January 30, 2010 - The Tutu

I decided to try to take some Valentine's Day themed pictures of Isabella this weekend.  It really did not go well.  She did not want to sit still by the background...wouldn't look at me...wouldn't smile.  When I finally gave up and went into her room to change her out of her red dress, she wanted to wear her tutu.  She was so happy to be wearing it, so I decided to see if she would cooperate better in her tutu.  I also enlisted the help of my husband to entertain her.  It worked!  I got several very cute pictures of her in her purple tutu!

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Exposure:  1/100 sec

Aperture:  f1.8

ISO:  400

Focal length:  50 mm

January 29, 2010 - The PJs

Today's subject is again my little Isabella.  I took this picture as I was getting her into her pajamas after her bath.  She is getting to be so independent and wanted to try to put her shirt on by herself.  This is what we ended up with - more of a scarf. 

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Exposure:  1/50 sec

Aperture:  f1.8

ISO:  800

Focal length:  50 mm

January 28, 2010 - The Little Vacuum

Today's picture is of Isabella with her little toy vacuum.  The vacuum was gift from my parents for her 1st birthday, but she's only recently figured out how to push it around.  I'm surprised she loves it so much because she is terrified of the real vacuum and insists that I hold her the entire time I'm vacuuming.  :-)

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Exposure:  1/50 sec

Aperture:  f1.8

ISO:  800

Focal length:  50 mm

January 27, 2010 - The Big Shirt

Isabella has been very interested in trying to wear our clothes lately.  I posted a picture of her in my shoes a week or so ago and now here she is wearing one of her Daddy's shirts.  She managed to get one arm in and I helped with the rest.  She loved wandering around the house in it and was not happy when I made her take it off to get dressed.  I love our cat Zoe, peeking around the corner at her.

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Exposure:  1/50 sec

Aperture:  f1.8

ISO:  800

Focal length:  50 mm

January 26, 2010 - The Elmo Book

Today's picture is of Isabella reading her favorite book - "Look and Find Elmo."  I think she could sit for hours reading and looking at this book.  Right before I took this picture, one of the pages ripped and came out of the book due to the wear and tear it is subject to.  Isabella was very distressed, so I have since taped the page back in until we can find a replacement. 

Photo stats

Exposure:  1/80 sec.

Aperture:  f1.8

ISO: 800

Focal length:  50 mm

January 25, 2010 - The Coke Zero

I arrived home from my work trip late Monday night.  Isabella woke up long enough to try to steal my Coke Zero and run away.  This picture took quite a bit of editing to get even to this point.  I will strive to do better! :-)

Photo stats

Exposure:  1/160

Aperture:  f1.8

ISO:  200

Focal lenght:  50 mm

January 24, 2010 - The Jersey

I'm offically a week behind in posting.  I left last Sunday morning to go out of town on a work trip...I've spent the rest of the week trying to get caught up on everything.  I took this picture with my P&S on the way to the airport on Sunday.  I was busy packing and getting everything set before I left, so I resorted to grabbing the old P&S on the way out of the door.  We are a Colts' family and the Colts' were set to play that afternoon, so Isabella was in her gear.  Happily for our family, the Colts won and are now headed to Miami for the SuperBowl!

Photo Stats

Exposure:  1/250

Aperture:  f2.8

ISO:  IDK for now

Focal length: IDK for now

January 23, 2010 - The Rascal

Today's picture is of our little Rascal (a/k/a Lil' Raz and Raz), Isabella.  Today she was in a very silly mood.  She was quite a tropper and happily ran errands with me for most of the day.  So, when we finally got home, all she wanted to do was run around.  She kept going to the front door, wanting to go outside.  I took her out and got his picture, among a few others.  When I look at it, all I see is Rascal and I love it.

Photo stats

Exposure:  1/160 sec.

Aperture:  f1.8

ISO:  200

Focal length:  50 mm

And the runner up for the day is again my little gray cat Zoe.  Today I caught her sneaking milk from a cereal bowl that was accidently left out after breakfast.  While I know I should have stopped her immediately, I couldn't pass up such a cute picture:

Photo stats:

Exposure:  1/60 sec

Aperture:  f1.8

ISO:  800

Focal length:  50 mm

January 22, 2010 - The Artichokes

Today's picture is of a group of decorative artichokes filling a basket in our house.  I don't have much to say about them, except I was obviously struggling for a subject today.  :-) Definitely not exciting, but the best I could do for a particulary stressful Friday.

Photo stats

Exposure: 1/100 sec

Aperture:  f1.8

ISO:  800

Focal length:  50 mm

January 21, 2010 - The Shower

Today's picture is of poor little Isabella trying to jump out of the shower.  Isabella usually takes a nightly bath, but has been very interested in the shower whenever Josh or I are in it and usually tries to sneak in.  So, we decided tonight was good night to put her in and see how she did.  The clear answer is not very well. I feel kind of bad posting this picture because she was pretty unhappy about the situation, but in my defense, I already had the camera ready to go, hoping to get some cute, happy first shower pictures and just happened to catch this.  As soon as I got this picture, I promptly put the camera down and wrapped Isabella in a warm towel.  All was soon forgiven.  And I don't think she will try to climb in the shower again anytime soon.

Photo stats

Exposure:  1/200 sec

Aperture:  f1.8

ISO:  800

Focal length:  50 mm

January 20, 2010 - The Straw

Today's picture is of Isabella (again!) showing off her new straw-sipping skills.  :-)  We've tried to introduce a straw for a while and she hasn't really gotten it.  Today, Josh dropped Isabella off at my office at lunch.  One of my good friends and coworkers (and Isabella's most frequent babysitter) joined us for lunch at a nearby restaurant.  They brought Isabella the cup in this picture.  I offered it to her, thinking there was no way that she would actually know how to drink out of the straw.  But, much to my surprise, she actually was able to drink out of it.  After my excitement and the accompanying clapping, she refuse to put the cup down all day.  She's eating dinner at home in her highchair in this picture, hours later. 

