new gear

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I've been making some big purchases thanks to generous family gifts for my birthday. 

I bought the D800. I FINALLY WENT FULL FRAME!!!!

Along with that, I sold my D7000 and my 35mm (since it was for crop cameras), and I'm working on selling my macro lens. I just don't use it enough.

Today, a 28mm, a 50mm, and an 85mm were delivered to my door. I spent a little bit of time this morning testing them out for sharpness and getting a feel for the focal lengths on the full frame body.

I currently own a 50mm 1.4D, but it's been bothering me lately. That's why I'm trying out the 50 1.8G instead. I know it doesn't open up as wide, but I may decide I like it better anyways.

This shot was taken with the 50 f/1.8G. My little model was eating her snack. :)



And here she's eating lunch. Gotta keep her busy! This one was taken w/ the 28mm f/1.8G. I'm trying to decide how much distortion I'm okay with. I would rather do the 35mm f/1.4G, but it's twice as expensive.


It's going to be hard to decide what lens line up to keep! Any advice??


july miscellany

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I'm still trying to catch up on editing. Here are a few random July shots I have not shared yet. I'll pull together a Minnesota trip blog post next, and after that, July pictures will be done!







This is how Caroline always sleeps... snuggled up in this corner of her bumper, and usually with a leg kicked up over the other side.



I don't even remember what she was upset about now, but she's such a mess!






ice cream truck

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from June 19

Daddy had just pulled into the garage when we heard "When the Saints Go Marching In," and we ran out to meet the ice cream truck together.

You can tell she got a little nervous when saw the truck... so funny what they decide to get scared about! She turned around and needed Mama to hold her, so I couldn't get any shots of her at the truck.

Looking forward to the day she'll finally outgrow her dairy allergy and can get a real ice cream from the truck! We'll just enjoy popsicles until then.

ice-cream-truck

father's day at the zoo

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from June 18 (STILL playing catch up!)

For "actual" Father's Day, Nick went golfing, so he took the day off on Monday for us to do something as a family. We had never been to the Dallas Zoo, so off we went! We stopped for breakfast at close-by Oddfellows first.

Love how you can see Caroline grabbing for everyone else's food!

fathers-day-breakfast





And here is just a Flickr slideshow of our zoo pics. I didn't really get any good pics of the animals, so these are mostly just of the girls enjoying the zoo! (Or sleeping through the experience, as in Caroline's case.)
 


conked out

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After a tiring morning at the allergist yesterday, Caroline conked out in the car on the way home. Skin testing, a flu shot, and no morning nap wore her out.
Her skin testing showed that she has outgrown her egg allergy! She's still not supposed to eat egg for a while, but we are glad she doesn't have to have an Epi-pen!

Doesn't she have great eyelashes? So thick and dark and long...




wildflowers

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(from May 29, 2012)

These were taken back in May on the morning of the day I had to ship back my D800 camera rental. I had to get in a few last shots with it! Unfortunately, I was by myself, and the ground was pretty muddy (and Caroline wasn't a walker at this point - I had her on my hip most of the time), so it was quite a challenge! 

These were the girls' Easter dresses...







Trying to blow the dandelion...