family photobooth 2

It's been a LONG time since I posted a photobooth shot.
This one was taken in the spring at the Board Walk in Santa Cruz, CA. Sadly, the 'real' photobooth is gone and only the digital booths remain. But we jumped in anyway...

Happy Photobooth Friday my friends!

last day of the year (two days after)

on the last day of the year we hung out in our jammies until 10am.

then we piled into the car and went to go see where Daddy-O works.

we rode the elevator eleven stories up and down long hall.

one of them helped daddy with his work,

the other zonked out watching sesame street songs.

we rode the elevator back down

and watched people holding hands on the ice.

then we got hamburgers,

chocolate milk shakes

and "friend"fries for lunch.

we kept a close on a girl who had a fever

and a runny nose.

I got a massage

and am still sore from it,

in the best possible way.

we visited with family

wore silly wigs

and hid in a fort.

we made it to mid-night,

but just barely.

and watched the fireworks shooting off

downtown

from the bedroom window.

it was a really nice end to the year.

family photobooth

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Can I even tell you how much I LOVE this strip? nope, there are not words.

Taken 10-9-10 at St. James Infirmary, Reno NV
It's a real deal booth, none of this digital stuff.

We may have gotten kicked out because of the fact that it is a bar and we brought in the kids. Little J can proudly say she was booted from a bar at a month old. MrO has been in there before with us and we even had a beer afterwards, so I don't know what the big deal was. and if there is any state that probably doesn't have a law about kids in a bar with an adult it would be Nevada right? oh well.

Weekend Recap

What a wonderful weekend it was. The weather cooled down to an awesome 60 something and we got rain all day on Sunday on and off. I know that doesn't sound great, but it was a really nice change of pace.  It also made for a good excuse to snuggle in, be quite and enjoy each other.

On Saturday we ventured to the fairgrounds to check out the animals and see what else was going on for the Nevda State Fair (now called the Wild West Territory Fair or something silly). I love checking out what the FFA and 4Hers are doing. Plus you can get up close and personal with most of the animals, which is totally fun for the Kid-O.  We had heard there was civil war reenactments, among other things happening so we thought we would check it out.

We got there pretty early so not many people were there (nice), but we also had to wait around for some of the booths, food stalls and other things to open. O is still a little small to go on any of the rides, but next year I can see us getting a wrist band and having a blast. There were all sorts of characters wandering around, which made for good people watching and snapping. I was glad I put my 'big lens' on while sitting at the food court area.

On Sunday we got up, went to breakfast at a local diner and then hung out around the house. Daddy-O and O. built forts and tunnels in the living room out of the lawn furniture cushions, I made cupcakes, I sewed a little hobo sack for the ever growing matchbox car collection in our house and then we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa's for dinner.

They decided to help us celebrate O's 2nd birthday since we haven't really planned anything- Deuce's due date is only 2 days prior to O's birthday and I haven't quite been able to figure out how we were going to plan a party that we might not be able to attend. The cupcakes I made on Sunday are going into the freezer and I will ice a few on Monday (O's actual birthday) and sing happy birthday to him. Unless I am in the hospital and then we will do it when we get back home and have a double happy birthday!
At any rate, O had a great time playing with his cousins all evening. His cheeks were so rosy from all the playing.

He got a little shy as we sang happy birthday to him, but got right down to business when it came to blowing out the candle (all by himself) and gobbling down one of his favorite things, "Happy Cake". He also didn't flinch at the present opening gig this year- though we did have to talk him into coming back to the table to open the rest of the gifts.

I think birthday 2 is a bittersweet celebration. #1 in some ways, maybe because that first year is all about survival for mom and dad and that is what the first birthday part is all about. But with the 2nd birthday they start to get it a little bit more and you watch this little baby actually becoming more of a big person. To say I didn't get a little choked up would be a total lie. (pregnancy hormones much?)

Who knows, this could have been our last weekend as just three!

We are so excited to meet this new baby- it's all about anticipation and patience now.

12 months of family

I decided I want to start doing a family photo each month. I sorta love that I started out this 'project' doing an arms length selfie shot using my old Sony Cyber Shot (it has a video function that my big camera doesn't. And I wanted to utilize that while up in Tahoe last weekend).  Sometimes you just have to set down the 'big' camera, get out the old point and shoot and just go for it. Let the rules fly out the window and capture those little moments that you might not have with a big expensive piece of equipment around your neck.
The goal is to take (at least) one photo of the family each month. The photo doesn't have to be a self taken shot- someone else can push the release. But rather, to capture who your family is and how it changes, grows and evolves over the course of one year. I am so blessed to have this sweet little, growing family and I want to savor that...

If you want to join in let me know- I would love to see your family too!