susan & chris

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

finally got all of my pictures off my old phone and my old computer.

so tadah,

anabelle's 10 month slideshow is all done!

Sunday, May 22, 2011

i was rather indiscrete with my hinting that i wanted family pictures taken for my birthday.

we met jason & julia (schafer photography) out at seaport village last sunday and had a blast! we just got the link to the online gallery today and the pictures turned out so amazing.

feel free to look if you like. there are a bunch!

click here for the gallery

password: susan

thanks jason & julie. we love them all!

happy birthday to me!

Friday, May 20, 2011

yesterday was the first day i'd seen anabelle pull herself up on her walker. with her first tooth popping through it has been quite a big week!

good thing the fireplace was there to stop the walker from really taking off

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this is anabelle.

she is a good little monkey and always very curious!

i love that this video captures a little bit of everything she's up to these days.

we love her so!

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

he was quite impressed with himself and his animal tower

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

this weekend i attended my first photography workshop and it was so great!

a friend of mine and his wife have their own photography business (schafer photography) and hosted a 'capturing your kids' workshop for parents to learn to really use, understand, and take full advantage of their cameras.

step 1 . . . set your camera on manual mode.

i have been able to capture some pretty great pics of our little anabelle by just pointing and shooting. i have good equipment and a super cute baby, that's about all i can say. i wasn't doing anything special or even knowing really what was making some pics turn out great while others were awful.

go ahead, ask me about ISO, f-stop, or shutter speed now! (ok, i only know the basics but i'm learning.) as if that wasn't a big enough day, it was my first time away from anabelle for that long. i was gone for over 5 hours (chris and anabelle got to have a fun afternoon together). the workshop went by really quickly. it was just the drive home that seemed to take for-ever!

i've been interested in photography for a long time. i remember my first camera. i got my le clic when i was about 5 or 6, very cool! did you have one of these?

in high school i got a generic 35mm that i think my mom won on the radio. i'm pretty sure i used that until it broke.

my parents got me a 35mm rebel when i graduated from college (i was so excited). chris and i have had a few pocket digital cameras, i got my dslr rebel a couple years ago, and then i got a portrait lens last summer after anabelle was born.

here are a couple pics from the workshop (thanks jason & julia!)

shooting on manual definitely has a learning curve (an endless learning curve, i think). there are several things to think about and adjustments to make. since i'm still so new at it, i figured it might be best to start practicing when anabelle is stationary (which doesn't happen as often as it used to). i decided to try shooting my first real 'manual' pics while anabelle was in her highchair and in the bath. here are a few of my favorites that i've taken so far.

so fun!

i have lots to learn and lots of practicing to do which is completely fine with me, yah!

new moves and new noises

Monday, May 16, 2011

i'm catching up on videos too.

anabelle is going to be on her feet in her crib in no time at all. it makes me laugh sometimes when i got in there to get her and she's just sitting up playing with her toys and she has turned her sleep sheep back on just relaxing to a little beluga whale.

listening to katy perry pandora radio and enjoying some dinner.

how old does she have to be before i can buy our fabulous matching aprons?

how about the cool wooden play kitchen?

she just started making this noise over the weekend. it's even more fun when papa plays along.

*this morning, i felt the tip of a tooth!! (bottom front right)

go anabelle!

iphone

Monday, May 16, 2011

never really thought i'd own an iphone but after years and years of talking about it chris finally got one and well, i did too!

i'm still figuring out how it works, finding apps i like, and playing around with the camera. thankfully i'm getting better at the navigation. one of my first attempts when i was looking up how to get to my nephew's birthday party approximately 25 miles away, it told me it was going to take over 8 hours. oh, then i realized i had somehow selected 'walking directions'. ha!

as i wait for my old computer to be repaired so i can get the rest of my photos and put together anabelle's 10 month slideshow, i'm enjoying my new computer and loading it up with new folders full of new pictures.

here are a bunch of pics that have been hiding on my iphone.

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ready for miss betsy's birthday party

praticing the new trick daddy taught her