Photo Test

David has been wishing, hoping and dreaming of a new camera for years. Then with the arrival of Porter, I finally jumped on board to get something new. In true David fashion, he's been researching cameras for several months and has a good friend in our ward that is well versed in the world of cameras, so they have spent hours talking and comparing different cameras. A couple of weeks ago the camera arrived, a Canon 6D . This past weekend we went out on a photo shoot of sorts so David could teach me some tricks since I know nothing about cameras besides how to point and shoot. It was a lot of fun and the pictures are so much better than our old camera. Although, it's going to take me a bit to figure it out and learn how to manage a camera and a baby.

Here are a few of the photos from our adventure to Hall's Pond and then downtown for dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant in Chinatown and a walk around Boston Common/Beacon Hill with friends.

I felt like I was getting my senior photos taken, so I had to strike a cheesy pose.

In front of the restaurant that makes the best sushi I've ever had.  Fugakyu.

Porter's first home.  20 Webster St, Brookline, MA

The State House at night. 

Our little family. The little guy is wrapped up in David's coat because we forgot to bring our baby carrier with us.

Tummy Time

someone is 3 months old today!

I can pose myself now!

 

Sometimes tummy time is just too hard and I have a melt down.

3 month's old today!

Return of Romeo and Juliet

Every spring, the swans Romeo and Juliet are returned to the Boston Public Gardens and there is a ceremony and parade. A bunch of people from the ward decided to head down there to participate. To be honest the whole thing was a bit cheesy and would not have been that fun if we weren't with friends. So, I guess it's lucky that a bunch of friends went.

Growing Boy

I want Porter to grow up, roll over, sit up, talk, reach for me, say "ma ma" and "da da", but all at the same time I don't want him to get any bigger.  I want him to stay my little baby.  But his baby face is turning more and more into a little boy.

David snuggling our little man.  I think he gets jealous of all of our snuggles.

Could he get any cuter?

Caught in the act of spitting up.

Peaceful baby boy.

This boy wants to go to a Red Sox game.

Linger Longer

I thought my days of lingering longer after church were over when I stopped attending the singles ward an got married, but our ward has started doing a linger longer once a month.  It is actually really fun and a good chance to hang out with the ward.  Yesterday was April's linger longer, so David shot a few pictures since we'll be leaving soon.  Plus, I think he wants to take any chance he can to use his new camera :).

Later that night we went for a walk and he showed me a few tips for taking pictures.  I think I might get  hooked.  It's pretty incredible what his camera can do. 

Our sweet family.

Getting ready for our walk.

Testing out the new camera.  This is a block from our condo.  I am really, really going to miss Boston.

Fellows Retreat

Once a year David and his co-fellows have a retreat for a day. It is probably one of the only times when all of the fellows can get together. First they started out with a breakfast meeting and then headed to the bowling alley. Porter and I joined them for bowling so David could show off Porter. All of his co-fellows were so sweet and they LOVED Porter. But, really, how could blame them. Later that night the fellows headed out for a fancy dinner on the department. I think they spend over $3000, so I guess you can imagine how nice it is :).

Now during our bowling adventure, I'm not going to lie, I was incredible.  You would have thought I bowled on a league.  I stepped in there and first throw was a strike.  David's co-fellows were laughing at me.  Photos of that to come...

Most of the gang.  Some of them could only stay for breakfast since they had been up the night before working.

Erin loving Porter.  Doesn't she look like a natural?

Enid loving Porter.

Ryan and Dan.

Peggy and David.

Lockdown

This past week has been incredibly historical and saddening.  After the bombing at the marathon on Monday, it was definitely a bit nerve wracking to know that there was a person/people loose that were capable of such hateful acts against innocent people.
Well, things got a lot more interesting and scary overnight Thursday.  I found out about the MIT officer being killed and the manhunt for the bombing suspects Friday early morning, around 2am, when I was up feeding Porter.  (I have started reading the news on my phone during the nighttime feeds to pass the time.)
Around 5am when I was up again, I checked the news to see if there were anymore updates and by this time it was known that one suspect was dead and the other one was on the loose.  The city of Watertown was on lockdown.  We live just a few miles from the area and I shop at the Target right by all the action.
David went into work around 7am and literally just a little bit after he went into work the hospital was on lockdown.  He ended up getting stuck at work until about 2pm when he was finally able to leave the hospital by showing his hospital badge.  I was so glad to have him home.
Porter and I spent the whole day at home.  Luckily we have a courtyard at our building, so we were able to go outside for a bit and get some fresh air.
Around 6pm the lockdown order was lifted and within the next hour to two hours the suspect was apprehended.  I am so grateful for all the police officers and other individuals that spent HOURS working to find the suspect.  I know their families must have been extremely worried and praying for their safety.

Here are a few photos David captured around Harvard square.