pictures by demand

Alright, alright, here are some pictures! As you'll see... I've been having a lot of fun with my new camera and photoshop!

When William was a newborn some dear and very talented friends took some pictures of him on this blanket. These are my best go at recreating them.

Nope, not an outtie bellybutton. My sweet baby has an umbilical hernia.

My gorgeous sister Dr. Charity. If you know any awesome LDS single guys over 6' 2", let her know.
Bedtime. I think William is just irresistible in PJ's.

On Sunday my brother came to visit again! We went for a walk in the fabulous Columbia woods. I love this picture.

Looks like a laugh, but I think he was yawning. This is a newborn sized sleeper that he's just able to wear. William wore it ONCE. Ahh- by way of stats: Cameron has gained 2 lbs since birth. As of Monday, he weighed 7lbs 8 oz. He's 5 weeks old today.

Cameron looks a lot different than William did as a newborn. He seems to have more of my features than daddy's.
William styled his own hair. With RANCH DRESSING. Mmmm.

That's all for now, friends! Hope you enjoyed them!

Hint, Hint...

I think my sweet William is trying to tell us that it's time for a new bathroom floor!

What an innocent face! (grainy picture from my phone)

Here's your baby fix. This is Cameron in William's toy stroller. Cameron had his 1month check up yesterday and he weighs 7lb 8 oz. Sounds about right for what his birth weight would have been had he been born on his due date!

I've got lots of other great pictures- I promise I'll get them up later, but naptime is ticking away right now and I need all the minutes I can get since Cameron's decided wake up time is 4am... bless his heart (shout out to all our NC fam!).

Estrogen Makes the World Go Round

So lately I've been thinking a lot about the intricate dynamics of family life, and, more specifically, about Felicity's impressive ability to keep our family (and our home) in order. Now that we have two kids under 18 months old, sleep seems to come only in short spurts, resulting without fail in tired mommies and daddies (not to mention the *sometimes* grumpy kiddies). In spite of this unwanted side effect of what is otherwise an unestimable divine blessing, I have noticed that my sweet wife has this remarkable capacity to bounce back from the depths of fatigue to tackle whatever project she sets her mind to. Take today, for instance. I don't recall us sleeping much after about 3 a.m., which is why I shamelessly crashed after work and took a modest nap (shame on daddy, I know). Meanwhile, as visions of sugar plums danced through my head, my used-to-require-at-least-10-hours-of-sleep eternal companion effectively morphed into the energizer bunny and was entertaining the kids while simultaneously cleaning the house. Either it's a miracle, or it's the estrogen. The way I see it, she's the only one around these parts with a significant amount of the stuff, and mysteriously she's the only one who seems to be able to go, go, go all day long without stopping. So my theory is that estrogenic beings benefit from the hormone's mystical properties and are thus able to accomplish far more than their testosteronic counterparts. Then again, perhaps I just need to suck it up and pamper my well-deserving wife. I'll figure it out... someday.