Day 365

And all good things must come to an end!

Happy New Years Eve!! My year of pictures is coming to a close today. I'm actually kind of sad. When I started this challenge a year ago I had high expectations for it but, like life, I thought something would come about that would make me end my picture adventure. This has been one crazy year. I have learned a lot about myself through taking these pictures. Heck, I've learned a lot about myself in general. I am ready for 2012 and all that it'll bring. If you have followed me from the beginning, thank you for sticking it out with me. If you came in some time throughout, I appreciate you just as much. I'm thankful for the past year that I had and the opportunity to challenge myself in this.

So, to everyone, I wish you a happy and healthy 2012.

Oh and look for a new challenge soon. This one will be a bit different from last years but I am just as excited to do this one as I was this time last year starting my 365 challenge.

Day 364

So we all know about car safety. Did you also know that after purchasing a substantial amount of wine (read:lushes) you must then buckle it in for safe travels.

Day 363

Insert the sound of trumpets playing that sad song...you know the one I'm talking about....dun dun dunnnnnnnn. Thats the noise in my head since my laptop took a crapper today. Mike and I tried everything to diagnose and fix it but alas off to Best Buy we went. Long (super long) story short, they can't fix it and I lost EVERYTHING on it.

Day 362

Holy mess after Christmas!!! I think Nate likes making a mess more than he likes playing with his toys. At the point that this picture was taken, he was taking things out of the bin and throwing them behind him.

Day 361

So day #1 with dog and bird went well but poor Rita seems a bit lost and home sick. I know she is technically not an 'allowed on the couch' dog but how could you say no to this face?? She was so happy to be up with me and my blankets. Needless to say, she has great taste in blankets!!

Day 360

So today begins a week of dog and bird sitting. Rita and Pearl are honorary Cinderella's this week. It's weird hearing Pearl tweet all day and seeing such a big dog walking around my house. Rita makes Bailey look small and that is saying something...lol.

Day 359

Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!
As you can see, today Nate decided that great grandma Loretta wasn't so bad and was even comfy enough to take a nap on.

Day 358

Merry Christmas Eve!!!

Day 357

This was a totally impromptu pic taken in the car of this truck that caught my eye. I mean, how could it not?? Talk about making a statement. Not only does it show awareness by painting the ribbon it, but the whole damn truck is pink! LOVE.IT!

Day 356

Here is what I wish I could do. I wish I could sleep anywhere I wanted. This dog (and my husband) can fall asleep anywhere. I could be talking to either one of them and they will fall asleep as I am talking to them. I, on the other hand, need the right environment and even then I toss and turn and flop like a dead fish until I am comfy before I even start to drift off to la la land.

Day 355

Who needs furniture when you can sit on the fireplace?? I don't know what it is but Nate always sits here. It's freakin cold and hard and he has a perfectly good Mickey chair he could be putting his donkey onto but noooooo, the fireplace is SO much better.

Day 354

Oh, whats that? Another picture of Nate? Yup! I was playing around with him and the tree in the background. My tree looks so purdy like this!

Day 353

Today Nate is 18 months old. A freakin year and a half old! Are you kidding me?? When did that happen? From this point on he will be closer to two than he is one. Two!!!?? And you thought today's  pic of the day would be a pic of him, huh? Wrong. Well I did take lots of pics of him today...or everyday but whatever. So today, you get dryer balls. lol. I'm sure you are probably sick of seeing Nate, dryer balls and Bailey.

Day 352

Weirdest dog ever.

Day 351

Gah, getting a decent cell phone pic of Nate is damn near impossible. So here, for your enjoyment, is the crappiest, blurriest pic of Nate I took that day...lol. At least you can see how absolutely silly he is.

Need to add a pic

Day 350

I deiced to play around with an order from one of my best customers ::cough:: Lisa ::cough::. I do the same ole things with the dryer balls day in and day out and I decided to try something new and I love how these came out. I don't normally toot my own horn but I'm making an exception for today. Feel free to tell me these are cute too...just kidding....kind of.

Day 349

I wish I could describe Nate's personality in words. He is quirky and shy but funny and goofy. He is picky about food but wants whatever you are having...not to eat though, but rather to feed to the dog. So when he got up on the couch with me and took my bag of chips I was stunned. When did he get so bold and since when does he like to chill on the couch having a snack with mommy? Maybe in my mind I just don't see him as growing up as much as he is. He will do something new and I almost don't believe he is capable to doing so. Which is crazy since he is going to be 18 months in a couple days.

Day 348

So I fully inteded on having one of those pics with my kid freaking out in hysterics with Santa. Boy, did he surprise me! Now, it may have helped that he was extremely tired. But normally when he is tired, Nate freaks when he is not with Mike or I. Hmm, I dunno. Maybe Santa felt comforting to him. Well whatever, we got another year of Nate looking at the camera and not crying on Santa's lap.

Day 347

Hair cut #1=Total Fail! You would have thought we were severing each finger one by one with a dull knife with how much he screamed and cried.

Day 346

So I get that this isn't the most flattering picture ever and yes, I realize that we are feeding Nate McDonalds (omg so sue me) but he is just becoming such a grown up and all. He sits with us and eats our food...no really, he won't eat his food, only ours....hahahahaa.