Thursday, May 9, 2013

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!

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

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.







Wednesday, May 1, 2013

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.