The little things
It’s the little things that go on around my house that keep me going. It’s these little things that, if I didn’t have them, would make my life less colorful and less dramatic. It’s these little things that probably don’t mean much to anyone else but mean the world to me.
The window in my dining room
Without this window I wouldn’t get all the fabulous shots of my girls. Most the picture I take of them are in front of that window and I’m going to be sad when winter comes and it’s dark when I get home. I love that window.
I love it so much that it’s not bothering me that everyday that I take pictures the background is all the same. It’s the perfect lighting and the perfect place to put a toddler in a Tinkerbell chair to take her pictures.
The Tinkerbell chair
She loves her chair. She sits in it all the time and will cross her legs like that while pretending to read or playing her DS. She acts so grown up and I really can’t get enough pictures of her in her favorite chair.
Livie’s curls
I’m sure the day we trim her hair the curls will be gone the same way Hannah’s were. I’m gonna hold out til she’s 4 or so before I trim it like I did with Hannah. Maybe even longer. I love her hair.
Toys
I just went and cleaned out Hannah’s entire room. It was a mess and she refused to clean it up so I followed through with my threat and brought up 3 garbage bags and filled up each one to the top with her toys. The worst part of the punishment was the fact that she didn’t care at all that 95% of her toys were just thrown away. She was just glad to see her floor again. So while I’m not tripping over her toys as much anymore, Livie’s are all over our downstairs no matter how much I try to keep them contained to a corner.
But I know that these toys on the floor mean that I have a healthy baby running around playing and really, I can’t complain about that. Too much anyway.
Baby talk
Listening to the girls play. I could listen to this all day. Livie still makes no sense but I love how Hannah acts like she can understand her and plays along anyway.
Point and shoot cameras
I have a fixed lens on my camera. I can’t zoom it in or out. I am in love with my lens BUT it makes it very hard to do self portraits of ourselves. So last night I busted out the point and shoot to get some pictures of me with my babies. When you have a husband who works in the evening when you do all your picture taking it makes it very hard to actually get any pictures of you with your kids. Well not anymore. I bought the point and shoot 2 weeks ago and it was a great, cheap investment.
A willing subject
Anytime Hannah is willing to let me take her picture is a happy day for me. Last night she was willing.
And I was happy.
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You always take the most amazing pictures. The girls are so beautiful. I hope Livvie keeps her curls.
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Becky Reply:
July 21st, 2010 at 10:15 am
Thanks Nancy
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Awe the P & S is SO worth it for the self portraits. You guys are so cute. I just love all the pics. I really hope I can learn to use the light like that on my camera. And you are right it is REALLY hard to do self portraits with it! LOL
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Becky Reply:
July 21st, 2010 at 10:16 am
SO hard lol. You can/will learn! Just gotta find the right spots!
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OMG these pictures are GORGEOUS! You have such beautiful girls and it is clear who they get their beauty from. ; ) And those curls. . .oh I how would love it if just one of my girls had some. I have to put rollers in their hair to get any type of curl. You are all just beautiful. Love your photographs!
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Becky Reply:
July 21st, 2010 at 10:16 am
thanks so much
that was really sweet.
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I LOVE behind the head shots of curls!!!
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My kids leave toys everywhere too, and do the same thing, threaten to throw them away. And then like every few months or so I go through when they don’t know and discard a lot of toys that are worn or old stuff that they don’t play with, just to get rid of the mass quantities of toys they’ve collected. The worst is my son, I’ll find cars all over the house. Great post! Great pics! Cute girls!
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Becky Reply:
July 21st, 2010 at 12:14 pm
Thanks so much!
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The little things are the best part of life I think. I especially love that picture of Livie peaking around the back of her chair, adorable!! Hannah’s new hairdo is so perfect for her, so cute.
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Oh my you take such great pictures. I take millions of them, but none come out as good as yours. You and your girls are so gorgeous, I know what you mean about not being in much of the pictures. I am behind the camera most of the time. lol
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Becky Reply:
July 23rd, 2010 at 10:45 am
Thank you so much!
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I’m on my way to getting a fixed lens for my camera … I hear rave reviews on the quality of photo and it makes me excited. Though, one of my favorite purchases for my camera was the remote control. So, I can set it up and click to take photos. Makes being in photos a little easier. Then again, something you hold in your hand makes it easy, too!
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Becky Reply:
July 23rd, 2010 at 10:45 am
I do have a remote but rarely use it because I love candids so much. It’s hard to get candids of us with a remote and a camera set up. BUT we’re getting pictures done Sunday and they’ll be in a park outside. I can’t wait to see how they turn out!
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Oh my those curls kill me each time. I love them.
Hannah’s short hair cut is awesome. Makes her look older though.
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you KNOW i love that barbie picture….
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Becky Reply:
July 23rd, 2010 at 12:02 pm
LOL I thought of you when I took it.
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LOVE LOVE Livie’s curls!! And H’s hair is so cute! You’re a lucky mama!
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