You know you’re a blogger when…

August 25, 2009

You take pictures in a mirror…

and then you try to capture your child in the shot
while hoping it will look artsy…

while playing peek-a-boo…

and standing on the toilet,
totally confusing said artsy shot child.

The End.

{ 67 comments }

Jillian Livingston August 25, 2009 at 9:12 am

You are so right! Anything in the name of the blog!

Visited from Twitter.

tiddlyompompom August 25, 2009 at 9:13 am

now that's dedication!

Keyona August 25, 2009 at 9:14 am

You are ridiculous! And funny. And I've so done that. Wait. What am I saying? LOL!

Susan B. at warmchocmilk August 25, 2009 at 9:46 am

Cute! and I didn't know you wore glasses.
You are very…..creative ;)

Lara August 25, 2009 at 9:48 am

Love the look on his face in that last shot! You crack me up!

Kelly @ Love Well August 25, 2009 at 9:54 am

You mean everyone doesn't do that?

Megan@SortaCrunchy August 25, 2009 at 10:31 am

I'm with Kelly – I thought this was how everyone passed a little down time. Hmmmm. Need to re-examine my thoughts on normal . . .

You are TOO CUTE by the way.

Wendi @ Every Day Miracles August 25, 2009 at 10:58 am

Look at adorable YOU!! :)I do this ALL the stinking time…

Christy August 25, 2009 at 11:26 am

Hysterical! And you both look so cute!

Tiaras August 25, 2009 at 11:28 am

hilarious!

Chief August 25, 2009 at 11:28 am

So the crooked, second to the last shot was totally artsy…I am jealous

Em August 25, 2009 at 11:31 am

Any excuse to see that little angel face is fine by me – artsy or otherwise.

P.S. where did you get those jeans?! Cute.

blueviolet August 25, 2009 at 11:32 am

That was so cute and his expression was really funny!

Elizabeth August 25, 2009 at 11:38 am

You're so cute! Are you wearing glasses? I love them. I'm usually wearing pajamas when I give my kids a bath. Not very artistic:)

Kristina P. August 25, 2009 at 11:39 am

I love Asher's face!

Midwest Mommy August 25, 2009 at 11:44 am

lol do you know how many pics I have of myself standing on a toilet, lol! Oh and his face is just adorable!

Evolving Mommy Catherine August 25, 2009 at 12:17 pm

I love that I can see the confusion on Asher's face, "What the heck is my mom doing on the toilet?"

Heather of the EO August 25, 2009 at 12:22 pm

Em- You're going to want to kick me, but to answer your question, those are my free Gap jeans from BlogHer. Yes, I said FREE jeans.

Heather of the EO August 25, 2009 at 12:23 pm

Elizabeth – yes, I'm wearing glasses. I wear them TOO rarely. I should be wearing them all the time, but I just don't. I'm too scattered to keep track of them.

MidnightCafe August 25, 2009 at 12:24 pm

The jeans ARE super cute! Loved this post!!

Steph @ Diapers and Divinity August 25, 2009 at 1:04 pm

Yep, you're a blogger all right. :)

Motherboard August 25, 2009 at 1:07 pm

You know you're a blogger when you're half way through cleaning up a ginormous mess only to realize you forgot the photos… so you dump it all out again just to get the photos.

Totally artsy, btw!

Heather of the EO August 25, 2009 at 1:09 pm

AND you know you're a blogger when you have notes all over your house with thoughts for posts jotted on them. And you have no idea what they mean.

Melanie J August 25, 2009 at 1:19 pm

The confusion in the last picture is priceless. That's more or less the look I get from my toddler all day long.

Aunt LoLo August 25, 2009 at 1:53 pm

Ok, you TOTALLY threw me for a loop. In the second pic, I didn't notice the munchkin in the background…and just saw a shot of your midsection…and I thought we were getting a Major Announcement. False alarm. HAHAHA.

