My Everyday Life

I wanted to try the close-up of R in black and white but yesterday’s picture didn’t have enough tones – it just looked muddy.  So we did a re-try today with some more dramatic lighting.  I love this one!

Would it be wrong to load these bad boys up with mascara?

Hubby blew my mind when I opened this one.  I guess he really does pay attention when I ramble on and on about photography stuff!  I am the luckiest girl ever!

This is my view most days.  Sometimes it’s just the little one.  Sometimes it’s just the big one.  More often (especially right as I’m trying to cook dinner), it’s both.

Squeezing in as many outdoor adventures as we can before the weather starts to get too cold!

We went to a Touch the Truck event with the little men.  They loved being able to climb in and out of all the different types of trucks!  They are SUCH boys.

A bright, bold and fun theme for my wild, crazy and laughing little man!  (please ignore my rather sloppy attempts to photoshop out R’s name)

These were the definite favorites out of the birthday toys.  These two crawl all around the house wheeling their cars in front of them and laughing with delight.  (Ok, and maybe occasionally fighting over the police car which is in very high demand – so much so that Mama had to order a second one.  Thank God for Amazon Prime 2-day shipping!)

R is too young to realize all the presents he opened the day before were HIS presents.  His brother, however, was quick to step in and not only unwrap most of R’s gifts for him, but also demand that Mama and Dada unpack age every.single.one.  that way J could play with them, of course.  Oddly enough, this is one instance where he understood the concept of “sharing.”

Today was R’s first birthday!!  I can’t believe he is 1 already.  In honor of this special day, Dada, Oma, Opa, Uncles Lsquared all took the day off work so they could celebrate with R.  We went to the Central Park Zoo and then out to lunch on the Upper East side.  It was a gorgeous day for my little man and so much fun!