Friday, March 03, 2006

Just Chillin'

A couple nights ago, I was up for the 2:00 am feeding, when suddenly Theo just got really calm and relaxed, but still wide awake. Of course, I took advantage of the opportunity to pose him and get some good shots. Yes, only good shots. All our measures of "good" and "great" go out the door when you see the shots Steph took today. Okay, stop building it up, already.

No, you can't see those ones yet. Here are the lounging ones I took late at night.

I love the coy "looking away from the camera" shot:

And then there's the "almost looking at the camera" shot:

So very GQ, I have to say.

Some More Photos

Well, it's Friday. How's that for a short, declarative sentence? What else can I do....My name is Mark. I like ice cream. I am going to a hockey game tonight.

Not bad. Yes, I am going to a hockey game tonight. It's our very own Vancouver Giants against Kelowna, 7:30 pm. I was going to type the name of the arena they play in, but I realized that I have no idea how to spell the second word. You know, the one where the Canucks used to play. Right.

Wow, my laziness has reached spectacular new heights. Instead of just opening up Word and spell-checking I typed two extra sentences, simply because opening up Word would mean that I would have to take my hands off the keyboard and get to the mouse. So...much...effort.

Okay, maybe it's just my sleep deprivation talking. Let me tell you, the Carroll household is the place to be for a rousing good time these days. Yesterday's excitement included watching multiple hours of TV and going to bed. The night before was quite similar. And the forecast for tomorrow is looking about the same. Really, we are fun people to hang around with. Ah, babies--the great equalizer.

Now that I've completely wasted your time with random musings, here are the aforementioned photos that I'm going to post. By the way, I know I've been saying this pretty much every time, but Steph took some photos today that are absolutely outstanding. The best photos in the history of baby photo-taking, and I think you'll agree. But you'll have to wait a bit for those ones. Here are some really cute ones to get you warmed up. I don't want to hit you with all the cuteness at once.

Here's a blurry one of him on my knees:

I like this one as well. It's him with his very, well, inquisitive look.

That's all for now. More to come soon.

Why I'm Happy We Had A Boy

For those of you who don't know Steph's mom's side of the family very well, let me explain a little thing called "gender imbalance." You see, when we get together for family dinners, there seems to be a plethora of females, yet very little represenation from the male side. That is to say that the only male at the table is me. Not that there's not enough maleness in me to compensate (insert obligatory chest-thumping and testosterone-fueled grunting here), but it wouldn't hurt to have that imbalance addressed.

You know it's not long before I excuse myself from the table by saying, "I think there's a hockey game or maybe a tractor pull on TV that we have to go watch," (and include high amounts of previously explained chest-thumping).

But you have to admit that they're a pretty good-looking bunch. By the way, I changed one of the pictures on this post, so if you've seen it already, take another look.