Hey, Emma — whatcha got there?

ummmm ….

welllll ….

oh you mean this?? lemme show you!

it’s so cool. see, you reach in like this …

and pull out bread!

oh man, it’s so yummy

and portable!

Emma, go put the bread away and pick up your toys so I can go back to playing around with Picnik.

I often forget to upload the photos from my Kodak point & shoot camera, which I take everywhere but rarely use since the pictures kind of … well … stink.

So I finally uploaded all of them today and tried out Picnik, an online photo editing website that ties straight into Flickr - it’s really easy to use and works well. If you’re looking for a quick-edit program that doesn’t have to be installed on your computer, give it a try. Okay, enough about that.

Instead of exchanging gifts among the adults in my family, we all went to Stone Mountain, Georgia on the Monday and Tuesday before Christmas for their Christmas extravaganza. It happened to be the 2 coldest days in 2008 (high 20’s, low 30’s), but we still had a great time! I didn’t take many pictures because I was huddling into my jacket trying to find warmth, but here’s what I did get.

This is me and the princess sitting on the Snow Angel’s throne - I end up with the “Rudolph Effect” when I’m cold.

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I’m the church pianist for a small church on the other side of town, but there are never any kids there on Sunday nights, so Emma has the nursery to herself.

Clearly, she doesn’t waste any time making herself at home …

Hmmm, what’s down here?

Once the toys are cleaned up, she likes to watch Dora on Ken’s iPod

And Ken practices his pitching skills in case the big leagues come knocking on our door (with a soft foam ball, btw)

And then it’s time to go home.

New Year’s Resolutions?

exercise

eat right

take good care of my kiddo

take more pictures/video of our life

work on/improve my photography skillz

learn how to really use my camera

And on that vein, I’ve decided to partake in Project 365: A Photo a Day for a Year. If that title’s not clear enough, the premise is to take and post one picture a day for a year. Supposedly, you’ll be a better photographer at the end of the year. Or something.

So if you have any real life interaction with me whatsoever, expect to have my camera shoved in your face at least once this year. And then your picture posted on the internet.

You can follow my journey here.

xoxo

Ken had to work today, so I drove down to Atlanta with Emma (stopping by to pick up my mom on the way) to shop at Ikea. Man, I love that place. I think I could just move in there and live for a while — wait, someone already did that.

Anyway, I ended up getting SO much stuff that we needed for a steal, including a bookshelf for Emma’s room, which was really one of the only things I was supposed to buy. Oops. I just couldn’t resist these cute little pots & pans and cooking utensils for E’s play kitchen.

E had a great time, too — even though we shopped right through her naptime. Oops again.

picture taken w/ Blackberry Curve

picture taken w/ Blackberry Curve

It was a lot of driving (313.3 miles, to be exact) but we had a great time, and little miss E was worn OUT by the end of the day. I put a DVD in to try to keep her awake on the way home, but it didn’t work.

picture taken w/ Blackberry Curve

Thanks for spending the day with us mom/Bo!!