Heather of the EO August 25, 2009 at 2:05 pm

Aunt LoLo,
I actually thought that myself, looking at the pic. No, I didn't fool myself, but I thought that it looked like I'm pregnant. Nope, I'm not. I just love eating :)

Tooj August 25, 2009 at 2:17 pm

I hate when I catch myself about to say, "That's going in the blog."….I'm like…what DO my friends and family think of me? And then I play it off and say it's all in the name of memories. Yeah. Right.

Heather of the EO August 25, 2009 at 2:29 pm

Tooj,
I know! Now when Miles has a friend over and I take their picture HE tells them that the picture is going on the blog. hmmmm….don't know where he got that.

Jen August 25, 2009 at 3:12 pm

Yup, you are so a blogger but a darn cute on at that.

Kim August 25, 2009 at 3:23 pm

So true. I see things and think about how I can incorporate them into blog fodder. Every picture equals potential blog posts. Love it.

Ronda's Rants August 25, 2009 at 3:46 pm

You are very talented…I love your child's expression in the last shot!
it's like "Seriously, Mom!"

Sande August 25, 2009 at 4:27 pm

My husband is starting to expect that motive for all my pictures is for the 'blog' …. ???

Not so … I have a life …. I think?

L.T. Elliot August 25, 2009 at 4:36 pm

I love all your pictures. I seriously want your camera too. And your bathroom is beautiful, by the way!

DeNae August 25, 2009 at 4:49 pm

Sadly, I'm not a blogger then. I've finally learned how to do this, but I keep forgetting that blog readers LIKE pictures with their stories.

And seriously, the baby in the 2nd picture looks…um…unsupervised in a water environment…

But, yes, overall it's a very artsy picture. And it's such a relief to see that the baby is alive and well!

Sheryl August 25, 2009 at 4:52 pm

guess i am NOT a blogger, but you TOTALLY are!!

Heather of the EO August 25, 2009 at 5:29 pm

DeNae,
Since I was trying to get a photo of him, I did have my eyes on him. Since it's a mirror, I could see him :)

He was simply moving from one position to another. SO yes, he's alive and well.

Heather of the EO August 25, 2009 at 5:30 pm

Sheryl,
Of course you're a blogger. This is just one aspect in MY blog life that I think is funny. Taking random pictures here and there…

Jo Lynn August 25, 2009 at 5:50 pm

I love the next to last picture :D My bathroom is set up that way to get any mirror photos. Hmmm, maybe a new mirror for my birthday present. Hubby asked me what I want….

Elaine A. August 25, 2009 at 5:53 pm

Oh the things we will do just to try to capture that perfect shot! HA! That look on his face in the last one is pretty priceless!

BoufMom9 August 25, 2009 at 6:09 pm

Oh I am so guilty of making everything into a blog post. i have HUNDREDS of posts rolling around in my head right now, as a matter of fact. (on that must be written tonite too…my love affair with Anthony from the Wiggles. LOL)

Kimberly August 25, 2009 at 6:10 pm

Yes, I think you have all the symptoms!

Deb August 25, 2009 at 6:18 pm

wait~! what's this about free jeans from blogher???
i didnt get any stinkin' free jeans! when/where was this?

Heather of the EO August 25, 2009 at 6:23 pm

Deb,
I'm sorry to tell you this, but while you and Lee slept or something, Kim brought me to a suite. The suite held some t-shirts and coupons for free gap jeans. I would have NEVER known the suite was there, but Kim knew this stuff. Next year, you'll have to follow her around. :)

Corinne August 25, 2009 at 6:51 pm

Oh my goodness Heather.. you don't even know :) Just yesterday Fynn's feet were sticking out of the tub in a very blog worthy type of way, and I ran to get the camera, and was so upset when he wouldn't do it again!

It's an addiction.. cute pictures :)

Erin August 25, 2009 at 6:58 pm

Did you clean your mirror before taking these pictures? I can't decide if cleaning the mirror or NOT cleaning the mirror would make you "more" of a blogger.

Very cute!

