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A couple favorites

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Beautiful View

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10 Months

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My Littlest Sweetie

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I heart Faces: PETS!

2010-06-29T13:57:00.000-07:00

This is our cat Indy, just hanging out with our garden imp.

All other amazing entries here: http://www.iheartfaces.blogspot.com/

i heart faces: babies!!

2010-06-14T21:57:00.000-07:00

I'm so excited for baby week!! I had a sweet baby girl last month, she's 4 days old in this photo.

I heart Faces: Yellow

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check out the other great entries here: http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/2010/05/week-21-yellow-photo-challenge.html

Our beautiful new baby

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Scarlet, born May 11 2010. She's 4 days old in these photos.

Awesome spot, great girl

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Madison

2009-07-30T11:43:00.000-07:00

I had my first tiny newborn shoot last week. 2 week old Madison, she is such a doll. Here's one of my favorites.

I Heart Faces-Beach

2009-07-28T10:09:00.000-07:00

Hooray, it's beach week!! Just so happens we've been to the beach a couple times. Here is my entry, one of my favorites from the day.

Check out the other entries at:
http://www.iheartfaces.blogspot.com/

I heart faces: photo challenge-FEET

2009-07-20T23:05:00.000-07:00

Oh I was so excited for this catagory!!! FEET. Just so happens I had a baby shoot last week and out of it came one of my favorite photos i've ever taken and it also just so happens that the main focus is a foot. Here's my shot for the week:

Head on over to iheartfaces to check out the other entries:http://www.iheartfaces.blogspot.com/

iheartfaces

2009-07-13T01:12:00.000-07:00

I've been so busy that I've missed a couple months of the iheartfaces challenges but I managed to catch this one!

This weeks themes are Sports in Actions and Pets. (I cannot figure out how to put the buttons into my post! any help??)

My Sports in Action photo is of my son Cooper. It's the one of the only pics I have of him playing a sport where you can actually SEE his face. Not the greatest pic I know, but I'm sharing it anyway.

And then there's my pet entry. I just love this photo
of our cat Indy. I really like the texture and color of the
wood and the way he is just slightly blurry peaking out
from behind.

Please check out all the other fantastic entries at:
http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/2008/01/week-27-sports-in-action-photo-entries.html

Boys in the Park

2009-07-08T23:05:00.000-07:00

The first one is my son Ryder stuffing his face and I just LOVE that photo. One of my new favorites. The second is my nephew Devon, he's such a sweetie.

First Maternity Shoot

2009-06-28T12:38:00.000-07:00

Had my first maternity photo shoot on Friday, it was great. Gorgeous mommy-to-be with one handsome little boy already, awaiting the arrival of a little brother or sister.

Day at the beach

2009-06-06T19:28:00.000-07:00

The Hard Photos

2009-05-22T12:10:00.000-07:00

When my daughter died, a piece of me died with her. I was 14 weeks 5 days pregnant when my daughter was born, and I have nothing physical to show she was here. My biggest regret is not sending someone for my camera so I could take pictures of her.

This may sound grotesque or make you cringe. Pictures of your dead baby? What? (and i know how harsh that sounds too, but the world without your child is a harsh and horrible place) Unless you have actually been in this situation you will not understand. And I'm sure even some that have been in this situation don't like the idea, everyone is different, that is what makes the world so wonderful. All I have of my daughter is 2 ultra sounds photos from 9 weeks along, a couple pictures of my pregnant belly. That is it. That is not enough for me. I don't want others to be in that same spot, wishing they had even a few pictures of their precious child before they were gone forever. It's a hard thing to think about at the time which is why I want to do something. I have found a few wonderful organization that have photographers offer their time and expertise to take photo's for people who have lost a child or have a sick child. http://www.acpcg.com/nicu.htm It is incredible.

I am hoping to start something with the local hospitals to some how offer a service like this. It has to be put together in just the right way. The wording will be the hardest part I think. I want people to feel comfortable and know that taking pictures is a good idea, even if you're not sure you want them done you can always gets rid of them-but you will not have another chance to have them taken.

