mermaid kial

mermaid kial, originally uploaded by Gina McGaw.

apparently when i am gone for the day jason, ceb & ella feel it's ok to bury and attempt to drown my baby! notice how close the water is!
(ceb took this with her phone)

jun 17

jun 17, originally uploaded by Gina McGaw.

kial started singing "happy birthday to me" from the MOMENT she got up today. she had a fun filled, attention seeking day and was really tired by the time she sat down to watch tv tonight.

i love this funny, smart, sweet kid of mine. so lucky she's mine.

jun 10

jun 10, originally uploaded by Gina McGaw.

kial was so brave at the doctor when she had to get her jellyfish sting scar injected. i could tell how much ithurt by how she pointed her toes, but she barely even made a sound. she did milk it for all it was worth afterwards with breakfast (and lunch to go) from panera and ice-cream after school.

may 29 reject

may 29 reject, originally uploaded by Gina McGaw.

jas, kial & i saw "up" this evening (ceb is going with a friend tomorrow). it was SO sweet and touching...kial & jas both thought it was too sad, but we all loved it.

and the 3d was AWESOME!

may 29

may 29, originally uploaded by Gina McGaw.

i was inspired to look up today and was pleasantly rewarded. sometimes i forget how beautiful the view can be above me.

may 20

may 20, originally uploaded by Gina McGaw.

i am not cool enough to have a sunroof , but i can stick my camera out the window and just hold the button down. i tried it today and i was happy with the results! thanks for the inspiration rob!

jas and i went and saw "new in town" at the new thornton place theaters. they are doing a preview of the theater with $2 movies, popcorn & drinks! we decided to go back again tonight with kial (ceb has plans) to see "dark knight" in imax! it should be a blast!

may 8

may 8, originally uploaded by Gina McGaw.

truly the best part of flying (other than going somewhere else) is looking out the window and seeing something beautiful.

jas, kial & i headed out to columbus, ohio on friday morning. jason's aunt is turning 70 and her kids are throwing her a surprise party. we will get to see his grandmother as well. she is 93 and not as spry as she used to be.

ceb had to stay home because of the musical. it's sad/weird to be on a trip without her.

may 6

may 6, originally uploaded by Gina McGaw.

i have been waiting for these 2 books to come out. they actually came out yesterday, but i was unable to get to the store until today after work.

my oldest nephew got me into the percy jackson series and this is the final one...i will be so excited to talk with him about it, once i have finished of course.

and the other book is the next installment of the sookie stackhouse books that i was obsessed with in march. can't wait to see what happens to that girl next!

may 5

may 5, originally uploaded by Gina McGaw.

may 4

may 4, originally uploaded by Gina McGaw.

i am stealing kelly's idea of linking my flickr uploads to my blog. now i can pretend to be doing both!

tagged..

to go into your picture files, open the 6th folder, 6th picture -- then tag 6 people.taken 12.5.2005.

we LOVE the "billy hill and the hillbillies" show at the golden horseshoe in DISNEYLAND!

i'm not tagging anyone, but this was fun.

wishlist...

something i enjoy doing is making wishlists on amazon.com. its mostly stuff i will never own, but it's still fun.

here are a few things i have on my list right now...

this is a great backpack that combines a camera bag AND a laptop carrier. my friend ally has one so i've looked at it in person and KNOW it would work great for traveling. i have a camera remote AND it works pretty well, but i WANT this one. this one has a delay option on it...which would be nice to have.this wide angle lens is enough to make me weak in the knees. ok maybe not quite that dramatic, but i still would LOVE to have it. i can just imagine the cool photos i could get a disneyworld with this baby. any one have a spare $700? no? sadly, me either.and lastly, i would really like to upgrade to a canon rebel xsi. i like my rebel xt, but the HUGE view screen on the back of the xsi makes me DROOL. one day i WILL get this. kial and i have a deal that she gets my xt once i have the xsi...pretty good deal for both of us.anything fun on your wishlist?

one year from today...

i'm going to be at disneyworld!

a perfect snow day...

that's what tuesday was. i loved waking up and seeing the world painted white.
i also loved that it wasn't so much snow that it affected the commute in to work AND that it was pretty much gone by the end of the day.

snow can't get much better than that...in my opionion!

now i am ready for some warmer weather. i'll even take 50 degrees...

i guess i shouldn't complain since jas is headed to chicago on sunday for 3 weeks and it's supposed to be really cold there starting on sunday. and he gets to be outside a lot..lucky him.

sweet baby goodness...

is something my blog usually lacks.

i just don't get a chance to take baby photos very often so i was thrilled to take pictures of my friend claire's beautiful baby girl. she was just so sweet and her parents were so obviously in love that i just couldn't help taking over 500 pictures! i weeded those down to 77 favs and these are my favs from that batch.now i am just waiting for claire & james to pick their favs and i'll get to design a birth announcement for them!
so much fun!

so tired of the cold...

but i am happy to have fun inside!

i love GOING to the movies. popcorn, coke zero, popcorn, a fun escape from reality and did i mention the popcorn!

there are a few movies coming up that i want to see. i tend to lean towards happy, funny, action packed and STUPID movies. nothing profound, realistic, scary, SAD or emotionally draining. i want to leave the movie feeling good and maybe even chuckling a bit, not with red swollen eyes and a runny nose.
*and yeah, i really do intend to see fan boys (matinee only) because i am secretly a star wars nut! princess leah was my idol when i was a kid. and han solo was my guy. no luke skywalker for me, he was just too good!

