Compare to last years shot.

Dragged the family out for some sweet evening light. I’m not sure Jordi would agree, but I’m happy with the photos for the meltdowns trade.

Let today be the day on record that Jordi declared himself ‘old’ because he did not want to go on any of the carnival rides and possibly feel sick to his stomach.

I caught Celia in this pose this morning playing with her (wooden) iPod in her pajamas. The second I got up to look at her she stopped and got up. But when I grabbed the camera, she hopped back up onto the couch and resumed the position. I think I’ve got a good little model going here! Every time I took a picture she says ‘eeee… eeee’! Meaning she wants to see the picture. She’s suddenly understood in the last few days that different people have different names, not everyone is ‘mama’. So she’s been studying books of animals and even can be quizzed on which animal is which by pointing to the ones I name!

She also likes to help Jordi pack his lunch in his bag every week, she only digs around in it a little bit.

“Mama sit” while pointing at my chair for breakfast.

I want to buy another camera bag. The one we have now fits everything from soup to nuts and is great when you want to carry everything. But it looks, well, like a camera bag and it’s very loose and swings about when I have to bend over repeatedly to pick up Josie and such, banging Josie or the camera on something. I’m pretty clutsy. Who made the decision to trust me with such important things? anyway. I’d like a bag that is tight to my body and easy to move out of the way though for when I need to pick up Josie (i.e. move the camera to my back). I don’t need it to hold much in my general outings as I’d use the big bag for when I really need to haul everything. This is for more casual use to grab and go to the park for some fun photos. Any recommendations? Thanks!