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Lamest post title ever? Probably so. I figure you should be used to it by now. Leah’s just back from the doctor’s office with Emmett, who has his very first ear infection. His big sis, you may recall, was positively plagued by them in her first year or so of life. Then she got tubes […]

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But I somehow manage to carry on.

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Emmett and Leah (and Ava, again) are still home sick today. When I went home for lunch yesterday, I got some pictures of the boy with my 100mm macro lens. They turned out OK.

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Leah keeps threatening me she’s going to set up an appointment at Flash for a family portrait. I hate Flash. I might as well get that out there right now. Anyway, I’m telling her not to do it, that I’ll take the shots. She’s unconvinced. So I set up a little studio in the living […]

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I wonder if there’s a costume in the world that could be less scary than this one. Maybe a cotton ball costume. That said, if you do happen to have some strong fear of cows, please, avert thine eyes now.

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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 was my favorite marble, out of all the treasured ones I kept in that faded denim bag with the red drawstring. It was one of my “shooter” marbles, and it was clear, with a beautiful blue swirl frozen inside the glass like smoke. I loved to hold it, rolling the smooth, pure-blue beauty of […]

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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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