First Class!

Today I got to take my first official photography class. It was A MAZING!! I learned so much, and I can't even believe how much more I understand how to take better photographs now. My teacher, Nicole Hill Gerulat, has a great reputation, and resume! We learned all about our camera's and how to actually use all the little buttons... THEN we got actually go out and put it to use. She brought 2 beautiful models and we just all took turns shooting them. I posted some of the pics I took below... Sorry if these bore you, but let me tell you, in the middle of the afternoon, with super harsh sun, I was very proud of the way these turned out... She gave us different lighting scenario's and we were to use what we learned to try and get the best picture. If you are getting into photography, or just want to learn how to take better pics, I would recommend taking a class, and if you want a good one, take one from Nicole. She was a great teacher.

My First Year...

So today I was looking through the Pottery Barn Kids mag.. (Can you say COVET?!!) and they had this super cute frame that had 13 places to put a pic for each month. I thought that was such a cute idea; I decided to try it. It was so fun going through all of Kaniela's pictures and picking out only 13 out of the thousands we have. Lately, I've been feeling really nostalgic about my baby growing up, I feel like he's quickly moving into being a little boy, so looking at all those newborn pics really didn't make it better. I can not believe how fast he grows... I know, I know he's only one.. But it makes me really remember that I need to really ENJOY this time.. Enjoy when he gets into everything, enjoy that he wants to either be held or hold your hand everywhere.. Enjoy that he still loves me so much that he can not go a whole night with out seeing me, enjoy that he talks to me NON-STOP, enjoy that he needs me to do EVERYTHING for him, enjoy that I can still catch him, enjoy the way he smells when he gets out of the bath, enjoy the moments he falls asleep on me, enjoy that he won't let me do anything productive (work on the computer, read a book, clean), enjoy that he loves to help unload the dishwasher (even if I'm trying to load it), ... Just enjoy having this amazingly sweet and good, cutest little Kaniela! Most of all, I'm going to enjoy TODAY!

Man, I'm going to miss that kid when he goes on his mission... tomorrow!

AHHHHHHH!

"laundry woes" by Celena Wunder