Monthly Archives: July 2007

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King of the Hallway

July 24, 2007 – 6:26 am

Here are two videos of Win in his native habitat lately: the hallway. We’ve been at the same hotel now for almost a week, and Win’s favorite place to be by far is in the hallway. He thinks he runs the joint now. Most of the other guests and all the staff knows him. His number one favorite hallway activity is to run up and down flailing his arms wildly and howling “aaarrhhhhhaaaaahhhh.” He also loves to crawl along the borders of the carpet, feel the railing as he walks, check on the continental breakfast, and whatever else he can think of. Here are two videos to give you a taste. The first one is short, for the general public. For those of you who are true, hard-core fans, and just can’t get enough of our little crazy friend, the second video is a pretty long look into Win’s world. Enjoy.

By Jared Henderson | Posted in Videos, Winfield | Comments (2)

Beach Bum

July 23, 2007 – 5:31 pm

Hey all. We’re still on vacation in West Palm Beach, Florida. It’s been a busy and fun weekend with lots of family reunion activities. Win has been a champ. We’ve put him through a lot for a one year old, and he’s been doing great. Today was a little more relaxed schedule-wise, so we managed to make it to the beach for a couple hours. Win swam in the ocean for a long time and then stumbled around on shore eating sandy pretzels. Here’s a shot:

By Jared Henderson | Posted in Dean Family, Winfield | Comments (0)

New Experiences for Our Little Muppet

July 19, 2007 – 6:02 pm

Today Jared and I took our little Muppet on an adventure in an airplane. For any of you who know Win you know that he is a very good little boy, but sitting still isn’t one of his strengths. After hearing many experienced parents sing the praises of Benedryl, the traveling parent’s best friend, we called our pediatrician. They gave us a dosage and told us to give it a trial run because is makes some children hyper. After the trial run we decided that it was in our best interest not to give him Benedryl. Instead we packed all sorts of fun things to play with and all types of new food. He was a champ! We had our work cut out for us but he did a great job for a 16 month old who doesn’t usually sit still for long. He found many ways to entertain himself. He liked putting his sippy cup inside the barf bag and then drinking from it like a hobo. He played with some magnets that Jared brought home from work.He read the really neat stories that the airplane had.And he ate…a lot.Those were only a few of the things that he did to pass the time. He also got little pieces of beef jerky put them into a plastic cup and then drank them. That passed about 20 minutes. He loved looking at all of the other airplanes as we taxied out. After 2 hours of sitting he walked up and down the isle and went to the bathroom with pregnant Mom. All 3 of us in a airplane bathroom was a little bit of a squeeze!If anyone needs help passing time on an airplane ask Win. He has lots of ideas.Also, do notice the shirt that he is wearing, complements of his Aunt Johanna.Rachel

By Rachel Henderson | Posted in Winfield | Comments (4)

More Skills

July 18, 2007 – 7:40 am

Like his cousins Chloe and Esther, Win has some gardening skills too. He knows how to throw green tomatoes like baseballs and how to pull on the hose.He also knows a little about auto repair.

By Rachel Henderson | Posted in Winfield | Comments (3)

Liz & Dave’s Wedding

July 16, 2007 – 6:50 pm

A few weeks ago, Rachel shot her most recent wedding. The pictures came out amazing. Here are a few to wet your appetite. If you want to see more, check out the slideshow, or view some of them in the updated website in the weddings section.

By Jared Henderson | Posted in Photography | Comments (2)

Those Tips that I’d Promised

July 13, 2007 – 7:26 pm

A couple of posts ago (in the really long post) I promised photography tips in the future. Here is tip number one. I’ll also include pictures of Win to keep everybody satisfied. Quantity! It might seem simple but very few great photographs were taken solo. Now that most people are shooting digital this idea is within easy reach for non-pros. Here is a screen capture of my computer right after I downloaded the pictures of Win eating oatmeal.Yup, that’s 111 pictures of Win eating oatmeal, and you thought that I just knew how to capture the moment. Now this example is a little excessive. Win was being really cute practicing eating with a spoon and I didn’t feel like I had gotten the image that I wanted yet. So I kept shooting.The point is that good photographs usually come from a series or collection of ok and bad ones. That is ok. Just be sure to delete the unworthy images before you fill up your hard-drive and frustrate your husband. Think about keeping only about 10% of the images that you take.More later.Win has been practicing eating with a spoon and fork lately. I thought about letting him go at it solo and seeing what happened.It started off good enough. . .. . .with a satisfying biteThen things took a little bit of a turn.Who needs a spoon when we’ve got 2 perfectly good hands.

By Rachel Henderson | Posted in Photography Tips, Winfield | Comments (1)