Smile little bee!

We had so much fun today at Eva's Happy Green Bee photoshoot and boy did we get some fun clothing too! We showed up a little early so Eva could get comfortable, but someone else was late so we ended up shooting early. She was very shy at first and just wanted mama! Once she warmed up a little, she had a great time. I'm sure they were able to get some really cute shots. Her first look was a green and chocolate striped skirt with a brown long sleeved shirt. Once she warmed up a little, they threw a green cardigan on her back and over her shoulders to give the outfit a different look. Her second clothing change was adorable. She was wearing green and red striped leggings, a green and red striped shirt with a red short sleeved kimono over it and lastly, an adorable striped sock hat!

We can't wait to see the results!

tootsies and books

Another Mickeyism...

this one required a little background information.

Todd was talking about this great meeting that he had today. He was talking about how a fellow alum was really building up his ego. I joked and asked what he wanted. Todd simply said, is it so hard to believe that he just really liked me?

Mickey thought for a second and just blurted out...

You mean like in a gay way?

Hehe, oh Mickey.

My little valentine...

This picture was taken before school this morning as Mickey prepared to give his squeeze, Anna, her rose and candy.

Bundled up to get apples...

not sure which one I like better...I had to spend a few minutes removing the cheese off of her face in photoshop!

Just like Ma!

Well, it snowed today so we got bundled up to go explore. I put Eva's warmest clothes on with her cute pink fur lined jacket.



She decided she'd rather wear Ma's hat and scarf!

Photography news - Wedding

This is exciting for me - my photography teacher chose me to help him shoot a Raleigh wedding at the end of the month. It will be my first professional shoot behind the camera. Yay!

Like mother, like daughter

I remember saying to myself growing up that I would never, NEVER stack things on the stairs for my kids to put away. For some reason that always drove me nuts (sorry Mom)! But now, not only do I stack stuff on the stairs for the kids to put away, but for Todd too. It makes perfect sense to me now, I guess I just didn't see it that way as a child.

Apparently Eva has a little more clarity than I...if she finds any shoes or other articles of clothing on the main level, she runs them straight over to the stairs! She is so happy and so proud of herself when she does it, that she claps :)

Mickeyisms

Ok, so most of you know that I keep a book called Mickeyisms where I write down some of the silly things that Mickey says. I'm going to start putting some on here because I often think of them while I'm sitting at my computer. If you can think of any, please add them in the comment section! Also, if you can remember his age when he said them, be sure to put that down as well...

Mickey, he's the coolest one (age 5)
King Arthur Day (age 10)
Beep! (age 5)
Hey, how about you look at my face (age 5)
Retirement - it's when you give up (age 9)
My bathroom is so clean and white, it's like heaven (age 10)
tanbark (age 5)


I'll think of more and keep adding on!

Some favorite new words...and other new things

turtle
Cuacito
pizza
help
pe-yow (said whenever there is something stinky, ie a foot, sock, skunk etc)

Caca (Santa - no idea where she got that one!)

diaper - for some reason paper diapers are 'diapers' and cloth diapers are 'poo poos'

Ma is still her name for Mickey

who who for an owl sound and uhu uhu if you want to hear it in Spanish!

What a cute boy!

Athletic photoshoot

I needed to do some athletic shots for my portfolio. I shot with a local Raleigh photographer today and got a ton of great shots. Now the problem is narrowing it down...

Football

Running

Yoga

After the Workout

If you have a few favorites, let me know!

Christmas babies

Todd's article in the News and Observer

System analyzes productivity

Software development doesn't happen in a vacuum -- but sometimes it feels like it.

Companies, wary of intruding into the creative process, traditionally have taken a hands-off approach to managing their developers. But without insight into employees' work, companies often don't know why their projects fail...

Click here to read more

Overboard - look out below!

Yep, she climbed out of the crib today and had a tough landing! Guess it's time to move that mattress one more notch down and hope that she doesn't try it again!

and Roll 'em!

Shot a commercial today for Lane Furniture. Woke up at 4:15 this morning so I could get out the door by 5:15. Believe it or not, I almost made it. I left at 5:30 and made record time to the West side of Greensboro. It took me exactly 60 minutes to get to Elm St. Thats not a bad time to drive - no traffic. Only problem was that I didn't have to be there until 8:00 AM! Despite the early day, it was a nice smoothe shoot! It only took 3 takes and we were finished.

A very serious face

Sound check

I did my first professional voiceover in a high tech sound booth today for a training company based out of DC. The studio was in downtown Raleigh in a historic building - very cool! It sounds like I will be getting quite a bit more work from these folks too!

Quack - Happy Halloween

Halloween was a lot of fun this year. We had a baby Halloween party for Eva and her friends from the main playgroup. Ava (duck), Alex (dragon), Lula (spider), twins (pocohontas'), Nicolette (ladybug), Alexa (pumpkin), and Eva (duck) were all there. Yes, 8-1 year olds dressed up. It was too cute.

During the party, Mickey was fortunate enough to have an escape plan. He headed out with Mary Margaret to the neighborhood Halloween party where he was dressed up as a baseball player and MM went as a soccer player. They came back afterwards, but didn't seem too interested in the babies!

On Halloween night, Mickey and Todd went with John, Drew and the crew around the neighborhood trick-or-treating. Eva and I headed over to Forest Hills Baptist Church to participate in the trunk-or-treating. Everyone brings their cars, trucks, suvs etc and opens the trunks and hands out candy out of the back of their vehicle. Some people go all out and decorate their trunks to be scary or themed. It was a fun experience.

Before trunk or treat begins, the church has dinner inside as well as rooms set up as stations for the kids to do activities. Eva was a huge hit as a duck. She ran up to random people and quacked. She also was very excited to see all of the 'punkies' (pumpkins) that were scattered throughout the church!

going, going, gone

This morning Miss Eva took 20 steps. Thankfully, we figured out the other day that she likes the mats on the floor and walks much more when they are out. She is all over the place and getting much more stable!