For those of you who don’t know, I have a secret passion for photography. I don’t talk about it much because I don’t think I am that good but I really love doing it. A few years ago my in-laws gave Andrea and me a DSLR for Christmas. Since then I have been enthralled with taking pictures and reading lots of photography blogs to learn more. I have been wanting to improve our photos for a long time and since photography is one of the areas where you definitely get what you pay for I have been looking at new lenses. The problem is the lens I want is $1,300 . Ya you are right, that is a LOT of money. So instead of spending the money on it I have just been lusting over other peoples equipment and dreaming about a big promotion to pay for my hobbies. This weekend I rented this dream lens to give it a little test drive. I thought I would share some of the photos we took over the weekend. Sorry that most of the photos are of Addie, but she is the only model I know.

After Bath Time

Making Faces

Funny Face

Sweet Girl

Necklace

Look a Tree

Dressed to the Nines

Little Shadow

Look Birdies

Playing House

Just the Two of Us

Daddy and Addie

Clap for my Song
As you can see from the number of photos that I felt were worth of sharing on the blog I LOVED the lens. I guess I will have to start saving those pennies until I can afford my own. I hope you enjoyed all of the photos as much as I liked shooting and editing them.
Addie’s newest favorite thing is to make this face:

She raises her eyebrows SO HIGH that it almost throws her head back. It is hilarious. Often it is accompanied with this big mouth:

She does this over and over again, especially if I’m laughing along with her. She is such a ham.
Not much has happened the last couple of weeks, but the blog needs an update, so here we are. Adelyn turned 11 months on October 5th, and weighed in at 17 lbs 2 oz. She is so close to walking, and it is so cute! She walks all over the house holding onto our fingers, or pushing her train, and she LOVES it. She does this funny laugh, where her face gets all scrunched up and smiley and she breathes really heavy through her nose. I’ll have to post a video of that.
Zac went on his 2nd to last business trip of the year, so we are excited about that! He was in Chicago, and next week he’ll be in Newark, NJ. After that, he’s homefree for the rest of the year! I wanted to come with him and spend a few days in NYC, but it was too last minute and I wasn’t sure how comfortable I’d be, traveling from Newark to NYC everyday, alone, and with a baby. Maybe next time.
I’m still teaching piano and voice lessons, and really enjoying it! I also love spending time with Adelyn and watching her learn new things every day. She is such a talker! She can say “Addie”, “Daddy”, “Mommy”, “Bottle” (sounds more like “body”), “Baby”, “Wow”, and “Hi”. And she still gives those slobbery kisses. She actually kissed a boy yesterday at church. Isn’t that where it always starts?! Good thing we like him and his parents:)
Here are some pictures of our little angel:
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Birthday Hat
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Bathtime
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At the doctor’s office
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Just Relaxin
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Off with that bow!