From Lucy's Point of View

 Lucy likes to take photos with my camera sometimes.  It's interesting to see what catches her eye, it keeps her quiet and happy for a few minutes, and then I delete them when she's done.  Yesterday she decided to take some pics of me, and some of them were pretty good, so I thought I would share.





 Boy, I look tired, little man has been keeping me up at night again with his cold.

We'll have to try this again when I can get more sleep and there's no snot coming out of my kids' noses.

Linking up with live and love out loud, in the moment with

Still Sick, Help!

My poor little man is still sick, he has just been miserable these past few days, and I thought things were getting better. He has cough, congestion, vomiting due to crazy mucus, fever, really swollen gums (I think he's going to pop a tooth/teeth anytime now), and he has this weird sore under his tongue, looks really painful.



  Needless to say this mama has not been getting much sleep, can ya tell?


The photos below were taken earlier last week when I thought he was getting better.  




A face only a mama could love!

We've Been Sick

I've been a little MIA recently, me and the littles have been fighting bad colds and croup.  This past week can be summed up in cough, mucus, snot everywhere, little sleep, sore throats (which I really hate) and a few nights of croup, which is pretty scary if you've never experienced it before, which I hadn't until now.  Watching your babies struggle to breathe while sitting in a steamed up bathroom late at night makes a mama feel pretty helpless.  

Thankfully, I think the worst is behind us, but we still have some pretty bad coughs.  The poor babe is still on the mend, nursing with a stuffed up nose and mucus is pretty rough.



Look at those big beautiful eyes, gorgeous.  This photo is before the snot attack.  I could post a photo of the snot face, and I just might later, but haven't really had time to pick up the camera.



My girl helping me make bread.  Yes, we've been making bread around here, well, had been, until the flu bug hit.  Isn't she just adorable.



The new teeth, Isaac's been pretty stubborn about showing them off.  



Tea with honey, a must for me right now.  I still have my morning joe, but then transition to tea later in the day.

Now to catch up on housework, emails, and my photography, busy week!

Sick Again

My girl is sick...again!  I feel like we just got over being sick and now she's caught another flu bug.  It's times like these that I strongly consider never having her around other children, they always seem to be carrying some disease or another.


And it drives me nuts when people tell me that she'll have a stronger immune system when she's older.  Well I just don't buy it.  I was sick a lot when I was younger and I have a terrible immune system.  


Okay, enough ranting for now.  At least if I try and keep her fever down she's seems to feel better and not vomit.  Hopefully Lucy will be all well for my birthday this weekend, I'll be turning the big 25!  Lucy is pretty excited, I think she thinks it's her birthday or something, it's pretty cute.

My Project 365 ~ Week 28

Project 365
Week 28
Days 190-196

My Japanese beetle shot got in Top 5 this week!  Those little beetles were everywhere outside our apartment a few days ago, eating, mating, you name it.  See more of those pics here.

Feeling Better, Edit, and Flowers

My baby girl is finally feeling better, not 100% yet but maybe in a week or so.  That flu virus was scary, and strangely I didn't get sick but my husband did, usually it's the other way around.  

I was so excited to see the photo of Bennett in Edit Me this week, he is such a cutie.

Opened in Picnik, adjusted white balance, added a little contrast, warmed the shot with an orange screen tint.  Made the eyes pop by boosting the color only in his eyes just a little bit.  Cropped and sharpened for the web.




original by Mandy


And just for fun here are some photos of flowers that I took when Lucy and I went for a walk yesterday.  I had a smaller aperture f/9 for the first photo so I could get more of the flower parts in focus, I think it worked.  But I didn't remember to do that for the last shot, because, as you can see, not all of it is in focus.  And I had my iso set too high.  Oh well, live and learn, I still like them.  Critiques welcome. 

Sick

My little Lucy has been so sick these past few days, high fevers of 103, nausea, and lots of diarrhea, I don't know how much more her small body can take.


Here appetite is almost non-existent, and she's looking so tiny (to me anyway).  But she has been drinking water, trying to avoid the emergency room if I can help it.


I just wish there was something I could really do.  She cries and wants me to make her feel better, and all me and my husband can do is hold her, rub her back or feet, give her lots of kisses, and tell her it's going to be okay.  Hope she feels better by tomorrow, getting kinda worried over here.