Oh Snap

Its time again for another edition of stupid things I'm doing to inflict pain and waste time.

Kidding, but it is time to start half marathon training again. This weekend marked the first weekend that Lauren and I began our ritual long runs. This weekend was 6 miles and after eating too much crab over at my mom's house the night before and lets be honest - 4 beers, the run was not awesome. But it was not terrible.

Know what is terrible? My friend's mustache.

He grew a goatee and then decided it was time to chester it up a bit, so he cut it into a mustache. After weeks of being harassed about said facial hair, we decided after church that it was high time we capitalize on the creepy nature. So the husband and I searched the goodwill for the best clothing to fit the situation.

Three words- electric blue turtleneck. Take a peak at some of the portraits that were captured during our fine outing to the park. And don't worry, the kids were (legally) 100 ft away from him at all times.

Elias James

I am happy and proud to report that my sister gave birth (on her birthday) to my sweet sweet nephew, Elias James. Mom, baby and daddy did extraordinarily well and are now at home making memories. :)

While my photo blog is not quite up and running, and since the boy is family, I thought that I would post a few picture of him here.

Note: I bought a newborn crocheted sling... this was an experiment... don't judge!

First, here is a picture of he and his beautiful momma.





Little toes peeking out of the sling!





Lucky for Elias, his cousin is spending the whole week with him!





The sling was a bit long for our purposes. Thank goodness Elias' dad is an engineer, and we were able to make it work for a few shots. :)





Oh that sweet face!





The boy did such a good job letting me take his picture, but when I saw this face- one I had seen his father give before- I knew it was time to go in and cuddle.



Thanks Ali and Van for letting me play with your sweet sweet Elias!!!