me down for long hehe) When I hung some of his stuff in the girls' closet it seemed really odd to see all of the white hangers with little blue outfits squished between all the pink hangers. No more thinkin pink!


I really messed with this shot longer than I should have & it came out a little messier than I had planned. I used a couple of different tools: smudge, dodge, burn, & almost all the light settings. I also played with the color temp & saturation. phew-see I told you I spent too much time!

Day-8 (a day late) Close Up

We got some new end tables a little while back & I love the design on the front of the drawer. I thought it would be fun to get a different perspective on them by getting really close!!






I love how it gives the illusion of angled lines when your eye can't see them end-cool!


I may have already told you that I fell asleep on accident while putting the girls to bed & didn't get a chance to post this last night. I guess I shouldn't wait until the last minute to post! hehe Whoopsie.

Day-7 Woah!

Bear had tried several times to climb up a fairly steep tube so she could get to the top of a "big girl" slide. With a little help she finally made it & I got this picture before she had turned to go down. Looks like she got her Mom's big mouth! hehe


I changed the lighting on this a little with PS 4.0

Day-6 Nature

Spring has so many beautiful things to offer, too bad one of them is hayfever!!

Day-5 Nesting Dolls from Bosnia

I was trying so hard to learn to use my camera to get some depth of field shots & they just weren't coming out at all. This one was the closest I got, but I was still unhappy with it so I tweaked it in PS Elements. (As you can see)



Another semi-frustrating photo moment, but hey I won't give up that easily!!

Les

Day-2 Waiting

Here goes another shot at it! I took this pic of my belly from my perspective looking down. I am SO excited to meet this little guy & although I have no choice but to wait-I am trying to do it patiently.


I stuck this pic in PS Elements 4.0 and added the Fresco Filter

I would like to get away from doing dark looking pics, but as it gets warmer outside I am sure that will open my possibilities! Can't wait to see your creation!!

Day-1 Thirsty

Ok Britt, this is my first feeble attempt at using photoshop to make my pic look "better". I wasn't able to make it outside in this crapy memorial day weather either, so this is a pic I took the other day. (With our little blog project in mind)



Bear has learned how to drink from a water bottle without spilling it all over herself & I love to look at her cute little mouth as she does something that makes me realize how fast she is growing up!

Once I figure out what the specs of my pictures are I will start to post them. :)