Making a Splash – Out Of Their Minds Design

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NOTE2: The banner above now randomly shows one of three banners we’ve been using for Ian’s blog since he was born. As we add new ones they’ll still show up randomly. I figured this would be a fun way to think about how much he’s grown. EDIT – Except that OF COURSE on a PC this doesn’t work; it is showing up at the bottom of the page. You guys are going to have to live with that until I find some help fixing it or I go back to using an old version of the same program. It took me a ton of work to get it updated in the first place. Frustrated. D.

Ian started smiling and laughing when I made a noise kind of like a raspberry while Melissa was bathing the lad. He was already in a good mood; actually all of us were — and if I’ve learned one thing so far in trying to chronicle Ian’s life, it is that if he laughs or reacts in an interesting way once, grab your camera or video camera. Because if you’re waiting to make sure that the same thing is going to happen a second or third time, you’re probably going to miss the boat.

You’re about to see a bunch of pics that look fairly close to the same, but I can’t help including them all; this was a great night for the three of us.

He’s mimicking the noise I’m making back at me here, but it made for a cute smile. See this image larger.

I swear sometimes we could turn off the lights and he’d glow. Great Granny Betty said that we’d get some of our best shots with him in the tub; she’s so right! See this image larger.

This may be my favorite Ian shot of all time. Pure joy, and love for (and from) his parents. See this image larger.

Whoooooa! See this image larger.

Seriously… magazine cover? Gerber package? Toy advertisement? See this image larger.

Still trying to be happy, despite the rinse cycle. See this image larger.

Love his posture in this shot. You can tell he’s more or less hunching with laughter and comfortable with his parents. And hey, have a couple teeth, why dontcha, kid? Sheesh! 🙂 See this image larger.