Reese's 3 years pictures

I had to share our newest pictures of Reese. She hammed it up for her daddy, but not so much for me. She is a total Daddy's girl! I loved them all!

"I be naughty!"

There is no outsmarting my daughter, I get busted every time! This morning she was being grumpy on the drive to school so I decided to give her new ugly sunglasses to her. That lasted for maybe 30 seconds and she started whining again. So, I told her "Those sunglasses are for good listeners." What did she do???? She took the darn things off and said "I be naughty". What in the world! I think my jaw hit the floor, LOL. But about 10 seconds later she did put them back on and said "I not naughty anymore". Does that mean I won? I'm not really sure..... :)

My final class :(

Yesterday was my final class of Digital 101. I can't believe the 6 weeks is over! Our final project was to be on a topic and I just couldn't come up with anything. We took Reese to the zoo on Sunday and I was hoping to get some shots there. Ugh, that was nearly impossible with a 2 year old! I wasn't going to submit anything, but Fran talked me into it. One neat thing was that our instructor asked to do a photo shoot with Fran and with me and Reese. I learned so much and I can't wait to practice and then take the Digital 102 class. Fran and I have both started new positions after our lay off so we need to concentrate!

This is a reflection of a flamingo in the water. If you're having a hard time seeing it, the flamingo's head is tucked into his body. This would be considered kind of abstract.


There is nothing that Reese loves more than water fountains!




Mean mommy took a picture of the water going up her nose.


It's Timon!


I thought this was a cool looking tree.


Reese picked out those horrible sunglasses!


Reese still loves those stinky flamingos.


I'm going to the beach with my sorority sisters this weekend and I can't wait!! YAY for a girls' trip!

Class Session #5

This week was my favorite of all....portraits! I learned some good tricks that I can't wait to try out on Reese. It's crazy because since I have started the classes I haven't taken any pictures of my girl!
But, our assignment this week was to take everything we learned and take pictures in Oakland Cemetery which is famous in Atlanta. The cemetery is still in some stage of disarray since the tornado that hit downtown Atlanta. Here are the pictures that I submitted for class.


This was a really cool statue that people had put money all around it. I never got the shot I wanted and submitted this one instead.




















These ornamented one of the roads that led through the cemetery .



















I liked the way the crabgrass had grown around these large tombs.


















This is one of the huge oaks that fell in the tornado. This picture doesn't do justice in just how big this tree was.


















We only have one more class this week and I'm going to be so disappointed when it ends! We have a final project due on Tuesday and I haven't even started working on it, EEK!

Stubbornness!!!

You have all heard my woes about getting Reese to stay put in her bed at night. I have a new chapter to add to that ever growing novel, however David got to experience it not me. Reese came out the first time with her usual "I need to pee pee". So, David let her sit on the toilet while all of the phantom pee comes out (she goes right after bath time). He puts her back to bed and of course she comes back out. So, David does his stern voice and told her not to come back out and puts her right back in bed, she cries for a little and all is quiet. He checks on her before we go to bed that night and she is on the floor sound asleep. So, she ultimately won because she didn't go back to bed, LOL. She gets her stubbornness from her daddy :)

Blow Out!!!

Today was a scary day for me!!! I was driving down the interstate on my way to a meeting when I had frightening experience. I was in the left hand lane when I heard a load "pop" and I thought I had ran over something. I looked in my rear view mirror and didn't see anything so I kept on going. Then I realize that the car was slowing down and there was nothing I could do to speed up. You would have thought that would have been my first sign. Then I start feeling my car pulling and becoming hard to control. At that point a light starts to go off. I turned down my radio and sure enough I heard that dreaded sound!! I blew out my tire! I cross over 5 lanes to get to the side of the road. I didn't even get out and immediately called my dear, sweet husband. He came running and changed my tire. I actually have road side assistance that I pay for through AT&T mobile and I don't even know how to call it! But, I'm lucky that my husband loves me so much :) I just happened to have my trusty camera with me! I was actually trying to think of good composition and had my camera in manual with traffic whizzing by me!

The massive hole that almost took my life! This is actually on the side of the tire and not in the tread. The tire guy said it looked like something flew at my tire and punctured it because it went straight through to the core.

My strong husband to the rescue!

Such skill and grace under pressure!

Counting

I had to run home to get this down before I forget!

On the way home from school today I hear Reese in the background counting. She gets all the way to fourteen and then says nineteen, twentyteen. I love this age where she is trying to learn and say new things. They just don't always come out like they are supposed to!

Master Manipulator!