Photo stats
Exposure:  1/200 sec
Aperture:  f1.8
ISO: 200
Focal length:  50 mm

January 19, 2010 - The Toothbrush

Here is little Ms. Isabella brushing her teeth this morning.  She loves to brush her teeth and will not willingly leave the bathroom unless she's had a chance to complete her tooth-brushing routine.  The funniest thing about watching her is that she mimics the sound my electric toothbrush makes while I brush my teeth, so she's humming and brushing at the same time.  :-)

Photo stats

Exposure:  1/200 sec

Aperture:  f1.8

ISO: 800

Focal length:  50 mm

January 18, 2010 - The Big Shoes

Tonight I came out of the kitchen to find Isabella trying on my sneakers. She was so proud of herself!  I caught a series of cute pictures from her putting them on to trying to stand to trying to walk to falling down, but this was my favorite.  She has been very interested in both Josh's and my shoes lately, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised to have found her in them. 

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Exposure:  1/80 sec

Aperture:  f2.2

ISO:  800

Focal length:  50 mm

January 17, 2010 - The Smile!

I tried (key word tried) to take some Valentine's day pictures of Isabella this weekend.  It was a big challenge and did not turn out at all as I has planned.  So, I will try again sometime soon.  While I didn't get any of the pictures I had planned, I caught this very cute picture of Isabella's smile. Her smile always melts my heart, so I love this picture. Frizzy hair and all!

Photo stats

Exposure:  1/200 sec

Aperture:  f2.8

ISO:  400

Focal length:  50 mm

January 16, 2010 - The Baby Doll

Today's picture is of Isabella feeding her favorite doll a bottle.  She's recently really started to love her dolls and is constantly hugging them, feeding them and trying to put diapers on them.  Before I took this picture, she was trying to share her sippy cup (which you can see discarded in the background) with her baby.  The bottle did not quite make it in the baby's mouth, but it was close enough.

Photo stats
Exposure: 1/100 sec
Aperture:  f2.2
ISO:  800
Focal length:  50 mm

January 15, 2010 - The Starfish

Well, I don't have much to say about tonight's picture.  It's been a long, rough week at work and tonight I was convinced I had stupidly let a "cable guy" into our house that was actually a crook of some sort.  After an hour or so on the phone with our cable provider, I was finally assured he really was a cable guy, responding to a 3-month-old service request.  I'm exhausted and taking pictures was one of  the last things on my mind.

But, once I was somewhat settled with the cable-guy situation, I realized I still needed a shot for the day.  Josh declined my attempts to shoot him and  Isabella was asleep by the time I was ready to shoot. My cats were willing participants (see runner up below), but I decided to take a picture of the seashells that sit on my coffee table.  I look at them everyday, but don't realize how beautiful they really are.

Photo stats

Exposure:  1/60 sec.

Aperture:  f1.8

ISO:  800

Focal length:  50 mm

Runner up:

Photo stats

Exposure:  1/60 sec

Aperture:  f1.8

ISO: 800

Focal length:  50 mm

January 14, 2010 - The Tackle

Isabella has a very large stuffed dog and a ladybug pillow that she loves to lounge on.  Both are very soft and cozy.  In fact, I wish I had my own ladybug pillow.  :-)  I can always tell when Isabella is ready to sleep because she runs over and throws herself on the ladybug or her dog, rolls around, and then lays there and cuddles for a few minutes.  Tonight her ladybug pillow and dog were right next to each other and she was able to tackle both at once.  She was so excited and I was lucky enough to catch it with the camera.

Photo stats

Exposure:  1/60 sec

Aperture:  f4

ISO:  800

Focal length:  50 mm

January 13, 2010 - The Dance

Here is Isabella, doing her nightly dance.  She just started reallly "dancing" about a week ago. She has always loved music, but now, as soon as she hears suitable music, she starts bopping, jiving, shaking her hands.  Tonight's song was a great '80s classic, "Addicted to Love."  We were both having a blast dancing to it.  I caugh her both on video and film in full-on dance mode.

Photo stats

Exposure:  1/60 sec

Aperture:  f2.8

ISO:  800

Focal length:  50 mm

January 12, 2010 - The Big Fork

Today's picture is of Isabella, eating breakfast (specifically, whole wheat toast with peanut butter) with a very large fork.  She has been very focused on trying to eat with utensils lately.  She has her own baby utensils, but grabbed this big fork out of my hands this morning.  I decided to see what she would do with it.  Well, she ate her toast, piece-by-piece with the fork, followed by some pineapple eaten piece-by-piece with the fork.  The process is a bit slow, especially when you add in the time she claps for herself if she actually gets the food in her mouth, but worth it. 

Photo stats

Exposure:  1/80 sec

Aperture:  f2.8

ISO:  400

Focal length:  50 mm

January 11, 2010 - The Penguins

Today's picture is of a metal penguin sculpture that sits on our mantel, overlooking our main living area.  Josh has always loved penguins (and, as you can probably guess from yesterday's picture, he is passing this love along to Isabella. :-)).  Josh's love for penguins translates to lots of penguin things around the house.    This sculpture is probably my favorite.  My mom bought this sculpture as a Christmas present for Josh before we even married.  I love it and like to imagine that the seven penguins watch over our little family. 

Photo stats
Exposure:  1/80 sec
Aperture: f1.8
ISO: 800
Focal length:  50 mm