Stepping up

It seems as if I might be the last person to care about good pictures or even want a dSLR camera.  The way I saw it was, I don't have to learn how to take good pictures because I have a built in photographer (a.k.a. my sister) and I also don't have to carry around a huge camera.  Well, recently my point of view has changed and I was sparked by wanting some decent pictures to put on the blog.  The camera phone was just not cutting it, duh!   

It just so happens that today is my birthday and last week I mentioned to Josh that I might like to have a nice camera.  Of course he teased me all week that he wasn't getting me one and then lo and behold, yesterday brought one home for me.  He researched all week, talk to the Best Buy guy forever, and decided on the perfect camera for me.  It is AWESOME!!!!   Josh's mom came over yesterday to celebrate and bought me some 'how to' books for using my camera, which will help ALOT. My sister has been onto me about needing a good camera, and almost two years later, it got through my thick skull and I couldn't be more excited.  There is so much to learn, but as of today, I'm so glad I have the 'auto' button to rely on while I learn.


Now, it will be picture happy around here, so brace yourself and try not to get annoyed with my 1001 pictures while I'm learning.

Josh being cool, while he makes me a cake :)

Getting a little annoyed that I'm taking his picture while baking (which he has never done before)

Ok, really annoyed...LOL!

Possibly regretting his purchase :)

Enjoying the awesome cake Josh made me.

Hadley wasn't feeling 100% yesterday and slept most of the day, but I managed to get a couple pics of her

Sitting still is really not an option these days

 It turns out that not only am I learning about the camera, Josh has really gotten into it too.  We weren't able to take HG to church today, so we stayed home and practiced playing with the camera and its settings.  Way fun!!

I have about 75 more pics to upload, but I also have a yummy cake that is calling my name, so those will have to wait until tomorrow :)