Memorial day weekend 2012

We went to Osage Beach for memorial day weekend. We tried to get a hike in.  We made it probably 200 yards down the trail.  But it was fun.  And Liam loved it.  It's something we hope to do more of as a family...especially as the kids get older! haha 

The rest of the day was spent at the outlet mall in Osage Beach & we of coarse, had to finish everything off with our favorite- Coldstone.  Yum! (sorry, no pictures of that part).

Growing Max

Truth be known, as sweet as newborns are, I like babies when they are just a little bit older.  I love the chub.  I love the emerging personality.  I feel like Max has finally entered this realm and I want to remember it all!  The diversity of expressions, the fuzzy red hair that never seems to want to lay flat, the rolls, even the baby acne.

Max & me

I recently watched some tutorials on some different lighting techniques & was anxious to try them out.  (I apologize if you're sick of seeing pictures of me once again.  I was the only subject willing & available to practice on).  I waited for a time when both boys were asleep and I headed down to my little studio, set up everything aanndd...Max woke up.  So he joined me for this photo shoot.  (I wish you could see his cute chubby face better, but every time I got him facing the camera he decided to have a crying spell- but more pictures to come...).

Anyways, for you photography techies out there, these were taken using a white backdrop with one soft box placed camera left.  I still have so much more experimenting & tweaking I want to do...but that will have to wait for another day when Max hasn't had it with me.

Ruby's blessing day

Yesterday (Sunday) was Ruby's baby blessing. After church, we had a little bbq at the park. It was a good time. Beautiful day. Beautiful park. Good food. Family. What else do you need?
Max is becoming quite the chub. Here he is sleeping peacefully...that is, before I picked up his carrier and he took a little spill (I didn't realize he wasn't strapped in & out he slid onto the cement). I let out a very dramatic yell. Everyone, including strangers, turned to look as I cradled my sweet little baby as he screamed. Poor little guy. He got his first little goose egg today.