101 Things to do in 1001 days

101 things to do in 1001 days (To be completed Wednesday, January 26, 2011)

1.Make a list of 101 things to do in 1001 days (completed April 2008)
2. Make a photography website or have one made
3. Have a trash the dress session
4. Buy a house
5. Have another baby
6. Sign on with Pictage or another great company
7. Go to a pug meeting
8. Figure out how to make my pictures big on my blog (completed May 2008)
9. Loose 10 lbs
10. Go on a cruise. Just my Hubby and I.
11. Take pictures of the place I was married and make a canvas print
12. Take a business class
13. Take 3 more photography classes at the college
14. Take 3 photoshop classes at the college
15. Make a scrapbook of my baby's first year
16. Go to lunch with an friend Once a month for a year
17. Go to bed at 9 every weeknight for a month
18. Draw a picture once a month for a year
19. Take a drawing class
20. Learn to play a song on the piano all the way through without stopping
21. Sing in church
22. Plant a garden
23. Buy a new computer for JUST my photography
24. Form an LLC (completed June 2008)
25. Buy a Canon 5d
26. Take a public speaking class
27. Take photos for my Aunt's family
28. Exercise faithfully 3 times a week for 3 months
29. Make a quilt
30. Make Business Cards
31. Have a photo shoot once a week for 6 months
32. Plan my daughter's 1 year birthday party
33. Eat an entire little caesars pizza by myself
34. Attend 2 photography workshops
35. Read a book a month for 6 months
36. Find a simple video making program
37. Find free songs for my website
38. Make Slide show of China
39. Get my hair done
40. Find 5 different photographers that will let me do a photo shoot along with them
41. Organize my house so that EVERYTHING has a place
42. Keep my house clean for 6 months straight. lets see if I can actually get this one...
43. Do something fun with my family every week for a year
44. Write in my daughter's journal every week for a year. I've already done it for 8 months.
45. Visit my grandma in Clay Springs
46. Walk the three day for breast cancer
47. Take a dance class
48. Take my daughter swimming (completed May 2008)
49. Design a new Logo for my photography (completed May 2008)
50. Teach Emma sign language
51. Take a day just for me and relax
52. Buy a 15mm fish eye lens
53. Potty train Emma
54. Photograph my own family using the self-timer just for fun
55. Buy a hair light for my studio
56. Baby proof my house
57. Try sushi again. Maybe I'll like it the second time.
58. Sleep for 8 hours straight.
59. Wear a watch everyday for a month. I hate looking at my cell phone for the time but also hate wearing a watch.
60. Buy a 50mm lens (completed May 2008)
61. Develop a work flow that really works for me.
62. Make Christmas cards and send them to everyone.
63. Do a photo shoot underwater.
64. Learn to play the game rook
65. Beat my husband at monopoly
66. Buy a telephoto lens
67. Do 5 mini photo sessions in one day
68. Find some fun props for my studio
69. Take my parents out to dinner
70. Be a part of some kind of group
71. Take my daughter fishing
72. Learn to make crapes
73. Find a program to copy dvds
74. Take a vacation with my family
75. Buy a wacom tablet
76. Master the pen tool in photoshop
77. Make a fairytale collage from photos I've taken for two of my favorite little girls in the world.(completed May 2008)
78. Make up a song
79. Take lots of pictures of my first niece!
80. Make a portfolio
81. Visit an old family friend. She lives in Queen Creek.
82. Make a new list of 101 things to do in 1001 days when I complete this one
83. Add labels to my photography blog (completed May 2008)
84. Decorate my house. That my husband and I will buy.
85. Learn to cook a turkey
86. Send someone flowers
87. Actually use my jogging stroller to go jogging
88. Go to the cemetery to visit friends and my grandma
89. Go Camping
90. Go canoing
91. Find my wedding ring
92. Give my husband a back massage once a week for 3 months
93. Spend a day in bed watching movies and eating popcorn
94. Take my brother's wedding pictures. I'm giving him 1001 days to find a girl and get married. :)
95. Go hiking
96. Identify 100 things that make me happy
97. Cook dinner every night for a month
98. Reduce my worldly possessions by 100 things
99. Take EmmaLee to get a photo shoot at walmart to see what it's like
100. Buy a BBQ
101. Visit the ocean

I found this idea on another photographers blog and I thought it was really neat. I wasn't going to copy her but I then found that hundreds (maybe more) have done the same thing. There is even a website dedicated to it. I'll make things off as I complete them. Enjoy! If anyone wants to join in with me feel free!
Calculate the date here

Emma and Oscar

Ok, so I thought EmmaLee was just too cute in this wagon and it's simply adorable how much she loves this little dog Oscar.

BBQ

Yesterday we had a BBQ with all the families in our complex. The babies loved being outside and loved playing together. There are 6 babies in the complex (that I know of) all born within a year of each other. That's a lot of babies considering we live in such a small complex (20 units). It's fun being able to get together with the other moms and babies. Last night was a blast. These pictures were taken earlier in the evening before all the other babies showed up.

Since Tiny is always outnumbered by the older boys she gets her toys stolen quite often but she is starting to get a little tougher. This is the first time I have seen her really get aggressive. Here she is pushing Landon over to get his toy.

Gratitude

#7 My Marriage
This last week I have been so especially thankful for my marriage. I have been so blessed to have such a great relationship with Jeremy. We get along so well together and I know there is no one more perfect for me. It's wonderful being able to look Jeremy in the eyes and love him just as much as I did on our wedding day. I love this man. I love my marriage. I owe so much to the lord for blessing my life with a wonderful husband and a wonderful marriage. Jeremy's wonderful Aunt Jana took this photo. She is amazing.

