Monday, August 8, 2011

steppin' out with otters?

don't worry, we'll get to the otters.

this week's steppin' out post is kind of a fail.  i gave my camera to sam with some miscalculated settings & the results are a couple of blown out faces.  ooops.  at least you can probably make out parker's sad "put-me-down-i-don't-want-you-to-hold-me-i-just-want-to-run-around" face.  that face?  is the reason why we didn't attempt any more pictures... it just got worse.  until he was put down & running around again.

this is just about what you'll find me wearing pretty much 95% of the time.  jeans & a t-shirt.  yup, that's my mom uniform pretty much how i've always dressed.

{linking up with mandy at harper's happenings for steppin' out saturday.  woohoo!}

our weekend was pretty sweet.  we had lots of fun visitors, lots of good food, an insanity-fitness-test-off, & i got to play photographer not once but twice.  saturday night i met up with mandy for a group mentorship session which was uh-mazing & then i also got to shoot our friends' maternity pictures.  check them out here.  love them!

sam & i ended our weekend with a walk in the park.  we got to enjoy the perfect weather & parker got to spend some time climbing on the playground & going down the slide all by himself for the first time.  sorry, i was too busy being an excited mom to get pictures of it.  but here he is making his way up to the top & gearing up for the ride back down.

oooh, the anticipation.


after the playground it was off to explore everything else.  parker enjoyed picking up & throwing rocks, dancing along park benches, & climbing over curbs.  you know, the important things.




and here's the part where there may or may not be otters.  we walked along the lake & saw three or four weird floating things that were very nessie-esque.  i'm 75% sure they were otters though, & not monsters.  although i wasn't aware there were otters in our neck of the woods & it wouldn't take much to convince me that there are monsters in that lake, so it's still up for debate.

you be the judge.


either way, parker was pretty excited about it.


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17 comments:

  1. My guess is that they're river otters (which also live in lakes, interestingly enough), but they do look awfully Nessie-esque! How fun to see them, looks like Parker loved watching them! Can't wait to see you all soon! :)

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  2. What a happy post! Such fun - can't wait to see this little guy walk all over. It will be old news by the time we see you but still a huge thrill for all of us! Love the 'Nessie' part too...

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  3. Thats seriously what I wear as well. Thank goodness I am not the only one not sporting dresses all the time at home.ha.. You are super tiny btw! Love Parker's face so happy!

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  4. What a cutie! He looks SO happy. You must be a wonderful mama to have such a happy little boy :)

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  5. Love the expression on Parker's face in the last pic! :)

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  6. I'm a jeans and t-shirt kind of mom too. It's just so easy and comfortable. Who wants to squat down to pick up a flailing child in a cutesy dress? It's just not practical.

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  7. yep, looks like otters to me.
    When I lived in Florida we had some that were swimming in our retention pond. So cute and playful. Love the lil guys shoes!

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  8. 1st thing, never trust the hubby to take the pics! ha ha.
    2nd thing, I LOVE Parkers red shirt, I got him the same one but in blue. CUTE!
    3rd thing, had a BLAST in seattle at the mentoring session, I am SO glad you came up for it!!
    4th thing, Isn't it awesome watching your babe get more independent at the park?? Bennett goes down the big slides now - and it just kills me what a big boy he is now!

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  9. Love the pictures. I'm hoping when things calm down a little bit, I'll be able to learn how to take great shots like these.

    Sidenote, I think E has that t-shirt. Target right? Love it! We got him this adorable one this weekend that was on clearance for $5. It was washed out and said MALIBU on it. We can dream can't we. :)

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  10. I just wanted to tell you that I love your blog :).

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  11. He's so cute. I feel the same way whenever I have someone take pictures on every SOS post. They all suck, lol. Yours are cute though.

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  12. cute post as always! and that definitely looks like otters to me! How cool to have that in the lake! And the last picture is the best! such a great happy face!! :)

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  13. I'm so glad to know that I'm not the only one that wears jeans and t-shirts most of the time. It's what I'm most comfortable in and it's the easiest thing when it comes to chasing after a 16 month old. Parker is such a cutie pie!

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  14. Love the stage Parker is at - what curiosity! I didn't know we had otters...

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  15. That last picture is insanely precious!!!

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