Lauging out Loud

There's nothing better than his whole-hearted belly-laughs!

Oh, except maybe for his goofy, "CHEESE" smile...which always makes me smile...


Seriously, I love it so much, I have to post the picture again...

And since we're into the tongue-tying Dr. Seuss lately: From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere. ~Dr. Seuss

Christmas Photo Shoot...

I can't believe that Christmas is going to be here before we know it! I'm trying to get things done ahead of time to avoid stress, which includes our family Christmas cards!

So this weekend we had an appointment at the Picture People, and the result...a complete FAIL! Jack cried the entire time we were there, so needless-to-say, we did not take family pictures!

But if I'm looking for an upside, it's that we got to have a photo-shoot day at home, and Jack loved every minute of it. He's my handsome little model who loves hims chocolate milk and Big Bird!

My pumpkins...

I love my Pumpkins...Jack and the orange ones!

I used the idea from Living with Lindsay to recreate the Pottery Barn-style pumpkins. I'm obsessed! I love my little Spider pumpkin (even though he isn't anatomically correct because he only has 6 legs!) Check out her tutorial and make your own pumpkins!

And the other option I made was the Pirate pumpkin...Arrrrrrgh!

But this will always be my favorite Pumpkin:

And these two make quite a pair...l-o-v-e!

Happy Halloween!

Shake it like a Polaroid picture!

Wowza! Do you love Polaroids? Well...you must go check out Poladroid and turn all of your favorite pictures into vintage-looking Polaroids!

I'm absolutely loving this; it is for real the easiest program to use. Once you download the (free) software:

• You drag and drop whatever pictures you want converted into Polaroid-style.
• Then, just like real Polaroids, you "Shake it, sh-sh-sh-shake it like a Polaroid picture! Heeeey ya!" (Outkast, anyone? No?! Okay, just wait while the pic "develops".)
• And voila! Your picture is now a vintage Polaroid! Don't you love?!? I more than love it...

I might have to make a weekly Polaroid Day! Here's a few I {heart}!

*Notes: Before you start "taking pictures", change the Poladroid settings so all your pictures go into a specified folder for easy access. Also, you can only make 10 at a time before you have to close the program and start over: Ctrl+Alt+Del and end process...and then just restart Poladroid!

Thanks to Little Boo Blue for the idea!

Jack and Papa

...Sunbathing...

Here's the first of an excessive, extreme amount of pictures from our vacation.

What can I say...the little man enjoys sunbathing (with an spf 75 on of course!).

And crossing his feet...

And wearing Mommy's sunglasses...

And throwing his head back in a model pose...

He just loves it...

howdy!

King of the Hill...

You know how it goes:

"Jack and Jill went up the hill..."

With a few minor exceptions:
1) No Jill
2) No Pail of Water
3) No Breaking of Jack's Crown

...okay, those seem major, so basically, Jack just went up and down the hill, as I snapped pictures incessantly...

These pictures were taken with my SLR and enhanced with the help of Pioneer Woman’s Photoshop Actions Set 2…(the Heartland Action)! Could not be more obsessed! LOVE!

The Ryan Family...

So back in April, I won a photo shoot with Blue Prints Photography...remember this post?

Well since the photo shoot was in Denver, I was able to gift the shoot family friends Steve and Merridee and their adorable son, Quentin!

Here's a few preview pictures of the handsome little man:

photos by Melissa Howell of Blue Print Photography

You can go to Blue Prints Blog post for the full preview (and leave a comment to help Steve and Merridee win more pictures!)

Happy Wednesday...