In Internet age, this video may be a little old by now at 26 days but it still makes me laugh. It’s probably because on some level, fathers everywhere can so easily relate.

Amy Wenzel is a very talented photographer from Grand Rapids, MI who’s blog I follow regularly.  Earlier this week, following an unlikely sequence of events, Amy’s husband David found out he has developed a mass in his brain.  Please keep the Wenzel family in your thoughts and prayers.

You can read Amy and David’s incredibly moving account of this past week’s events on each of their blogs, starting with Amy’s post on Monday.

We’re in the process of signing up for the 22nd annual Vince Lombardi walk for cancer.  This year’s event is being held on June 13th at the Milwaukee County Zoo.  We’re going to miss the convenience of the walk starting in our own backyard, but it should still be a good time.  One can never go wrong with any event touting free beer!

As they are every year, GE Healthcare is a major sponsor of the event.  To show our support for cancer research in our community, our finance department (aka Shutter Momma), has authorized me to donate $5 for every comment received on this blog post by this Sunday at midnight.  Just leave a comment in response to the following question:

What is your favorite charity or non-profit organization?

On top of the contributions our family will be making to this year’s event, GE will match any contribution over $25 made by an employee.  So what does that mean?  10 comments received on this blog post will translate into $100 for cancer research.  What could be easier?

So leave a comment below this post and show your support.  Or better yet, join us on June 13th at the zoo!

Final note:  Comments on this blog are moderated, which means it may take a while for your comment to be approved and posted to the site.

Two years ago today Shutter Daddy and Shutter Momma were joined in holy matrimony.  Of course at that time, we were known by more pedestrian names of Ryan and Erin.  It’s funny, we even call each other momma and daddy now.

Happy anniversary sweet pea!  I love you so much.

Photo courtesy of Ken Cravillion Photography.

Too many projects going on at home…we’ve severely fallen behind on photos of our boy.  The forecast is calling for several inches of snow this weekend so we should be able to find time for a few clicks of the shutter.

But for now, in lieu of photos of our adorable boy (who’s started all-out crawling within the last few days), I’ll leave you with my favorite web-comics to tide you over.

What the Duck – It’s about a photographer who’s a duck.  Genius!  Published daily.

xkcd – Not at all photography related, but appealing to engineers, accountants, and geeks everywhere.  It’s tag line is pretty accurate “a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language”  Published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.  If you visit the site, make sure you point your mouse over the strip…the mouseover comments are usually just as funny as the comic.

Especially now that the weather’s getting nicer, it’s a nighly ritual in our household to take a post-dinner walk around the neighborhood.  Sometimes, when we’re in need of groceries, we’ll walk to the grocery store.  The store is less than a mile from our house, it gives us an opportunity to walk with a purpose in mind, it’s environmentally friendly, yada, yada.  Tonight we needed some more oatmeal for the G-man, so a walk to the store seemed in order.

As we were checking out with our baby oatmeal and applesauce, Erin’s interaction with the cashier went something like this:

Cashier:  “Hello”

Erin:  “Hi”

Cashier:  “Do you have a Pick n Save card”

Erin:  “Here you go”

Cashier:  “Dizwic?”

Erin:  “Huh?”

Cashier:  “Izzwic?”

Erin:  “What?”

Cashier:  “Doizzwic?”

Erin:  (ignored him)

At this point we finished checking out.

Cashier:  “There’s a WIC program that your baby food and applesauce falls under.  I was askin’ you if it was WIC.”

We proceeded to exit the store.

Ryan:  “I think he just asked us if we are homeless.”

It might be time to start dressing nicer and driving a car to the store.

I thought I’d join in to the Facebook phenomenon and post 25 random things about me:

1. My favorite TV show is Wheel of Fortune.
2. I once had a procedure to cut my frenulum.
3. I can’t stand to sit still.
4. I recently started sleeping through the night.
5. I can’t sleep without being swaddled.
6. I love to go on outings, especially to Target.
7. My favorite food is squash.
8. I attended my first wedding when I was 11 days old and have already been to 4 weddings total.
9. I love the outdoors.
10. I recently learned how to take my hats off.
11. I’m kinda afraid of the vacuum cleaner.
12. I love to bounce.
13. I have a hat fetish…I own at least 10 of them.
14. I wish I could invite my homies to my crib.
15. I’ve been to one of the 7 natural wonders of the world.
16. The Brewers went on a 8-game winning streak starting the day I was born.
17. Mommy and I went tubing behind a jet ski.
18. I got my first tooth at the exact same age as my mommy got her first tooth (8 days before my 4 month birthday).
19. If my daddy had his way, my name would have been Rocco.
20. I love to rub my food in my hair and all over my face.
21. I first rolled over 2 days before my 4-month birthday.
22. Mommy and daddy don’t know it, but I have no intentions of going to the University of Wisconsin or Marquette.
23. I love being thrown in the air.
24. Giraffes are my favorite animals.
25. I’ve recently outgrown my infant car seat and will be moving into the big boy model in the next few days.

 
And because every post is better with a picture, here’s one mommy took of me playing with my truck.

In case things don’t work out with Barack, we’re starting our campaign for 2044.

Click the poster above to create your own Obamicon.

The Associated Press may be alleging copyright infringement on the infamous Obama poster, but ours is 100% G-Money.