Her

The girl - the baby of the family.

happy    FUNNY    stubborn    temper

    chubby    smiley    kisser    PLAYFUL

cuddler    snuggler    LOUD    piggy-piggy

    SOFT    kicker    talker    THINKER

Him

My son - the oldest....though he will always remain my baby

funny     fast    LOUD    hungry

    SMART    helper    fearless    kind

gentle    attitude    temper    LEADER

    PLAYFUL    singer    creative

Pulling off the Impossible

So a while back, I talked about how my goal this year is to get over to the OTHER side of the camera.  You know, actually be IN the pictures instead of just this phantom as I flip through my scrapbook albums.  My kids DO have a mom, right?  Where is she?  So this obviously leaves Eric in charge of the camera, which doesn't work for two reasons.

1:  He can't hold the camera still to save his life.  Almost every photo is blurry, because I leave it on manual.  I don't want it on automatic because then the flash goes off and I don't want flash.  So herein lies my problem - I get blurry pics.

2:  I hear this every time:  "I don't want to be a damn photographer!"  Seriously, dude?  I'm just wanting some pics with my kids - buck up and snap a few.  It's not like I drag him to my wedding shoots for hours on end.  Just a picture here and there to actually document me in their lives.

So we tried a few - they came out blurry.  Here is the best.

It'll do for now, but let me point out the obvious - Carter's smirk. Attitude, much? And Kendall is blurry because she literally was caught in the act of punching her brother in the head.  No seriously, look.  I know, it's completely involuntary right now - but I know the inevitable battles that will soon become my life - she really WILL punch him in the head some day.  I did it to my brother. It happens.

Have no fear, however.  We have a date with my MIL when she returns from vacation to get REAL family photos done.  Ones where Eric doesn't have to be the "photographer". Where we can get Carter to give us a real smile. And where we can hopefully keep Kendall out of arm's reach from her brother.

*sigh*

We're just the picture perfect family, aren't we?  ;)

Project 2011: Through His Eyes, Part 35

Here are Carter's pictures from last week!

A summertime snack

 One of the mile high tomato cages - we have TONS of tomatoes this year. Can you say SALSA? 

 Eric cooking dinner - this was actually our anniversary dinner......we didn't go out and do anything fancy this year.

 And of course, we had to mess with some of the goofy features again.

 I'm sure the puppy was attempting a nap here....

 And by far his best picture to date, lol!

Work With Me, Kid

I've yet to acclimate Kendall to the fact that a camera in her face is just part of her life, and will be for a long, long time. Carter is used to this, and though at times, he really makes me work for it, he's usually pretty good about giving me what I want in a photo. The girl, however, is going to take some work. Can't you just tell how thrilled she is in this shoot?

Clean

Bath

Squeals

Giggles

Clean baby smell

'nuff said