Loving Christmas Time!

Even though we don't have very cold weather here in Florida, at least it is getting cold enough for me to wear long sleeves and even a jacket every now and then. I just love going shopping at Christmas time. I know you probably think I am crazy saying that and don't get me wrong..I hate the crowds, but I love the sounds of bells and Christmas music. I also love all the holiday decorations all around. I love having the Christmas tree up and decorated, the lights all on the house, the fire going in the fireplace, the stockings hung above, and our family cozied up on the couch with a nice warm blanket. What a wonderful time of year. I hope everyone is having a great holiday season so far!

Fix It Friday #39

What a cool photo for Fix It Friday this week at I Heart Faces. I didn't really know what I wanted to do with this photo but I am so happy with how it turned out. You should play along too. I would tell you what all I did but I did so many things that I can't actually remember them all.
Here is the original:

And here is my fix:

Have fun fixing yours too!

All About Aislynn

Aislynn has made it to her 15 month mark as of a couple of weeks ago. I have yet to take her for her check up appointment because I ended up having some schedule conflicts with work and now her appointment is set for next week. I can tell you some things she is doing now.
Walking, Walking, Walking...everywhere. I think it's the cutest thing when babies first start to walk. She waddles all over the place and I love it! Talking, Talking, Talking! She loves to make noise. She says the words dada, night night, juice, and "sings" jingle bells with her sisters. She tries to repeat many words we say and is getting better by the day. I will have a real weight on her next week at her appointment but I am guessing she is about 19 1/2 lbs. She likes to play peek a boo and loves to copy everything her sisters do. She even "talks" on the play phone. I think she is ready for Christmas even though she doesn't really understand it. She loves to look at the trees and tries to play with the ornaments at times. She is very good at stopping when I tell her no. Here are a few pics from the other day. It is so hard to get her to stay still any more these days.

I Heart Faces "Sweet Dreams"

I Heart Sleeping Children. They are so innocent, so sweet, and can do no wrong. When I took this photo on Saturday of my sweet Kambry I didn't even realize that the theme this week at I Heart Faces was "Sweet Dreams". I can't wait to see everyone else's entry. I am sure there will be some good ones.


If you want to browse the other photos or play along too, go to I Heart Faces now!!

Simply Kambry

She let me do a mini photoshoot with her the other day. It didn't last very long, she got tired quickly, but I think we got some cute ones.





AND SHE'S DONE!

Fix It Friday #38

Everyone knows how much I enjoy editing photos! Each week at I Heart Faces I get a chance to edit someone else's photo and see what I can come up with. Here is a precious baby boy for this week's model. This is the origial:

These are my edits:


I did all my editing with Picnik. For the first one I increased exposure and contrast a little. Then I touched up his face by smoothing it out and used the eye bright feature for his eyes. I then played around with the curves a bit and did a little cropping. For the second edit I turned in to sepia and then brough back about 20% color.

The trees are up

Every year we decorate for Christmas basically the same way. This year I really wanted to do something a little different. So we did two trees instead of just one. We have an artificial tree that we set up next to the fireplace with all the ornaments from the past seven years. We have a way with collecting ornaments and it's always neat to pull them out and see where all we have been and how our family has changed. Then we went out and bought a real Christmas tree too. I have been wanting to do a fancier tree and this was my year to do that. I decided on gold and red and I am happy with how it turned out. Here is our tree of many years:

And here is our real tree:

Now I am just trying to get all the presents wrapped and put under the tree so I can quit hiding them all over the house.