Fun at the Park

Saturday was beautiful so we took some time out from house stuff and headed to to the park.

 Lake Houston.

 I love my little family.

 "I'm the king of the world!!!" (Yes, I told him to pose like this.) Do you see how the playground is a ship?

And I'm almost done w/ the mobile and another little project for Afton's room. Pictures soon.

Afton is 5 months!

Yesterday Afton turned 5 months old! I can't believe she's that big already. We had a little photoshoot which quickly turned into a cry-fest.

 

 

 

 

She wore one of my old dresses to church on Sunday so I thought I'd take some pictures of that, too. That photo session also turned into a cry-fest.

Despite all her crying, she really is a joy to have in our family. She is so sweet and loves to make cute noises. She smiles a lot and has started to laugh. She will eat rice cereal with applesauce, but she doesn't really love it, so we haven't given her any for a while. She's just a little angel!

For her 5 month birthday, I FINALLY finished her crib bumpers. I'd been working on them for 6 weeks on and off. (Thanks to my mom for doing the piping!)

Before:

 After:

 I think she likes them! But now I'm feeling pressure to make a crib skirt.

 I had some leftover fabric from the bumpers, so I made these little birds. I plan to put them on some sticks and hang them above her crib like a mobile. Got the idea here.

Look at them baby blues

I used to really want a child with green eyes like Dan and I have. Maybe someday we'll have one. For now, we've got two little cuties with the prettiest blue eyes I've ever seen. We can thank my dad and Dan's mom for that.

 Not to mention Sam's killer eyelashes. Not that he'll care since he's a boy, but still.

 And last but certainly not least, Dan's mom sent us a ton of his old books last week. (Thank you!) Stuck inside one of them was this old season pass. Do you SEE how long Dan's hair was? I still can't believe he grew his hair out like that. He's full of surprises.

Sam the Photog

As I mentioned before, Sam got his own camera for Christmas. And he hasn't stopped snapping pictures since! Here are some of his gems. I didn't realize until looking at these how everyone makes funny faces at him. No wonder he likes taking pictures so much.

Self portrait

Sam didn't take this one. I'm guessing Dan did.

 This is my parents' carpet. If you don't believe me, I can send you 100 pictures that look like this.

He usually says, "Say cheese!" and then starts putting the camera down as he's taking the picture. That's why so many are really blurry.

That was just a sampling of over 450 pictures from Christmas. I'm sure I'll have more gems to share as the months go by.