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Lots and lots of cuteness going around this weekend. Kinda like the flu, only I can’t seem to catch it. A couple choice shots for your enjoyment. First, our big girl: Next, the NKOTB: All together now:

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Emmett’s turn. Also from this past weekend in Madison, this time at the Riley Tavern.

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OK, so Emmett was clearly caught unawares on the first go here, but it didn’t take him long to come around. This is our boy.

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It’s bundle-up weather all of a sudden.

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Em’s cuteness was on full display over the weekend in Decorah, where we’d traveled for the Klevars’ annual apple cider event. The boy seemed to have a good time, but he’s just so generally happy that it doesn’t really matter where he is. Last night, before we fell asleep, I looked over at Leah and […]

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Truth be told, I spend all this time taking pictures of the kids so that someday Leah will relent in her insistence that we have “professional” shots done. It’s not that I don’t believe in professional photography. I just don’t see a pro getting anything much better than, say, this:

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A friend of Leah’s let us borrow this nifty little seat for Emmett. He seems to get a kick out of it, though he does start to tip over after sitting in it for a while.

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You may be surprised to learn that Emmett is growing. It’s true. And he’s doing all sorts of cute and cool stuff these days, like laughing at his sister’s antics and rolling over from his back to his tummy; that’s his most recent favorite. I haven’t caught any video of the actual roll yet (heck, […]

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And you know it’s major cuteness if the boy’s looks can make up for my presence in the photo. Picture by Leah at our impromptu anniversary dinner this past weekend:

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Another shot taken with camera gear I could never hope to afford. But it sure is fun to use!

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I suppose it makes sense that a photo of Emmett is the 13,000th image I’ve uploaded to flickr since late 2004. I’m just glad it turned out to be a photo that I’m happy with, even it is was taken with a rented lens.

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Leah’s been struggling with how and whether to wear Emmett around. He’s balked — loudly, I’ll add — at all conveyances up until recently. The trouble, it seems, was that he was facing in rather than out. Baby wearers claim that wearing a child Em’s age facing out provides too much stimulation, but I’ll tell […]

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I took the shot below purely by chance during a shoot with Em the other day. He was sitting on the couch in a really well lit spot, so I was clicking away, just waiting for him to do something cute. Or anything at all. So, natch, the minute I take my camera away from […]

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Or maybe it just looks like that many. Could be. It’d be difficult to count. Instead, I think I’ll just enjoy the view:

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I was uploading the pictures from our recent vacation last night and noticed there were precious few of Emmett in the mix. At only two months old, he wasn’t going on any hikes or skipping rocks or drinking hot chocolate down at the harbor…nothing, really, except sitting in the shade of his car seat or […]

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The more attentive among you may have noticed that my infant photography predilections run counter to current trends. Not that I don’t love sleeping babies curled up in pea pods as much as the next guy. I just think there are so many ways these little humans are visually interesting; there are so many avenues […]

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I like the way you can see the idea of a smile flash across his eyes before he actually smiles. It’s like when you’re having a staring contest with someone, and you can see in their eyes that they’re going to break before their mouth ever moves. Untitled from Nicheplayer on Vimeo.

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Hiya, born baby. You’re an awfully cute little fella. Sometimes I’m surprised by how adorable you are, though I shouldn’t be. First of all, you’re my son, so I’m supposed to love you like crazy and so forth. Everything you do is cute, and you’re amazing even when you’re crying. Etc., etc., blah, blah. But, […]

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Here’s the boy, snoozing away on mama’s shoulder at Magpie Coffee Shop in Decorah this weekend. He’d just eaten, which accounts for all the snooziness.

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I’m finding I’ve missed this process of documenting all the little milestones in our infant’s life. Em appears to be developing right in line with expectations. His latest things are spitting up and cooing, one of which is much, much cuter than the other.

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