Happy 4th Everybody! Thank a Vet while you're at it!

Every year my Mom's family heads up to my Aunt and Uncle's cottage in Canadian Lakes, MI for a weekend of fun in the sun. Well, fun in the shade for some of us anyways. This was Norah's first time to the cottage, and boy was everyone excited to see her! What a help it is to have almost 20 people to help watch her for the weekend. And little miss nosey was loving every minute of it. She had a fussy day our first day back home, I think it was because only Lauri and I were around... She missed all of her family and the dogs being around. When we got home I realized that I hadn't taken as many pictures as I usually do, was a little pre-occupied this year. But here are a few (a couple of them were taken by my Dad with my camera). And if you're interested, I'm sure he'll have a slideshow up soon if not already from this weekend too, on his blog (CLICK HERE)

FINALLY!

We got our new computer a week or so ago now, and have steadily been getting it up and running with the basics. So now we have a few different occassions to blog about so I'll do each one with it's own post. Back towards the end of June, Lauri, Norah, and I took a trip out to Cedar Springs, MI to visit with Lauri's sister (Lindsey) her Fiance (ryan) and her step-son-to-be (Braiden). Joan Conrad made the trip out with Cosmo too, so we had a full house. Here are a few snapshots from our weekend.

Oh and the biggest thing since my last blog post has been that Norah is now a big 3 month old girl. She's definitely keeping Mom and Dad on their toes.

Our little Jackie O

Thanks again for putting up with us Lindsey, Ryan, and Braiden.

Bad Daddy

Well it seems that my computer has seen better days. It's taking longer and longer to put pictures on it and editing them is a nightmare, which is why there haven't been any blog updates in a while. The pictures haven't stopped, just the postings. And I'm kind of in a holding pattern on purchasing a new computer until my parents get back from vacation, as I'd like to get my Dad's input on some minimum requirements (size and speed) for the photo editing..

Norah's doing very well, we think she's starting to work on some teeth now, so there should be some fun nights ahead. Her and Mom are spending lots of time together now because Mom is home for summer vacation now. So here's a picture that Lauri had sent to me from her cell phone the other day. Norah loves to play with her jungle gym during the day with Mom.

I love getting these pictures during the day, it's like a little ray of sunshine in a crazy day at work.

Norah

So while I'm putzing around trying to edit the pictures I took on Saturday (they're not even on my computer yet), from the baby shower that Lauri's Dad and Step-Mom threw for us, my Dad has posted some pictures for everyone to see over on his blog (click here). He watched Norah for us yesterday, so I'm not too surprised that there was a photoshoot. Now be very careful when viewing these pictures, when I looked at them I literally laughed out loud. So if your employer doesn't appreciate you looking at Super-Duper-Ultra-Cute Baby pictures while you're "on the clock", you may want to wait till you get home because you're probably going to get caught. :)

Thanks for the great shots Dad!

Enjoy.
John

2 Months!

I've been trying to take some 2 month pictures of Norah for the last 6 days, and for one reason or another it never happened after I got home from work. Either she was fussy, or we were too busy. So to start off the holiday weekend we had a mini photo shoot this morning after her bottle. You'll see how she gets a little sleepy afterwards too, so cute.

These are some shots I took to show how much she loves her bouncy chair, from the animals on it to the lights and music that it plays, it keeps us occupied for a while. the first shot is from a few weeks before hand to show what she's looking at in the next two. While I love the shots of her laughing, the expression on her face in the second shot is great too. It's like you can watch her learn something! P.S. I included both color and Black and White shots here because I like the Black and White but everyone else likes the color shots.

And last but certainly not least, here's Norah's first "Someone who loves went to (insert your favorite city here) and all I got was this T-shirt" T-shirt. It's from her Uncle Jim and Aunt Jen from their trip to Scottsdale, AZ. A trip that taught us all the valuable lesson of why you should never accidentally drop your cell phone in a taxi cab. Thank you Jim.

Norah's Baptism

Yesterday was a very big day for Norah as she was baptized, and she couldn't have made it through the day any better. We had LOTS of family and friends on hand to help us celebrate and welcome her into the christian family. I didn't take any pictures with my camera, but that's only because my Dad was there with his camera. So if there was a shot I wanted to take, I just grabbed his camera and shot away. But as a result, you'll need to go to his blog to see the slideshow that he already has up. Thanks Dad! And a big thank you to Norah's new God Parents, Jim and Lindsey. We know you'll always be there for her.

Eyes Open!

I've gotten numerous requests, since my last post of Norah, for some pictures of her with her eyes OPEN! I never actually realized that most of the pictures I've taken of her are from when she's sleeping, but as you can imagine this is the easiest time to take her picture...

But today Norah was hanging out with Dad and, after she got a new dialper on, was wide awake and in a great mood, so I raced to the office, grabbed my camera, and took a few quick shots. Enjoy!