Amateur

I did it.  I finally bought a DSLR.  Once again, I need to learn how to use the darn thing but for now I can play with it on Auto and take some pretty good shots.  Its the bottom of the line with only one lens but lenses will come with time.  This is good enough for me for now.   First shot out of the box - still standing in the
Target parking lot. 

Its a Boy!

"A Baby is God's Way of saying the world should go on."

I was witness to a beautiful event tonight.  Well, not the actual birth part but the labor and the afterglow of welcoming a new member into the family.  I met her at the hospital just to get checked out because she wasn't sure it was really time yet.  Oh, it was time!  I sat with her while she labored and just as she was going through the worst of it and wanting the dad, the hospital room door swung open and there he was, just like in the movies.   Her parents and older daughter came up to wait along with the daddy's family and I sat with them, all of us anxiously checking our watches every five minutes. They didn't know beforehand if it was a boy or a girl and that made the waiting room excitement all that more, well, exciting!  Finally the moment arrived and the big double doors opened to a beaming Daddy who said "Its a Boy!"  My sweet best friend gave birth to a beautiful, perfect baby boy.  His name is Eric which means Peaceful Ruler. 

 Oh how I adore baby feet.