End of January

Woah, February? Already? Beware, I got my little 50mm lens out this week, and the result is a ton of pictures. I love that little lens, if you have an SLR, I think it's definitely worth having! This week was lots of trips to the park and play dates with friends, just my kind of week.

Kate is a drooly little munchkin! And she pretty much always has her tongue out.

It happened, the inevitable 'struck by a swing'. Momma wasn't quite fast enough to grab her out of the way when she walked in the line of fire.

'hiding' from dad

Playing ring around the rosies, Natalie's favorite. Sometimes she just twirls in a circle on her own and sings the song the best she can. 

Week Three

I'm almost surprised I am still with this, and even doing better! I didn't miss any days this week, and can I just say I love it. I didn't think I would. I thought it would be a pain, but would be worth it if I got into better picture taking habits. Such is not the case. I love it. Trying to find picture worthy moments in days when we are just being lazy has made me realize how beautiful life is, as cheesy as that may sound. It has made me appreciate the day to day, and get rid of the excuse 'we didn't really do anything, that's why I have no pictures'.

 I was talking to my Grandma on the phone the other day and I told her I was trying to take a picture every day.

"Really? That's a lot! I don't have very many pictures of my kids. All we have are a few black and white pictures. I wish I had more." 

I had never thought of it like that, like having a camera was such a blessing. What a privilege it is to be able to document my kids life so fully. I never realized how much I take pictures for granted. To be able to take more pictures of my girls in a day than my grandma has of all her kids for their whole childhood makes me feel a little guilty I haven't taken more. Here's to project 365!

 

Another Week

On Monday Matt and I headed up to Lake Tahoe to help his mom with some race stuff and to relax and spend a little time together as Matt may be headed to the Arctic Circle in the very near future. My mom and Annie decided to pay me a surprise visit and they ambushed us in the parking lot of the hotel. Best surprise ever. I mean, look at Natalie's face in the first picture, that says it all. So this week was spent hanging with them and my mother in law (just a bit at Tahoe) and it was great! 

In case you couldn't tell from Jan. 15, my 'picture a day' isn't really limited to one picture... just however many I want. It's more of a minimum and so far is has totally gotten me out taking pictures again, and I love it! I've been checking out new cameras on Amazon, and dreaming of upgrading my trusty Rebel... someday! In other news, we had a hip ultrasound for our little Kate this week because the Dr. felt a click, and luckily things look good! 

our week in pictures

Some days I missed, some days I had two I liked... I'm trying to get over 'pointless perfectionism' which sometimes makes me think, oops, missed one day, better start over next year. Which is silly. We just started walking with some friends a couple days a week, so that's been fun! This week was a little crazy with Matt working nights, but nothing too exciting happened.