first birthday photos

To formally document Owen's first birthday, we jumped on the family photoshoot bandwagon, which seems to have all but replaced the old Olan Mills or JC Penney session of the child climbing on oversized blocks with the number of their new age on them. (We did get one in a rocking chair, at least!) We called my friend Lindsey who was 6+ months pregnant with her twins at the time, and she did a great job.  Owen decided to showcase his serious side, but I think he still looks pretty handsome.

The next step is to actually DO something with them now, so I'll at least put them here for a few of you to see!  And slowly but surely, they'll make it onto our living room wall and under the grandparents' Christmas trees.  For now, enjoy our little one-year-old digitally!

two months of mornings

After a little nudge from Grammie, we're back to the blog.  I need to push my overly-thorough tendencies to the side, remind myself what I often tell my employees..."done is better than perfect", and just put some pictures up here even if they are not accompanied by a lot of words. Hopefully a few people will still look at them!

Here is a little collection of morning photos from the past few months.  Owen always looks so cute first thing in the morning - with freshly combed hair and no food stains on his clothes yet - so I sometimes set all the bags down on our way to the car/daycare in the morning and snap a few pictures of him. It's fun to see them all together here and watch the progression of his mobility and hair growth! Taken on May 2, May 28, June 3, and July 15.