48/52 Rocks

Rocks and dirt. That's where the fun's at.

43/52 Runnin

Some photos of the kid getting a ride on grandpa's shoulders:

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From Hoffmaster State Park from a few weeks ago.

And a bonus of the family:

catch up

Alright, I have been a pretty big slacker on the photo project thing as of late, but I have been taking and posting more than I have been putting up here.  So, here are three weeks worth.  Two of them are cell phone pics, which I count, and the third is one I finally got the real camera out for again.  Cheers.

First is Windmill Island. I was kayaking around and didn't know how far I went - nice gardens there (at least from the water)!

This is a dying flower. I thought it was funny because half is clearly very dead while the other half still actually looked really good and alive.  Surely there is a metaphor in there somewhere...

This is Saugatuck State Park on Lake Michigan. The beaches are actually really nice and there are great, tall sand dunes complete with dunes grass just off the beach. It was fairly windy when we were there so there were even pretty legit waves. With such a big lake it really is almost like being at the ocean except for the salt smell in the air. Oliver was enjoying the sand... takes after his mom (yet again).

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Expressions apparently run in the family...

last few days

We had Sara's parents in town over the last few days, which was lovely.  Finally made it over to the Clyde Warren Park, which was also lovely.  Here are a few pics (the first was today after they left, but I just like it a lot):

Work and help

Sara started back to work this past week, so my mom came out to help us out because I would not get a thing done if it was just me here. They have been having fun.

Lately Oliver has been a bit more trouble because they think he has reflux issues. This translates into challenging feeds and a good bit of time on the tummy. All considered though he is still a pretty good baby.

Here he is sleeping on grandma's lap.

photo dump

Here are a few pics of the little guy "meeting" one of his great grandparents via video chat. Crazy what these kids are up to these days. :)





Awesome post bath hair:



I love this picture of him and his mom. The sleeping strong man pose...

engagement surprise

This past weekend we went back and took some pictures of us and Franklin Maverick Felix Fantastico at the same place that I proposed to Sara in Colorado Springs.  More to come, but thought I would share this one... kind of fun.  Same spot and same pose as that day back in 2005.

21 weeks!

We had another baby appointment today and it was the day that they do the anatomy check and find out if 'Franklin' is actually a boy or a girl.  The anatomy all looked really great, which was reassuring to the MD in this family unit.  The guy doing it was super good at doing ultra-sounds so it went surprisingly quick, too.  Although, since we are going to a solo practice OB, she had us go to another practice that is technically a high risk one, but they do ultrasounds all the time and must be her preferred sounders.

Anyways, more to the point, below is a nice little profile picture of the little guy.  'Franklin' actually is a Franklin (as in gender... probably not name).

19.5-ish

Today we took a nice little stroll around White Rock lake in like upper 60 degree weather and thought we should take another picture of 'Franklin'.  It is funny going down to Waco each week because I can literally see the baby get bigger each time I get back.

Things are still going well.  About the only thing Sara craves is hamburgers, which is awesome.  

18-ish

We have been meaning to take another picture of Sara for a while.  We did the other night when she was all tuckered out from work and what not.  I was super tempted to post the photo, but she was not happy, not smiling and I think the ramifications of sharing it would be painful.  So I withheld.  But here is one that is good!

She came home yesterday and said strangers were asking her when she is due.  She is still probably on the cusp of when that would be a gamble and when it may not be... but really, is it ever ok to ask a stranger that?  So we take this and Sara looks at it and goes, 'am I really that big?!'

Lucy Jane

Today I figured I would just share some pics of our super cute niece with ya'll. These are from our AZ trip we just went on recently. We had a great time with the sister, brother-in-law, lucy, and hans franz. enjoy.

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Lucy Jane dancing!

Hey everyone, here is a video of our super-cute niece, Lucy.  she's got the moves down!