Puppies and What Long Naps Do

Puppies at Jerry and Kelli's house. Reid was a little skeptical of them at first
even though doggie is his favorite thing to point at on his blanket and books he has even said it a couple of times.

It was a long day at Nolan's baptism without a nap. We got home and Reid slept for three hours and woke up starving with this hairdo. Can you say Flock of Seagulls?

A Post For Grandpa

These pictures are for Grandpa Neuman. He has wanted to give Reid a taste of beer since he has been born. So here you go, some pictures of Reid with a (not so full :) Point Beer bottle.

11 Month Sign

Here are Reid's 11 month sign pictures! Doesn't he look so grown up and confident? Ha.

King of the Jungle

Yes he is.

Good Morning

This picture was taken when we were doing the bathroom remodel. Reid loved his sink bath, he could see out the window and play with the faucet. Kevin and I would rotate who had to take him out because he hated coming out of there!

Happy Father's Day!!

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there! Here are some photographs of Reid and his dad.
You are a great dad Kevin, Reid adores you! I'll always remember the day we brought him home and how proud you were to introduce him to the world and everyone around him.

Ahhh Reid

Things that shout, "Hey it's me, Reid!" Belly laughing with his hand in his mouth. I love those little pudgy hands. I could just squeeze them. And of course Reid wouldn't be Reid without his hair glowing in the light!

I couldn't resist.....

just one more, I mean three more pictures. Aren't these pictures to die for? I love them. Kevin took them and captured the moment perfectly. For the life of me I don't remember what was so funny, it must have been that funny Dad behind the camera.

Vanderbilt Mansion

On our last day in New York we went to the Vanderbilt Mansion. As Dave and Ginny toured the mansion we just hung out and walked around the grounds. Here are some photos of Reid from that day. There will be a few more maybe tomorrow. The first one is him in the grass. He doesn't like to touch the grass so he was lifting his legs and arms at the same time. It was pretty funny. He is getting a little more used to it but still doesn't wander far off of a blanket on the lawn.

Wedding

Here are a few of the details and some of my design work!

Bride and her parents :) Groom and his mother.


Heather and Dave
Reid and Laura, he loved her.Grandpa giving Reid a drink of his martini, just kidding.


The ceremony spot
I don't think this needs an explanation if you've read this blog before.
Grandma and Reid

Abe having a blast dancing to the band's awesome groove.

Here are a few pictures from the wedding. I didn't have any of us as a family oh well. I guess I just forgot to turn the camera over to some one else. I didn't even get a picture of Reid with the bride and groom. Bad bad bad. I'm sure the photographers got some though. There is a great post on "A mom and her camera" linked on the left about why she needs to hire a photographer to photograph her children even though she is a photographer bc it's hard to play the photographer and the mom at the same time. Exactly.
It was a beautiful wedding at a beautiful location. Everything about the day was perfect! Except me missing out on the pasta bar that is.

Dinner Time

Here are some pics from a dinner before Heather and Abe's wedding on Friday night.

The Happy Couple

Reid with his new Uncle Abe

Reid with Heather and Abe. I love this picture.
I also love this one of Heather and Reid, so sweet.

Reid and Grandma Neuman having so much fun!

Photographer's Complex

As you can see in this photo a lot of my pictures lately are of Reid grabbing at the camera. Fun. Well as a photographer I always want to get some great pictures of him. I look back at the pictures I took of him as a newborn and I think I really blew it. I could have done so much better. I live and learn though, I'll keep trying and hopefully I'll get better and better at "people" photography. Lately getting a good shot has been a challenge. Sometimes I can give him the lens cap and he is happy. As you can see in the picture below. Happy check, good picture not so much. Unless of course you like pictures of children chewing on lens caps or holding them in front of the camera.

11 months

This photo was taken on the 19th of May. I'm going in order of when the pictures were taken so NY is coming up soon!
Reid is 11 months old today. I put him down for a nap today and as he was rocking in my arms the tears started to roll. "Those are happy tears, right Auntie Elizabeth?" said Elie awhile ago, after a long, sleepless holiday night when I thought Reid would never sleep at my in-law's house. Right on kiddo, those are happy tears. Happy tears, my little man is more of a toddler than a baby. I'm not sure why but 10 months was easy to say, he is 10 months old. 11 months on the other hand makes him way too close to a year old and I never ever thought Reid would be almost a year old. I thought he'd stay a baby forever. I wished time would stand still for awhile so I could remember and take in every single little and big thing he accomplished. I'm glad I have this blog so I can look back at this wild ride. I love that saying, this wild ride. My mom always says she'd go back to having 4 little boys 4 and under any day. (I may have told you that before.) Now I know why. As I see all the pregnant bellies at the YMCA in the morning I can't help but stare. I'm envious of the new and wonderful adventure that they are in store for. Envious isn't the right word, not sure what I'm looking for....just so happy for them that they will also be able to have the fun, tough, and priceless memories that we have from the past 11 months.

DONE.

I'm done. I'm done. I'm doing the happy dance to celebrate finishing a HUGE editing job. Probably the biggest photo editing job I've ever done. It was fun, it was tiring, it was late, but it is out the door. With traveling out to New York, then heading up north, and a bathroom remodel my work got pushed back and it was just hanging ever so heavily over my head. It feels great to be done.
That being said there are SO many pictures that I have to post. Days at the park, New York, Heather and Abe's wedding, bathroom remodel, etc.
Reid is crawling like crazy, he is going up steps, blabbing like crazy, eating what we eat. Is it weird that an 11 month old loves eggplant Parmesan, and risotto? Anyway, no Reid pictures right now but I'll leave you with what we ate for dinner the other night. YUM.
-Disclaimer: I'm not a food photographer and I will never claim to be one :) Too hard for me, to much fakery (I know that's not a word) and too much fussing. But sometimes our food looks too good to not pass a camera in front of it. Thanks Kevin, you're a great cook!