mine to being ready

ooopsies....
haven't done this in awhile...

my photo-a-day sharez....

1.6 mine....
what's yours is mine...
what's mine is mine...
lol...

1.7 street...
taking a morning walk and stopping...
it was a beautiful one...

1.8 something beginning with "T"
she turns Twenty-one months the next day...
a lil crusties around the mouth...
but she's still happy...
and so am i with this photo...
so cute.

1.9 paper...
at her pediatrician's office waiting to get her follow-up check up done...
good news, no more heart murmur...

1.10 one o'clock....
practicing my photoshop skillz...
i love it...

1.11 water...
drinking up after my workout...
i know it's dark, but still love that slight silhouette effect...

1.12 surprise...
we're at theater to watch Les Miserables...
love those hats, we got them for $5 each at one of the vendors outside of the bx!

(used the aviary app)

1.13 circle...
having a late afternoon snack while selene is taking a nap right beside me...
my coffee milk in one of my new white cups bought from wal-mart...

(used the aviary app)

1.14 something yellow
crossing the crosswalk during one of our morning strolls...
i love those shoes...

1.15 an ordinary moment...
photo-taking in the car while we wait for hubby to drop off his truck to get something done on it...
this is a lil something my daughter gave me awhile back from her burger king kids meals....
i was having a bad day that day and she noticed and handed this to me...
it made my day better...

1.16 two things...
well actually two peepz...
who i love so much...
this was when we picked up maiya from school...
selene was so distracted by the other kids, she didn't bother look at the camera...
that's okay because this was still a great shot and a great moment....
i love candid photos like these...

also found out that day...
maiya got her grade report for 2nd quarter....
all A's!!!!!
way to go baby boo!
we went to starbucks as a reward...
she got a tall iced chai tea latte, one of her favez.

1.17 ready....
for spring to come...
it looks like it's getting here...
but then again we do live in sunny C...

(used the aviary app)

most of these were taken on my canon eos rebel xsi and the rest on my iphone.
i love both.
on occasion, i'll use my point and shoot, fujifilm finepix z, which is always in my purse when i don't feel like lugging the canon along.
i love this one too.
trying to use the canon for most of the month tho.

this past week has been:

cleaning house
doing lots of loads of laundry
organizing photos (i'm done with 2011 and january 2012, moving forward)
organizing memorabilia by year & month and placing them in expandable files by year
running, walking, zumba, working out
blog surfing/stalking

it's been a good week even with lil spurts of small nilly bad stuff (not worth talking about at this moment).
today is getting the baby bouncer sold, get a run in, laundry (yuck!), maybe start Project Life, dropping off maiya at the airport tonight.
maiya will be in wa with her dad for the martin luther king holiday weekend.

have a good friday!

3 in a row in 3 days

started this from friday til early sunday....
ooohhhh.....my....

these first two are framed & displayed in our living...

(all layouts done using cocoa daisy kits)....

and this last one...
better late than never, huh?
i never got a chance to do one last year for my 40th bday....
save the best for last, ey?
gotta say that this one is my fave this past weekend....

in 3 days, i will be forty-1!!!!!
yey-yah!
i'll be doing a scrap page on that day too!
see ya soon!
gotta go for a quick run!

it's so nice having her back home

i'm so happy she is back home with us.
we've been enjoying the rest of the summer together too.
we've been busy busy.
car appointments, ortho appointment tomorrow.
school clothes & supplies shopping done.
swimming at the sonic splash pool and a trip to drytown waterpark last weekend.
it's been fun.

and fun taking photos of her too.

here are the final days of my july photo-a-day joint:

dayz 21 thru 31...

(sorry for the rotations, still can't figure out why they're not posting here in the correct angle after editing them to rotate the right way...hmmmm....if you have any suggestions, please feel free to let me know)...

"9 o'clock" was zumba time every saturdays mornings!

 "upside" maiya home from WA

"mirror" school clothes shopping at old navy...

"stranger" in the background at the commissary...

"heart"...they are my 2 lovelies...

"sunshine" at the sonic splash pool by the slide...

"on the road"...taking a quick stroll together....

"cup" of my milk coffee...no selene you can't have any!  lol!

"last thing i bought"...running shoes for maiya...
for school and her 1st 3K...
(she wants to do the santa monica 5000 3K for kids this october!)

"calm" after a car appointment, school clothes & supplies shopping...
i bought her her 1st BOP & seventeen magazines at the bx...
she is so into "one direction" (the boy band) right now...

and lastly...
"toothbrush"...a finger toothbrush w/ some elmo toothpaste...
she knows the routine...
i tell her it's brush the teeth time
and she sits down by the mirror by our sink area...
yes...she bites sometimes.
ouchy!

you know what i just thought of and noticed about these photos?
well i have been using my iphone for them this whole month.
the one's i actually filter using my apps on my phone seem to post here the right way.
the one's i don't filter/edit using my apps did not angle out so great.
so my solution:  filter and edit using the aviary & filtermania 2 apps, then post.
voila!
a solution to every problemo!


tomorrow is august!
can u believe it?
and i'll be participating in the august photo-a-day challenge.
i'm getting the hang of it and it's become part of my routine & life.
here is the list:

are you gonna play too?
hope so!

sssshhhhh...she's sleeping

it's a new month...
and i'm again gonna be doing another month of fat mum slim's photo-a-day challenge.
here's the list:

here is my day 1:

she is always at "peace" when she is a sound asleep.
which gives me peace too.
gives me time to take a lil break.
or time to do some chores.
or even scrap a layout or card or project.
just as long as she sleeps long enough.
lately it hasn't been so in her bassinet by herself during the day.
she will take LONG naps in my arms or even someone else's.
can be a good thang, can be a bad thang.
hopefully she'll get back into those longer naps snuggly in her bassinet.
we'll see.

mistisa

...that's filipino for "mixed" "half n half" "half filipino & half another ethnicity or wuteva"

that brings me to today's photo-a-day share, day 18..."hair"
selene's....

hers is half filipina (from my side) and half caucasian (her daddy's side)...
mistisa for sure.
there are times when it's really light brown with a hint of red...
then there are times it's medium brown.
no matter what i love her hair.
it took me a quite a few shots to take photos of her since she is an active and on-the-go baby.
but i got one that was pretty decent and here you go.

love you lubby dubby.

one step for baby-kind

right after her bath w/c she enjoyed as usual...

then right when she took her 1st step, she tumbled down.
and oh boy...
good thing the floor mat was cushiony enough that she did not cry.
whew!

and now here's my day 12 "stairs" photo-a-day share...
we don't really have any except "one stair" at the front door...

got this on the 1st shot.
love taking photos at this angle.
and i love her cute feet & sandals!