Photography

My new 'hobby' is photography. I love it. What else can I say?!!!

My camera...

I love my handy little Nikon D80. It's reliable, it's good. But, my dream camera...the one I will save to get next, is a lovely, slick, Nikon D700. Needless to say, I won't be holding that baby in my hands anytime soon due to that beauty of a price-tag. One can keep wishing though, eh?!

My lenses...

My D80 came with a kit lens (18-135mm) which I haven't touched in over 6 months. It's a nice lens, but doesn't really meet my needs right now. I'm still going to hang on to it though.

My next lens purchase was a 50mm 1.8. Beautiful lens and highly recommended as a standard which most people should have (so of course, I had to get it).

My most recent purchase (thanks to all my bday pressies which came in the form of cold, hard CASH) was an 85mm 1.8. I've only had it for just over a week (due to backorder at Teds Camera). But, it was well worth the wait! It's a DREAM lens. I LOVE it. I can't wait to get it outdoors to shoot some lovelies!!!!!

Here are some recent fav's.

I'm BAAAAACKKKK!!

So, I've probably lost what few followers I had due to my MIA status. Well, that's totally understandable. We've been busy, and I fell out of my blogging mode for a long while. So, I am going to attempt to jump back on the wagon and get this thing moving again. I have a lot of things in the works and will start writing about them here!!!

Easter Sunday

We woke bright & early Easter Sunday, ready to start the day. Austin opened his Easter baskets from the bunny & from grandma Glo. He was excited to get some cars coloring books & firetruck puzzles!! We spent the afternoon at Yaya & Papu's house with an Easter BBQ lunch with the same food they do for every occasion (souvlakia, dolmades, pita, rice, potatoes, salad).

Easter baskets from Easter Bunny & Grandma

This is his 'posed smile'

Cascarones!

Austin found this little whistle and would not put it down all afternoon!

MMM....chocolate...

Easter egg hunting

You should be sleeping little girl!!

Going for a walk with Aunty Rita.

What happened to that ball I put in my pocket?!

Sienna - 6 months

Our baby girl is half a year old!! Where has the time gone?!

She adores her brother and gets the biggest smile on her face every time she sees his adorable face. She rolls all over the place and rarely stays on her back. Unfortunately, she gets quite ancy when she's on her belly. So, we often have to change her position to prevent a meltdown. She started sitting up (tripod pose) and can do it for a few minutes before toppling over. She has the most gorgeous little laugh. She just giggles uncontrollably when we nibble on her inner thighs and her belly. She loves to be held and loves cuddles. She loves to beat her hands on anything, as if she's playing the drums. She gets ecstatic when we go for outings. As soon as we open the front door, she starts kicking her legs as if she's trying to ride a bicycle, full speed. She loves the outdoors and especially loves watching trees blow in the wind. She's a great shopper with her mommy. ;-)

She really loves to be worn in the Ergo (baby carrier). She has even had a couple of naps in there.

Happy Half-birthday darling girl!

We love you!!

Click here to see Sienna's 5 month pictures.

Easter party at "fun school"

Austin had an Easter party today at his daycare [aka "fun school"]. They had morning tea, story time and an egg hunt. He had a blast and didn't want to go home at the end of it!

This is Imogen. She's one of Austin's girlfriends from mother's group.

Isn't she a doll?!

Sienna's Easter dress

Here is Sienna in her gorgeous little Easter dress, knitted by Nickie Nut Knits. Isn't the dress adorable?!!

Naptime

I put Austin down for his nap and he just wasn't ready to go to sleep. So, I let him play in his room for a bit before getting into bed. When I went to check on him later, this is what I found. He had lined up his trucks & cars all nice and neatly next to him before falling asleep. I guess he wanted a little company in bed.

She's official!!

Sienna is an AMERICANA!!! We received her citizenship certificate and US passport. We also received her Australian passport. Doesn't her mugshot look cute?! Yahoo!!

Artsy fartsy time!

Time to put on that cool art smock Tia Bren gave Austin for his bday and get down and dirty!!

Cascarones!!

SOLIDS!

Well, we finally started Sienna on solids today. She had yummy rice cereal. MMMMM....makes your mouth water just thinking of it, eh?! Unfortunately, she didn't take it as well as her brother did when he started. As a matter of fact, she just clamped her mouth shut and wouldn't have a bar of it. AAAHHHHGGG....GOD, please don't give us another picky eater...pretty please!!

Don't let this gorgeous smile fool ya. She wasn't smiling about her solids!

Yo Yo Yo -- Sienna's in da house.

Someone else wanted in on the camera action...