Happy Monday! I feel as if poor Merlin has been getting the short end of the stick, photo wise, lately, so I wanted to make up for it this week. He gets ignored by the camera for two reasons, first, he's usually napping or laying in the exact same spot of the house each day, and the photos would all start to blend together. Second, this spot he's in does not have the best light. So it's not that I don't adore the poor old man, it's just when I spend time with him I'm usually on the floor massaging his back and snuggling in, not taking photos.But this week? This week I made sure to document him.I love how Ezra snuggles in and "hugs" the old guy. I also have a few frames where Ez is pulling (gently) at that poor collie's face, but he's just taking it. What a lover.
The other crazy thing about this week was that six days ago it was snowing like crazy, and today it was in the mid-40s and we were walking in the sunshine with hardly any snow left on the ground! I snapped this one of the two dogs playing in the backyard on Tuesday. Snow makes Merlin as frisky as he can get at this age.
This is the look Magda gives you when you take her tennis ball to get her to look at the camera. On the one hand, she *is* looking at the camera. On the other hand, she looks like a total bitch.
Oh, hello pumpkin! See how grey his eyes look here? If he's wearing grey, they look grey. If he's wearing olive, they look green. If he's wearing navy, they look blue. Chameleon eyes!
We had brunch on Sunday with our friends Scott and Renee and Ezra was enamored with their kids Nora and Colin.
And here's that sunny walk we took! See? Hardly any snow left!
Love this. It was between Merlin kisses.
And this photo shows Ezra here sitting up ALL BY HIMSELF. He's still a little wobbly, but very close.
For your internet share of the day, these photos made me gasp (particularly numbers one, six and twelve). Also, this trailer for Mr. Holmes is such an interesting twist on the mysteries of life. I hope it gets great reviews!
Look at that poor little face. This week we kept Ezra home and took a few days off work to nurse him back to health. The first afternoon, I was letting the dogs out and propped him up on the couch. When I came back in and saw that pathetic look with the tear on his cheek, I had to snap a photo before scooping him up in my arms and nuzzling him some more.I didn't take many more photos of the poor kid this week (or the family) as I was super busy just trying to stay on top of the routine we established to try and get him better. Most of you know babies can't have decongestants when they are this young, so we took holistic medicine to a new level. There were hours spent each day in hot and steamy bathrooms, lots of sessions with the 
Magda was spectacular this week and is very patient with Ezra's exploration of her snout with his little fingers. Don't worry, we keep a very close eye on them.
We have several toys that were given to Ez when he was a baby and was too young to appreciate them. This week we pulled out a few of them to help keep him entertained at home. He particularly loved these blocks with rattles inside.
And Magda loved the packaging! That's what we call a win-win!
This was taken on Sunday as the clouds of illness were clearing.
And that's about it for this week. I'm not gonna lie, Jamie and I are completely exhausted. This weekend there were a few nights where Ez was up every 1.5-2 hours or so, and man is that tough. Fingers crossed he gets those amazing sleep skills right back with his recovery, eh?Oh! And I wish I had more photos of Merlin to post -- but with his tough week, I just petted and loved him up without the camera. He's still doing better since we cut back his pain meds, and hopefully I'll have photos to show you next week.
Now if only I could get her to answer my email, eh? She'd be the perfect assistant!I had a client reach out this week who needed photos of a dog working at a computer. I was like, "Yeah! I can totally do that!" Then in the back of my mind, I'm like, "I should probably practice this and make sure I can really do that." You know that saying fake it until you make it? Yeah. I'm all about that.Anyway, so I set about spending 20 minutes with Magda yesterday to see if I could get her to look like she was working at the computer. Voila! It proved to be a nice test, and she loved working for the treats.For your internet share today, how about some 
What a week! Ezra started daycare and managed to flirt with the ladies in the class (students as well as teachers), catch a virus which landed us in the doctor's office thanks to the weirdest diaper ever (no more details, I promise), and he slept entirely through the night a few times. Big week, y'all.Magda was better behaved since I wasn't doting on Ezra all day (imagine) and Merlin? He's still sleeping a lot. He'll be sure to meet you in the kitchen if you're making a meal that includes meat, however.Anyway, photos below! Enjoy!
First day of daycare outfit.
Naked (under a blanket) at the doctor's office. And still happy.
This hoodie matches his eyes so well right now, I love it.
Oh hi, cutie!
Look at those long lashes!
Still wriggling out of socks any chance he can get.
And I love this one of him smiling at Magda.For your random internet share of the day, I love 
I realized last night that I had not included any photos of the dogs in my Monday at the Madhouse entry, and that made me so sad! So today, while I stayed in by the fire nursing a sore throat, I decided to spend Ezra's naptimes shooting pictures of the pups. I can't neglect my original kids, now can I?You can tell one of them is a much larger ham for the camera than the other. Unsurprisingly.
What a week! We have full on belly laughter happening these days, along with several three hour naps! But mainly, this is the last week before Ezra here starts daycare. I'm gonna miss this little guy so much during the days. But, (deep breaths), it will be really good to get my own life back. In the meantime, I'm going to try to just enjoy these last few days while I can.
Of course, we had lots of airplane time. And lots of drool.
One day last week, I thought it would be fun to "fingerpaint" with Ezra. I just added some food dye to some yogurt, thinned it up with some water and let him at it. Obviously I am naive in that I didn't expect it to end up on the face or in the hair. Lesson learned.
Snapped this while Meredith was watching Ezra last week.
Ezra met Diggs this week. I love how he's resting his hand on that big, adorable Boxer.
Leah was off to the left smiling at Ezra when I snapped this. He's kinda smitten with my beautiful lady friends.
We also have been playing with scarves during the day. He loves the way they feel when they brush his face, and I have tons of bright, colorful vintage scarves.
These last two make ma laugh so hard. This is what Ezra looks like when he's nervous. Ha!
What a fun week we had! There was the very first "Ezra sleeps through the entire night and has to be woken up by his parents in the morning" bit. That was awesome -- and sadly, not repeated (yet). There was also the time I took him out to meet the Doomtree rappers at the donut shop (photo below). Or the time he met my longest childhood friend, 
Magda has been such a doll lately. She's not getting a ton of exercise, but I was able to steal away an hour for a long walk with her yesterday before the temperature got to the unbearable one degree that we had today. I mean, let's be clear, she's still got, um, "spirit" in the sense that I catch her with my memory cards in her mouth, pens between her paws on the couch and mouthing away on Ezra's new jumper. But on the flip side, she's super loving, nothing but snuggles and kisses for the baby, and she's taking loads of naps and not being super demanding (barky) with me during nap times. Which is key these days. I've even caught her licking Merlin.For your internet share of the day, how about