sweet ballerina pictures

Emmy has been so much fun this week. Last night, we didn't even turn the tv on after dinner. We all went upstairs and played in Emmy's room, reading books, dancing and sliding around in her play house. I put together a cute little ballerina outfit for Halloween at daycare and I got her to try it on (it wasn't hard, she loves getting dressed). 

She looked ridiculously cute so I grabbed my camera and started playing with my new lens (canon 50mm f/1.8) to try out the low aperture (blurry background) setting. The hard part about this lens is that you can't zoom in or out and you actually have to get pretty far from your subject (not easy when your subject wants to be in your lap at all times). The effect is awesome though. I used iphoto's "antique" adjustment to tone down the pink in some pictures (like the first one).  

Emmy loves her books. We read A LOT. I have about 10 more books in my amazon cart and I add them to other orders every now and then. Not so much for Emmy, she is happy with reading the same book over and over again... but for me and Joe so we can get some fresh reads!

I adjusted the light setting to allow more in and got this pic. Unfortunately, this is how you know an Emmy is ready for bed so I dropped the camera and read a few of those books to her... 

 

sunday afternoon

My mom kept Emmy for Joe and I last night so we could go watch the Bama game with friends. As we were driving home Joe admitted that he already missed her. We woke up early and got ready for church and remembered the good ole days when all you had to do was get yourself clean. Nobody pulling at your pants, wanting to play with your makeup or dragging your clean clothes all over the house. It was also kinda dull. I don't know how we were happy before we had her, what did we do with all that time!? 

I barely made it halfway through church when I pulled her out of the nursery to come join us. While the boys went to get the cars, we went out to the little garden behind the sanctuary and took a few pictures. I just love my new camera. It's a pain to carry something so large and fragile but there is no way I could capture moments like this without it. After church we went to lunch at the Summit. Emmy didn't last long, her nap 2 hours past due, but I was able to get a few pics of everyone playing with her.