i {heart} faces ... pets (kinda)

arkansas bumblebee, originally uploaded by jenniferlivolson.

a second entry in the challenge this week at i {heart} faces.

not one of the members of our zoo of pets ... but a fun one to watch, nonetheless.
not so cuddle - y ... but important.

i {heart} faces ... sports in action (kinda)

wanna be big, originally uploaded by jenniferlivolson.

not sure that this REALLY qualifies for the challenge ... but meh. i like it. we don't get super sporty around here ... yet. so this was my best option ...
and i think what will really disqualify me ... is ... the major lack of faces.
really ... with a site called i {heart} faces ... i think this picture isn't gonna win. but it's one of my favorites ...

cora on the right, with her one-day-older cousin on the left ... watching their big sisters tubing behind the boat.
i can just see the "wanna be big, too" emotion pouring out from them.
cute, huh?

my lilies ...

or as jeremy likes to say ... OUR lilies.
... either, or ...

i tend to think the person that loves them enough to take their yearly portraits is the one that can claim ownership ... but whatever ... i learned to share quite well in kindergarten.

since the computer internets are proving to be inexplicably slow this evening and the photo editing is quickly creeping into my sleeping hours ... i must stop editing the potentially overedited pictures of our strawberry picking excursion ... and focus solely on the only photos that were finished with editing because ... no joke ... i didn't edit anything other than the rounded edges my lilies ... oops ... i mean OUR lilies ...

that are this amazingly spectacular display of orange-ish perfection this year.

why hello there ... beautiful lily ... so glad you could finally join us this year. better late than never, i suppose.

now if only i could find a way to make them last all year long.

hmmm ... maybe i just did.
and tomorrow ... strawberries. stay tuned.

by the numbers.

8,437,698,291 ... tears that have been shed since my body was overtaken by pregnancy hormones.

624,539 ... renditions of mommy/mama/mom heard in a whiny tone of voice ... yesterday.

519 ... blog posts to read (and possibly comment on) in my blog reader.

98 ... tosses and turns that i made attempting to get comfortable last night in bed.

85 ... forcasted high for today.

84 ... percent humidity.

69 ... current temperature. overcast. bummer.

22 ... swimming attempts that i was able to watch stella manage in the pool the other day. we're close!

16 ... ounces of pasta noodles to cook for a get-together with friends and their kids later this morning.

10 ... necklaces that i need to finish stamping for the farmer's market.

8 ... kids that are going to be here looking for fun later this morning.

6 ... number of times that i was awokened in the middle of the night last night. either by children, or my bladder.

4 ... thirty o'clock - the time that jeremy awoke to get himself to the airport.

3 ... cats that are bugging me to feed them.

2 ... girly-girls that i want to cherish every waking minute with.

1 ... little someone that i am working very hard to grow.

* please excuse my absence lately. i'll be back someday. soon. hopefully.

home.

there really is nothing quite like
pulling into your driveway.

a day early.
and surprising boppa.
though not really surprising ... 'cause your sister sucks at keeping secrets. she tried. she just acted overtly abnormal and gave boppa a clue in.

after a really ... trying ... vacation.

and seeing that the lilies decided to hold off on opening their orangeish blooms.

i like to think that they were waiting for me to come home ... probably because i made my dad promise to take their pictures as soon as they opened.
i love my lilies.
i love being home. even more.

it's not that we didn't have fun.
it was just really hot. and stella doesn't do well with hot. whiny and puking and sickish. and i'm constantly pregnantishly queasy. not such a good mix.
i promise to share some pictures here soon.

though not of the puking or queasy. don't worry.

i {heart} faces ... sepia tones - adults.

sepia - adult, originally uploaded by jenniferlivolson.

i am submitting this photograph in the sepia toned adults category over at i {heart} faces ...
there are some talented people over there ... check them out!

... this was caught in a moment of watching my g-ma from across the park. and the sepia so added to the emotion in her face, me thinks ... god, she would hate that i said that. she also hates open cupboards in the kitchen. i always left the cupboards open. i'm kinda starting to understand why she gave me a set of towels for christmas when i was 8 years old.

i {heart} faces ... sepia tones ...

child-sepia, originally uploaded by jenniferlivolson.

this is my sepia toned child entry at the i heart faces contest ...

i know ... short and sweet wordage to go along with the picture ... but i'm kinda out of words today. after last night's emotional release in a post ... i have not so much to say. except ... ah ... a picture of my soon-to-be middle.