The title sums it up in a nutshell. Reese has become a master manipulator. Last week David picked her up from school and she says "I want blue candy, mommy said yes". David gets home and searches all over the house looking for blue candy. He actually finds 2 different things and asks her if it's this blue bag of m&ms I got for potty training. She tells him "no", so he keeps looking and finds a sucker that has a blue bottom. I had actually got this for my friend Fran (Fran I never told you that I got you this b/c Reese took it!) and Reese tells him that was the blue candy mommy said "yes" about. Reese made up this entire story b/c we never discussed blue candy! Ugh, what am I going to do with her!!!!!!

More recent is her using the potty to get out of bed each night. She has to pee every 10 minutes! So annoying. I am learning that every stage of her life something gets easier but she always comes up with some new thing to keep us on our toes! She's my girl!

Class Session #4

We had our 4th class this week and we learned all about printing. We have a field trip this weekend in a cemetery downtown. Then, Fran and I are getting our hair done!

Here are all of my assignments for this week. Fran and I went to the Botanical Gardens to find our subjects. We had to use the different rules of photography.

This is a flower that was in the conservatory and uses the rules of color, 3rds, and repetition.

This was actually a huge glass piece on top of a fountain. The rules that are used are depth of field and color.

This is part of the gate that lead down into the children's garden. The rules I used were filling the frame and repetition.

I loved the colors on this picture! This was a fountain that had metal leaves that the water ran down on. I used the rule of filling the frame and color.

It took me forever to take this picture! I had to wait for people to get out of my way! This is an example of leading lines, repetition, and framing.

And finally is a pretty daisy that was in one of the gardens. This used the rules of color and simple.

Fran and I are having lots of fun in this class. It is really stretching our accountant brains!

I KNOW!!

Last night I got a glimpse into my future. Reese wouldn't stay in her bed for the life of her! I finally had enough and got eye level with her and said "Reese, that is enough. Do NOT get out of this bed again!" She looked at me square in the eye and said in a sing song voice "I KNOW!" I struggled to keep a straight face and said "I mean it Reese". Her response? "I know mommy!" She then gave me a big ole kiss and reiterated the "I know". This is definitely a foreshadowing of her teenage years. In case you're wondering she didn't "know" because she came out of her room 5 minutes later!

Class Session #3

Last night was another very interesting night. Our assignment was aperture and shutter speed. I took my aperture picture while visiting Christine in Nashville. I got nice comments from our teacher so that's always good! The shutter speed I'm not sharing because it was awful, LOL! Next week's assignment is going to be difficult so Fran and I are going to go out shooting together. We need all the help we can get!

"Is that poo or are you just happy to see me???"

OK, I've debated putting this in my blog but I have to for posterity's sake! David is probably going to kill me too!!! Well, last month Reese asked David if his "man parts" was his tail. Now, that was funny just in itself but the latest "tail" saga gets even better!! This weekend while I was gone David was fully clothed (learned his lesson!) and was in the kitchen. Reese goes up to him and says "Daddy! You poo poo in your panties!!" David responds with "No Reese I didn't." She says "Yes you did! Come 'er!" She then proceeds to chase him around the kitchen to show him! Yes, the poo poo is his tail. Ah, the joys of being a dad to a little girl.

This way out!

I had a great time in Nashville with Christine this weekend! But, I do have to call her out on something. We went and saw Mamma Mia (great movie!!) and left around 10. We get in the car in the parking garage and I just start chatting away. I figure Christine lives there and should know her way around, right??? WRONG! I didn't realize that Christine was just going around and around the same level in the parking deck, LOL! She didn't realize that you had to go down a ramp to get out! I think we went around about 5 times before I realized what was going on. I had a great laugh!

Check, Check!

Reese had NO accidents yesterday! Applause please! We were even at the grocery store and she TOLD me she had to pee. YAY!

Giddy Up!

Reese has always been obsessed with wearing her cowgirl hat. It started at a very early age and has progressed and matured with time. I want you to think of John Wayne and how he talked in all of his western movies. Now think of a little 2 year old girl trying to talk in a deep voice with a tone just like John Wayne. Reese now walks around in her cowgirl hat saying "How ya doin', pardner" (she can't fully pronounce her "t's"). She even moseys! The lastest thing she did last night was while she was sitting on the potty (fully naked I might add) she took a necklace and placed it around her knee and pretended she was holding a bridal.

This is where the love started. Her "granmudder" got her this hat on her 1st birthday. My mom bought her a new one but she still tries to stick her big ole melon in this one! Wow, I can't believe she's going to be 3!!!