Crack Me Up!

This is my little guy cracking up to my Kyle cracking up. He loves it when we hackle and starts laughing himself. I cannot get enough of his giggles. It is like music to my ears (this 1 minutes long video of just him giggling his testiment to it). He doesn't do it alot. Well, he really makes us work at it anyway.

Oh something else that is funny: when you watch at the very end, Leon's face gets really serious...he had just tuted. It was soooo funny.

Enjoy!

Discouraged

Today has been a wonderful day. I got a call from my brother and his family saying the were in town and wanted to go out to lunch. It was so good to see them. Leon started eating rice cereal today which he loved. He was so funny because he was in the best mood during an after this new adventure. I couldn't get enough of it. Tonight was my night "off" so I did some shopping. I didn't find a whole heck of alot but it was nice to get out.

The day had been great until now.

I feel like pulling my hair out. I feel like crying. I feel like taking a really long hot shower (this is what I do when I'm upset or don't know how to cope). I came home to my poor husband trying to get our baby to go to sleep. He had been at it for an hour. Leon has been so stubborn about sleeping the last few nights. He has always had trouble falling asleep but the last few nights have been awful! It has taken a really long time to put him to sleep and then he'll wake up at 1:00/2:00 am (an hour after I just fed him) and it takes forever to get him to go back to sleep. And it is so hard to be patient because I'm so utterly tired by that point.

I'm so completely tired of trying. Anybody who knows me, knows that I'm not a patient person. I'm so tired of being tired. My body feels so frail, so weak. I told myself that I wasn't going to throw myself any more pity parties and here I am. I feel like I've tried everything and nothing is getting any better. Why didn't anybody tell me how to do this...at least give me some clue???? I guess with your first baby it is just this way...a guessing game until you have your next baby and can start it all out the right way.

I love Leon so much.

I know this has to be for my own good but I just need things to start going a little better. Just a little better.

Indiana Dunes

This last Friday, Kyle had the day off so we decided to take a very much needed mini (and I mean mini) vacation to the Indiana Dunes. We had so much fun. It was so cute to see our little baby boy react to all the new stuff to look at. I think he had just as much fun as we did. He loved the sand and loved when the water would come up over his feet.

One day I would love to spend a whole week up there. This park is seriously is a photographer's dream. There are so many beautiful spots. I want to go on every trail at the most perfect times of day and shoot. I've seen some beautiful photographs taken there. Here are some of my lousy attempts. I guess they're not too bad.

Emily and Andy

Emily and Andy are family friends who are getting hitched this fall. I had such a good time taking their engagement photos. They were the perfect couple to shoot for: good looking, stylish, photogenic, up to anything, and most importantly, in love! I was a little worried that I was going to be rusty but these turned out to be some of my favorite engagement photographs I've taken.