How great it would be for me to offer this to someone. To take those photos and keep them safe for something who is not sure if they want them, store them until that day when that person realizes all they want to do is be able to look at their child...and there they are. Those glorious photos. Now I just have to put this into action. The site above has a place where they list photographers and their locations, there is also an organization call Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep that offers the same service, just go to google to find them and they have the same kind of info for their photographers.

This is my passion and I will make it a reality eventually.

Rest in peace my angel.

iHeartFaces

2009-05-15T23:13:00.000-07:00

Fix-It Friday: Little Beauty.

Oh is she ever! I love this picture, I knew I wanted to do one fix for sure with selective color.

Original:

My two fixes:

I Heart Faces

2009-05-11T22:56:00.000-07:00

This weeks challenge at iHeartFaces is Laughter.

My children entry is this:

My adult entry is this:

Be sure to head over to their site to check out all the wonderful entries!
http://www.iheartfaces.blogspot.com/

My New Tattoo

2009-05-09T22:24:00.000-07:00

I Heart Faces~Week 17~Hats

2009-05-04T13:15:00.000-07:00

This is my photo for iHeartFaces, kids catagory, this week. This is my first week putting a photo in for the challenge. I love this photo of Joey, wish I could get her to wear that hat more often!

Editing

2009-04-29T15:51:00.000-07:00

Found this very fun photo blog with different contests and things to do. There is something called Fix-It Friday where they give you a photo and then you edit it how you see fit. They have sample edits from different photographers as well to give some ideas and help you learn how they did their edits. Here is mine:

Original

My edited version using psp XI

my angel

2009-04-25T20:58:00.000-07:00

i miss my baby girl so much

tattoo

2009-04-01T16:48:00.000-07:00

hopefully i can it done soon

Life

2009-03-21T09:54:00.000-07:00

I wish I could say I have no regrets but I do...one major one at least

For a Good Cause

2009-02-09T19:54:00.001-08:00

There are 2 sweet little girls out there who's families could use some help. Both girls have spent or are still spending time in the NICU and they're fighters! Check out this blog which is having an online baby shower! You can enter to win prizes and also donate to the family if at all possible. http://leeloublogs.blogspot.com/2009/02/its-time-to-party.html Please check it out.

Morning

2009-01-24T20:10:00.000-08:00

The ferry coming in.

The moon in the morning making it's way back down.

Kraft Hockeyville 2009

2009-01-09T13:54:00.001-08:00

Kraft Hockeyville 2009

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The Road Ahead

2008-12-01T21:52:00.001-08:00

The Road Ahead, originally uploaded by amandaleee.

Well, we have a broken car and won't be making the trip down this highway for christmas this year. Very sad.

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"So Tell Me Your Story"

2008-10-27T20:48:00.000-07:00

Another "So Tell Me Your Story" Challenge. http://sotellmeyourstory.blogspot.com/

Digital Scrapbooking: Kit- Miss Mint...After Midnight

thanksgiving

2008-10-27T20:05:00.000-07:00

ryder

2008-10-14T21:46:00.001-07:00

ryder, originally uploaded by amandaleee.

I found this picture in my flicr today and it's one of my favorites so i thought i would post it.

Hockey Tourney Pics

2008-10-03T22:16:00.000-07:00

The Baby Snails

2008-09-28T15:43:00.000-07:00

While cleaning out some boards behind our yard a couple weeks ago we found some snails. Well Ryder and Jorja just loved these little guys so I had to take some pictures.

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summer day

2008-08-14T22:26:00.000-07:00

These are my new favorite pics right now

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Eagle

2008-07-25T23:06:00.000-07:00

This guy was big and gorgeous. I haven't processed this in any way, I'll get to it eventually...

more kids....

2008-07-15T23:05:00.000-07:00

are you sick of them yet? lol

In Memory

2008-07-06T22:55:00.000-07:00

I came across a wonderful blog a couple days ago, it's written by a woman with ibc (inflammatory breast cancer) and her husband. She passed away Saturday after battling as hard as she could. From the small amount I've read so far, she is an amazing, fun, loving person. Please send some loving thoughts out to her family left behind...husband, 6 children and many family and friends. Her blog is here: http://www.punkrockmommy.org/blog/

This photo is of my Ryder giving me flowers. The pic itself is a out of focus and not great, but that smile and sweet gesture make it the best picture I could put here today, for we all must remember to love all the little things that make ours days brighter-even on days we just want to crawl into bed and not come out. Remember people like Andrea who would love to still be dealing with all those annoying bad days.

