Some favorites..

Sweet girls..

Waking up is hard to do.

Bed head. Sleepy boy. I love you.

Chilly Newport.

Today Ezra and I met up with my dear friend Jodi and her sister and niece and headed down to Newport to meet up with some friends. It was pretty chilly down at the beach so there was not much water play for Ezra (or me!!) There was a playground to a school..on the beach that we played on for a while. Can you imagine going to or working at!) a school where your playground was ON A BEACH?! So awesome! Anywho...here are a couple of photos of the boo. He was such a good boy and even took a nap in his stroller...what a doll ;)

Claremont.

So today I did something that I don't normally do. I took photos of things..er..places..not people. It was a challenge to try and get my eye to look at framing a little differently but I think it is good to go out of your comfort zone every so often and I am proud of some of the results...

Fun places to shoot...

So when we were walking today I came across two goldmines! The first was a vintage piece of furnature someone had out out in the ally! Made me curse a little for not bring my "good" camera!!! Tomorrow morning Ezra and I are going back to the ally and praying the furnature is still there! Second was behind a store that looks to be remodeling and there are shelves and things in nice bright colors...Cant wait to see photos from here.....

Lazy Days.

So as the title states...today was a lazy day. Ezra and I took a much needed three hour nap (late night with the Flaming Lips for mommy) and then just shmoosed around. We did go on a walk though which led to discovering some interesting shoot locations. I only had my point and shoot with me though, doh! Anywho...after our walk we went across the road to the bike trail (which runs east to west) to get some fun evening shots...and here they are...I maybe could have combed his hair and put a clean shirt on him but hey...he is a boy. He is a boy who finds dirt and gets dirty..so here is the reality of it!

The begining..or something like it.

So I suppose we will start off with today. It was such a simple yet amazing day spent with Ezra. I am really trying these last few weeks I have to spend with him before work starts up again. Most days consist of:
Wake up.
Water garden, entertain dogs, and wait for Ez to poo. (I know I know.)
Breakfast for the Boo and I.
Play for a few hours..park..garden..walk..Ez pushes around his beloved yellow school bus and I try to steal some computer/me time. I normally get 30 seconds to 2 minutes before he takes note of my absence and comes to track me down. Yelling and grunting the whole way.
Lunchie snack.
Baby Einstien and books in Mommy's bed then Ez naps. SUCCESS!
I get some time to edit photos, draw, re-watch the last episode of True Blood, Zone, whatever.
Normally Rusty ends up waking the baby with his delightful barking. Love him!
Then it is lunch and then we are off.
Afternoons are for Errends or friends or..?
Evenings I usually stalk Ezra with my Camera.
Dinner.
Play.
Ez to bed.
I get "Me" time. Usually consumed by the same things as nap time.

And now to today...
We went to beautiful Memorial Park in the AM.
Ezra endured mommy's photo shoot. He heard some kids yelling so he yelled back at them.
He searched for sticks and found many.



He crawled to the very highest point of the play structure. I broke into a little bit of a cold sweat. Everything turned out fine though. Ezra was happy that they had woodchips instead of sand because wood and sticks taste better then rock.
After he spat out the mulch we came home and did our thing.
After sleep time we were both itching to get out. I loaded Ezie in the car, armed myself with my camera, tripod, and grahm crackers and off we went with no destination in mind.
We ended up at the base of the mountians and went on a little hiking adventure. I say little because it's tricky to get too far when you have to carry your camera, tripod, camera bag, and purse. Oh, and we cant forget the 25lb baby who came along for the ride..turned out wonderful though. I didn't realize how much power lines buzz.

After our hike we went to watch the small planes land at Cable airport. Ezra would spot the planes high in the sky they yell and point. It wa sa little nerve racking for him when they came in close but all in all I think he had a nice time...