In order to help Dave learn a bit about photography, I have him using the camera on manual mode, switching between different focus points AND shooting wide open. Shooting wide open is no easy task for a beginner, nor is shooting in manual mode but he is doing a great job and really getting the hang of it. As for editing, I’m experimenting with a funky tone curve layer. I kinda like it.

Child endangerment or cute photo-op? You decide!

Ok so it’s not exactly fabric, but it IS a textile nonetheless. I had to get the nursery rug in there sooner or later. I used my flash this time and I have to say, it looks a lot better with flash than without. Plus, I took this photo at 9:30pm so there was absolutely no natural light available. Gotta make it work.

This jogger stroller is rad! We took it for a long walk all around downtown, with breaks for feedings and diaper changes of course. We were away from the house for 8 hours and we survived to tell about it. I am breathing a sigh of relief as this whole thing is getting just a bit easier. My baby is 3 weeks old tomorrow. Whaaaaat?

Now that I see the finished product, I don’t know that I like the all orange fabric because his skin is reflecting the color and looks very unnatural. Maybe I’ll try to Photoshop it later. Oh well, there’s always next week’s fabric, and the week after that, and the week after that, and the week after… Speaking of week after week: I’m amazed at how much he has grown in a week. He was swimming in that white onesie last week, and now it fits him just fine. Also note, he looks like a mini Dave here!

Getting some sunshine to flush out the bilirubin. (This was taken earlier this week.)

*Please disregard the post-partum chubbo-ness. Hey, we’ll all have double chins in our lifetimes eventually. It will go away. In time.

This past week our friends and family blessed us with a few congratulatory flower arrangements. I love to have fresh flowers in the house and in my opinion, you can never have too many. When the arrangements start to go bad, I like to take them apart and save the flowers that are still healthy and make new, smaller arrangements out of them. I’ve had flowers last for several weeks this way, even simple bouqets from Publix.