Project 365

project 365 (jan 26-feb 5)

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Project 365, Days 26-36
26/365: Tail lights in the rain
27/365: Toddler sizes.  Bye bye baby.
28/365: Fun with Friends at Super Bowl Village
29/365: Niko snuggled up on Theo’s towel.
30/365: Tippy toes.
31/365: Best. Breakfast. Ever.
32/365: Little kitchen helper.
34/365: Theo’s new Melissa & Doug game.  We play almost every day!
35/365: My sweet boy.
36/365: Cruisin’ the Target toy aisles on Super Bowl Sunday.
It’s been a busy week with all the Super Bowl festivities going on.  Dexter’s 8 1/2 month pics (bet you didn’t know there was such a thing!?).  Visitors from Nashville.  My favorite pictures in this post?  Probably 33 and 35. 
Which are yours?  
Love,
~C~
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project 365 (jan 18-25)

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Project 365, Days 18-25
18/365: Pure Joy.  I love three things about this picture.
1: Dexter’s first tooth.
2: Dexter’s second tooth.  (See it?)
3: The joy on his face.  Babies don’t fake it.
19/365: New discoveries.
20/365: String of hearts.
21/365: He’s still got it.  My hubby bounced our friends’ sweet 6 week old daughter, Abby, to sleep on his shoulder Saturday evening.  He always wanted a daughter.
22/365: Hometown Rivals. 
The New England Patriots are coming to town for the Superbowl in a little less than 2 weeks. 
My hubby:  Thrilled.
The rest of Indiana:  Pissed.
The boys:  Decked out in their jerseys, thanks to our friends in Massachusetts.
23/365: I’m waging war against my diminishing milk supply.  Here’s the ammo.
24/365: Cozy with mama on the couch.
25/365: Superbowl XLVI comes to town!
 This week, I can’t pick a favorite because I really like them all for different reasons.  Except for my least favorite.  Uh, hello…Day 23.  I hate taking pills, especially 3 at a time!  Blech.  And the tea, well it tastes like licorice.  Double Blech.  Sooo, tell me.  Which picture is your favorite?
~C~
See all of my Project 365 posts here.

what i can’t (or don’t want) to live without

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I got my Canon Rebel T2i for Christmas in 2010.  I am incredibly disappointed in myself for not taking the time to learn more about all the functions and what all those letters and numbers mean so that I can maximize the quality of the pictures I take.  Of course, I am mostly taking pictures of my kids.  I don’t feel that they rise to the level of professional photos, but that is where I would like to be.
I’ve just started researching lenses and I’m trying to sort through a lot of information to determine what would be best for my needs.  They are just so expensive.  And fragile.  And I have 2 little kids.  Eek. 
Photography is definitely a hobby of mine, but I’m nowhere near good enough to take pictures of other people’s kids for money.  I enjoy taking pictures for fun.  I think taking them for money would be too much pressure and I’m into low-stress livin’ as much as possible. 
So while I could live without this camera, I sure wouldn’t want to!  It is especially vital now that I have challenged myself to Project 365 – taking a picture every day for an entire year.
I’m linking up with Mama G at Growing Up Geeky for her Toddle Along Tuesday blog hop.

What’s your one MUST-HAVE item?
~C~