Well, Kelly has been wanting to do a pregnancy photo shoot, and we just seem to be too busy on most of my days off. So, tonight we finally decided we'd do it (since Kelly had some make up on from going to Church). We weren't too sure how it would turn out, being evening, and the sun was going down. We turned on every light upstairs.
So we began rolling the film, and things were going pretty good. Before we knew it, we had taken 107 pictures!!!!! WE ARE NUTS. or bored. We looked on Rhonda's photo blog for ideas, so some of the pictures were not original (I tried to convince Kelly to do some original ideas of mine...but she didn't like my borderline inappropriate pose ideas). Anyway, thanks for the inspiration, Rhonda.
SOOOOO...here are a few of the ones that turned out alright. Note that there are 4 in total. Yes, 4!! Wow, we are experts. Genius', really. Yeah, you would think that out of 107 photos, more than 4 would turn out okay. And even those 4 are questionable. All it took was setting the camera to the wrong ISO (that's picture-taking geek talk). So, most (most being about 96.26% of the pictures) turned out VERY EXTREMELY grainy. Yeah, not the type of grain you'll find on the food guide, either. That is why almost all of the four we picked don't show her face...the grainy face is not awesome. Needless to say, we are going to try again during the day time, next shoot. We will never forget all the fun we had taking grainy photos...but hope that the next shoot turns out 200% better. Here are the 4 we picked to show you all. They are suitable. At least, we hope.
Whole Grain Goodness @32 Weeks Prego
Just Saying Hello
So, I just thought I would post another blog entry. It's mainly just for kicks. Also cause I am bored. So I don't know if anyone watched American Idol...but I do. Sometimes I wish I wasn't addicted to the show, but it happened. So if you watch the show you will know what I am talking about. If not, then scroll down and read further. So I have been a fan of David Cook for most of the season, but last week he was a disappointment. He sang poorly, and I also started to get bored with his rocker style. On the other hand, I felt like I have been neglecting the talent of Jason Castro. He's the one with the dread locks. Anyway, I have enjoyed some of his performances, when he picks a good song, but have never really thought about how good his voice really is. I think he has one of the better (and more distinct) voices, and last week he sang Over the Rainbow (playing the ukulele). It was one of the best performances I have heard on the show ever. I got the song off ITunes as soon as it came out. Anyway, so I might drop D. Cook, and jump on the J. Castro bandwagon. That's my two cents about American Idol.
So I have been done school for a bit now, and am waiting to graduate and get my teaching license. So in a month I will be able to teach, legally. It will be nice to start my career, but also a bit scary, after being in school since 2001. I will miss the exams, the projects, the tuition hikes (although they are going to freeze tuition fees now that I am done. Why couldn't they have done that 7 years ago!!!). I am excited to teach school though, and corrupt a whole new generation of kids. Oh, so when I was practice teaching in Bedford, I mentioned something to the grade 8's about "cutting the rug", and they just sat there staring at me. I asked them if they knew what that meant, and not one of them knew. I am only 28, but that made me feel old. I felt like that teacher we all had in Junior High that tried to be cool, but just couldn't cut it. That's me.
Anyway, last of all (cause I need to get off the computer and spend time with the little girl Morgan...she can't help but love spending time with her Pops), I wanted to mention the Stake Dance coming up on the 26th of this month. It is going to be a crazy night!! I will be DJ'ing the dance, so everyone come and CUT THE RUG. Seriously, I have been getting some good music ready, so people need to come and dance the night away. It's going to be fun.
Anyway, that's all for now. Until next time...
Emma's 6th Birthday Party
So first of all, I need to give some "props" to Morgan, cause I forgot to post any pictures or significant words when her Birthday rolled around, back in January. Sorry Baby. Actually, there were not a lot of great pictures from her Birthday party, as I discovered this morning. Even this one isn't the greatest of her, but it will have to do. And this picture has a partial view of the "psycho Duck" birthday cake that Kelly made for Morgan. It was a memorable first birthday cake for Morgan. She's a sweetie, and that's my little 2 cents for her.
Now, on to Emma's Birthday (much more recent, though still, I am a week behind in getting a post up).
As you can see from the candle on the cake, Emma turned 6 this year (March 27th was the day, in fact). It's quite hard to believe she is now six years old. She was barely four when I married Kelly. I mean, six is a pretty golden age. Primary class has to be the easiest grade in school (besides the BEd program at the Mount); most cartoons on TV are within your range of humor (give or take a few years); you are old enough to drive Barbie cars without supervision (though you have to start paying insurance...which isn't that high); and best of all, the government stops giving you $100 a month for child care (which doesn't really matter at age six anyway, cause your parents were always pocketing that money). So six seems like it will be a great year.
Now, on to the B-Day party. So coincidently, Emma had a bit of a late night the night before her party (or so I heard, since I was camping that night, in the freezing cold). So she didn't get enough sleep, which generally spells becoming ill, for Emma. She wasn't feeling the best on her party day, but we medicated her with my old friend "acetaminophen". It helped her have some gusto for the fun parts of her party. She had four great girls come join her at the party...Brooklyn, Madison, Rachael, and Monica. I tried to be as serious as possible around Emma's friends, so I wouldn't embarrass Emma. All right, that's a lie. Anyone who has seen me around kids knows I like to act their age. I had some fun with the girls, making them laugh a couple times. Anyway, here are a few pictures from the party.
Emma and Madison
Emma and Brooklyn
Emma and Rachael
Emma and MonicaThe girls were very nice, and gave Emma great gifts. I think everyone had a great time, which is always awesome. Here is a picture of Emma with what I would consider her best present (because it's the present I wanted the most).
So another year, another party. We survived. Kelly survived, I should say. She was in quite the panic when she knew I was going camping the night before Emma's party. She was worried I wouldn't be back in time. Apparently it's not a party if I am not there. That was my extrapolation, anyway.oh yeah...one more little story from the pops and morgan diary. The other night, Morgan was coughing a bunch (she has been sick lately...coughing a lot at night). So, since there is no cough medicine for babies, Kelly suggested that I give her a spoonful of honey. Don't ask me why. Anyway, so I took down a little spoon full of honey, and tried giving it to her. Well, she wasn't awake, so I tried getting her up enough to take the honey. This wasn't easy. She wasn't cooperating, in her sleepy state. So one of my hands is holding the spoon full of honey, and the other is trying to hold up a baby. Well, before I knew it, there goes the honey. It spilled on her head and blanket. It was funny...I could see the glisten of honey on her hair, and felt the stickiness all over her head. There wasn't much I could do. I think she did it on purpose. She is always out to get me.
