Photography practice

So I've been reading this book on how to photograph children and the chapter I just finished was about light.  I've read the book already, but since I'm a skim reader I didn't really retain a whole lot.  I'm sure I'll be reading it over and over since there is so much valuable information in it that I need to learn.  Anyways, since we've had such great weather I decided to go out and take a few pictures. Here is one of my favorites.  There are more on facebook.  For some reason it takes 5 minutes to load them up to this blog so I'm giving up.

In addition to reading the book, I've decided to take a class this summer on photography. Hopefully it will be about Photoshop.  Then I can buy the real program with a student discount. I did try to edit the puffy dark circles under his eyes, but in some ways it almost makes him not look like himself.  Oh well. Hopefully a class will help me figure all that out. 

Gone are the days when I could sit Mason down and take endless pictures without worrying he'll move on me!  As you can see in the picture we first bribed him with a book and when that stopped working we bribed him with a musical toy.  The other problem is that when he does move he crawls straight for me and fast!  I can't back up fast enough to take his picture.  

Hope you enjoy!

Explosion in the Morgan home

So Mason has been constipated since pretty early on.  We first tried giving him juice, then prunes, then cut out all foods associated with the BRAT diet.  We've pretty much tried every kind of formula out there and are finally on a specialty formula that costs $25 for half the size of a regular can.  Pretty expensive, but hey if it helps I'm all for it.  At the end of the month we are going to take him to a pediatric gastroenterologist to see if there is something wrong.  

Well, because he has had this problem his diapers have been pretty manageable.  Nice and tidy, easy cleanup.  Today though, he pretty much had an explosion in his diaper.  Running down his leg and then all over his foot.  I didn't really know what to do with him since I hadn't had to experience this normal part of motherhood. Eventually I put his feet back in his sleeper, carried him upstairs to the bathroom and basically hosed him down. Just kidding about the hosing down thing.  I did give him a very thorough bath. Now he's as happy as a clam like he always is.  

I've got to say we've had it pretty easy.  He has got to be the easiest baby.  We did have that MSRA scare though. That was pretty stressful. It is scary being a mom, knowing you don't have full control over what happens to your children. I guess that's where we have to totally give them over to God knowing we can always trust Him to make something good come out of whatever happens.

Well, that's my little story for today.  

Blog Newbie

Okay, so I finally gave in.  We have a blog.  I'm not sure really what I'm supposed to do on here.  I mainly created it so our family who doesn't live nearby can read what's going on in our lives.  Friends are always welcome to read what's going on too of course!  So here goes my first blog.  I can't guarantee that I will post often.  I will try to do what I can. So keep checking back if there's nothing new.  

2008 was a great year!  We have our precious little boy with us now.  He sure is a smiler! I can't imagine life without him.  I seriously couldn't have asked for a better baby or a better husband.  I truly have been blessed beyond words.  

We recently went to the snow and he didn't care for it too much. Maybe next year. Our dog, Cayda, seemed to like it though.  When we went sledding, she would run down the hill and chase us.  Oh, we also couldn't have asked for a better dog either. Expensive considering all the vet bills so far, but great none the less. 

We can't wait to see what God does in 2009.