Nancy@ifevolutionworks.com August 25, 2009 at 7:35 pm

Great and funny series! Thanks for sharing

Roban August 25, 2009 at 7:35 pm

… bloggers also take pictures of their dinner as they are creating them, and then they carry their dinner plate into the natural light in the sunroom to take a picture of their culinary creation (which typically winds up soft-focus anyway).

Cute free jeans…. cute picture… cute Asher with a puzzled look on his face.

Muthering Heights August 25, 2009 at 8:28 pm

LOL, the poor baby is already embarrassed!

Beth August 25, 2009 at 8:35 pm

SO FUNNY. This reminds me of the Plugger cartoons in the newspaper.

You know you're a blogger when you have to refer to your "blogger friends" as just that…air quotes and all.

WILLOW TREE August 25, 2009 at 8:47 pm

The song Ordinary Miracle was playing today and I thought of you over and over again. If you blog had a theme song, I'd nominate that one.

Blessings,
Carolynn

Dave August 25, 2009 at 10:38 pm

being #51 sux… all the good comments are taken

so how about:

The hard-deck for this hop was 10,000 feet. You knew it. You broke it.

Em August 25, 2009 at 10:59 pm

You're right – I could give you a good wallop. But I'll resist.

But I'm ready to…fall…in…to…the…Gap.

And if you don't remember those commercials, I have a good smack for you too, whippersnapper.

april August 25, 2009 at 11:21 pm

I love this post. The end.

Kazzy August 25, 2009 at 11:33 pm

I don't have a full-length mirror in my house, so I have been known to stand on a toilet or two to get a good view.

I must be a blogger!

Adventures In Babywearing August 26, 2009 at 12:50 am

It's perfect.

Steph

mama-face August 26, 2009 at 7:37 am

Haha…I have the same type of pictures. I thought I was the only one…obviously we're all crazy! :)

Lolli August 26, 2009 at 7:47 am

Oh, so true! I've done the same thing! Haha! BTW–that picture of you on Beth's blog is Gorgeous with a capital G!

Debbie August 26, 2009 at 10:34 am

You are cracking me up! Love the standing on the toilet. I'm so happy you remembered to put the lid down.

Haley August 26, 2009 at 10:53 am

This is so great! :-) Cute kiddo!

Janet August 26, 2009 at 11:27 am

Cute jeans. Precious baby. Funny picture. And, I got my CD, so we've been singing in the car. What kind of cat stands on the toilet to take a picture? A blogcat!
Thanks so much!
Janet

Sabrina August 26, 2009 at 11:48 am

You are too cute! See you Friday WW!!!!

Lisa @ Crazy Adventures in Parenting August 26, 2009 at 2:09 pm

Friggin adorable. Look at his face? "WTF? Mom? Why are you up there?" lol

You look adorabibble. I hear you're gettin' company, you lucky duck. Wish it were me visiting you.

BTW, what the heck is up with the "unsupervised" comment. Seriously? How is he unsupervised if she's looking at him in the mirror while he's a foot or so away? Geez, lighten up!

Reb August 26, 2009 at 3:22 pm

Amen sister!

Jazzy August 26, 2009 at 3:45 pm

Cuteness!! I love baby bathtub pictures!! Even if it's not my baby:)
p.s. you are adorable!!!! and I envy the cleanliness of your mirror:)

Rachel August 26, 2009 at 4:29 pm

LOL – I have SO been there.

Well, not there EXACTLY,

but "there" there.

Kristen Andrews August 26, 2009 at 10:28 pm

too funny and I too think about when a moment would be a good shot for the blog!

myimaginaryblog August 31, 2009 at 12:00 am

Fun. And cute.

I hope you see comments on older posts, because I have a tip for mirror-photo-taking: Hold the camera up and to the side of you, and then aim it so that you are looking right into the reflection of the camera, or anyway so that the reflection of the camera is aimed at the real (non-reflected) you. It works great. I mean, it will still look like a photo taken in a mirror, but the camera won't be obscuring your face.

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