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Amazing as it is… Dallin is over 6 months old now, almost 7 months by the time I finally write this. Time sure flies… and the kid is getting big.
He just had his 6 month checkup and here’s the vital stats:
Weight: 18lbs 7 oz (75th percentile)
Length:27″ (75th percentile)
Head:45cm (85th percentile)
I just posted up some pictures of him on his 6 month birthday. Happy and smiling as ever (not!). He really does laugh and smile… just every time we pull out the camera he seems more interested in what we are pointing at him and forgets whatever he was having fun with.
He’s now rolling all over the place, but not crawling quite yet. He’s very inquisitive, and loves to look around at anything and everything.
Other stuff
Oh what else is there to post after 3 month gap in news…
I just put up a few Christmas pictures. We had a good time visiting family, and dressing Dallin up in a Santa suit.
A few days later was Thomas and Michelle’s wedding. I had a lot of fun following around the photographer taking my own shots. I picked out about 30 or so (out of 250) and edited them between the luncheon and the reception, then had them going on a slideshow durring the reception. It was nice to get a lot of compliments on them, and to also see the pictures all over (as centerpieces and stuff) that I took for their engagement. I’m really enjoying photography again with the great camera I have. But even though I’ve had it less then a year, I am itching for an upgrade as I’ve got the taste for it and want a bit more control. I think my current camera would stay in the arsenal as it has a lot of abilities in a small package, but I’d love to take that next step.
Another few days later we had the annual Bahr Family New Years Party, where everyone from Lyman’s (Kaylene’s dad) fathers side of the family gets together.
A few weeks later was my birthday… 31 years, or 372 months since that’s how we count for Dallin. Nothing all that special… but such are birthdays when you get older.
This weekend we had kind of a house-warming party (or just a get-together I guess) at Thomas and Michelle’s house. I got to see the pics from the “real” photographer that were taken at the wedding. I was pleased to find that I had quite a few decent shots in comparison, and that others thought so as well. It was definately interesting to see the same shots I was taking, but from different angles and with different thoughts behind them. I’ll have to get them side-by-side sometime to compare and see what I can learn from anothers point of view.
Not a heck of a lot else significant that I can think of. So until the next 3 months go by….
February 6th, 2006
There were two additions to the Bahr clan this week. First Luke (Kaylene’s Brother) and Crystal Bahr had their 2nd child and first daughter, Kaylinda. Then a few days later Jason and Shersti (Kaylene’s Sister) Anderson had their first child and son, Thayne.
So today we had the blessing for Kaylinda, as well as the blessing of my step-sister’s (Stacey) daughter Angelina.
Whew… lots of babies all over the place. It was fun to see so many future playmates for Dallin, and to get his picture with a few of them.
In other news, we did go up to the fair, but the pictues there didn’t come out so well as their were too many other light sources in the area to get good ride shots. But I did get some good nightime shots of the Salt Lake City Temple. I still haven’t gone through them all and picked out my favorites though. I’ll get some posted up eventually.
I also spent the week trying to get up the canyon to take some fall color pictures, but things kept coming up like work, and babies being born (the nerve of some people) so I finally got up there yesterday and took over 400 pics. That’s definately going to take a while to pick out some favorites.
September 25th, 2005
After much back and forth, we decided to head off to Colorado for Thanksgiving to visit the Whiteheads (Kaylene’s older sister’s family). After weeks of lovely fall weather during November (2 weekends ago it was like 70 degrees), it finally decided to snow on us the morning of our heading out (25 meg movie of snows). This wasn’t any ole snow storm, this one dumped 6-8 inches in Lees Summit and similar amounts around the rest of the metro. We were really worried about the roads, but luckily the roads were just a bit wet, and not iced up. Although there was a car off the road at just about every offramp as we left the city.
The snow only stuck around for 40 miles or so out of the metro and the rest was smooth sailing. Just the joyous trek across the baren wasteland that is Kansas ahead of us.
We arrived, and are enjoying the company of family. I brought my computer with me so that I could LAN with the boys. Trying not to whoop on em too much, but when you have such mad 1337 skillz, how can you not? 
Turkey day itself was fun. We started off with a turkey bowl.. for which I continue to pay the price. Playing football once a year causes a fair amount of pain on the muscles and joints. My team won both games, and Ben’s lost both (hmmmm). Got a touchdown, a few sacks, a few hurries, and an interception or two. Nice of them to let me play and abuse myself at their expense. I did jam my thumb pretty good on Ben’s elbow trying to block a pass he was getting, but it’s not really a Turkey Bowl if I don’t come home with some kind of injury.
Back home for some good eats. Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy… all the goods made by our beloved wives who slaved and toiled over a hot oven while we went out and caused ourselves great pain. Maybe we’ll trade next year 
More fraggin with the guys, a nap, and then a game of Cranium where it was fun watching everyone get up and have to do charade type things.
Today (day after Thanksgiving) we had a good breakfast and the women folk when shopping. Men stayed home and… well…. fragged. Went and did some ice skating (man they keep that place cold) and some laser tag.
Back home where I made some Zuka Juices (fruit smoothie place I used to work and still remember the recipies for) and now we are waiting for pie.
It’s been a lot of fun hanging out here with the family as we get to do so so rarely. Slight chance these guys will move out our way if the company they are in talks with will just up their offer (lamers). If so it will be great to have some family so close by, if not… then it means they got a better offer elsewhere, and I guess we’ll have to support them in that too.
Anyway… enough typing this novel, but I have to make up for all the lack of postings. Then again, we just have no life and so this is what you get. Now… where’s that pie???
November 26th, 2004