Week in the Life : Thursday Photos + Words

Loved the moving piles of stuff to new areas. DH commented on that shortly after we started living together. Stirring up the dust he calls it. ;-)
Some days - esp in pregnancy - are just meant for meandering about the nest.

Isn't it funny how lots of little boys get so involved in pretend Star Wars. My two hardly ever play anything else! They've been Star Wars characters the last 2 Halloweens...
I love seeing the tummy pictures! I'm still so happy for you guys and the new little one!!
Final note today: I need to know where you bought the star lights? My boys would LOVE that!!!
Tina J.

Thanks for sharing your pictures with us. I know you answered questions yesterday, I have a photo quest. though; hope you don't mind.
Just wondering the settings you use; your pics always turn out nice and bright. Mine turn out grainy and yellow. do you have a suggestion?

You look great Ali love the side shot of you and baby.

palin bingo... omg. i totally snorted water at that. =)
can you share where you got the solar system over simon's bed? my boys would love it!

Just wondering what camera you are using for those wonderful shots. There always this "crisp" appearance, along with great color...I know it not the camera but the person using it...YOU!, regardless, I'm just curious...and is it on manual or automatic setting...love all you photos. Thanks again for all the inspiration. I am having a fantastic time capturing all the "little things" in my life.
Will this project be put in it's own album or are you going to add it to your other ones? I'm still debating whether or not to put it in my Family Life album or to make a new one....thanks again.

I see I'm not the only one wondering about Palin bingo...you must explain! LOL Thanks for encouraging us to keep going with the project even if it's not a typical week. My kids are home from school today and I'm sick too, but still the project continues. Ah, life.
Have a great weekend!

At dinner last night, my 7 + 10 year olds asked if we could eat popcorn while we watched the debate. Now if I'd only known about Palin bingo!!
Thanks for all that you've shared this week, Ali. I regularly scrap the everyday stuff & I love this particular idea, but it's not the time for me to play along right now. I definitely look forward to the process, thanks for the motivation.

Such fun pictures! :) Love Simon's room, and your baby bump is so cute :)

what is Palin bingo?
and what a cute baby bump ali!! you look fabulous!

Palin Bingo??? - Now Way! I wished I would have heard about that before the debate, that's too funny!
Lovin' the picture of your baby bump - I so enjoyed being pregnant again last year with our 4th (once I got over the shock as he was a big surprize!) You can see a picture of him on my blog - just posted a new one yesterday - he'll be 6 months on the 8th and I'm savoring every moment - need to take more pictures, document the everyday stuff with him - thanks for the inspo - now if I could just find some more time each day!

Hi! This is going to seem really random, I don't know you but found your blog on another blog I was reading. I was just wondering what kind of camera you use? My husband and I are looking to get a new camera and have no idea what kind to get but I LOVE LOVE LOVE how your camera seems to make everyday stuff look good! Would you mind letting me know what kind you're using? Thanks!

Loving the project, and your posts!
We have those same star lights (from IKEA, right?), but they only come out at Christmas...I should contemplate them year-round! I love the shallow yellow shelves in Simon's room, too - could you share where they are from? Thanks!

this has nothing to do with anything...but your dog is just like my dog i had when i grew up. when i saw the pic i said: 'she has a mitzi-dog"...ahhh!!! sweet.
just had to share that tid bit there.

Love your baby bump, you look so beautiful. It must have been a Thursday thing - I realized last night that I didn't take that many pictures, either. Hey, that's why we have words, right? So, what is Palin bingo?

Ali- I am new to your blog, but a long time fan. I have to say that you and yours always look so perfect that it intimidates me sometimes! :) I found your words from yesterday to be so similar to my thoughts it made me laugh- especially the constant going around and turning lights off!
I am very much enjoying playing along in this challenge. And look forward to creting my book about this week.
Thanks also for sharing Stacy Julian's challenge - it is a great way for us all to visibly and continuously see the blessings in our lives.
Thank you for sharing so much of your life.

Ali,
I am loving the life blogs and photos....I just NEED to know. How do you keep your house looking so clean and organized??? I need you to come help me get rid of the clutter...you stuff looks like pictures in a magazine!! I want to live in your house!!
Jessica

Hey Ali! I was wondering how you are planning on documenting your feelings/the historical greatness of this election in your scrapbooks??

Yippie a belly shot! Oh so cute!

Ali,
LOVE the baby belly! It's the most amazing feeling when the baby moves.
A couple of questions for you:
1. Will you be printing your own images after you resize them? I saw an image earlier this week where you had a sheet of images to trim. What editing program are you using? CS3 or Elements?
2. What brand is your printer? Epson? Is it calaborated to match your Mac?
3. Can you point me in the direction of a tutorial on resizing and placing images on one document to print? Maybe it's easier than I think.
Lastly, I want to thank you so much for the creative nudge I needed for this project. It's been amazing and I am SO thankful you are doing it through your blog. I'm excited to see the end project.
I created images today of the streets that we frequent. I thought it might add a nice touch somewhere in the album.