5 months old

Josiah is now 5 months old (as of the 18th of Aug). I was looking back at pictures from shortly after he was born today and can't believe how much he has changed already...sad but exciting at the same time.

He is now 27 in. in length. I'm not sure how much he weighs since we don't have a scale but he continues to grow and grow and seems to learn new things all the time.

He loves...

-to stand while you hold his hands
-to jump in his jumper and anytime you stand him up
-to chew on his fingers (and anything else he gets to his mouth)
-when we make weird noises with our mouths
-to make his lips vibrate together
-to roll over from his back to his front (but then gets frustrated about being on his stomach and he refuses to roll over from his stomach to his back even though he has done it before)
-cross his legs...he seriously does this all the time (we have a picture of him doing this on one of the ultra sounds too)
-just wear a diaper (if he gets crabby we just take off his clothes and he usually settles down)
-have his arms and legs moved around by us...it always makes him laugh

Here are a few 5 month old pics...

Wyoming Camping

We are heading to Wyoming in a few weeks to do a little family camping/vacation. This will be our first time taking Josiah camping and thus I could once again use a lot of advice if anyone has any. I'm not sure if there is such a thing as a baby sleeping bag but even if there is we don't have one so I'm trying to figure out what is best to use, any suggestions? Should I bring the pack-n-play? If anyone has gone camping with a baby before I would love any suggestions for what to bring or anything else you can think of.

Also, we are still trying to figure out where exactly we are going to go. We are looking to go in the Bighorn Mountains somewhere (but are open to other suggestions). I've been looking for campgrounds but I have never been to the area so if anyone else has and has a great place for us to go let me know. We are wanting to fish (hoping to do some trout fishing) and do a little hiking. Any suggestions anyone?

Senior Pics

My brother-in-law is going to be a senior in high school this year and I had the privilege of taking his senior photos. My wonderful husband made a backdrop holder for me out of PVC pipe and I bought a couple of sheets from Walmart to use as backdrops. Since I was doing this in our house we obviously don't have the best lighting so once again my wonderful husband while holding our dear son held a desk lamp for me to help with the lighting. The pictures actually turned out not too bad...I think? Here are a few of my favs.








I would really like to start doing this for an added income for our family but am having trouble figuring out how much to charge. My brother-in-law said he has a friend who would also like me to take his senior pics as well so I guess I really need to decide how much to charge. If anyone has any ideas for me I would greatly appreciate it. So I guess this is a post that I would love to get a lot of feedback on so give me your opinions.