Peek A Boo!

At 24 weeks, Baby Bonar was a bit shy.

At 30 weeks, we were getting the 'thumbs up' from kiddo.

At 36 weeks, kid's a pro at being peeked at. Looks like a little thumb sucking ... and we're thinking a little Mikols nose.

Erik has been a good sport and taking week-by-week photos of me as we grow. Once baby arrives, I'll probably do a complete week by week ... but this is just a teaser, so to speak. It's crazy to think that I was "small" at 31 weeks. Or at least I was compared to 36 weeks! (on the photo on the right, I'm sure Erik has said something obnoxious and I'm giving him my 'you don't amuse me' face).

So, yes, Erik and I are 'with' child, or as I say the child is 'with' us. :) We've been extremely hush-hush with this whole thing.

BEING pregnant hasn't been particularly difficult; I'm thankful and know we have been blessed with a fairly symptom-free pregnancy. Yet there have been other factors that have made it difficult (hence, why we have a LOT of sonogram photos to look at/share). If you see me in person, I'll be happy to share ... yet I'm still trying to puzzle over how much I feel comfortable sharing in the cyber world.

Baby is due in May. When? Well, that's anybody's guess based on several other extra factors (see above paragraph).

My prayer for right now is this: I am scheduled to photograph our new bishop being ordained and installed on Tuesday. I'd LOVE to get through that, edit my photos and get them sent off before baby comes. We've had several chat w/ baby about this, and are hoping baby agrees to keep a cookin' until at least Weds., May 2. Baby'd still be a bit early then, but my selfish side would really like to shoot this assignment before Baby arrives.

Of course, we'll be excited/happy, regardless of when Baby decides to arrive. :)

Oh, and the orange room (HERE), the middle bedroom (HERE) ... Baby's room. We've had a crib since late October, yet it's taken us awhile to get it put together. It's mostly done now, I just need to sift through and move some stuff around ... THEN I'll be ready/willing/able to share photos. :)

Losing my touch? / PHOTO TIP

Hi blog world! I'M ALIVE!!! I promise!

Big baby shower this weekend. Lots of catching up to do here.

I squeezed in a visit to my biz-partenr-in-crime. This is how it went:


Usually Erik has this effect on children, not me. I hope I'm not losing my touch! You can see my appearance on Mike's photo a day project of Nate HERE.

And for those of you who think I might undertake such a project when we have kids, THINK AGAIN!!!! I'm learning from Mike's zeal that it's a lot to bite off and chew.

PHOTO TIP for you mommies out there: notice how Mike took this photo. He's at eye level with his kiddo. With kids, they're lots shorter than we are. Often times in order to get the best photo of them, you gotta get down to their eye level.

Smoky Hill River Festival 2009

I'm going to break this up into three sections in one post .... so bear with me!

Friends + their kiddos

Erik had a thing about taking photos of our friends' kids ... I admit they're cute and all .... but there are a TON of photos of the kiddlins.

Maybe he's trying to show me up? ;)









The View

About a month ago, Erik and I hit the River Festival (ok all you Wichita people, there are RIVERS other places than JUST Wichita. This is SALINA'S River Festival. Got it?)

We went first about 3 years ago, shortly after we started dating ... and it's been a nice annual event. :) Awesome time to just kick back, listen to some tunes and catch up with friends.


Such as this little fella. He hung out with us for a portion of the afternoon. ;)

I got a big kick out of the Kinsey Sicks. They dressed as 1950s housewives ... and were a barbershop quartet. What a HOOT!

Oh, except for the view.


THIS is what we saw during their Stage II performance. Pft. Thanks boogerheads for standing in our way. Even after someone VERY NICELY asked you to sit down (it wasn't me. I was irritated and couldn't have asked in a "very nice" manner).

Oh, and ps-the person on the right is a dude, and he was wearing the most dangly earrings I've ever seen ... sup with THAT? Oh, and guy on the right, your pants are too low and crack in public is NOT a good thing. :(

But we did get a TINY glimpse (of the crack, we got MORE than a tiny glimpse.) :(

Ok, so Kinsey Sicks ....


More photos to follow!

Erik's perspective

Well, this is Karen and I have no idea what Erik's perspective was, but after a buddy mixed him a few drinks ...


... he was taking photos of everything — and eveyONE in sight ... even if we didn't know them. Um .... embarassing! Or moreso because it was dark and the camera flash was employed.

Um ..... I can't explain most of these, so I'll just let you see a piece of my husband's mind.

If there's an unflattering photo of you below and you want me to remove it, lemme know. Sorry for my husband's insanity.








When the camera was pointed in my direction, I was understandibly NOT amused.


Then I wrestled the camera away from Erik, and he had a good pout.


Then the people behind us were talking .... and of course Erik took THEIR photo, too.


Sheesh.

Allison's Kidd-O

Check out this looker! My friend and CCD-teaching partner-in-crime, Allison, had a baby this winter, but it wasn't until about a month ago when I could get to see the new little fella.


We got along rather swell!


I've NEVER seen a kiddo smile SO MUCH!

And here's a video clip .... ignore my chatter and being a dork! ;)

Joe & Erin's clan

Friday, my friend Joe, his wife Erin, and their three adorable kiddos stopped in Hays to see me. In case you didn't know, I LOVE getting visitors in Hays. I enjoy showing off my little town, but Joe and Erin were on the highway with limited time for sightseeing, plus it was cold, windy and rainy, so we had fewer options than I'd like.

Anyhow, in the first photo is Isaac and Issy, and the second photo is Liam (careful girls, he's a TOTAL heart throb!) ps-check out how much Issy looks like her mom!


You could probably tell from the first photo, but we ended up at MickyD's. There was a playplace so little bodies could run around, which was the key attraction.


And of course, the awesome princess necklace Issy got with her meal. :-)

BUT c'mon, let's PLAY!



We watched the kids for awhile, but eventually Issy insisted I come on up. SO I ditched my shoes and hit the playplace!




View from the top: Hi Dad!




Joe and Erin, THANK YOU for stopping to see me! I LOVE company! I can hardly believe how BIG your kids are (yeah, I'm a slacker and this was my first time meeting Liam!)

Stop by any time! :-)