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I’m not sure what prompted me to do so, but tonight while tucking Sophia into bed I asked her what she wanted to be when she grows up. She looked at me with a straight face and said…”A fireman”.

I didn’t even think she would be able to understand the question, but […]

Another night, another bath:

Our busy weekend started Thursday night when we went to Old Chicago Pizza in Ankeny to begin the celebration of Paul and Caitlin’s marriage. The kids had a fun time and Sophia liked the bathroom so much that she went potty 7 times in 2 hours.

Friday I took Derek to a doctor […]

Just a few shots from around the house tonight.

Sophia playing with “Daddy cell phone”:

Glamour glow filter applied

Derek trying to grab the camera (yet again):

Sophia in the neighbors cozy coupe car:

I think the caption says it all:

What do you think, Derek the monkey?

Seems like it works right?

With Derek’s upcoming first birthday, I’m trying to put together a photo book documenting his life so far. As he’s now standing/walking, I thought it would be great to get a good photo of him standing, to include in the book.

As with the videos, we haven’t really had many opportunities to get good shots of […]

This has to be the cutest video ever of Derek:

He is turning in to such a big boy. You gotta love the three little girls circling around him.

Geez it is hard to capture a big boy walking for the first time, with an older sister constantly grabbing at the camera and Lexi jumping in front of the camera every chance she gets.

We were able to get about five seconds of the Derek walking tonight. I shot the video with our flip at […]

As we previously posted, Derek has been on the verge of walking for the last couple weeks (he has taken small steps here and there). We have noticed in the past couple days, that his balance is getting sharp and he was starting to stand (without holding on) more often.

Last night was the night he […]