February 13th, 2011 by Busy Mommy

Heard from daddy to our son this afternoon as he attempted to eat his honey and almond butter sandwich and then escape to smear his hands on the bed before getting his hands cleaned off.

February 2nd, 2011 by Busy Mommy

It’s been awhile since I did my little “photo shoots” of Nolan- mostly because he’s usually covered in food, snot, or just generally not wearing an outfit that matches or doesn’t have stains.  Plus he’s constantly on the run.  These photo shoots are my replacement for hiring a photographer to take pics- it’s just one way I can save money, plus it’s something that I super enjoy doing.

When we went to Ardenwood Farm this past saturday, I off-handedly thought it might be a good day to get some cute, updated “studio” style pics of Nolan- I wasn’t set on it, but I went ahead and had Ben use the orange-sleeved shirt for contrast and brought along the newsboy cap that I had bought when he was only a couple months old that he finally grew into.  That way, should I be able to capture some good scenes, he’d be ready for it.  As it turns out, the setting was just perfect and by snapping my camera almost constantly for 2 hours, and of course a little photoshop (okay maybe a lot photoshop- you don’t think the backgrounds got that blurry naturally do you?), I got some great 15 month portraiture.

Disclaimer: I am by no means a professional photoshop user and I tend to get a little excited and go overboard with the “adjustments” and they end up looking pretty, lets say, “artistic.”  That’s what you get with an over-ambitious amateur.

Disclaimer #2: There’s a lot here so be forewarned- you just might actually get sick of seeing the same face (as cute as it is) and the same outfit (as cute as it is) and same hat (as cute as it is), a million times.  I’m almost not joking about the million times- there really is A LOT of photos.

Oh yeah- here’s a little token photo of Nolan’s parents.  I know that’s not what you’re really here to see.  Nolan- when you’re big enough to read this, you better want to see your parents’ photo and appreciate all they’ve done for you young man! :)-  Luv you bear.

February 2nd, 2011 by Busy Mommy

Hey guys!

I finally figured out how to have an audio player on my blog! (Oh Nolan said “No, it’s my blog mom”).  Sorry, ‘scuse me.

SO- what this means is when you come here, if you just look at the bottom of your screen you’ll see a bar were you can now click play on the left-hand side.  Let me know if any of you have trouble seeing it or playing it.  So fun…maybe you’ll all cry more often now.  You know how music when you’re looking at pictures or watching a movie makes you more emotional?  Or sometimes if I look at pictures of a vacation while listening to music it will look like it was even more fun and amazing than it really was in reality.  Lol.

Also- it’s easy to pause by clicking the same button for when you want to watch videos or other sound clips on the blog.

Happy weeping!

Busy Mommy