I have seen some really beautiful photos of mommas and their babies on Pinterest and I knew that if I didn't take any with Solomon at a young age that I would really regret it later on. Luckily I am a "Mom with a fancy camera", with a husband highly trained in exposure and photography:). He was kind enough to spend the evening toting our son and an old barrel around a field full of grasshoppers, chiggers and ticks to get some really beautiful shots of us! Everything was perfect: the light, the field, the weather and Solomon was acting great too! I would say that 95% of all photos of me that I post on my blog have been retouched to shave off a good 15 pounds from me and I am very happy to admit that I didn't "doctor" these at all! I've lost 35 pounds now and am only 15 away from pre-pregnancy weight! Thank you LORD! I thought I would be the person on the Biggest Loser a few years from now thinking that I wouldn't lose the 50-60 pounds that I gained during pregnancy, but these post pregnancy hormones are KILLER and I'm taking full advantage of them. Here are the photos that Josh took for me... Solomon is 6 1/2 weeks old now.

Last day! Did I mention that I got my lovely summer tan back while I was in Lubbock? The last day was another full day of swimming and relaxing with my family before Solomon and I made the absolutely PERFECT trip home alone the next day. We drove for 7 1/2 hours and Sol didn't start crying until we were IN the Stillwater city limits! It was awesome.

Another day full of swimming and living it up with all of the relatives! First off, Solomon met his future wife # 1 (He has three choices so far: Camille, Scarlette and Selah) and they went on a swimming date in which Solomon tired out halfway through... introducing Scarlette..