CHEERS

So here we are in a new year and I’m super excited.

Source: desdemventana.blogspot.com via Kellie on Pinterest

 

Here’s to my boys turning 1…going places other than work and the doctor…walking and talking…snuggles and books and library time…hilarity…hopefully better organization in our house…300 miles run by me (but not at one time)…happiness…more blogging…gratefulness…a new couch…beach time…pool time…family time…more photography and graphic design…maybe yoga or a dance class???…quiet time and loud time…aquariums…weddings…And very soon…our very first Perry Christmas video.

Happy January Second!

christmas time

this is not actually a post about Christmas. This is a post using the holidays as an excuse as to why I haven’t been here in a while (and for the photo bomb). But to be honest…I like photo bombs.

What can I say? I’m a visual person.

So, here they are at a sweet 9 months.

This might be my favorite picture of all time.

This weekend we’re going to see Santa! Wish us luck! Next week….mama’s getting a new camera. Watch out for video bombs!

Mama Sashi’s 70th Birthday

Our boys are super lucky to have two great grandma’s…one of whom just turned 70. W & H are her 10th and 11th grand-children (I know…insane. The Perrys love having babies :)).

My sister-in-law wrote a FANTASTIC article about my mother-in-law. You can find it here.

Mama Sashi (her name is Sally) is a grandmother that any grandchild would want: caring, generous, and a little crazy…in the best way ;).

This was our first big trip out of town and it went SO WELL WE COULDN’T BELIEVE IT. We drove in the evenings so the boys would sleep and slipped them into bed when we reached our destination. It worked out so well. It also didn’t hurt that that same sister-in-law (and the hub’s brother and their four children) opened her house and made everything so convenient. We didn’t even have to bring pack-and-plays! It was such a help and made traveling so easy.

Here are some pics from the day:

Mama Sashi and her boys and grandkids:

One of the gifts we gave her was “Seventy Things we Love about Sashi”. Same sister-in-law organized that…yes, she is a superwoman.

The birthday girl!

Happy Birthday Mama Sashi!

twin time!

If you can believe it, the boys have twin girl cousins that are only six months older than they are.  It’s crazy and really awesome.

The girls (and their parents) came down for a week of vacation and we got all four of them together for a little photo shoot.  Even though none of them are smiling, we SWEAR they’re having a good time :).

This is Ainsley…and she is in charge :).

 

I have absolutely no idea how to photograph kids that aren’t super familiar with me (they live 6 hours away and with both families having new twins, this is only the second time I’ve spent time with them)…I can barely get smiles out of my own two.  So…any good or funny pics were completely by happenstance.  I just kept clicking and hoping for the best.

 

 

Sweet Holt!  Doesn’t it kind of look like he’s looking in a mirror?  

 

 

 

Isn’t Ainsley just a doll baby?

 

 

This is Carson.  Both of these girls know how to rock the pensive look.  They are such sweeties!

 

 

And…my jokester Win.  Cutie-pa-tootie!

 

And…that was about all the good shots I got, haha!  It was a first try and nobody screamed…so I call it a success!

 

{Edit} So sorry for all the exclamations. When re-reading this post, I annoyed myself I was so…happy. I also forgot to mention that I made the letter onesies for them using the freezer paper fabric paint method. I can see me using that for many years to come. It really does make super crisp graphics and only took about an hour to do all of them. I had to dye the boys’ onesies…do you know how hard it is to find colored onesies that aren’t baby pink, baby blue, or $11.50 a piece? A 5-pack of onesies from TJ Maxx for $10 and a box of Rit Dye for $2.50 and you’re set. It was super easy.

{Edit again} Make sure to wash the dyed onesies in hot water a bunch of times by themselves before you wash them with other stuff. Some of the boys’ clothes now have blue splotches on them…oopsie. Good thing they don’t care what they wear, haha.

i didn’t find it

Time or that post.  Hmmm…

And now, of course, I can’t quite remember what I wrote.  Don’t you hate that? I’m sure it was something about how I just read on one of my pregnancy apps that I only have 94 days left in this pregnancy. I had a small freakout moment. I mean…3 months. I have so much to do!

