Monkey Eats Cardboard

My first freebie template!

noreply@blogger.com (Pamela) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:11:00 +0000

My husband finally got my Photoshop working, so I made my first template! If you'd like to grab the template I used for my "I love this face" layout click here.

If anyone uses it, I'd love to see your work.

I love this face.

noreply@blogger.com (Pamela) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:13:00 +0000

For full credit info, click on the layout.

I really like the style over at Three Paper Peonies. A few days ago, I grabbed the ADORE paper collection and had to get to work on a layout right away. The challenge attached to these papers is to do a layout featuring a loved one. These are pics of Gavin in the bath on 11/10/2009. Who wouldn't fall in love with that face? :)

My Photoshop is acting wonky right now, but if I can get it working long enough, I'm going to turn this layout into a template.

Yeah...

noreply@blogger.com (Pamela) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:58:00 +0000

Trying to blog through my phone sucked, and then I was wavering on going back and making up posts. And then, well, I just ignored it until it went away. I'll try again when I'm not going to be away from my computer for several (exhausting) days.

IMG00049.jpg

noreply@blogger.com (Pamela) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:53:00 +0000

Gavin trying to free his stuffed animals from the hotel crib.
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ZOMG!

noreply@blogger.com (Pamela) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:11:00 +0000

We're traveling this weekend, and our flight leaves at 6:10am tomorrow. Which means that we have to leave the house, at the latest, at 5am. It's 8:15pm now, and we've just started to pack. And there is still laundry being done. And Gavin isn't in bed, yet.

I don't think that I'm going to get any sleep tonight.

Dear Self, please work out your procrastination/possible ADD issues. You're stressing me out.

November Desktop

noreply@blogger.com (Pamela) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:25:00 +0000

So, whenever I open Photoshop, it crashes within a few minutes. Not cool for a digi-scrapper/photo editor! Luckily, I could upload to Flickr and use Picnik to make this month's wallpaper.

This photo was taken at a playground today. Gavin was riding the teeter-totter with one of his buddies.

Super Excited

noreply@blogger.com (Pamela) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:22:00 +0000

So, once you have a kid, the things you get excited over change direction a bit. Things you would have thought totally lame before are suddenly fun. For example:

Matching family pajamas.

I bought these last year from Gymboree for an outrageous amount of money. I thought that we would never wear them again, but I was just looking at the Gymbo website and they have the same style again this year! Last year, Gavin had the two piece set, but I think we need the footies this time.

My sister is going to be with us for Christmas this year. So, do I buy her a pair, too? :)

Post-Bath Smiles

noreply@blogger.com (Pamela) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:39:00 +0000

It's hard to get a picture of us together looking at the camera, so it was a surprise that I got this one!

My husband, Levi, is traveling for work, so his normal bath-time duties fell to me tonight. While it isn't a terribly difficult mom-duty, it's not one that I really (usually) enjoy. Honestly, I skip it a night or two when Levi's out of town and Gavin hasn't done anything too messy.

When Levi's home, this is my quiet time to read a bit, watch a few minutes of non-baby friendly tv, and just veg out. Gavin's been having an off and on fear of the shower, too, so you never know if it's going to be a total tear fest, or if he's going to want to stay in until he's a prune.

Tonight was a good night, though. We checked out, lined up, and tossed around all of his rubber ducks. And there was a whole lot of coloring on the tub and shower walls. :)

Dancing

noreply@blogger.com (Pamela) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:31:00 +0000

I was playing music on my computer and a Cheap Trick's "How Are You?" came on. Gavin started spinning and dancing. I swear there was only juice and water in that sippy bottle!

Here's some more spinning:

National Blog Posting Month

noreply@blogger.com (Pamela) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:47:00 +0000

So, I decided to sign up for National Blog Posting Month. This should be interesting since I never seem to find the time or, let's be honest, the focus to sit down and write. Committing to 30 days in a row will be a challenge. We're traveling this weekend, too, so that will throw a whole 'nother wrench into things! Hopefully, I'll be able to figure out how to blog through my phone because I don't know if my husband is planning to bring his laptop, or how good the internet access at the hotel will be.

I'm crazy, I think.

Queen of Hearts and Alice in Wonderland Costume Set GIVEAWAY!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Pamela) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:25:00 +0000

Queen of Hearts and Alice in Wonderland Costume Set GIVEAWAY!!!!

Bengals

noreply@blogger.com (Pamela) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:16:00 +0000