My first Painting!

I have been wanting to learn digital painting for a while now and i finally found the courage to really try it :) I bought all the necessary equipment and I am now set for painting! What i haven't known was how addictive this Corel stuff is :) I have been painting this portrait of Noah since Monday, using all my spare time to do it (sometimes even forgetting to brush my hair :) and surviving only on 6 hours of sleep (which is bare minimum for me). Anyways, I finished my first painting tonight and I am quite happy with the results. I will definitely have it printed on canvas very soon! Now I am totally hooked on Corel! Who knew I am a painter at heart :) LOL. I just wish I have found this hobby years ago so i could know this stuff inside and out now instead of trying to learn everything when Noah sleeps or naps. Oh well better sooner than never! Here is a before and after photo of Noah. The original was taken by Noah's grandpa Mike on Noah's 2nd birthday party. I just love this photo!
Before:

After:

Painted pixel by pixel...very meticulous and time consuming job!

Halloween

We had a great Halloween this year, although daddy had to leave for Norway early on this day. It was just me and Noah :) We went on trick or treating with the half of our Vinings Vintage neighborhood and we had a blast! Noah was a real trooper like always :) He knew exactly what to do and went on from house to house with his pumpkin basket asking for candies :) He was just adorable as a lion this year! With his cute little face and snoopy eyes he made a perfect lion and collected a LOT of candies, which I still am working on in the evenings :)Anyways, here are couple pictures i took before we went trick or treating:





For comparison, Noah last year as a bee:

Noah's 2nd Birthday Party!

Yesterday we celebrated Noah's 2nd Birthday party with all our friends and family. We had at least 70 people coming into our house and joining the celebration :) Yes it was a little bit overwhelming at first but Noah and all the kids had a blast just running around in their costumes and eating candies :) The weather was perfect so the kids could run outside and play in Noah's playground. We finished the party with some marshmallows roasting by the fire. It was an awesome party and although it took us almost half a day today to clean it up it was all worth it because Noah had an awesome time and it's all that matters to us :) Anyways, I had not taken too many pictures during the party but Noah's grandpa did so I'm posting some of his images along with few of mine.

Noah eating his birthday cake :)

Singing "Happy Birthday"




Playing his harmonica :)

Kissing his buddy Sara :)

Not the best picture of me but oh well...I'm 26 weeks pregnant and getting really big :)

Love this picture of Noah


After the party...playing with his toys (these are actually not the toys that he has gotten for his birthday...but they were new to Noah so he couldn't stop playing with them) He opened his real presents the day after (Somehow i forgot to snap some pics of the gift opening ceremony but long story short, half of our living room was covered with gifts for Noah :)

Happy 2nd Birthday Noah!

Sto Lat Sto lat niech zyje zyje nam!!!
Jeszcze raz, jeszcze raz, niech zyje zyje nam!!!! Noah!!!

I cannot believe my pumpkin has turned 2 today! At 10:36am (when mommy was picking up some balloons in Party City). I thought about Noah all day today, contemplating how fast the time goes and how much fun i have with my little son. I simply cannot imagine my life without him... I have absolutely no idea what i did before he entered this world two years ago. It's like i haven't even existed before :) We have so much fun together every day and he brings so much joy into my life that I'm having a really hard time to put it all on the paper. I never have enough of Noah and every day in the morning i can't wait to see his happy, smiley face again! I am blessed beyond words...
Happy Birthday my little sunshine! I am sooo lucky to have you! I am also so lucky to be able to stay home with you and watch you grow every single day :) I wouldn't trade it for anything else in the world!!! Here is the poem i found recently and i really like it (that's how i feel about here and NOW):

These Are The Years:

" These are the years, the gentle years
the soft and sentimental years
when wee little fingers reach and touch
and little eyes gaze with wonder and trust,
when you love so tenderly and so much
these are the gentle years.

These are the years the rainbow years
the quiet walk on tiptoe years,
the years of laughter and smiles and sighs
when both of you watch with misty eyes
the tiny bed where a cherub lies,
these are the rainbow years

These are the years, the tender years,
The blissful, sweet-surrender years
when your little treasure from above
is the soul and purpose and center of,
your plans & dreams & dearest love,
these are the tender years".

Pictures from today:

I made a cheesecake for this special occasion and although it ended up being split on one side, it was delicious.



Getting some kisses from daddy :)

I said that million of times already but i cannot be selective when it comes to pictures of Noah...to me every one is special and deserves its place on my blog :)

Eating mommy's cake....oh Noah liked it very much! (and so did mommy :)


The pics are soo grainy and out of focus because it was really dark in the room and i hate using a flash...long story short, I really need a new camera :) Preferably Nikon D700 :)))

Noah trying out his new scooter :)



Noah with his new hardware kit :) (still the vacuum cleaner is the winner, although not in the picture...my boy likes to clean) LOL

What a fun day we had today! I am looking forward to many, many happy days together!!!

For comparison I am attaching Noah's first birthday picture along with the second:

Not a happy camper :)))

Much more content :)

Imagine It/ Music Class Halloween Concert!

We were all very busy this past weekend...for one thing we had to do some stuff around a house since Noah's party is coming up next week but mostly we just ended up doing activities with Noah. On Saturday morning we went for Thalia's birthday party and in the afternoon we went Trick or Treating at the children's museum (Imagine It). Then on Sunday we had a music class concert and we just had to attend it (Noah ended up being little overwhelmed with all the loud noises and dancing that went on and he barely participated in the concert). Nevertheless, I took some pictures of my little lion and couldn't be more proud of him. He is just sooo damn cute :)

Us together at Thalia's party (I am almost 25 weeks pregnant on this picture).

Noah at the Imagine It Museum on a tractor :)





Making a cake with the moon sand :)


Oh i would just kiss this face ALL day long!!


Painting with daddy.

The music class concert! Noah has been attending his music class for almost 2 years now and he loves it.

Watching the concert with daddy...little overwhelmed :)