Noonles

That is how my niece, I think it was, used to say "noodles." So, now Mike and I call them noonles. Liam loved eating them, almost as much as getting them all over the place.

Voting will begin later...

So, I just found out that you cannot vote until after the photo has been up for 1 month. I will post a reminder when voting begins. Sorry about the confusion. You can be rallying votes, though!

Thanks!

Vote for our Gerber Baby

I entered the photo from the last entry into a Gerber contest. There are something like 50,000 entries so far, so it will probably be a far-fetched idea, but go on over and give him a vote. It would be so cool if he won!

http://www.gerber.com/Photo/?entryid=49265&source=10086654&utm_source=Gerber&utm_medium=email&utm_content=PhotoAcceptedReminder&utm_campaign=GerberGeneration#/gallery/

You can do a search for specific pictures by first name or entry number. His first name is, of course, Liam and his entry number is 49265

Get on over there and give him a little votey vote. (I think you can vote 1 time each day from each email address.)

Photoshop fun

I've been playing around with Photoshop for a bit this Sunday afternoon. You will probably recognize most of these photos. I've had a lot of fun tweaking the colors and doing some other neat things. There is SO MUCH that can be done in Photoshop. Each picture can take on a completely different mood depending on the effect that you change. It is very addicting and I had to stop before I spend all night doing it.

Original photo

Intense colors, especially the eyes and lips, fixed the scratches

Desaturated, added a burned edge

Original photo

Cropped, color adjustments, intensify eyes

More cropping to enhance composition, slight desaturation for effect

More desaturation...
now that I see it on the screen I think maybe I like the previous saturation better


Took the exposure back a bit per Mike's suggestion. I tend to go a little overboard sometimes. Added burned edge. Me likey!

July 7

I had to go up to Girl's Camp for a couple of days this week to teach a watercolor class for certification. Of course, Liam came with me to flirt with girls and to get swooned over. This is Emily- one of my Young Women. She didn't go to camp this year, but she came up with me to help with Liam. She's cute and Liam loves her. I think she loves him, too, so it works out.

Check out his cute budding teeth!

This is Liam's "face." Ha ha!

Come Out With Your Hands Up!

"I surrender! I surrender! Yes, I took the Doritos! Forgive me!"

July 5

We went to the park with some friends to celebrate Independence Day. We had yucky food (picnic-type food... so disgustingly delicious), played some games, roller-blade danced (okay, let's be honest- only I roller-blade danced. The rest of the girls were jealous of my skillz, though), got eaten alive by the mosquitoes, and had a really fun time. We then came back to our house, made some raspberry ice cream, and watched a cheesy movie. It was a very successful 5th of July, indeed!

Liam was the bully, knocking over all the other kids to steal their doritos. He was caught orange-handed.


Sometime during our roller-blading, biking, walking adventure Liam fell asleep. This is him waking up, still in the stroller, realizing I put his hat on him to keep the sun from scorching his baby skin. He promptly took it off because he's a stinker.


And this adorable video is from on the way home after our fun day. Mike ran in to Freddy's to get some berries and other ice cream necessities while Liam and I played in the car. I was simply tapping the bottom of his foot and he thought it was so funny! The video is 2:28 just of Liam giggling. This is only the last 2:28 of about 5 minutes, too. I don't know why it was so amusing, but I LOVE his laugh. I can't get enough!