Hanging with Grandpa

Today we headed over to my dad's house for a little quality time. Riley enjoyed opening cupboards to peek inside and both boys had fun just hanging with papa...

Chompers

Riley was less than enthused about me digging around in his mouth, but a first tooth is a monumental milestone. Anyone who knows my youngest understands how much he LOVES to eat. This just paves the way to an emptier wallet and a bigger bill at Costco as I fill his stomach, haha. If you look in the top picture on the left you can see the tip top of the white of his tooth. The one next to it feels like it's going to burst anyday now. The other two pictures are his reaction to being woken up.

Riley and a tortoise.

This is my little fighter. I love the look on his face here :)

Hmm, what do you mean I can't read through my stomach?

The "mommy told me no" face

The outfit says it all!

This is a super cool series of shots. Shows just how quickly the D90 can snap photos.

Random Shots...

I am planning on updating my blog regularly with new pictures. Since I just thought of this today I'll upload some of my favorite pictures over the last couple of weeks ...

This is a panoramic view of Long Beach from the top of Signal Hill, CA.

Just a simple word on the side of the telescope on SH, but something many of us take for granted.

This is an awesome sculpture on top of Signal Hill, CA. It pays homage to the oil pipeline workers.

I took my boys to the playground where they had one of those awesome dome shaped jungle gyms. Here's the really cool shadow from that.

This is my new favorite picture of myself and my baby Riley.

My mom loves to bake and Jr loves to help. Here they are making oatmeal cookies.

Jr was drinking milk from a cup with a straw handle. He started to blow bubbles in it and milk shot out the little hole on the lid. He thought it was hilarious!

Don't look at me!

A hilarious series of pictures of my little guys. I was telling them to look at the camera, but Riley is totally fascinated by Ryan Jr. Jr was telling him no look at mommy and camera, haha...

How We Met

I have been the proud owner of a Nikon D90 since Monday May 11th. I finally got over the worries that I would be wasting my money. I figure that if I'm so dense that I can't figure out how to use it to it's full potential I can always sell it! And I still have my point-and-shoot Sony Cybershot. I've been searching online everywhere to find the best deal. A search on Ebay revealed some awesome steals. You know the saying "If it's too good to be true it probably is"? Well, that is most definitely true. The majority of the camera shops selling these great Nikon packages aren't even authorized dealers. They're selling grey market products. I didn't want to spend all this money and not have a serviceable warranty, so off I went to Best Buy with a bunch of stuff I printed off the internet.

Best Buy has a great price matching policy and I was able to haggle down the price. I immediately told the salesman that I was looking at prices other places and found them for much cheaper. I also told him I would be getting accessories and an additional lens besides the kit so I wanted to see what he could do for me. He knocked a couple hundred off the camera and the lens that I bought. I got filters, a bag, a memory card, and a tripod. All togehter I was a very happy camper. I immediately took the boys to the park so I could get some shooting out of my system.