Time flies...

Just realized it's been quite a while since my last post, and I do have some pictures to post but that won't happen today. Lauri and I are out in the Ann Arbor area at St. Joseph's while her mom goes through quite extensive back surgery. It may be up to a 12 hour surgery, so please keep her and our family in your prayers.

P.S. Kelly, I took Norah's picture with her cap, scarf, and mittens (which apparently taste better than they insulate...), and they fit great! I'll get it online as soon as possible now that the major push of wedding season is over, it'll just have to wait till we get back home.

Norah is almost 6 months old??!!

This just goes to show how out of it I've been lately... This last Sunday, my Dad took some pictures of Norah for her 6 month b-day! It was the photoshoot that almost didn't happen, read more about that and check out the pictures over at his blog (CLICK HERE)

Vacation Time, and our little girl.

A few weeks back now, Lauri and I went away for a night to celebrate our 3rd wedding anniversary. We were headed out to Tecumseh, MI to visit a winery nad have a nice dinner and along the way we passed through Saline. They were having a street fair, so we decided to stop, walk through, and have some lunch. Here are a few shots from walking around. The guy with the military uniform and awards wrote a book about his experiences while serving overseas. Lauri and I had actually seen him at a bookstore in Ann Arbor before, but it was nice to sit and talk with him for a few minutes. He told us that everybody thinks he looks like a young Nick Cage in his service photo.

Here are some shots of Norah, since it's been so long since I posted shots of her... The second from the last image was taken for Kacy, so she could see Norah in the onesie she made for her and the last picture is of Norah in her new favorite toy, although she'll have to get a little bigger before her feet reach the ground, she still loves sitting in her bouncy seat and checking things out

Blog name change?

I'm starting to think I should change the name of my blog to "Norah's Blog"... But I guess it's supposed to show what we've been up to lately, and any parent can attest that all you seem to have time for outside of work is your baby. And we wouldn't have it any other way!

Anyways, Norah got a chance to spend some time with her Grandma and Papa Shields last Sunday, so what do you think they did together??? Took pictures of course!!! Head on over to my Dad's blog to check a few of them out.

CLICK HERE

More Norah

I just can't help myself sometimes, She's just so darn photogenic!

4 month Dr. Appointment

Our "little" girl had her 4 month doctors appointment today which means she got measured, checked out, and shot up. That's a lot for her to go through all in one doctors visit, but Lauri has informed me that she made it through with flying colors. There were some tears during the shots, but a quick bottle afterwards solved that problem.

Norah is now in the 95 percentile for both height and weight for girls at her age (16.10 pounds - 25.75" long). I guess she comes by her height honestly though.

Here's a picture Lauri sent me after their appointment, the text that went along with it was from Norah saying, "I'm ok daddy, I miss you"...

In other news,

A friend of mine from college made the paper over the past few days for a project he'd worked on. The firm he works for (Integrated Architecture) has designed a new shower facility for the state of Michigan to use in their State Parks. It's an eco-friendly design using all the latest and greatest green strategies and technologies. The project pictured in the article is at the Grand Haven State Park, and apparently they plan on building another one in a park in Gaylord, MI.

AP photo by Adam Bird

I first read about it in an email that I'm subscribed to that talks about development news in the Grand Rapids area. Their article linked to an online news source I'd never heard of. So I just figured it got some local press, still not to shabby. So I emailed him to say congrats, and he informed me that the AP picked up the story, and ran it in papers all over the US including USA Today! That's just Crazy talk!

So Congrats again Ryan.

Go Blue!

More Food!

This week marked a pretty big milestone for Norah, she started eating cereal and Vegetables from a spoon! Not only is she expanding her gastronomic interests, she's sitting in her big girl high chair too! She sure does love her some green beans.

Lauri went out for dinner with some ladies she works with tonight, so it was a Daddy and Norah Night! Tonight was the first time I had a chance to feed her in her high chair and she did great! (These pictures were from the night before)

The next two pictures were just from me playing around with photoshop, experimenting with different Black and White techniques. But I figured I'd post them anyways.