Our baby boy Zach is almost 9 months old now and for my birthday, I got a new camera that is far superior to the one I had. This is a high end Canon S3 IS with 12X optical zoom and some really cool video capabilities, which are very important to us. Got it at Office Depot after they agreed to match Best Buy's sales price. I like Office Depot, but not such a big fan of Best Buy.

This gallery is first use of the camera with only auto settings, but already blown away by it's capability. My previous digital camera lasted for years and was a Kodak. I really liked it and it endured a lot of abuse, but this camera blows it away. It is very fast, creates beautiful photos and has some really cool features like image stabilization.

In this gallery are photos of our dogs and our new puppy Dilbert as well as photos of baby boy Zach and Mom. Zach has a cold and is teething big time, so he is incredibly fussy right now.

http://karinandbrad.com/image/tid/161

look at the video quality:

Zach sleeping on me and other baby sleeping photos.

Shots from our trip to the chocolate festival at Fairchild tropical gardens. 

Two new photo albums:

Hutchinson Isalnd - http://karinandbrad.com/image/tid/152

Joan's retirement - http://karinandbrad.com/image/tid/153

We posted a bunch of photos.  Some before Christmas and others in NJ, etc. 

We will be posting new videos as soon as I have time to edit and upload.  

The mansions in the hills of NJ near my parents' home.

Christmas photos.

The trip home from NJ.

Our cruise to nowhere. 

Joan's Christmas/Retirement party.

Our day trip to Stony Creek in Connecticutt.

Our day trip to Manhattan and ride on the top of the tour bus.  

Caroling on the Green in Basking Ridg, NJ. Very Norman Rockwell.  

Everytime I see these types of posters, it just breaks my heart. You begin to think about losing one of your babies and sitting at home waiting for word after days of walking, driving, and calling their name. Every animal laying on the side of the road is potentially your baby and it's terrfying. You jump back and forth between hope and dismay and the odds are your baby will never come home. Sigh... It's time to update those tags and collars. Of course our dogs are so cute they probably wont' be returned right away, but after a day or two of Dilbert they will be begging us to take him back... ;)