Bath Time

Dallin loves to take a bath. And it's been tons esier since a friend on mine lent me her baby bath seat. It's great. He still tries to climb out of it after a while, but that's my cue that bath time is over.



A while back I had a video of when we first put Dallin in his jumper. His feet didn't even touch the ground. Now he's almost too big for it, but boy does he love it.

This Is A Favorite Of Russ

We were watching You Tube this evening and came across this Scrubs song. Russ was laughing so hard he couldn't breathe. Since we have a good time watching Ben's Daily Humor together, Russ thought we would share a bit of our own today. Warning: If you are going to be offended by someone singing about poop, you better not watch this video.

Anyone Want To Babysit?

OK, so I found a new website called Worth1000.com. It has tons of tutorials, mostly for Photoshop, but some of them work well for Photoshop Elements as well (which is what I have). I thought I would share with you the products of my efforts. My other two babies.....

First up, my alien baby. Isn't he sweet?

Of course he's cute. Look how good his mom looks.


Next, Dallin's evil twin. I knew Dallin was too good. He had to have an evil half somewhere. I found him.

Thanks to everyone for humoring me. And no April, these aren't real babies. :)

This One's For Kami Jo

So here's how I did my Photoshop picture. I just want to note that I have Photoshop Elements 4 for Mac. So your computer may be different, but it might give you an idea how to do it.

First, open up the photo that you want to take the image from.

You are going to use the Magic Selection Brush Tool

Start to color in the area that you want to "cut out." Make sure you do it without lifting your mouse button, Once you life your mouse button, the program tries to determine what area of the photograph you want highlighted.The area that is highlighted with the "marching ants" is the area that will be selected to "cut out." If you didn't quite get enough area, start coloring more of your image with the Magic Selection Brush Tool.

This may take you a few tries to get the entire part of the picture that you want "cut out." It's better to get too much than not enough. You can always erase a toy, but your baby would look pretty funny without an ear. :)


As you can see (maybe) In my final "cut out" picture, I have more highlighted than just Dallin. I'll take care of that later.

How go to edit, copy. This will copy all your highlighted area.

Open the picture you want to add your "cut out" to. Go to edit, paste.

Now your "cut out" will probably wither be too big or too small, so you'll have to adjust it. Make sure you hold down the Shift key while you do it in order to keep the proportions correct. (Some programs may use a different command to keep the proportions. Check your user manual.)

Once you get the "cut out" to the correct size, place it where you want it.

Now you zoom in and erase the "Extra" parts of your "cut out" that we talked about before. It may take a bit of time. And remember you can change the pixel size of your eraser to get into the small areas. NOTE: Make sure you are clicked on the correct layer before you start to erase.


Now you are all done. YEAH!

Maybe no one will read this, or maybe it makes no sort of sense at all. But I had fun making it. I learned how to make screenshots on my computer. Way Cool! And one thing...I learn stuff by messing around with Photoshop. I'm sure there are more professional ways of doing thing and they look a lot better, but I have no idea how to do any of that.

Toothless No More & And Attempted Escape

Jeff is done with me. And my tooth looks great!!!! But boy does it feel weird. I'm sure I'll get use to it fast. I've never had an adult tooth there, so ti looks so good!

And I thought I had Dallin trapped in the front room. I left the room for a little bit and this is what I found. For those of you who know my house, you'll recognize where the picture was taken. For those of you who don't know my house, it's where my end table is pushed up against the wall just below the window. Because of the vertical blinds, I don't pull it all the way against the wall. I guess Dallin figured that out because we tried to squeeze out that way. Now there is a couch cushion there so he can get out. I'm sure he'll try and find another way.

Photoshop Fun

Have I ever introduced you to Dallin's twin brother, O'Fallin. O'Fallin is the one on the right. Aren't they cute together?

And I also probably failed to mention that Dallin can time travel. Here he is at his Great Grandma and Grandpa Jenkins' Wedding. How nice of them to let him join in the pictures.

OK, I know I'm a dork. But Russ and I had a good laugh at all of it.

NOTE: The reason Dallin looks so short in the wedding picture is because he's kneeling behind the train of her dress. What do you expect? He can't stand on his own yet.

First Haircut

Russ cut Dallin's hair today. It was getting way long. Dallin didn't like it much. Mom didn't like it either, but at least I sisn't cry the whole time. It's so sad all his sweet baby hair is cut so short. I will say, Russ didn't do so bad.

Here's the back view.

And here is the haircut with a little gel in it. Too bad it's to thin and straight to stay cute and spiky.

Note: I have no idea how to get the underline setting off the first sentence. :)