Flexing His Teeth Muscles

I guess since he can't crawl over the walls that seem to trap him in at night, he's decided he'd gnaw his way out...

I don't know why he hates being in that crib so much!

This is what I discovered yesterday.

And I honestly don't know when he's doing this!  I mean, I get up and get him out in the mornings and he's always still laying down.  And when he's napping, the minute I hear him crying, I go get him.  He has to be doing it in the middle of the night or something! 

What a Trooper

We are having our new office doors and staircase banister stained in the house.   And stain stinks.  So, we've kept the doors open to air the place out, and well, frankly, it's cold outside, so that means it's cold inside.   This is poor Dex having his nighttime bottle this afternoon.  Haha!  As I said, what a trooper :)

Tricks

Dex seriously seems to learn something new every single day. I noticed this weekend that he is actually starting to play like a little boy and not a baby! He will try to mimic you when you do things, he will crawl around the room, come and show you what he's picked up, and play hide and seek (well, he will duck his head behind something then poke it up where he can see you and laugh and laugh!) It so flippin' cute! I will try to get a video of that next time. This is SUCH a fun age!! I feel like I say that every month older he gets! When do we start regressing and saying "he was really testing my nerves today?" :)

Doing his "fish face"

Video of him mimicking me smacking and waving hello/goodbye!

Such a smartie :)

Change of Subject

I didn't take any pictures of Dex this weekend, mostly because I was taking some of this pretty lady!  (Most of you recognize her as my beautiful little sister!)  :)

I've been really playing with the camera and photography, and wanted a different subject than Dex.  He's sweet and cute and all, but lately he is just impossible to get to smile, or even LOOK, at the camera.  It was nice to have someone who would do what I told them to do!  Haha!  I've become fairly "decent" in photoshop (still probably only working with about 5% of the program's capabilities), so I thought I'd give it a whirl with a real, live photo shoot.  I think they turned out pretty good!  Although it helps when your subject looks like her! 

I would love to start doing some Senior Photos for the upcoming graduates as a side project, so if anybody knows of anyone that would like me to practice on them, please let me know!

To see the full album, check me out at: www.flickr.com/photos/kerrioneal/sets/72157623358659659/

Thanks, Amanda, for being my first subject and for hanging out with me :)

Friday Night Blues

I'm honestly grasping for a post here!  We were going to go out to eat tonight (which I was going to take pictures of...because little Dex in his highchair at a big table is pretty funny), but that fell through, so I had to figure something out here at home.  So, we were just playing around and I grabbed a few shots.

He still loves his monkey safari bouncy chair, however he doesn't sit in it quite the same as he used to :)

Snacking, with an added degree of difficulty...

 

Holding his spoon the whole time!  Seriously one of his favorite toys...a spoon!  ha!

What I Do On My Days Off :)

I took a few million pictures today to play with in Photoshop.  Dex didn't really cooperate, but every once in a while, I'd catch him looking my direction.  He's gotten to where sometimes we can literally yell his name at him and he just keeps on doing whatever it is he's doing, never to even glance our way!  Stinker. 

Playing with his rocking chair from Mimi and Daddy Doug.  He loves this thing, even though he hasn't quite mastered the concept of rocking yet...  I think right now he mainly enjoys crawling into it :)

Can't keep his tongue in his mouth, this one...

I think his outfit adds 10 pounds :)  Hehe!

He'll Crawl Anywhere!

This face just screams trouble!!

I leave him alone two seconds and he's all tangled up in table chairs!

Did I do something?