Kid Photography

What Dylan considers fine photography.

Keilana's work. Not bad considering she was dealing with a rather large camera for small hands and a telephoto lens.  I turned the auto-focus on for her

What we know so far

Kylie is just over 3 months old now, and here's what we know so far:

1.  She's pretty low key.  As long as she's fed, dry and napped, she just sort of hangs out.  She'll just sit on the couch or the swing or my lap and chat with us or just watch.  She's not a big mover (though she is rather strong).  She sleeps well (and usually easily).  Even when she's upset, she can scream when something's wrong, but not like her brother and sister.  Her temper seems to be slow and mild.

2.  She's interested in people.  She stares at faces.  Big time.  She was already focusing her eyes well in the delivery room, and is much more intently focused on people than babies generally all.  She does not get fascinated with objects the same way, but when it comes to people, her attention span is very long.  She can concentrate on faces for a long time. Daddy may have finally met his staring contest match.

3.  She doesn't care much for crowds.  She tends to be more fussy and less at ease when there are lots of people around.  She has a harder time going to sleep and staying asleep. I'm afraid she's going to be a lot like her Mama, in that crowds/strangers seem to make her tense.  Dylan seemed to not notice if there was one person in a room or 50, and Keilana thrived on attention--still does.  Once she gets past her initial shyness, she is little Ms. Social Butterfly.  Kylie it seems may be a bit more of a homebody.

4.  She's very attached to Mama.  All babies are, right?  Well, this one seems to already have separation anxiety, about 8 months too early.  Sometimes she's OK with anybody, but all too often she gets very sad if someone besides me is holding her.  She sticks out her fat, pouty bottom lip and starts to whimper.  But whenever I'm around, she's a delightful baby!!

5.  She's a trifle "untraditional".  aka a freak like the rest of us.  She has made little to no effort to roll over.  Doesn't even try.  However, if I lay her down on the floor and then lie next to her, parallel to her, she will use all the upper body strength she can muster to lift her upper body off the floor and shift it over, as many times as necessary in order to face me.  Then she will scoot wildly with her little knees, and lift with her upper body, successfully inch worming her way over to me where she screams at me with a heartbreaking face that just says, "Pick me uuuupppp!!"

I call her "Smiley Kylie".  She's a joy.

Short People

The kids and I spent the day at Amanda's the other day.  Everybody had a pretty good time.  It was a beautiful day, so the kids were excited to be outside.  Dylan escaped naked from the waist down at one point, but it all worked out OK.

The baby girls.  We need to get another photo with Alexa!

Saucer sleds: not just for snow!! Clayton is inside the red one Keilana's pushing on.

Two posers and one Kung Fu Panda:)

And for days that just aren't "dress days"

Blue shirt - by RebeccaSusan on Polyvore.com


Oh, Becky, why did you do this? It may well become a new addiction.

What I'd wear to pick them up from school. . .

Daisies - by RebeccaSusan on Polyvore.com

This one just makes me laugh

Oh good times. I remember the days when I used to wear jewelry--check this out: an anklet on each ankle, a toe ring on each foot, multiple rings on each hand, and on any given day I'd be wearing 2-3 necklaces.  Oh, I miss my belly pre-pregnancy.  And yes, I graduated in Scooby Doo boxers and bare feet.  Don't hate 'cause you ain't!!

Ok, Christa, here's a good example

of what I was talking about the other day.  Christa and I were IMing each other about our weight loss progress/goals the other day and I was lamenting my strange build and big cheeks.  In the picture:

(its a little hard to tell with all the hair) I'm pretty thin.  But notice the bigness/broadness of my shoulders and the roundness of my cheeks.  This was about 3 weeks before my 18th birthday, and I was about 35-40 pounds thinner than I am now.  Still, those broad shoulders are far less unattractive when I'm thin.  :(