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recent photoshoots

Aaron thinks I take pictures of David every day. Well I don't. but I COULD!!!

We all get by....

With a little help from our friends....
And it's not me that needs help this time!!
Our old friend Erin is doing that thing she's always wanted to do.
She's recording in NASHVILLE!!!
Erin has an amazing voice, style and presence and she is making it all happen,
but she's a po'girl like us and needs help making her recording happen.
She is pre-selling copies of her new CD to help pay for the production.
It's like a music CSA. I think it's a great Idea too...
I know the people who read this blog love music and love helping people, so...
please consider it. Aaron and I would not be together if it were not for Erin...
So Thanks Erin!!! WE LOVE YOU and are SO excited for your new CD!
HERE is the link to help friends! Thank You!!!

It was like a little vacation.

Yesterday we went to Iowa. Something special always happens when we go to Iowa, it feels like a little release; which was well needed at the Van Loo house! The day started with a family chiropractic adjustment which we all really needed. At least Aaron and I did, hard to say with David, although he seemed to take it in stride. We got back to the house and put David and BOB in the car and were off! We took the scenic route down to to McGregor, Iowa and Pikes Peak State Park. McGregor and it's sister Marquette are right on the Mississippi and have nice little downtowns that have some really great looking and well kept buildings.
You can really tell that they bustled back in the day.
It seemed that they were a little bustley yesterday!
It was a beautiful day, who wouldn't want to be out and about.
We had a nice mini picnic at the main park outlook and then went for a nice long walk through the ravines in the park.
BOB is our stroller and he did GREAT! (so did Aaron who pushed the whole time)
After that we wandered the streets of McGregor,
and then had an early dinner at a brew pub down there! What a treat.
We even had time to go to Cabelas in PrarieDuChein.
We didn't get anything except sticker shock.
Nothing is on sale there - weird.
David was really good the whole time, until the last 20 minutes of the drive.
He wanted to be home then too.

update kinda...

It seems like I've just been posting pictures lately and I'd like to think that is due to a very active little boy... hard tellin' tho'. David is doing AWESOME these days, he had his 3 month birthday yesterday and we had a little photoshoot and went out for dinner. He was great at the restaurant until the very end and who could blame him. We were trying to keep him up so that the daylight savings adjustment would work out for him, and by him I mean ME. I think it went pretty well since he slept from 9ish till 4am!!! that's a nice strech of sleepin for the mama! We have our first doctors appointment this week so tht should be pretty exciting... I can't wait to get him all weighed and measured!

halloween...pooh on that...

OPA!!!!