a couple new toys

we decided to splurge this christmas and treat our family to a new camera.  we wanted quality photos for our family books, and i was very interested in portraiture without having to pay a studio price.  to date, david has read lots of the manuals we got, and experimented more than i have, and he's very familiar with the terminology and parts of the camera, and what apperture and iso and all the technical stuff does...me?...i'm more afraid of the camera than anything.  so on a nice day a few weeks ago, i decided to at least take it outside and push the buttons to see what would happen.  we'll get there, i guess!  we're looking forward to getting some cute newborn shots with the baby!

we also got a double stroller!  we are so excited about this model--mainly me, i guess.  i wish we'd seen it before we had pace, this would have definitely been the only stroller we had invested in.  this model can be a double or single stroller, and it has all-terrain wheels, so it can be a jogging stroller, or for just around town.  i love that it's compact vs. side-by-side, and that it converts into a double stroller in a couple of different ways.  we tried it out on a walk down on the trail next to utah lake.  it was so easy to handle, whether on the paved trail, or "off-roading" on the gravel/sand.  

so one way to have the double stroller is to attach the seat below the main carriage, as shown in the photo below.  the older child sits in the main carriage, as pace is demonstrating, and the baby (recommended 6+ months) is in the lower attachable chair.  another way to have it be a double stroller is to lay the main carriage all the way down (for newborn/small infant), and attach the seat above, where the handle bar is right now in the photo.   another way (i love options!) is to have our car seat, which is compatible with this model, attach in place of the main carriage (i still have to figure this one out) and have the older child sit in the seat below, positioned where it is in the photo.  pace loves this new stroller, and i'm excited to take everyone out for a jog!