This kid has the best morning hair ever. And that expression? Priceless.This week was great in that 1) It's March Madness! 2) Ezra has figured out how to turn on music on the stereo, which is great fun! and 3) We visited many more animals, as that seems to be The Kid's favorite thing right now. Oh! And we had chocolate ice cream. I mean, who doesn't love that?!?
I might have written about this before, but Ezra loves helping us "cook." He watches us chop all the ingredients (tasting them along the way) and he loves to stir whatever pot we're cooking in. In this photo, Jamie taught Ezra how to make hashbrowns and omelettes for breakfast. We made one 3-egg omelette to share (as usual), but Ezra ate about 3/4 of it! He's a fan of those, for sure.
On Saturday, Jamie had the (brave) idea of taking Ezra and I to the humane society. I mean, seriously, do we need more things to take care of? Absolutely not. But we thought Ezra would like seeing bunnies and cats and other dogs.
There were hardly any animals there! Rest easy, Minnesota, you take good care of the strays. This kitty here was one of the few left at the shelter, and Ezra liked watching her because she's only 6 mos. old and played a lot in her cage.
After the Humane Society, we stopped off at Sebastian Joe's for a scoop of ice cream (peanut butter, chocolate, chocolate chip). Ezra was a BIG fan.
We had to show him over and over again that the cup was empty and there was no more left.
Another thing our little guy likes to do is help with groceries. He likes to organize the cart while we're shopping, and he likes to help us unload them as well.
We also went to the library one afternoon. Ezra loves the toys and books there, but this time he discovered that the computers are right at his level. Dangerous. Not that he's going to log hours and hours and hours on the internet, but dangerous that with a few clicks this kid can turn the language on your device into all portuguese, and you have no idea how to fix it.
When we got home, Ezra read by himself for a bit. I love it when he entertains himself like that, and books are his favorite.
And then on Sunday, we took Ezra back to the zoo! This time we went to the tropical section (which we didn't visit last week). Ezra loved seeing the giant tortoises, the gibbons, the flamingoes and the tropical fish.
Jamie snapped this photo of Ezra and I while we were there. See those curls? That's how my hair changed after I stopped nursing Ezra. That right there is how my hair dries now. It is so weird to have curly hair just show up out of the blue when you're twenty six years old.*
*Plus or minus a few years.
Oh my sweet girl.Magda got super sick last night. Vomiting like crazy and she just couldn't get comfortable -- panting, circling, lying down in many places only to whimper and get up and move again.After several hours of this, Jamie took her to the emergency vet, and a few hundred dollars later she is hydrated and we have an x-ray showing that her stomach/intestines are clear. So at least we are worrying less.Today, she's feeling much better, but she's not eating much and her breath is even more rank than usual. Needless to say, we're letting her have her space to rest up. We don't know what happened, but we think she ate something foul in the yard (which would be unsurprising).But besides the pup, everything else today was glorious. I had to work for a few hours to catch up on some shoots, but otherwise Jamie took the day off work and we checked Ezra into daycare and lounged on the couch with cheese popcorn and wine watching college basketball. It was glorious. Pure heaven.For your internet share of the day, let's all fantasize about this new thing I just learned about: 
So last Friday, I got to do a shoot with this local company, 
Today we wrapped up a shoot over at Shelter Studios, and we had all kinds of fun props again. Antiques! Bike gear! Knitting needles! Lemonade! It was a fun one.Here are a few behind the scenes shots, including one of me that my buddy Tim took. Enjoy!
For your internet share of the day, I'm linking to this story my guy Eric (one of the most fanatic sneaker-heads I know) wrote about 
Happy Tuesday! This photo was taken this weekend during one of my family shoots down at the Stone Arch Bridge. I was actually photographing the, you know, family, when I just started to take in the clouds instead. So I asked them all to just duck down for one shot, and this is what I got. So lovely. (Don't worry, I fixed the settings back so their faces were perfectly lit in the next frame).Today and tomorrow I'm doing full-day shoots for Scotch again, so it's mostly studio set-ups, and I find these day-to-day shots to be more beautiful. But maybe tomorrow you can see some of our behind-the-scenes set magic.For your internet share of the day, ever wonder what Obama carries in his pockets? 
So, obviously, we went to the zoo this weekend. And Ezra was a bit enamored by the Leopards. I should be clear, he didn't care as much when it was only the dad leopard in front of him (on the left), but when the younger, female (daughter) leopard showed up and sat to stare at him, he was a touch fascinated (as we all were!).The rest of the weekend was pretty great as well -- weather in the 50s and 60s, lots of walks, Ezra's first wagon rides, Magda'a first trip down the slide at the playground (!!), zoos, record stores and some big KU basketball wins. Speaking of college basketball, 
This kid got to ride in the wagon to go pick up some bird feed with us, and boy-oh-boy did he like that!
Ah yes! There also was another haircut. As you can see, we started with tears... but those cleared up in about one minute. The rest of the time he just somberly watched the infamous and magical Barber Bob do his work.One thing Bob does to keep Ezra calm is he avoids using a cape because that can freak kids out.
So it's a good thing we keep lint brushes for the dogs in our car. Because this kid has a LOT of hair.
On Sunday, we took Ezra to church. Our church! That would be the record store! I loved watching him toddle around holding onto my purchases.
Here's another shot from the zoo -- Ezra loved the penguins.
And lastly, here is a shot of Magda on top of the slide at the park. She climbed on up there and I made her sit for a photo, then she just scrambled down the slide like the kids do (but on all fours). What a goof.Now! I should probably address last Friday! I had taken a photo for my blog, and I had found an internet share of the day, and ... and... I simply forgot to put it all online. I was super busy with a shoot that day and a trip to the vet with Magda and meeting a service person at the house, and that part of my job kinda slipped my mind. I'm so sorry!I will post that photo eventually, but for now, I'll give you that 
This morning, I rushed over to the hospital to take photos of the wonderful (and brand new!) Jules Connelly for my buddies Stacy and Carl. He looks EXACTLY like his brother, which is awesome.Then I ran around town like a madwoman, dashing from one meeting to the next and the next and the next, and as I write this I've just arrived home and am outside with Magda attempting to get her to stop paying attention to all the baby squirrels and poop already!(She's still watching the squirrels.)And then, in about an hour or so, Jamie and I are heading out to see Mr. Hannibal Buress perform! I saw Hannibal a few years back when he opened up for Dessa at the 7th Street Entry, and my face might still hurt from all the smiling. I cannot wait to see him again tonight!If you don't know who he is, 
My amazing friend Leah is getting closer to having her baby, and I had to miss her shower a few weeks back because I was sick as a dog and wasn't about to spread my disease onto a pregnant woman. But I was so, so sad to miss her celebration.And so today, we finally got together and I was able to drop off presents and hand-me-downs and extra diapers and advice etc etc etc. And I might have snapped a few photos of her beautiful belly and her amazing dog, Diggs.She is gonna be such an amazing mom. I just cannot wait!For your internet shares of the day, I loved