I just can't decide!

Up until Monday, when I got my new camera, my sole requirement for posting a photo on my blog was that it be in-focus, and I don't look half-dead. 

So, once I filtered out the fuzzy & half-dead photos, I usually had 3-4 photos suitable for blogging. 

Now, nearly EVERY picture I take looks good.

This camera is even so smart it evens out my skin-tone so I only look 1/4-dead. 

How on earth can I decide? 

Do I have to start worrying about composition and subject matter now that I'm not so focused on "just be in focus, darn-it"? 

Good thing I've got such a cutie for a baby. 

And a hubby.

So, eventually, I will learn to reduce the number of pictures I post, and just use the really good ones. 

But, for now, here is just a fraction of the amazing photos I've taken of my family in the past four days.

Parker's getting better about finding his thumb and getting it in his mouth.  Of course, it never works when he's crying (then it's binky or nothing), but it seems to entertain him when he's in a quiet mood.  

This picture will probably show up too small on the blog to see, but Parker's eyes are an amazing shade of blue.  Every picture of him, his eyes are this color.  It's not an entirely accurate representation of reality, his eyes still seem to change daily between blue & grey, we're curious to see where they land. 

Wednesday morning we went to the 5-spot for breakfast.

We thought that maybe going on a week-day it would be a little less crowded.

 

Maybe so, but we still waited 10 minutes for a table. 

But we enjoyed a fantastic breakfast, and Parker very kindly waited to melt-down until after we'd received the bill.

Merry Christmas!

For Christmas Eve, Parker pulled out his Santa suit that Grandma made for Kyla several years ago.

Seeing how Kyla was born a full month early (and her birthday is only a week after Parker's), I thought for sure that if it fit her on Christmas, it would never fit Parker.

Turns out I was wrong.  About the only difference is that Parker has hair and Kyla didn't.  That, and the fact that Kyla is out cold in the above picture, and Parker elected to skip sleeping altogether on Christmas Eve (which we paid for on Christmas Day). 

Denise got a pre-made Gingerbread house for the family to decorate in the afternoon of Christmas Eve. 

There was a shockingly small amount of candy eaten, considering the sheer volume of candy available.  And except for a large-ish chunk in Kyla's hair, most of the frosting landed on or near the house.

Parker not sleeping: 

Christmas morning, Parker opened his one gift from Santa:

Good thing he has Aunties and Grandparents to buy him stuff or he would have had quite the disappointing Christmas.  We'll do better next year. 

My boys, all dressed up for Christmas dinner. 

This is actually from the day after Christmas (Boxing Day is a holiday everywhere else, right?).  We took a day trip to La Connor with the Hamilton Grandparents.  It was frigid out, but the drive was beautiful, and we had a nice time wandering around town.



Parker rolled over!

...and I missed it.

 I put Parker down on his tummy in his crib for some tummy time.

I ran down the hall to get something, and when I came back, he was on his back!  Of course, I had to call Daddy to share what Parker had done.  So we put him back on his tummy to see if he'd do it again.  Amazingly, he obliged and rolled right over. 

I'm not really sure I'm ready for him to be mobile yet.

Mama'a New Toy

I got a new toy for Christmas...

 What could it be?

This looks promising. 

So many pieces! 

 Woo hoo!

Yes, Denise, you should be jealous.

I'm still figuring it out, so far the hardest part has been getting the strap on correctly, but the photos have been great.

I've only had it for a few hours, and I already love it more than I can say.  So, hopefully these will be the last fuzzy photos you see of Parker.

I haven't actually taken any pictures of him with the new camera yet.  He's been asleep since before the battery was charged. 

 Oh, yes, and what toys did Keith get?

New biking shoes!   (You're still not allowed to ride in the dark)

Not really what I would want for Christmas, but he seems to be pretty excited about them.

And Parker?

Sorry kid, we'll do better next year.



Keith's New Project

I've commissioned Keith with a new project.  I'm looking for a way to dry my "lay flat to dry" sweaters, without covering the entire basement with wet clothing.  So, Keith took the opportunity to try out some of his tools, and I had the opportunity to try out my new toy.

Eventually, I'll have several mesh shelves in the laundry room to lay sweaters, as well as a rack for drying diaper wraps. 

Ideally, the laundry room could be 8-12" larger and it would be perfect, but it's pretty darn awesome as it is. 

As is my hubby.

No so much the dog.