Look! He can spell!

Serious pushups

Is this normal? He's perfectly happy doing pushups instead of crawling. Every once and a while he'll let his feet slide and he'll push himself backwards with his arms. This only frustrates him when the toy he wants is in front of him. Boy that picture above looks kind of freaky! His eyes look weird. Here are some cuter pictures below.

Lots of changes going on

Now that Raleigh can sit up on his own, he can play with this activity center that my friend SweetMarySunshine (www.sweetmarysunshine.blogspot.com) gave us. He absolutely has a blast with this thing.

Raleigh tried appricots for the first time tonight. They were a bit too tart for him, and he made a bunch of sour faces that we didn't catch on camera. We did get the aftermath on camera though.

I can't believe how much he has changed in just the past weeks. He's doing pushups, he' s almost crawling, and he's trying to do ab crunches when he's on his back. You already know that his first tooth showed up on Friday. If he's semi propped up with a pillow, he can pull himself up to a sitting position by himself.

Tonight, Raleigh had real fun in the bath for the first time. He was kicking and splashing all over the place.

On a sad note, we were going to get a visit from his Grandma Deb this week but she's under the weather right now. So we'll have to wait for another time. We were really looking forward to her visit, but now we're wishing that she get well soon.

On a good note,
My mother and hopefully my father will be visiting us this weekend. It's been a long time since they've seen Raleigh. I can't wait to get some good pictures!

I've been trying to find a time to upload some more video clips but I haven't been lucky so far.

Happy Monday!

First trip to the outdoor pool!

A new blog in the family

Josh's brother Joel and his wife Erika have a blog now. Check it out:

www.erikaandjoel.blogspot.com

Can you guess what this is?

Yesterday marked the day that Raleigh's first tooth popped through the surface of his gums. I noticed it when we were all grilling in the park enjoying the beautiful Friday evening.



This morning, we spent some time outside. Josh and I were landscaping while Raleigh was having fun playing and attempting to crawl. He's started to get himself in the plank position more often now. That's when his hands and feet are all that are touching the ground.

Mmmm.....Avacado!

A Night at the Zoo

Last night, the company that I work for sponsored a night out at the zoo for employees and their families.

Josh, Raleigh and I attended...of course.

I was comissioned to take pictures for the event, which was loads of fun. Due to the fact that I locked my camera in my cabinet at work and then I lost the key to my cabinet, I used the company's camera. Oh, boy was it fun to use that camera. It had a much more expensive lens than my camera and it had a very noisy shutter which I absolutely enjoyed.

I might have to begin saving for a new lense for my camera :)

Here are some of the pictures from the zoo.

It starts with a thumb slammed in the trunk...

That's how my weekend started. As I was cleaning out our car trunk to begin packing for our trip to Worthington, MN, I shut my right thumb in the car trunk so much that I had to open the trunk with the key to get it out. I didn't break anything but only suffered a somewhat deep cut to the left of my thumb knuckle. I slapped on a bandaid and I was good to go :)

Luckily, the thumb injury didn't affect my photography this weekend. Here are a couple of my favorite shots from this weekend. As you can see, it was raining during the ceremony. If I were truly a professional, I would have had a raincoat for my camera.

I prefer candid photographs more than posed. Only candid photographs can truly show happiness.




And of course, here's a picture of Raleigh looking up at me from his Pack N' Play in our hotel room.



As I wade through more wedding photos, I'll share some more.

From Worthington, MN

Hi all!

Josh, Raleigh and I are down in Worthington, MN, this weekend. We're here to celebrate the marriage of Aaron and Tanya. I'm also going to be their photographer for their wedding.

Here are some pics from the rehearsal cookout.

Erika with Raleigh.

The yummy food.

The bride and groom. I'm not sure they knew that I took this picture :)