2008-07-05T22:15:00.000-07:00

I haven't edited this yet but I just love this picture. They were watching the ambulance pull in to the hospital across the street. Altho we live right across from the hospital, we live in a very small town so we don't see them that often

Sliding and another kitten

2008-07-02T22:42:00.000-07:00

Jorja sliding
Ryder sliding

Our girl kitten. She needs a home.

2 new favorites

2008-06-25T11:47:00.000-07:00

I was so glad this pic turned out well. It's not as clear as I would have liked but still very cute. I just love this little guy! He's so cuddly and playfull and sweet. Still needs a name

Ah, my biggest sweetheart. I love this photo, just a casual shot, not edited at all-just the way he is.

Make a wish

2008-06-23T19:04:00.000-07:00

Something Different

2008-06-14T20:19:00.000-07:00

Mmmmm, these strawberries looked so good and perfect the other day I just had to take a couple pics. Both fruit pics altered with a photo effect in psp11
The grapes were a nice contrast to the strawberries
My sweet little girl who was sick this day. Edited with Virtual Photographer in psp 11

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Our baby kittens. About a week old I think.
Three weeks old
This is the one we're keeping. Wish we could keep them both!

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Both edited with Virtual Photographer in psp11

Goodbye

2008-05-23T09:29:00.000-07:00

You will be missed by EVERYONE who knew you.

painting

2008-05-11T15:55:00.000-07:00

revamped

2008-05-09T22:08:00.000-07:00

So I tried and tried to do something with this pic and this is the best I could do for now.

The beach and the fair

2008-05-05T21:43:00.000-07:00

Ryder

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Hmmmm

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What should I do with this cup of water?

Love these

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I'm going to do them oven I can get some better pictures.

New Hair Color

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Pictures were taken by Garry, edited by me.

I loved these flowers

2008-03-28T19:57:00.000-07:00

On my walk

2008-03-26T16:54:00.000-07:00

I spent Monday doing a lot of walking and thinking and picture taking. Here are a few shots.

Some pics of me

2008-03-12T15:19:00.000-07:00

There's not usually many pictures of me taken as I'm always behind the camera but I thought I'd share a few.

This is from my birthday party at the beginning of March:

This is less than 24 hours after having my first son:

And this is me at about 35 weeks pregnant with my twins Ryder and Jorja:

Vote for Jorja's Pic!!

2008-03-02T10:13:00.001-08:00

http://www.picture.com/voteforme/photovote1.asp?PID=2111884

Can You Help?

2008-02-29T11:50:00.000-08:00

There is a mother in need a little help in the blogging world. Now becuz I'm blog illiterate I have no idea how to post things nicely so I'm just gonna give you the link to check out.

*yay, I figured it out thanx to the wonderful woman who needs some help! thanx!! click the 'virtual baby shower' sign to the right.

http://toddlerplanet.wordpress.com/ Check out this blog as well. A wonderful woman sharing her battle with IBC (a type of breast cancer). Her writing is great and her story is powerful.

Couple pics from our week...

2008-02-25T22:12:00.000-08:00

Here's the twins hanging out at gramma and grampa's
My goofy little boy
Cooper
Jorja hugging her favorite ornament at great nana's
Great Nana and Ryder

Hi there, what's your name?

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What a difference a couple days make...

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Brightened Up

2008-02-07T20:46:00.000-08:00

So I tried to lightened the photo's up a little so you actually see our faces.

Snow

2008-02-03T22:31:00.000-08:00

My big man, lovin the snow
Our snow dude! I'll post more once I play around and hopefully lighten them up
The big ball. What a great helper Coop was. He loved it.

some randomness

2008-01-29T21:48:00.000-08:00

Around the house

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Snow Nite

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Snow Day

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Don't be fooled by that sweet face, she did NOT like the snow! LOL
Ryder on the other hand got right into it.
Both the boys really enjoyed sledding.

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Frost

2008-01-08T21:44:00.000-08:00

It was a beautiful frosty morning the other day so I took the kids for a walk and snapped some pics, here are a few.

