1/18/10

I was SO happy to get to go along with my friend Cyndi and her family on the day that Chloe (micropremie 1lb. 7oz.) came home!!!! It was such an amazing day after all that they have been though!!

1/17/10

Yep, that lens is still broken... so bummed about it today because Cyndi texted me asking if I could go along to take pictures of tiny Chloe coming home tomorrow... FYI: Camera shops aren't open on Sunday. So, there's nothing I can do but hope that some place has a cheaper version of my favorite 50mm1.4 lens and that I will have time to get it before Chloe comes home...

This is a picture of my mom who got to ride out for a couple hour visit. She came with my uncle, and I picked her up so that we could spend the afternoon together before she went back at about 4:00... Short, but worth it! :) Love you, mom!!

1/16/10

more painting today... The girls had a great time decorating this wall before I did the first coat. They loved dipping their hands (or in Ari's case arms) in the paint can! :)

1/15/10

Today, Ari and I had fun with paint chip word families and fish game math... I had to convince her that it would be fun and ok to write numbers on the bottom of the fish. Then, we took turns fishing 2 out and subtracting the numbers. If we got one of the two blank fish, we could make up a number for the other person (she LOVED that part).

1/14/10

More painting... In all I painted 4 coats on one wall, 2 on 2 others, and one around the 8 doors in the hallway (over several days). This picture is blurry because my favorite $400 lens finally stopped focusing tonight... It was not a happy night!! :(

1/13/10

Ari counted to 100 by herself for the first time today!! So, we celebrated by painting 100 dots on a paper. :) Then, I got to painting the walls some more...

1/12/10

I'm back to Weight Watchers again... gotta lose those 4 pounds that I ate during the holidays + a couple more to hit goal! Ari loves to make pictures and give them to people while we're at the meetings... Today, she gave one to the leader and got 2 stickers (which she is SO excited about) from her! I just love the sweet people there! They are almost like a little family! :)