New site!

If you haven't already heard I FINALLY created a site for my photography! I have been working on it (I still am) since July. Please browse and forward to anyone interested!

Here is the link

mindihettingerphotography.blogspot.com

It is also posted on the side of the blog!

Mirror Pics

I pinned this picture on Pinterest a while ago with the full intentions of doing a shoot with my kids. This week we got new closet doors in our room and today as I was removing the old ones it occurred to me that I could easily do a shoot today.


Elsie loved it right away. She isn't much of a tummy girl, but being able to stare at herself in the mirror made tummy time fun!

Wilson is always up for a photo shoot! He loved the mirror in fact he didn't want to stop!

All in all I think it was a success!!!

Austin City Limits

Ryan records a show every Saturday night called Austin City Limits that showcases different bands. Wilson found an episode that featured Coldplay and loved it. Since then he has watch it several time.

Yesterday we was riding in Ryan's car while his coldplay cd was on and Wilson said "this is Austin City Limits!" Once they got home Wilson wouldn't do anything until Ryan brought it in the house so he could listen to it.

This morning I was trying to get Wilson to get ready to take a shower, but he refused until I recorded him dancing to Austin City Limits! Here he is!!! Enjoy!

Soccer

We decided to enroll Wilson in soccer this year to see if we liked playing sports. At first he wasn't a fan. He would always complain that we was too tired or we would see him at various places on the field (usually no where near any other players) spinning and doing summer salts). However, every game he gets a little more interested.

The things that he currently loves to do:
Team cheers
Run across the field like Sonic or Mario
Snacks (of course!)

 Here are some action shots from that last few games!

This is one of my favorite shots. It reminds me of a photo of bigfoot.

Snack time! Wilson's favorite part of the game!

This little gem is not easy to see but you get the idea of his cute run and something surprising happens at the end!

6 Months

Yesterday my sweet baby girl turned 6 months old!

Some updates on Elsie:
She is sitting up like a champ
She babbles all the time
Her favorite thing to do besides eat is to watch Wilson do anything
She eats baby cereal and LOVES it!
Her eyes follow all food anyone is eating in hopes to get a taste
Her feet are her best friends
She lights up when her daddy enters any room
Still doesn't feel great most of the time, but is still so sweet

Nick names: Else (most of the time), Ossie, Elsiebell (by her Papa)
One day I was talking to Ryan about how well she responds to her name. We decided to try it out by call her Jeeves (our cats name) and sure enough she responded to that too. Guess we will keep working on it!

Even though she has been with us such a short time it feels like she was here all the time!

Love you baby!

Current stats:
Height 25 3/4 inches  25th percentile
Weight 14 pounds 14 ounces   30th percentile

Warning - Picture overload

I am getting behind in my blogging so I thought I would do one quick post to catch up! On July 11th which happens to be my niece Jessica's birthday I surprised Wilson with a trip to 7-11 for a free slurpee. While he was happy to get a slurpee he was sad it wasn't bigger...

On Sundays Wilson loves to match Ryan. Two Christmas's ago I got Wilson and Ryan matching ties here they are together!

Here is Elsie in her bumbo Sunday smiling at her daddy while he brushes his teeth!

The Monday a week before the parade they give an opportunity to go see the floats and have some other fun stuff for kids. This was our first year and we went with my sister and her kids.

They did face painting!

Elsie took a nap!

They played games and got balloons!

On the 24th of July we went to the parade with my family then spent some time with my mom and then had dinner and played games with Ryan's family. Sadly the only picture I took that day was Elsie sleeping at the parade

Yesterday we went with 4 of Ryan's sisters and their kids to the zoo!

I decided to take Elsie in the stroller so that meant Wilson had to walk. Every time I turned around it looked like Wilson was trying to hitch a ride with someone else. Jessica and her mom Angie were usually the nice ones.

This was our first time to the new part at the zoo. We loved the polar bear!

The tigers this year were playing in the water and this tiger was playing with this ball!

At one point Wilson got really hot so I poured some water on his head. He loved it and everyone told him he look awesome with his hair spiked!

It was a long hot day so when we got home everyone crashed!

Hair

It just occured to me the other day how fast Elsie is getting her hair. She was born with lots of cute strawberry blonde hair

Then she started to loose it and get that old man balding look

As you can see she is sad about it too

It has come back and then some. I still can't decide what color it is going to be. It is coming in more blonde than before.

On a different note she loves to play and eat her foot. I love it!!!