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Cooper

2008-01-06T21:35:00.000-08:00

This is my first son a couple hours after he was born. I was just playing around with the pic, thought I'd put them up. I like the second on the best, I liked the last one when I was doing it but looking at it now I think my eyes are just a little too creepy.

My Little Guy

2008-01-05T12:40:00.000-08:00

I love these pics of Ryder. These have been altered with PSP 11

Sky

2008-01-04T17:47:00.000-08:00

I love sky pictues, I take way too many. I thought I'd share a couple of my favorites that were taken just out of Nanaimo on my way back home. I wish I could make them bigger, this size doesn't really do them justice.

I love the big dard cloud under the bright opening. Almost looks like a whale.

I think this one looks kind of like a bird. Am I the only crazy one that sees it?

Light Snow

2008-01-03T13:15:00.000-08:00

We haven't gotten much snow this year. In a way it's nice cuz I don't have to worry about driving in it, but it would be nice to have one big snow fall to let the kids go play. Here's a couple pics that I took of our light snow this year.

August 2007

2008-01-02T12:19:00.000-08:00

Sweet Jorja trying so hard not to fall asleep
Ryder doing his best to convince us to let him out of his seat
Finally they both give in to their tired eyes

2008 Is Here

2008-01-01T00:44:00.000-08:00

Wow, 2008. This year has just flown by so quickly. The twins started walking, they had their first birthday, they've started talking so much, played in the ocean for the first time...a busy year for 2 little munchkins.

Cooper has been amazing, he also seems to learn something new every day. This was a big year for him as he started pre school! He's done really well, a lot better than I was expecting, he's settling in nicely. I think I can now consider him potty trained which huge! We are very excited about that. Like everything else, he did it only when he was ready and knew could do it. He loves going to the library and reading before bed. He still isn't sleeping well but maybe that will be the big thing for 2008, we'll see. We are doing well in Port McNeill. It's a nice little town, hard thru the winter having no where to take the kids. We got a new car this year, that's the big thing for us. A 2001 Honda Accord and it just fits us perfectly. We could use a little more trunk space but it is quite spacious.

As usual I'm hoping to start writing more, I'm not good at it but I do like it. At the end of the day I'm so tired I usually just watch a bit of tv and go to bed, but we'll see what the new year brings.

Take care, may 2008 treat you well.

2007-11-08T16:49:00.000-08:00

The kids had a blast on halloween, altho it may not look like it from this picture. This is my kids with their cousin Devon.

They had fun playing with the pumpkin "guts"

Cooper's First Day of Pre School

2007-09-06T15:42:00.001-07:00

I usually just put pics up here but a first day of school is too special to not write about!

I was so proud of my big boy today. Today, Thursday September 6 2007, Cooper went to his first day of pre school! He's been excited since meeting his teacher about a week ago but I wasn't sure how he would actually do when it was time for us to leave. He timidly walked into the classroom, clinging to Daddy's hand. His teacher Christina came over and took him to his cubby to put away his hat. Cooper came back in and took Daddy's hand again and Daddy took him over to some toys. After a couple minutes Cooper was busy playing and exploring the room and all it had to offer. The twins even got to have a little play while Cooper was getting used to his new surroundings. After about 20 minutes we could see that Cooper was going to do just fine and decided to leave him on his own and take the twins for a walk. I was so proud to be able to walk out of the room and have him be ok, no crying or whining or wanting to go home. I think he was too busy playing to realize that we had actually left! While it's a little sad to see my baby growing up, getting bigger and more independent every day, I'm so excited that he did so well.
He's looking forward to going again and I must say I'm quite happy that I will have a little bit a break. I also found out that there is a toddler play group at the same building and same time as he's at school on Tuesdays, so I think I'll take the twins to that and give them play time with other kids as well.
My babies are growing up!!

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A bit of summer

2007-08-26T11:02:00.000-07:00

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Here's some new pics of lovely children.
My sweet little girl.
I like this pic of Ryder for some reason. The green background is our neices bedroom.

Jorja with her Uncle Andy (well one of them anyway)

Dad and Coop posing for Mom. I love this pic.
Here's the full pic of my big boys.

