Getting Artsy

I love being a mom, and getting to stay home with my son. We have days filled with playing and learning, at least I think he is learning. But sometimes we need to pass the time. So I grab my camera and start snapping pictures. I have always liked taking pictures and from time to time really get a good one. Now even an OK picture can turn into a really cute picture using photo shop, which I am still learning to use. Today I tried my hand at taking some "Artsy" pictures and here are some of the ones that I really liked.

Here we have Darren with one of his favorite toys. I tried focusing on Blue (that is the toys name) with Darren in the back ground.

This is a peace Lilly that I have in my living room that is blooming for spring. It has one bloom and I tried some different angles, and got up really close to the bloom. I also thought that the lighting was pretty neat coming in the window through the curtain. I thought the plant and the shadows were really cool.

At the top of our page is the Lilly on my plant again. I really love how that picture turned out. Please let me know what you think or if you have any pointers on how to get other really neat photos.

Feet

It has been really cute lately that Darren has found his feet. He discovered that he can bring them up to his mouth and grab them. It is pretty cute to leave his pants off and watch him play with his feet. So here are some cute pictures of Darren playing with his feet.

He is such a happy baby, and I love him to death!

A Case of the Monday's

I have a very bad case of the Monday's today. Mainly because I woke up and our yard is covered in snow. Here look for your self!

Yes today is April 28Th and as far as I am concerned it should be done snowing and it isn't supposed to be cold anymore. I want warm weather, that I don't have to bundle up in. Not to mention that you can't really take a baby for a walk in this stuff. As I am looking out the window it seems to be getting heavier every minuet that passes. In this picture you can even see the snow flakes falling.

And just because I need to cheer myself up, here is a cute one of Darren. There is no denying that he has some pretty cute RED hair.

Stuff

Just as I am complaining that I can never catch a smile on camera, I am getting them left and right now. It is just like going to the doctor and you say no he isn't talking much yet, you get home and what happens? He is talking up a storm. For those of you who haven't seen Dan in a while this is what he looks like. I feel bad because I haven't put up a picture of him in a while. He got new glasses and they look very nice on him. Other than needing a hair cut he doesn't look much different.

Darren got a hat to shade his face when we go for walks. Isn't it adorable?

Then we went to a friends house the other night to play Texas Holdem, so I decided to make deviled eggs as a snack to share. Dan was tired so I relieved him from baby duty but still had work to do. I put Darren in my handy dandy sling, and away I went to make the deviled eggs. Darren of course was more then helpful, plus it was just too cute. When Dan saw what was going on he had to take some pictures.

Little did I know that when my husband got the camera he was going to take these pictures.

T and A is always on a mans mind! Nothing but class babe thanks!

And lastly I have to tell you all that while we were playing cards the other night I took 1st place! I was so proud of myself, I haven't played in so long that I basically went into playing with the mind set that I was just donating my $5. Oh no, I was a dangerous card player! OK maybe not but I am still in shock. So I was pretty excited and wanted to share.

Gettin' Messy

So I decided to get brave the other day and let Darren play with his cereal for a little bit. I want to be a fun mom that is not afraid to clean up a mess. Plus I need to keep you all entertained with cute and fun new pictures. Here is what happened!

Look at this face! So mischievous.

In the end he didn't really get all too messy but it was still fun to just let him play. In some of the pictures you can see cereal on the left of the highchair. Other than that he mainly got it on him self. I was once told to enjoy this time because babies at this age are "portable and washable". Needless to say he did get a bath after this little adventure. The carrots and cereal that was caked on his hands was kind of nasty and took a little soaking to get it to come off.

Got One!

Well I got a smile on camera. It took me taking a lot of pictures and saying the word "poop" but I finally got one. So here are some of the misses and the actual catch. Not to mention that the onesie he is wearing is super cute. And it has a baseball on the butt. Plus there is one thrown in there for our friends out in Hawaii, because they sent us the sleeper and it finally fits him. So thanks!