Let the fun begin

EmmaLee is growing up so fast. She is doing so many new things every day. It's so much fun to watch her grow and learn.
Toilet paper rolls have become one of EmmaLee's favorite things. I usually let her play with them while I am getting ready for the day. She loves it. I'm sure it won't be long before she is getting into them all on her own.

Jeremy LOVES homemade ice cream so he made some the other day. EmmaLee LOVED being able to watch it spin! She is so cute!

This is Emma's first official mess. I was on the computer editing photos and when I turned around to check on EmmaLee she had pulled out all the diapers AND all the wipes. Hey, she was happy so I let her keep playing till Daddy got home. He got to clean it up.
This last one ... just because... We love our little EmmaLee!

I've Been Tagged!

Seven Random Things about me:

#1 I am still afraid of the dark. That’s right I NEVER grew out of it. I wish I did but I didn’t. Jeremy loves it when it is pitch dark but if there isn’t light coming in through the window there has to be a night light. Even EmmaLee’s room has to have a night light for when I get up in the night to feed her.

#2 I have a thumb from my Mom and a thumb from my Dad. I know it’s odd, but yes my thumbs don’t match. It’s sad that I never realized it till I was half way through elementary school. You would have thought my mom would have picked up on it with all the times she cut my finger nails but nope.

#3 As a kid I drank pickle juice when the pickles were all gone. I loved my pickles and my mom would have to get after me when I was eating FAR to many for one day. Everytime they were off to Price Club (Costco) I was asking them to pick me up a BIG jar of pickles from the “big store”. After I finished them off the jars were used for food storage (not a good idea, the sugar would smell a little like pickles still). We had soooo many jars I can remember having at least 20 on the shelf. Funny thing is that Jeremy ALSO drank pickle juice as a kid. Birds of a feather flock together! (That’s how I KNEW Jeremy was the one for me. jk)

#4 Jeremy jumped out of a closet on our honeymoon and I hate to say this but I wet myself. I was just getting out of the bathroom from taking a shower and I didn’t know where he went sooo I decided that he had to be hiding in the closet. I said, “Jeremy I know you are in the closet… Jeremy I know you are going to try and scare me so just come out right now.” Jeremy jumped out just as I was going to open the door. Ahhhh! The anticipation was what did it. It was like a suspense movie. I’m use to him scaring me now but it was the first time and I’ll blame it on having a bladder infection. Hahaha I promise it’s not something that has happened before and it hasn’t happened again. Having a baby has made me pretty weak though and there have been a few close calls. Jeremy likes to try for it to happen again but no success.

#5 I really do like to sing the national anthem in the shower. My father-in-law doesn’t believe me. But it’s true. My parents should remember. It’s not that I’m feeling patriotic necessarily but it’s just a super fun song to sing. Maybe someday I’ll sing it for you. Hahaha tough luck!

#6 I love drawing. I’m SO bad at it but it’s something that is relaxing and fun for me. I never thought I had the talent and never really tried much until well, the last semester of high school. The story goes like so, I dropped my trig class (one of best thing I ever did since it caused me to take an art class and hey who looks to see what your diploma says, I was one trig class away from a scholastic). Painting was one of the only electives I could still jump into. I wasn’t very excited because painting is NOT my thing. I was even told not to paint anymore… maybe that was because I was trying to get paint out of a bottle and the lid popped off. Blue paint was everywhere! The carpet, the desks, the kid sitting next to me, and so on… Why did they put carpet in an art room in the first place? My teacher was super nice about it but still told me to stick with drawing. Ha ha ha I like it SOO much better anyway.

#7 I didn’t sleep through the night till I was eight!!! Yip never did! My parents were excited when I stopped waking them up. They would get up in the morning and find cereal bowls on the table, toys in the living room, and all the lights on. I was always sleeping somewhere other than my bed also, on the couch, on the floor, or in a chair. Heck, I still don’t sleep through the night but I at least stay in bed even if I lay there for 30 min. just thinking.

Now, I get to tag 7 people. (Let’s hope they still look at my blog)

1. 1. Erin Bentley

2. 2. Candi Henriquez

3. 3 Bobbi Lesuer

4. 4 Elise Eberheart

5. 5 Grandpa Brewer

6. 6 Samira Brewer

7. 7 The Midlife Midwife

Where was I?

Well, Yes It has been a while since I have posted but it wasn't because I wasn't blogging! I was just blogging on another blog! Yip, my photography blog. It was requested that I show more photos from each of my shoots so now you have it. You can keep posted on two blogs. Well, here is the link! Enjoy!!

Photography By Jo

p.s. EmmaLee learned how to go from laying down to sitting up today! I'm so proud of her!!

Graditude

#5 Sleeping Babies!
I love that EmmaLee is getting better and better at putting herself to sleep. She finds some of the funniest positions to sleep in though. I didn't get a picture but the other night she had her tush straight up with her legs tucked under her. She is too cute!

#6 Books
I Loved this book when I was little and it's so much fun to now be sharing it with my little one. Jeremy is such a good daddy and is always reading to EmmaLee. She loves it.

Emma Crawling?

I don't know when she will start to crawl but she sure loves to try! So far she has made it as far as doing the inchworm to what she wants. It is so cute. The other day she was trying to get around the corner to her daddy so I snapped a picture.