Nate still enjoys a good pull off the bottle, as you can see:
Charlie is in the middle of all kinds of changes, heās potty trained (mostly), heās moving from the toddler room to the preschool room at daycare, and for a while now, he has been taking showers because he will have you know that taking a tubby is a baby thing.Ā Heās 2 1/2 and totally grown up.Ā Ha.Ā Of course, there are a lot of times he sees Nate playing in the tub and then he decides to go in there tooā¦
So he likes to go into our shower and have a good soak, with Calvin waiting patiently right outside the shower for his boy to be done (resting his head on Charlieās grubby old running shoes).
Charlie is in the middle of all kinds of changes, heās potty trained (mostly), heās moving from the toddler room to the preschool room at daycare, and for a while now, he has been taking showers because he will have you know that taking a tubby is a baby thing.Ā Heās 2 1/2 and totally grown up.Ā Ha.Ā Of course, there are a lot of times he sees Nate playing in the tub and then he decides to go in there tooā¦
So he likes to go into our shower and have a good soak, with Calvin waiting patiently right outside the shower for his boy to be done (resting his head on Charlieās grubby old running shoes).
Since the weather is garbage and it gets dark so early, I have been trying to work with what I have and shoot more inside at night in artificial light (or sometimes early in the morning when Iām up with Nate).Ā Ā Because I donāt use my flash very often, this kind of light can be really awful looking, but Iāve recently been experimenting with KelvinĀ white balanceā¦ah, yes, this does appeal to the scientist that I am.Ā It basically adjusts for the temperature of the light ā making colors more true to what my eyes are seeing.Ā Iām a big fan so far.Ā My Rebel didnāt have the ability to do Kelvin and my 60D does, just another reason I love my new camera šĀ These are ofĀ Nate Nate at night a couple nights ago, after his tubby (and in his standard fussy mood).Ā Iām trying to catch as many thunder thigh shots as I can before they melt awayā¦
For the first installment of my āThe way I viewā¦ā 12-month project, the first thing that came to mind thinking of the word ābeginningsā was that eachĀ day begins veryĀ early for me these days.Ā Nate is quite the early riser.Ā He never did sleep well as an infant, but even now at around 17 months old, we are up way before dawn, usually just after 5 a.m.Ā So there you have it, the way I view beginningsā¦my early mornings with Nate.
These are from a few weeks ago, and itĀ was my first attempt at shooting in really low light/with backlighting and playing with silhouettes.Ā These are typical Nate, just noodling around and occasionally checking himself out in the mirror in my room, and eventually trying to escape once he gets bored.Ā We just hang out together in the morning waiting for the sunriseā¦and for everyone else to wake up.Ā His big bum andĀ belly always crack me up.Ā If you had asked me even 5 years ago if Iād ever be up this early so consistently, ever, I would have laughed so hard.Ā Thanks to my little redhead I am now a morning person.Ā I do more by 9 a.m. now than I used to do in an entire day, and youād be surprised whatās open at 6 a.m. (I know them allā¦).Ā Also, havenāt used an alarm clock in a long time.Ā Nor have I been late to work.Ā Iāve seen the sunrise moreĀ in the past year or so than I think I have in my lifetime.Ā I was up a good 20 minutes before the royal wedding so we didnāt miss a thing.Ā Thanks, Natie.
Click here to see how Hannah, the next photographer inĀ my blog circle, views beginnings!
For the first installment of my āThe way I viewā¦ā 12-month project, the first thing that came to mind thinking of the word ābeginningsā was that eachĀ day begins veryĀ early for me these days.Ā Nate is quite the early riser.Ā He never did sleep well as an infant, but even now at around 17 months old, we are up way before dawn, usually just after 5 a.m.Ā So there you have it, the way I view beginningsā¦my early mornings with Nate.
These are from a few weeks ago, and itĀ was my first attempt at shooting in really low light/with backlighting and playing with silhouettes.Ā These are typical Nate, just noodling around and occasionally checking himself out in the mirror in my room, and eventually trying to escape once he gets bored.Ā We just hang out together in the morning waiting for the sunriseā¦and for everyone else to wake up.Ā His big bum andĀ belly always crack me up.Ā If you had asked me even 5 years ago if Iād ever be up this early so consistently, ever, I would have laughed so hard.Ā Thanks to my little redhead I am now a morning person.Ā I do more by 9 a.m. now than I used to do in an entire day, and youād be surprised whatās open at 6 a.m. (I know them allā¦).Ā Also, havenāt used an alarm clock in a long time.Ā Nor have I been late to work.Ā Iāve seen the sunrise moreĀ in the past year or so than I think I have in my lifetime.Ā I was up a good 20 minutes before the royal wedding so we didnāt miss a thing.Ā Thanks, Natie.
Click here to see how Hannah, the next photographer inĀ my blog circle, views beginnings!
valerie - teehee!! š sweet babeh <3
erin - I really like this one!!