Oliver's first Christmas tree! (Notice the Christmas bicycle and Christmas grill in the background...soooooo attractive...)
Oliver and "Aunt" Candice, Jasmine's good friend from A.U. and matron of honor at our wedding! Oh...she's also Lili's Mom and of course, Travis' wife too! :)
Oliver in his "THIRD PLACE"...with Grammy Lou!
OliVER with OliVIA, Jasmine's good friend from work.
I really like black and white photography. Especially when shooting closeups. By removing the color, I think the viewer sees details they might have missed otherwise. He is so calm here, and so peaceful!
Even better with the eyes open, huh? LOL!
Olivers' first snowstorm, however this was BEFORE the big Washington, DC storm on 12/19/09 which has been named "The Shopper Stopper"..JPG)
Same storm later that night, with an experimental camera setting. Personally, I like the results!
So, with all of the hard work I've been putting in learning about the new camera...light and so forth...along comes Jasmine, mother extraordinaire who snapped this self-portrait with her Sony point and shoot! I'm going to take SOME credit for gifting the camera...lol...
Bath Time! :)
Sleeping like a rock star in the Morrow family chaise!
LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Ah, working on the operatic skills...Ok, not really...just yawning...SHOCKER, I know...
Sleeping in the light of the sunshine, while Mom and Dad bask in the light of the SONSHINE! :)
Sir Calm-A-Lot!
Riding on Grammy Lou!
This is my new "look"...I'm calling it BLUE STEEL!
But it's exhausting to do that...so now I'm tired...AGAIN!
Ok, I'm all ready to be on the set of "That 70's Show"! What? Cancelled? Unbelievable! HELLO WISCONSIN!
Oliver with Grammy Anne! Oh! The WONDERMENT of it all!
This quilt...This quilt was a gift...A gift! From the Queen...the Queen of AMERICA!Thank you, "Aunt" Alex (another good friend of Jasmine's from A.U.) this is a special and important quilt to me!
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Oliver with "Aunt" Kim! (Card carrying member of Jasmine's A.U. Crew!)
This was the first time Oliver went for a ride in his stroller. The Gaylord Hotel at the National Harbor in Ft. Washington, MD is at the foot of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge connecting the 51st State (Northern Virginia) with Maryland. They provide a free Christmas show to locals and guests alike so we went and made an afternoon of it.
This is a sculpture called "The Awakening" which was previously in DC at the end of Haines Point. This is Rob's favorite sculpture and he has vowed when he becomes "governor" of the 51st State and declared eminent domain on 5510 Kings Park Drive so that it can be restored to its 1970s "grandeur" and serve as his "Governor's Mansion" that he's also going to purchase this sculpture to remind the citizens of the 51st State of their "awakening" enabling them to break free from the "political tyranny" of Richmond, our current and not so future capital! ;)
This is the Christmas tree down at the waterfront. Note the tree topping star which bears an incredible likeness to Cal-El's conveyance which brought him here from his home planet, Krypton. (For those of you who have not yet received your "Rob Decoder Rings", feel free to google Cal-El and/or the planet Krypton...)
The latest edition to the storefronts at National Harbor...Yes, Earth there is now a PEEPS! store in the DC area! (They also sell Hot Tamales and Mike & Ike's...) This is a photo of the manager's company car...I think they likely call it a "PEEP-mobile"...;)
The newly renovated Woodrow Wilson Bridge with the George Washington Masonic Temple in the background. Rumor has it there is an animatronic statue of George Washington inside!
Sunset over the 51st State. Either that...or my recently declassified photos from my time on the Manhatten Project at Los Alamos accidentally found their way into the blog photo "can"...
This is the interior lobby of the Gaylord Hotel. And ignoring the decorations for a moment...Hello, Marriott, Hyatt, Hilton, Ritz-Carlton, Omni-Shoreham and the Mandarin-Oriental? This...this is a REAL hotel lobby! Notice how there are 20 MORE chairs than there are butts to fill them...
The atrium of the Gaylord Hotel.
Jasmine caught in the act of reviewing a play on the sidelines of an NFL game...ok, not really just a feeding in the lobby of the hotel...either way? Rob saw the whole thing and Oliver clearly had BOTH FEET in bounds! :)
Anytime I see a fountain with colored lights and the spray is set to music, I am reminded of summers as a child, riding with my Aunt Janet in her awesome VW Westie Bus to see the fountain shows at Grand Haven, MI!
Oliver, Grammy Lou and Jasmine watching the Christmas show at the Gaylord Hotel.
Christmas tree made of light strings outside the Gaylord Hotel.
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Oliver with "Aunt" Kim! (Card carrying member of Jasmine's A.U. Crew!)
This was the first time Oliver went for a ride in his stroller. The Gaylord Hotel at the National Harbor in Ft. Washington, MD is at the foot of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge connecting the 51st State (Northern Virginia) with Maryland. They provide a free Christmas show to locals and guests alike so we went and made an afternoon of it.
This is a sculpture called "The Awakening" which was previously in DC at the end of Haines Point. This is Rob's favorite sculpture and he has vowed when he becomes "governor" of the 51st State and declared eminent domain on 5510 Kings Park Drive so that it can be restored to its 1970s "grandeur" and serve as his "Governor's Mansion" that he's also going to purchase this sculpture to remind the citizens of the 51st State of their "awakening" enabling them to break free from the "political tyranny" of Richmond, our current and not so future capital! ;)For those of you on Facebook? It's well documented that Rob has an extremely vivid imagination...
For those of you not on Facebook? Well...now you know too! ;)
This is the Christmas tree down at the waterfront. Note the tree topping star which bears an incredible likeness to Cal-El's conveyance which brought him here from his home planet, Krypton. (For those of you who have not yet received your "Rob Decoder Rings", feel free to google Cal-El and/or the planet Krypton...)
The latest edition to the storefronts at National Harbor...Yes, Earth there is now a PEEPS! store in the DC area! (They also sell Hot Tamales and Mike & Ike's...) This is a photo of the manager's company car...I think they likely call it a "PEEP-mobile"...;)
The newly renovated Woodrow Wilson Bridge with the George Washington Masonic Temple in the background. Rumor has it there is an animatronic statue of George Washington inside!
Sunset over the 51st State. Either that...or my recently declassified photos from my time on the Manhatten Project at Los Alamos accidentally found their way into the blog photo "can"...
This is the interior lobby of the Gaylord Hotel. And ignoring the decorations for a moment...Hello, Marriott, Hyatt, Hilton, Ritz-Carlton, Omni-Shoreham and the Mandarin-Oriental? This...this is a REAL hotel lobby! Notice how there are 20 MORE chairs than there are butts to fill them...
The atrium of the Gaylord Hotel.
Jasmine caught in the act of reviewing a play on the sidelines of an NFL game...ok, not really just a feeding in the lobby of the hotel...either way? Rob saw the whole thing and Oliver clearly had BOTH FEET in bounds! :)
Anytime I see a fountain with colored lights and the spray is set to music, I am reminded of summers as a child, riding with my Aunt Janet in her awesome VW Westie Bus to see the fountain shows at Grand Haven, MI!
Oliver, Grammy Lou and Jasmine watching the Christmas show at the Gaylord Hotel.
Christmas tree made of light strings outside the Gaylord Hotel.
He is so darling! Merry Christmas! :)
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