Van got me a new camera for Mother’s Day.  It is AWESOME!!  It’s like it shoots in HD; it’s so clear!  My point and shoot camera was good, but it’s nothing compared to my new SLR.  For those that are wondering, it’s the Canon Rebel T1i.  I’m learning all about it (still on page 59 of the manual) and it is so exciting.  Finally I can capture the whisps of hair on Ashley’s head, that smile I would always miss, or the moment when Blake steals a kiss real quick.  So needless to say, this post will have a lot of pictures.  I’m really going to have to limit myself on which pictures I keep.  I was bad before, but now it’s just going to get worse as I’m going to take a gazillion pictures with this fancy camera.  The detail it captures is so neat.  And how you can control what it focuses on.  I love how you can focus on the subject and make the background blurry.  Oh my gosh, it is amazing!  And of course, Van didn’t skimp.  He got the newest, “greatest” one that also records in full HD video.  So I think we are set for life with this camera (for the cost, we better be)! 

As for Miss Ashley, she is growing like a weed.  Well, more like a beautiful flower, but you know what I mean   She will be 7 months old tomorrow and her development is really picking up lately. She has 2 little teeth buds on her lower gums.  She’s been teething for a while, but you can just now see the teeth that are about to come through.  You can feel them too!  It’s so neat.  The past few days the amount of drool she puts out has really increased.  So between the dogs and a teething baby, I’ve got drool coming out of my ears!  I can’t imagine my baby with teeth.  I’m going to miss that gummy smile of hers!  She is also on the verge of crawling.  If she’s sitting up, she’ll flip foward on her tummy and reach out for things.  You can tell she wants to move but doesn’t know how just yet.  It won’t be long now.  She also does it if you are holding her.  She’ll bend down like she wants to be put down to crawl.  I feel like she just mastered sitting up, so I hope I can enjoy this little milestone before she goes to the next.  But whatever she wants to do is fine by me!  She also has this fascination with the tags on her toys.  Not sure if this is a baby thing or Ashley thing.  But she loves messing with the tags on her stuffed animals.  It’s like she’s trying to figure out what they are.  She looks at them real methodical like and concentrates on them.

Anyway, so much for a short post.  I’m listening to Bob Marley and I guess he’s making me ramble.  Enjoy the picture show!