Fairy

I was recently playing outside with my daughter, and she was running around and playing with sticks, rocks, etc. She loves to run under our neighbors' dogwood tree, which she was doing on this particular day. There was an opening in the branches and leaves, and I noticed her peek her sweet little face out of it. I was inspired, so I ran in side and grabbed my camera, knowing that it would be sheer luck if I captured the picture I was envisioning. I told her to peek her face through again, and I snapped a few pictures. Little did I know I would end up with this "golden" shot. She looks like a little fairy! Now I have a wonderful picture of her sweet little face that I can look at forever, no matter how old she gets.

I Heart Faces Photo Challenge, Week 23: "Play"

This is one of my favorite pictures from when my daughter was younger. She and her daddy were playing their hearts out, and she just laid there beside him at one point, touching his face and playing with his nose. It just makes me smile every time I look at it!

I Heart Faces “Hands-On Fun” Photo Challenge, Week 8

As I get to know my new camera, I thought it'd be fun to participate in one of these iheartfaces photo challenges. I know it's not nature photography, so you'll just have to bear with me as I experiment with my new toy.

My little one LOVES these little farm animal toys that her "Grammy" got for her. When she squeezes them, they make the animal noises. She loves clutching them and squeezing them over and over and over and over and over . . . . Well, you get the picture. It's fun though, because she mimics their sounds now, too. When I read about this current photo challenge, I grabbed my camera and snapped this shot after the duck had finished his quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack. Doesn't she have the cutest, sweetest little hands?

Happy 1st Birthday!

It's my daughter's first birthday, today! She's been out of my belly for a whole year, and I just can't believe it. She has brought such joy to our lives. So, happy birthday to my sweet little girl!

My little girl

This is one of my favorite pictures of our little girl. She was around 3 months old at the time. I didn't even know I had captured this, until I uploaded the pictures from my camera. It just goes to show that if you snap enough, you sometimes get lucky. :o)