Cancer Sucks

2007-07-28T19:39:00.000-07:00

I got this info off of Lawyer Mama (http://lawyermama.blogspot.com/) and knew I had to pass it on as well. I have never read her blog but I love that she wants this post out there on as many blogs as possible. She has cancer, breast cancer, and that just isn't fair. She has 2 young boys, a husband, and I'm sure many other family memeber who love her and need her. Please send your thoughts, prayers, healing vibes-whatever it is you believe in-out to this woman and her family and wish her well.I had an aunt die of breast cancer when I was very young and it tore our family apart in many different ways. Her husband got remarried and we never really seen her kids again. To this day I think about her youngest son, my cousin, who a year older than me. We were close, well as close as 7 year olds can be. I still think of him, I still wonder where he is and how he's doing, and I hate that cancer took all that away from me and all our family.Please pass this along in any way you can, if someone else can get an early diagnosis from reading her post then that is a wonderful thing.

http://toddlerplanet.wordpress.com/
We hear a lot about breast cancer these days. One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetimes, and there are millions living with it in the U.S. today alone. But did you know that there is more than one type of breast cancer?I didn’t. I thought that breast cancer was all the same. I figured that if I did my monthly breast self-exams, and found no lump, I’d be fine.Oops. It turns out that you don’t have to have a lump to have breast cancer. Six weeks ago, I went to my OB/GYN because my breast felt funny. It was red, hot, inflamed, and the skin looked…funny. But there was no lump, so I wasn’t worried. I should have been. After a round of antibiotics didn’t clear up the inflammation, my doctor sent me to a breast specialist and did a skin punch biopsy. That test showed that I have inflammatory breast cancer, a very aggressive cancer that can be deadly.Inflammatory breast cancer is often misdiagnosed as mastitis because many doctors have never seen it before and consider it rare. “Rare” or not, there are over 100,000 women in the U.S. with this cancer right now; only half will survive five years. Please call your OB/GYN if you experience several of the following symptoms in your breast, or any unusual changes: redness, rapid increase in size of one breast, persistent itching of breast or nipple, thickening of breast tissue, stabbing pain, soreness, swelling under the arm, dimpling or ridging (for example, when you take your bra off, the bra marks stay – for a while), flattening or retracting of the nipple, or a texture that looks or feels like an orange (called peau d’orange). Ask if your GYN is familiar with inflammatory breast cancer, and tell her that you’re concerned and want to come in to rule it out.There is more than one kind of breast cancer. Inflammatory breast cancer is the most aggressive form of breast cancer out there, and early detection is critical. It’s not usually detected by mammogram. It does not usually present with a lump. It may be overlooked with all of the changes that our breasts undergo during the years when we’re pregnant and/or nursing our little ones. It’s important not to miss this one.Inflammatory breast cancer is detected by women and their doctors who notice a change in one of their breasts. If you notice a change, call your doctor today. Tell her about it. Tell her that you have a friend with this disease, and it’s trying to kill her. Now you know what I wish I had known before six weeks ago.You don’t have to have a lump to have breast cancer
P.S. Feel free to steal this post too. I’d be happy for anyone in the blogosphere to take it and put it on their site, no questions asked. Dress it up, dress it down, let it run around the place barefoot. I don’t care. But I want the word to get out. I don’t want another young mom — or old man — or anyone in between — to have to stare at this thing on their chest and wonder, is it mastitis? Is it a rash? Am I overreacting? This cancer moves FAST, and early detection and treatment is critical for survival.

I'm a slacker

2007-07-25T20:49:00.000-07:00

I really need to get the kids out for more days like this. We had a great day today. We had lunch outside and played at the beach, then took the kids to the playground for a small play before naptime. I've been so tired the last while that I haven't done anything with the poor kids. I need to get back into my excercises too as I'm sure that helped me out more than I want to admit.
Also today we finally got a family picture! The twins are over a year and this is the first picture we have of all 5 of us together. I'm hoping for many more fun days like this before the summer is over and we're back to rain, rain, rain.
I love these pictures, all their little feet.

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2007-06-29T16:14:00.000-07:00

The woman my husband works for has a wonderful garden outside the arena. She asked me to take some pictures of them putting the ice back in and the garden. Here are just a couple good ones of some of her pretty flowers.