**i also realize that sunshine cleaning will probably stray from my happy movie theme, but it's got amy adams in it and i LOVE her!

politics is NOT my thing...

not at all. jas and his mother can talk politics until they turn blue. i just tune them out when they start going because it's just not interesting to me. but i am excited about tomorrow and the inauguration of our new president.

i do feel like barack obama is the change this country needs.

i don't expect immediate change or drastic change. i don't expect i will always be happy with his choices. but for me, like many others, he gives me hope.and can't everyone use a little hope!

long day...

so tuesday morning, ceb called me AFTER i arrived at work and said she was having horrible pain on the right side of her stomach near her belly button plus she was really nauseous. i tend to think worst case scenario, something i seem to have inherited from my mom, so my first thoughts were appendicitis and surgery. then complete panic and guilt set in.

i called her doctors office and they asked me a bunch of questions which i mostly couldn't answer since i was at work (see where the guilt comes in) and ceb was at home. they made an appointment for her to be seen MUCH later than i thought they should and said she couldn't eat or drink anything. we went in did some tests and were reassured by her doctor (who i LOVE) that he didn't think she had appendicitis, but she may have a ruptured ovarian cyst. so then we went off to swedish downtown for an ultrasound. and she still couldn't eat or drink anything. we were not told that they were working us in or that we would be waiting an hour before she was seen OR that her ultrasound was scheduled for 2 hours. but we got through it with minimal grumpiness on my part and MUCH discomfort on cebs. basically when we finally finished around 5:30pm we were sent home with no diagnosis or resolution and one super hungry girl who was still in a lot of pain. her doctor called us about 7pm to reassure us that they saw NOTHING on the ultrasound. they were unable to see her appendix, which is normal when it's not inflamed. they were also not really able to see her ovary but they did see fluid around the area where it should be so they THOUGHT she probably had a ruptured ovarian cyst. so no REAL diagnosis, but a probable one. we decided to take that along with the advice from her doctor for ceb to get rest, take some tylenol and call him if it got worse...thankfully she is continuing to get better.

love date nights...

especially with great friends.
the melting pot was so fun.

planning is SO much fun...

for me the fun of a trip starts with the planning. i love the details big & small. making budgets (these kind of budgets i like, jason's kind...not so much), setting up payment plans, fiddling with possible itineraries, making a countdown or 2 and dreaming about the trip with the help of great sites like flickr.

disney vacations are the best because there's just so much to look at and a bunch of free scrapworthy stuff you can get ahead of time. the best thing i have found so far for our upcoming trip is a personalized keepsake map of the four disneyworld parks. if you know of anything cool i should order or even have some great trip advice please send it my way.

i have a feeling that this disney trip may be the best one so far. not only is it our 1st time to disney world and our 1st time on a cruise, but we get to share the experience with our very good friends the lees & minughs. could it possibly get any cooler than that?i am kind of on a big huge labs mosaic binge right now, but i LOVE how you can get see so many pictures and it's SO easy.

*a word of warning i may spout disney A LOT this next year.*
i'll try to keep it to every few posts.

good thing santa's resting...

so i was naughty.
i REALLY wanted (have for a long time) this 50mm canon lens for my slr. i mean great photographers like tara whitney & karen russell tout the yumminess of a 50mm lens. so i knew i needed one. sure i do just fine with my kit lens, but i want better than fine. i am sure their lenses cost way more than my little $82 lens, but i am SO happy with it, and i couldn't beat the price....right?
ummm, love you jas:)
*thanks for telling me it was on sale ally!

all my wishing upon stars has finally paid off...

february of 2010 i will be on a disney cruise after a fun filled trip to disney world (my 1st)!

i don't think anyone can be as excited as i am at this very moment!

can i return this?

i am not emotionally prepared to deal with more snow right now (once every 4-5 weeks in the winter is ok) and i just want it GONE! hopefully the weather guys are right and it will be gone tomorrow.
here's to warming tends!

happy 2009

we celebrated new years eve with the girls and kial's bff ella. they went to a church youth dinner while jas and i shared a kid valley bacon cheese burger...yum! then we played games and snacked a little until about 11:30 when jas, ceb & i headed down to the parking lot at jason's work. kial refused to come with us so she and ella missed out on the fun (aka...sitting in the car or risking being wet and cold outside). they watched the fireworks from the warmth of the house. i think i may vote for that next year!on new years day we went to my uncle's house for a late christmas celebration. we were supposed to go there on christmas eve, but we cancelled due to the snow. i barely took any pictures(no good ones}, but i did at least manage to get everyone in a shot. we had wonderful homemade chicken noodle soup and my mom's amazing oatmeal rolls. then we celebrated my uncles 62 birthday!
it was a good way to bring in the new year!

positive thinking...

i am going to concentrate on being more positive, saving money (just think disneyworld 2010!) and getting healthier.

all achievable goals!