And, what feels like, not a lot of time to do it in. I’ve got to make lists and get on it. There are still some things I need to get together for Christmas gifts. And I’m afraid I’m going to get VERY big. haha. Let’s be honest. I’m only getting bigger until these babes come out and I want them to stay in as long as possible. At least 94 days! I mean, a girl can hope, right?

For this is fantastic Friday, I’ve got a great picture for you.

Isn’t it great. I love sunflowers. Don’t you have moments when you feel exactly like this?

where did the time go?

Where did this post go?  I wrote it, and then it disappeared.  I should have copied it first.

 

More to come later.

polaroid action

Have you heard about this polaroid action?

I love actions for photoshop…but I’m not going to lie…they are freaking expensive. I can not afford to buy any at the moment, but there are a few that I’ve tried for free that I love. Oh…if only I could afford the Kubota Actions (I tried them in a free trial for 30 days…they are AMAZING!).

If you have no idea what I’m talking about…Photoshop actions are a recorded sequence of events that, once you press play, will just “happen” to your image. They can do really cool things, most of which I only use at a very low opacity. But you can get some pretty awesome stylized effects too.

One that I LOVE is the Polaroid Generator. It will take any image you have and make it look like a polaroid. There’s something about making something new look old that can be nice…and overdone, but nice all the same.

Here are a few examples:

I really love this one. It’s Time Zero Expired.

week 20

Here is an update of the belly.

I absolutely love this shirt. I am lucky enough to have a sister-in-law who just had twins who also happened to not want any of her maternity clothes anymore. She also had a lot of REALLY CUTE STUFF. And one of them is this shirt. I don’t think you can see it in the picture, but there are two sets of baby footprints on it. I would wear this shirt all the time. I would wear it to work if I could.

I’m trying to take these pictures in different locations with some variety. It probably doesn’t help with actually documenting the size of the belly…but oh well. I’m getting bigger…and I will continue to get bigger. That is all anyone needs to know. :).

This weekend was fabulous. My mom came and helped me paint the nursery. When I say helped, I mean she painted it while I was at work on Friday and I came home and helped her finish one wall. It was great. And it looks fantastic. We also primed and then I painted the changing table. AND…our swivel rocker came in. It’s all so exciting, I forgot to take pictures while the sun was up. So that will have to be another day.

For now, here is week 20.

Yes, I’m still trying to do yoga. And that’s all I have to say about that!

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

Photoberfest

Katie Evans at Katie Evans Photography is hosting PHOTOBERFEST. It’s a tiny photo competition. Each week, she’ll give us a subject, and we photograph it and submit it to her. She’ll put it on her Pinterest page (have I told you how much I love pinterest) and people will vote. I’m not expecting to win anything, but I do love to have inspiration to take pictures.

So, here we are for week one! FOOD. Oh how I love thee! Now that I’m pregnant with twins, I have an extra special love-hate relationship with food :).

For today, we have pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. You can get the recipe I used here.

past week 16

Well, we’re (the three of us) past week 16. We’re on to week 18 tomorrow, but I need to give you a view of what week 16 was like. Because then I’m going to show you week 18.5. And whoa it’s different. It felt like the babes were growing like crazy in there…looked like it too.

But for now, here’s week 16.

“My energy has come back some what and I’ve made a point of doing everything I can do now for your welcome to the world before I get so big I can’t do anything at all. I’m slowly collecting baby things: clothes, cloth diapers, a changing dresser, a handmade mobile, ideas…I’ve put off the knitting until the time comes when the only thing I’ll be able to do is knit. I know that time will come. For I while, I thought I was feeling your little feeties fluttering in the deep dark belly. But I haven’t felt you in a while, which means, it probably wasn’t you. I said to your dad the other night that I have some moments when I feel like I’m ready to meet you…NOW. He took a moment to give me a funny look and express that he was glad that we still had about 5 months to go. I am too, but I’m ready too.”