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How sweet are they!
My pretty girl.
Handsome
Comfy Jo?
Bumble bee from our walk home.

Our New Additions

2007-05-23T15:52:00.000-07:00

Oh my, what have I gotten myself into!? We got these adorable kittens yesterday, I just couldn't seperate brother and sister. They don't have names yet, I'm rooting for something cheesy like "Denny and Izzy" or "Grey and Shepard" (any Grey's Anatomy fans out there will know why), but I don't think Garry will go for that. He likes Puss and Boots but I'm not crazy about them. This is harder than naming the kids!!

A couple things...

2007-05-18T13:49:00.000-07:00

This is a page I did for a challenge at digitalfreebies.com I've really gotten into their challenges lately as it gives me a specific thing to work towards and I just love creating.
(digital scrapbook supplies: Eva Kipler-Lil Master Attitude, found at digitalfreebies.com)
This is a picture I took a couple weeks ago. I fancies it up a bit paint shop.
This is another page for a challenge at the same site. Cooper wanted to go for a walk so I took him down to the water and the ferry just happened to be coming in. He really liked watching the boat.
(supplies: Eva Kipler-Dilly Dally. digitalfreebies.com)

I love these photos. So when I found a challenge to scrap something outside my window I couldn't wait. The hardest part of deciding what pictures to use. I should have used less but I just couldn't decide between these 4.
I took this picture the same nite I took Cooper to the water. We had to return a movie and I was dying to get a decent picture of the sun set as we've had some really nice ones lately. Unfortunately most of the pics that I get from my home have power lines running thru them so I made sure I took my camera when we went take a movie back.

Slacking Again

2007-05-06T10:27:00.000-07:00

So as usual I've gotten behind on posting pictures. Here are some that I've taken recently. Some have been altered, some haven't-it's pretty easy to tell. The one of the moon has actually been altered, I took it during the day with blue sky and managed to change it to dark without it looking too bad.

Something for now...

2007-04-20T16:04:00.000-07:00

When something bad happens, I like to be able to create. I can't wait to get PaintShop again so I can actually make something better. The thoughts are in my head, I just can't get them out until psp gets here.

First Rule of Photography

2007-04-19T09:40:00.000-07:00

ALWAYS have your camera. Seems like a pretty simple thing to do, and remember. But, I was on my way to step class last nite so all I took was my water, and the sky was so amazing. The sun was sort of behind the clouds but the rays of sunshine were shining down in big "columns" and the clouds were bright. Unfortunately I have no pics as I didn't have my camera!!
Here are a couple shots i took a few days ago.

Walk

2007-04-17T19:25:00.000-07:00

Well I went for a walk ~ALONE~ with all three kids for the first time today. The babies were in the stroller and I had Coop on his "leash" attached to the stroller so he couldn't go far. Cooper did quite well until we had to leave his Daddy and go back home. He cried most of the way home. I did manage to get a couple good shots tho.

My Babies Are One

2007-04-14T19:01:00.000-07:00

It's hard to believe that it's been a whole year since my sweet little twins were born. Last year around this time I couldn't believe that I was almost 37 weeks pregnant with no real labor signs in sight! This of course was a good thing that my little monkeys stayed in there for that long as I was really worried that they would come too early, but I never dreamed that I would end up having to be induced at exactly 37 weeks on the dot-exact same amount of weeks that I was pregnant with Cooper.

My labor went quickly, so quick in fact that husband and his mother almost missed it! They got there within minutes of me having to start pushing. Ryder was born 1:54pm. He was doing great with just a slight difficulty breathing so they took him to the nursery to monitor him. I was pretty out of it after that. Looking back it's easy to tell something was wrong while trying to push out Jorja-I didn't know it at the time but I was bleeding pretty heavily and her heart rate kept dropping. At one point it was down to 38 beats per minute which is very low-luckily they don't tell you any of this at this time. The dr delivered her with the forcepts and she was fine. She had a little trouble breathing as well so she was also taken to the nursery but they were both back with me within a couple hours. They were both healthy with no problems, and weighed 5lbs 14oz.

Here are my little bundles, now 1 year old and over 20lbs. How time flies.