341/365

We stayed home all day today.  I spent most of my time editing photos and knitting while Ana Kate watched some of her favorite movies.  I was awful about pictures again today.  We did them just before bed and Ana Kate tried, she just had a hard time sitting still.  I will make a model out of her one of these day.  : )  It was nice to be able to spend the entire day at home doing what we wanted to do.  I even managed to get Ana Kate to nap.

340/365

We had a great day today.  Ana Kate had school and I did a bit of shopping after I dropped her off.  It was only 17 degrees this morning when I got up!!  It was up to 20 something when I dropped Ana Kate off, but still way too cold for me.  I needed to get Ana Kate a winter coat for playing in....all she has that fits her right now is her dress coat and it doesn't have a hood.  In fact, when I walked her in to school this morning she had on her hat and coat and she said...ooh, Mommy I need a scarf...my neck is cold!  So I found her a coat, not exactly what I wanted, but it will work.  I also finally used one of Ana Kate's gift cards from her birthday.  I found an adorable little bathrobe and a sweater and Ana Kate loves them both!  Thanks again for the gift card Uncle Matt & Aunt Kathy!  I showed Ana Kate the robe and she had to put it on and wore it all night.  She kept telling me she had to do karate in it.  : )

When I got home I worked on editing more pictures from Amanda's maternity session.  I took LOTS of photos, so it's going to take me a while to get them done.  Whitney stopped by the house and I talked with her for a while and then went to pick up Ana Kate.  She had a wonderful day at school and was so sweet all day....we had a nice afternoon.  I got another headache this afternoon, so we just layed on the couch and Ana Kate watched movies.  Doug got us dinner from sonic and now at 11pm I am finally starting to feel better!  Must have been all that greasy food.

Ana Kate was not into pictures tonight and I really tried....but this is all I got.

339/365

Today when Ana Kate and I woke up Doug was hard at work cleaning the house.  And he even swept the floors and scrubbed the bathrooms!  It was SO nice because I had planned on doing most of it today, but it was more than halfway done by the time I woke up.  I have the best husband ever!  : )

Ana Kate and I helped to finish cleaning and then we got ready.  I then spent some time setting up in my office/studio for my photo session with Amanda today.  We did her maternity pictures and it was so much fun!  I've only edited a few so far, but they are beautiful!  Of course it was easy working with such a beautiful mommy to be.  We also went to a park and I took a few pictures of Amanda and her husband Deric while Doug played soccer with Ana Kate.  It was SO cold outside that we didn't stay out for very long.  As we were leaving Ana Kate had a huge meltdown....she skipped her nap and was very tired.

So I didn't take any pictures of Ana Kate until after she was in bed.  We were running around and I just didn't even think about it.  I guess it's a good thing I'm near the end of my 365 project because I am getting really lazy with my photos.  : (  I will do my best to make a strong finish for the year though.  : )

338/365

I've had a headache all day and we had our long night at church tonight.....so not much to say today.  I didn't even get pictures until after Ana Kate was asleep.  I'm hoping to get some sleep tonight and feel better in the morning.

337/365

Today we were up early again for my MOPS meeting.  This was our only meeting for December, so we did our Christmas party and it was so much fun!  Ana Kate did great in class as she always does....she loves that Mimi volunteers in her classroom.

After MOPS I came home and worked on getting my marketing stuff together for my photography business.  I had a couple people ask about pictures at the meeting, so I think I'll have at least one more session next week.  I am still setting up my business, so I'm really still in the portfolio building process and it's wearing me out!  I have had a difficult time setting prices, and I read a great article about that today.  It has helped me figure out to charge prices based on how much I value my time away from my family and how busy I really want to be.  I don't want the business to take over my life and I still want to spend most of my time with Ana Kate.  Ideally the only time I would work on photography would be when she's at school and maybe a bit on the weekends.  I also don't want to think of it as work, which I know will happen if I get too busy.  So, I scrapped my previous price list that I came up with and I'm starting all over again.  I really planned to be in business by now, but I decided to put it off until the first of the year.

We really didn't do much else tonight.  I need to clean tomorrow and finish up the game room organization....and Christmas decorations.  Not sure I'll get it all done, but I'm going to try.  : )

336/365

Today was busy, busy, busy.  I dropped Ana Kate off at school and then went to do some yarn shopping.  I am really getting into knitting and almost have my first two projects done.  The problem is I'm already starting a 3rd project, so it take longer to complete everything. 

I met my friend Amanda for lunch and we had a great time catching up.  I am doing a maternity photo session for her on Sunday....I think it will be so much fun!  It was so funny when I was leaving the restaurant at lunch I noticed this older couple (not old...but older than me) walking in front of me towards my car.  I thought maybe they were parked directly behind me, so I kept going and unlocked my car as I got closer.  Then they both opened up the doors of my car and were about to get in.  I knew it was my car because it was a very small parking lot and I could see Ana Kate's car seat clearly through the windshield.  I kind of cleared my throat and said...ummm that's my car.  They were SO embarrassed.  I think the woman realized what she'd done as soon as she opened the door, but I think her husband was going to get in without realizing it!  The funniest part is they were driving an extended cab truck and I drive a suburban....granted it was the same color....but didn't look anything alike.  It was funny though.

Tonight I have been super busy.  I was determined to get all the photos edited from my last session and I'm happy to say I am now done!  I locked myself in my office all night and Ana Kate and Doug played video games.  I am so tired and ready for bed.  I really need to relax this weekend and get some sleep, but I already have things planned for both days.  Maybe next week.....

Since I was working on editing all night my photos of Ana Kate today are kind of blah.  I played around with the editing and like the rose tint in them.  I'll have to try that on some other photos sometime.

335/365

I can't believe it's already December 1st!  Wow...where did this year go?  Glad I have it all documented because it sure has flown by.

Today we stayed home again....all day.  I love it when we can do that, but I didn't even get halfway done with all that I need to do.  More editing, knitting, and Christmas decorating.  I still have some cleaning and laundry to do, but that can wait until tomorrow.  I did take pictures of Ana Kate's little tree that we put up in her room.  It was originally Whitney's and the pink/blue went with her room decor a few years ago.  Ana Kate's room is pink and her favorite color is blue....so its perfect for her!  She again had to wear a hat all day long and pictures were no exception.

I heard some really sad news tonight and it's kind of stuck with me.  Someone my daughter knows suffered the loss of her Marine husband today and it's just heartbreaking.  I hear about the war in the news every day and it just doesn't seem real until you know someone that is personally affected by it.  I'm so sad for his wife and family and will be praying for them.