10 months old and Mexico Trip

Tristan turned 10 months old last week! He is such a happy little guy! He has learned to do a lot of new things this last month including standing up in his crib at 2am, getting into a sitting position by himself, waving, kneeling, cruising on furniture, and he shakes his head no. He also loves to say Momma and Dadda which we love too! He is one active little boy. He loves to walk everywhere (with assistance) and he is not scared of anything!! He loves to give us kisses and hugs. We are so blessed to have him as a son!
We had a wonderful time in Mexico! Playa was beautiful and I can't wait to go back! Tristan loved playing in the sand and the water. He was not scared of the waves. In fact he wanted to run towards them. He loves to get splashed in the face by water. My parents went with us and I think we will never travel without family again. We got to go on some date night dinners which was nice. I took too many pictures to post on here so you can check some of them out here.

Attention: Babies need to be on the lookout there is a paci hoarder in town!

We also keep lots of extra pacis in Tristan's crib so he can find one when he wakes up and this is what we find. Two pacis shoved away for safe keeping.

In other news, I have been very busy putting the final touches on my photography website and I hope to have it posted by the weekend. I have two photo shoots this weekend and I am very excited!

Sick Baby Blues

We had a sick little boy at our house this weekend. It all started with Tristan getting his flu shot on Saturday. A few hours after that his nose was running and he had congestion. All day Sunday we were trying to keep his fever down which spiked to a very scary 103 degrees! He enjoyed multiple baths to help with his fever. He was very fussy and clingy and you could tell he didn't feel good because he wasn't his normal happy self. Today Shannon stayed home with him and his fever was much lower. He is still a little fussy but he is getting better. We are dreading going back for the second dose of his flu shot. Hopefully he won't have the same reaction. We feel so lucky that he hasn't been sick at all since he was 7 weeks old because it is no fun!! Although we did enjoy all of the hugs...

snuggling with Mommy

Daddy enjoyed the snuggle time too

Today he was feeling much better and he was much happier! Hopefully is on the mend since we are leaving for Mexico on Thursday!

On Saturday I also went to a Photography workshop. It was really good and I learned a lot. Unfortunately we didn't get to go out and shoot afterwards like they planned because it was pouring. I am going to be going on a weekend long photography excursion in October with them and I am so excited!! I had to cancel a family shoot I was going to do on Sunday because of the rain but I am doing a newborn shoot on Wednesday and I am excited to put my new knowledge to use.

Caleb and Jason teaching us about lighting and such!

First photo shoot with new camera!

On Sunday I did my first photo shoot with my new camera. Tristan was a great model and I think I got some pretty good shots. Let me know what you think!

Being a model is hard work!!

Labor Day Weekend!

We had a long and fun relaxing weekend! The best thing that happened is that I got a new camera and I love it! It is a little more professional grade because I am working on a side photography business. I have a few upcoming workshops and I am working on building my portfolio now so I will let ya'll know when I am up and running!! I have wanted to do this forever and I am excited to get the ball rolling! So let me know if you would like to be models!! My goal is that I might be able to work a little less during the week. We will see! Here are a few pictures from the weekend...

gangsta baby... It is hard to crawl with your hat on forward!

Tristan is getting so big!!

My cousin Todd (he is single ladies!) =)

My grandmother!

Shirley

Tristan dipping his feet in the water..

My daddy

My beautiful mommy!

My sister DeAnna

Tristan loved playing with my grandmothers necklace

Monkeying Around

Here is what has been going on the last few days...

Tristan loves this monkey rug. Every time I leave the playroom and come back he is rubbing his face on it or rolling around with it. When I came back this time he had rolled with it and he was crawling around with it on his back. He is so silly!

We bought a swing to hang from one of our trees in the front yard. Tristan loves it so much! He laughs and smiles and hates to get out of it. Here are some pictures from the first time he got to swing.

Going slow.. not so sure about this.

going fast...oh ok .... now this is fun!

weeeee

He likes the wind in his hair!

I want to go back in the swing =(

Tristan is loving all his new solid foods. Here are a few pictures of him eating some chicken tonight.

Are you still taking pictures of me Mommy?

Mama's Boy - Shannon thinks this shirt is trashy.. I think he is just jealous! =)

Tristan's favorite thing to play with is remotes and cell phones.
If he sees one he will do anything to get it!

He also likes to try and attack mommy while she is taking pictures!

Here are a few videos.. sorry the first one is kind of dark...