Keeping Up with John Mark

Have you seen those new "Google Glasses?" They're like a smart phone you wear as eye wear. I saw them preview them on the Today show and even though the concept is really over the top, there was  one feature that was really appealing to me: whenever you want to take a picture of what you're looking at, you say, "Google Glasses, take picture." Sometimes when I'm looking at John Mark and he's making the most adorable face, I wish I had those glasses on! Google Glasses, take picture! With a six month old, it's a little harder to capture as many photos because I feel like he's so busy that we're always moving and not only can I not always get to my camera, but he's moving so much it's hard to get him to take a good picture and be still a minute. Luckily, we had some six month photos taken to capture these faces that I can't seem to get on my own camera. She did an amazing job! I'd like to think that he's just universally adorable, but I realize that I may be a little biased because I'm his mommy :)

People tell me all the time how much he looks like me. Here are some photos of me as a baby. You can judge for yourself:

 Here are some of Brandon:

He's been working on sitting up on his own for a while now, but still doesn't quite have it.  Now he's added trying to crawl to the mix. He has just recently started to lift his knees. I think he's really close and I wouldn't be surprised if he nailed it sometime soon. I guess mom and dad need to get to baby proofing this weekend! Here's a video of his first attempts:

In other news, we just got back from John Mark's first trip to the beach. It's our first real vacation since Mexico. My friend Jan said I needed to be more careful about the souvenirs I brought back this time, haha! Anyway, we had a great time seeing Mimi and Nana. Being at the beach as a parent is slightly different from going in your single days (for me "single" now refers to life pre-marriage and pre-baby, not necessarily pre-relationship...it just implies "unencumbered"). We did have a lot of stuff to haul (LOVE the new Go-Pod we got...it's like a baby bag exersaucer). He did good on the beach (better than me, I guess....I felt like I was always covered in sand and baby) and he liked floating in the ocean until the waves got to be too much to handle. Here are some pictures from the trip: