Day 38 - February 7

It's going to have to be an iPhone picture today. When Michaela started getting silly after dinner tonight, the camera wasn't nearby, but my phone was. So pardon the bad quality. I think it'll be worth it when you grasp the totality of what she's doing in this picture.

And, for the record, Jason and I had no part in this. This was alllll Michaela.

Day 37 - February 6

As per usual, our Christmas cactus apparently has no idea when Christmas is, or that, by virtue of being called a "Christmas" cactus, it's supposed to bloom sometime around then.

This one has bloomed in May, in the fall, around Christmas, and now, in February. Maybe it's because we keep moving it around the country and it has no idea what time of year it is anymore!

Day 36 - February 5

Today was a slightly better picture day than yesterday. In fact, I had three to choose from and decided to go with this one.

This morning we checked out the Mobile Chocolate Festival. It was slightly disappointing, but we ate some chocolate and some sweets covered in chocolate, and I spent way too much on a chocolate covered caramel apple which will most likely be my lunch tomorrow.

But they had a fire engine there for some reason (it's one you can apparently rent for parties... who knew such a thing existed?), and Michaela enjoyed that. I think maybe her dad did, too.

For the record, fluorescent lights are a challenge when you have your camera in manual, even if you have your white balance set right!

Day 35 - February 4

I'm a day late. But the picture was taken yesterday. We actually went out last night so I wasn't posting anything when we got home.

There are two reasons for this picture.... no, wait, make that three.

1) The wrist-bands are the symbol of our night out for our friend Tammie's 40th birthday. We had a yummy dinner and then saw a hypnotist at a local club.

2) We went to a club. We've never been to a club. At least not together. To say it's not our scene would be a small understatement. We're more the pub type, not the club type. But the show we went to see was at a club, so that's where we went. We left before the DJ and regular club stuff started, though, so I'm not sure it counts. But we were there.

3) I was too busy trying to clean and stuff so the babysitter didn't think we live like slobs so I didn't take a single picture until we got home and took off our wristbands. Then I took 3 - all of the same thing and this was the best one.

This was definitely a less-than-stellar picture day.

Day 34 - February 3

Kodiak walk or Mobile walk?

The current temperature in Mobile is 35 degrees. It's only 5 degrees colder in Kodiak. That's Alabama and Alaska for those who aren't sure where we're talking about.

What the heck, man? I did not sign up for the dog-walking gig in the freezing temperatures. With a child who doesn't like mittens or a blanket but is old enough to take them off a million times during a 30 minute walk. Bundling up was a much easier thing to do when she was too little to know any better.

Day 33 - February 2

Today's picture isn't about the quality of the picture. It's about what's in the picture.

That would be our indoor weather station showing a balmy 31 degrees at 7pm tonight.

What the heck. I did NOT sign up for this. And I really don't want to hear another person say it's "colder than normal this winter" one more time!!

Brrrrr!!!!!

Day 32 - February 1

Anyone want a sick kid?

Weird, me neither....

That's my way of explaining Michaela's awesome outfit. Those are her comfy sleeping pants (for nap) and I didn't feel like torturing her by putting her jeans back on her. I'm just thankful that you'd have to blow the picture up a lot in order to see the snot running out of her nose. She's like a faucet, seriously.

Those aren't the important parts of the picture, though. The important part is that she's eating popcorn with the little metal ladle from her play kitchen. And watching a Dora video. This kid cracks me up!

(The picture has a LOT of noise in it... I had to set my ISO to 3200 to keep her from being a blur since she moves so much, even when sitting "still" to watch a movie. And it was DARK in here today thanks to some sweet storms that rolled through! And I don't have noise reduction software - yet.)