Kate has a boyfriend. I knew it was only a matter of time.
His name is Cade and he's an older boy . . . he was born one day before Kate. I know he's going to be trouble. Just look at that devious look on his face!
Cade's parents, Matt and Mindy, invited us over today along with some other friends to hang out in their amazingly large backyard (you could seriously play a soccer game in their field behind the house . . . especially if you didn't mind the ball always rolling to one end). Most of the kids played on the giant inflatible waterslide, but Kate plopped down on the ground next to Cade and immediately started making eyes at him.
I then learned that Devoted Wife and Mindy have been masterminding the whole thing since before the two youngsters were born. Am I alone in my vigilance??!!! Kate really needs to know the rule about boys: she can date once she turns 20 (and date alone, without me along to chaperone, at 30).
In my effort to distract her, we let Kate try a few solid foods today for the first time. Prior to today, she'd had only a few graham crackers and a few tasteless puffed cereal baby snacks; mostly she sticks to her bottles and to the delicious concoction of baby oatmeal cereal mixed with baby formula and fruit or vegetable baby food (verdict: squash good, peas disgusting). But today she tried gnawing on some Papa John's pizza crust (Hawaiian, I think) and a big hunk of watermelon:
In my effort to distract her, we let Kate try a few solid foods today for the first time. Prior to today, she'd had only a few graham crackers and a few tasteless puffed cereal baby snacks; mostly she sticks to her bottles and to the delicious concoction of baby oatmeal cereal mixed with baby formula and fruit or vegetable baby food (verdict: squash good, peas disgusting). But today she tried gnawing on some Papa John's pizza crust (Hawaiian, I think) and a big hunk of watermelon:
I'm not sure, but I think she must have really loved it:
When faced with the question of whether to console your crying child or to continue to shoot pictures, I take my cue from the photographers of Natural Geographic: the good that comes from the perfect picture will outweigh the comfort you can render to one child. That's tough love.
(Note: these photos were shot on my new Nikon SLR -- I finally DID buy it! To Devoted Wife's chagrin, we now have two cameras and zero video cameras . . . )
2 comments:
Could she be any cuter! She's even adorable when she's crying.
Video camera's are overrated. We used ours all the time when Campbell was little and Ammon once spent an entire day editing a Christmas video. Then we never watched any of them again. BUT we watch the little videos we take on the regular camera ALL the time. They're so quick and easy!
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