Joy of Love

Trying to catch up on Joy of Love (now that it's over, oops)! I missed a few of the prompts and someday I will go back and complete them. I also hope to go back and edit all of the photos from the month once I get some new software (these are all still SOOC).

Joy of Love

Day 14

Wedding Bands

1/50 F5.6 ISo800

Day 15

Kiss

Ava giving Daisy a big kiss! 

1/50 F5 ISO800

Day 16

Together (self portrait)
Eeek! The shadows are way harsh in this. But it is SOOC and I do plan on trying to fix it up a bit someday. Anyway, here we are!

Day 17

Staying In

This is one of Ava's favorite things to do on those days where we stay home (and sit around in pj's) all day! 

1/30 F4.5 ISO1600

Day 18

Going Out

Fail :(

Day 19

When They're Gone

Fail :(

Day 20

When They're Home

There's always mess! 

1/50 F4.5 ISO800

Day 21

Hands

Ava's cute, chubby hands. I cut up her grapes for lunch. She spent almost her whole time at the table trying to "fit" them back together. 

1/125 F5.6 ISO1600

Day 22

Face (portrait)

1/50 F4.5 ISO1600

Day 23

Facebook Picture

Ava at 1 month

Shot in automatic 

Day 24

Where you Fell in Love

Fail :(

Day 25

When you Love them the Most

When they are truly happy!

1/800 F5.6 ISO800

Day 26

Bromance

Fail :(

Day 27

What They Say

Ava's newest fav sentence is "I do it by I self"! Haha! Here she is trying to pour paint into a bottle (for a recent craft project) by herself! 

1/100 F5.6 ISO1600

Day 28

The Future

I hope that you always remember that you are smart, funny, and oh so beautiful! You can accomplish whatever you set your mind to and I know the future will bring great things for you.

1/80 F5.6 ISO1600

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Joy of Love 

Day 8

Gift from the Heart

Photo of our dog, Lucy. Demonstrating her never-ending gift of love by waiting at the front door for her daddy.
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Day 9

Passions and Hobbies

Ava's hobby: playing.
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Day 10

Space Where they are Comfortable

The couch of course!

1/25 F5.6 ISO1600

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Day 11

Dreams 

Our cat, Lilly looking out the window. Dreaming of outdoor wonders!

1/125 F5.6 ISO1600 

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Day 12

The Eyes 

Ava's beautiful, blue eyes!

1/125 F5.6 ISO1600

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Day 13

Routines 

Brushing her teeth!

1/100 F5.0 ISO1600

Trendy Treehouse-Eyelashes

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Joy of Love

Day 7

Generations

We are a military family stuck in Germany all alone! :( So I decided to photograph Ava holding pictures of both sets of grandparents. She really just wanted to stare at the photos and she was holding them at such an angle that they couldn't be seen in my pic. So, I decided to take them out of the frame. This is a picture of Ava and her maternal grandparents (it's one of my favorites)!

1/100 F9.0 ISO800

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Joy of Love

Day 6

What They Love

My daughter's lovey, appropriately named "blanket"!

1/60 F4.5 ISO1600

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Joy of Love

Day 5

Love to Hate

Love to hate....hmm

I am not sure that I hate anything about any of my loved ones, but there are plenty of little things that may or may not cause my eye to uncontrollably twitch on a regular basis! hehe

Like water bottles. My husband drinks so much water (good thing). Most of the time he uses a refillable thermos (another good thing). But there are plenty of times a day when he winds up drinking from a regular water bottle (don't worry, we recycle). These bottles always end up strewn around the house for me to pick up (bad thing). When I staged this shot my husband laughed and asked if I thought this was a bit of an exaggeration (the amount of bottles). Well sure, maybe for one sitting but not for an entire day! I can't really complain, at least he's being health conscience!  

1/13 F5.6 ISO1600 

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Joy of Love

Day 3

Then and Now

Then: March 2008 Kerry and I on our honeymoon in the Bahamas (one of the many arm out, snap the pic, and hope you didn't cut off either persons head, shots)! Back then it was all about us!

Now: February 2011 We got pregnant with our daughter 1 month after the "then shot". Now our lives revolve around her and we wouldn't want it any other way (even if we do find it tricky to sneak in a kiss at playtime) :)

Now: 1/13  F5.6  ISO1600

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Day 4

What They Wear

Make-up (aka chapstick)! This kid loves the stuff. I guess when getting photographed, it is important to "put on your face" first! hehe

1/40  F5.6  ISO1600