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You may have noticed Derek in the last picture with his puffy eyes and mouth open. What you probably didn’t realize was that he actually has a really bad cold. He has double ear infections and pink eye in both eyes. Of course he seemed to get sick on Saturday morning, so […]

One pea in, one pea out:

Daddy’s little slugger:

Did I mention that I finally have my photography site up and running?

http://kevinhillaboltphoto.com

Most of the regular readers of our blog, will see some familiar photos.

I have some new gear and I’m rocking and rolling with the photography gigs. If you know anyone looking for a photographer, please send them my way. My rates […]

It seems that as Derek gets more mobile, Sophia is getting more jealous. We brought some of Sophia’s old toys up from downstairs so Derek could have some fun toys to pull himself up on. Sophia has decided that they are hers and doesn’t want Derek to play with them. She scoots […]

Daddy got a little creative with the sidewalk chalk last night:

Sophia was pretty impressed.

We’re counting today as the day Derek pulled himself up for the first time. He surprises us each and every day. I wouldn’t be surprised if he takes off running tomorrow!!

We wanted to send a huge “THANK YOU” to Grandma Marilyn, (Great) Aunt Cindy and Auntie Karissa for helping us out this week […]

Came across this fun site today:

http://www.totlol.com

Described as: Totlol is a community-moderated video website designed to be enjoyed by those between the ages of 6 months and 6 years.

It’s basically a site designed to offer moderated content from YouTube, for small children.

I’ve often found that YouTube is full of things that children should have no business viewing. […]

I never really got “the one” picture this last weekend, but this one is pretty cute of the two of them.

Yes I’m talking about my children!! My cousin got married on Saturday in Early Iowa and the reception was in Storm Lake (half hour from Cherokee). There was 2 hours between the wedding and the reception, so we took the kids, Grandma, Grandpa and Devin to a park by the lake. It […]

I’m not sure what the deal was, but Sophia was absolutely exhausted this morning and refused to get up when I went in to her room.

Normally, after opening her door and the blinds, kissing her on the forehead and saying good morning five times is enough to wake our little pumpkin up - not the […]