Hi buddies! Thank you all sooo much for the kind words about our new addition! I’m so happy I can share this journey with all of you. My OB put me on bed rest because I was having too many Braxton-Hicks contractions. I’m just waiting to see a specialist this week. You would think bed rest means lots of REST but it isn’t actually that great when you’re stuck in bed all day~ lol!
Mammoth Memories
Anyways, I wanted to share some photos from our trip to Mammoth back in February. Way back we planned this trip with friends not knowing that I would be pregnant and at the height of my morning sickness. Although I was really sick we still had a blast! What a difference just a few years makes because the last time we were in Mammoth was before any of us had babies! Here are some of my favorite memories this time around…
* Evan seeing snow for the 1st time!
[I brought along 5 pairs of mittens/gloves and my baby bear refused to wear any of them. We had to go buy a $25 pair of new gloves so his hands wouldn’t freeze.]
[Animal encounters.]
[This really nice man asked if Evan wanted to take a photo in his cool truck!]
* Spending quality time with family.
[We have a rare family photo thanks to the kindness of a stranger who asked if we wanted a photo.]
* Making memories with some of our dearest friends.
[Hilarious! Evan the Snowman!]
[Mama Bears + Baby Bears!]
[The boys had a blast together. It was so sweet seeing a brotherly bond forming.]
* Our first time having Evan sleep with us!
[I was so excited I couldn’t sleep!]
Point & Shoot
I fell in love with my point & shoot camera again on this trip! It snowed and it was hard to take my DSLR when I was all bundled up. Most of the photos above were taken with my point & shoot~ a Panasonic Lumix LX3. Here’s the LINK to a newer & better version. It even has a “snow” setting! Most of my DSLR photos were yucky because it’s actually hard to take photos in the snow. The brightness of the snow made my photos backlit…or maybe it was just user error, lol! Just to show you an example~ can you tell which photos are from the point & shoot or DSLR?
The left photos are my DSLR and the right ones are my point & shoot. Of course, the DSLR photos look better (especially when enlarged) but I was surprised at how little the difference mattered to me. The DSLR photos are sharper and the colors are more vibrant but for this trip all I needed were some nice snapshots for my memories so the point & shoot would’ve been good enough.
Winter Goodies
I know winter is over~ I meant to give these away ages ago, lol! The ear muffs are from Japan. I bought the knit beanies for the adult favor bags at Evan’s birthday party and had extras. They’re just from Forever 21 but I thought they looked so “handmade” and cute. If you like them let me know and I’ll send one to you~! [Gone~ to the first 5 people who said they wanted them!] Hope you’re all having a fabulous week! 