Smile

Why is it so hard to catch a smile on camera? I look at my own blog and think to myself, my child won't smile for the camera. Not sure how I am feeling about this. I love to take pictures and I like it when Darren smiles for me but I never seem fast enough to actually catch one.

I feel that he is a typical male at times, he laughs when I say "poop" and "fart". Only a man or little boy could think words like that are something to laugh at.

So my goal for this week and weekend is to catch a few smiles in some photographs. So I can prove to you that he does in fact smile. He is cute when he doesn't but is cuter when he does! Keep looking for some cute smiley pictures.

Remember to SMILE!

The Weekend

This Friday I had a lot of things to do, or that I wanted to get done. Darren didn't want to be in his jumper, or on his play mat, he was just wanting to be held. So I was holding and trying to clean, well that wasn't working. So I got out my trusty sling, a big thanks to the Khun's for giving us that! I tried a couple of new ways to use it and I fell in love with the side sling! Keeps him close and yet I don't have to actually hold him. I got things done and he got to be with me, it was the best of a mom and baby world.

We also went to a wedding over in Appleton this weekend. It was very nice but we didn't get too many pictures. But here is a cute one of Grandma and Grandpa Reed with Darren. OK so you can't really see Grandpa but he is back there.

The weather was just beautiful outside today. So Dan and I took Darren for a nice long walk down by the river. We put a cute little baseball hat on him. It didn't really keep the sun out of his face but it was cute none the less. Plus he slept for the entire walk anyways. So it wasn't like he was really looking at anything.

Just Cute

I just had to post some cute pictures that I took today because well they are just too cute to not share. A few are from us trying the peas again, which today he didn't seem to mind. He ate them and made just a couple of funny faces. He really likes taking the spoon from me and trying to feed himself. That is how he got peas all the way up by his eye! I promise it wasn't my aiming. He is also working very hard on sitting up and crawling. I just can't believe how fast my little munchkin is growing! He changes every day and looks more like his dad every day too. And at this point there is no denying that he has a reddish tint to his hair. Enjoy these not so blurry pictures.

Peas

So we tried peas. He didn't really have any initial reaction. He didn't really start to not like them after several bites. So then I tried to trick him into eating them by putting half peas and half cereal. I am know I am a mean Mommy. So during his first experience with peas he would go from happy, when he was getting his cereal, to not swallowing the peas. But I will not give up. Sorry the pictures are all so blurry! He was very squirmy during this adventure.

Eating Carrots

As we made our way over to Appleton this past weekend. I decided to bring along some pureed carrots for Darren to try. He didn't know what was going on at first but didn't reject the carrots all together. For having tried carrots for the first time he did really well and ate the whole container. I was so proud of him. Today I gave him more carrots and it was like I couldn't feed him fast enough. I would get the spoon back to get more and his mouth was already open again for more! Such a big boy now. Plus he was being really cute while he was eating. My mom was feeding him from one side and I was snapping pictures from the other. He would take a bite from Grandma and then pose for a picture for me. The last picture I had to put up because he is just too adorable in that picture. So that was our weekend in a nutshell. And I am just going to say that I want warm weather to stay not come and go!

Oh What a Morning!

Today was a rough morning. Darren actually slept in for a while this morning which was good because then I got to sleep in too. This equals happy Mommy :) When he did get up it was our normal weekday routine. Diaper change which was a small disaster in itself. I will spare you the details but to sum it up in two words, leakage and messy. After we get that out of the way, then it is feeding time which went well. Then we played for a little while and he was happy like he normally is. I needed to run into the kitchen so I picked him up and he decided to throw up on me which is OK at this point because I am still in my PJ's. So I go and change just into some other comfy cloths because it was too early to think about anything else really. As Darren is playing on the floor I make myself a bowl of cereal and sit on the floor by him to eat it. Then a small little foot comes up to kick my bowl and spill my cereal all over me. There goes comfy cloths I guess I will just get in the shower now.

My attempt to take a picture of Darren and I didn't turn out too bad. I am usually the one taking the pictures so I tend not to be in many of them. YEAH!!