Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Nathanael & Stephanie Get Married

This past weekend my brother-in-law got married to a great girl. The wedding was sweet and elegant. 
 
 Anneliese had fun running around before the ceremony began.
 
 
 Pictures with grandpa and grandma.



Anneliese actually sat in her own chair for the ceremony, well most of it.

 Seeing the bride.







 Vows.


  And Anneliese got bored and had to get up to run around, so I missed a lot of the ceremony.
 Husband and Wife.


 The reception was held at my in-laws house.
 And Anneliese danced the night away.

Monday, September 19, 2016

12+ Months

Anneliese is thirteen months old today and I'm not really sure what to do. I planned to stop her monthly photos when she hit 12 months but she still is growing so fast and hitting new milestones every month that it's nice to keep track of. I'll have to mull it over for a bit. Maybe I'll just post some random facts every few months. Until then, here is my little 13 month old at the park today.




Fun Facts:
- Throws tantrums, like the one in the photo above, She was tired of me trying to take photos of her. But isn't it just adorable?
- Gets stinky feet when wearing her shoes too long
- Says uh-oh, up, and is working on how to say down, dog, and fish
- Signs for milk, food, all done, water, and more
- Cut four molars at once so she now has 12 teeth. That is a lot of teeth on a baby
- Loves the aquarium! It has AC, tons of people watching potential, a tide pool to splash in, and of course fish and sharks to look at
- Likes to try and pick things up with her mouth rather than using her hands. At the moment its her cup of ice that she dumped on the floor, so she is laying on the floor using her mouth to pick up ice to eat, I'm not a fan of that trick

Sunday, September 18, 2016

Photography Workshop

This last week I attended a two day photography workshop. I'm sort of ashamed to admit that I've had my DSLR camera for over two years and have yet to figure out how to work the manual mode on it. I love my camera and I love taking pictures so one would think that I would have figured it out by now. In this beginners workshop I learned how to work my camera on manual mode! I sort of had an idea how to use manual mode and that's how I took most of Anneliese's monthly photos but I wasn't completely happy with how some of them turned out. A lot of them looked grainy to me and now I know why.
 I had a lot of fun and I'm considering taking some more workshops but I'll think I would like to practice some more first. I still have a ways to go. The next one I'm interested in is in November, so I have some time to practice and think about it.