I have been playing around a lot with black and white, and there are some photos that I came up with really quickly one day after I got her out of the bath. I like the white on white feel with dark black lines. The photos are definitely cute.

I have been thinking a lot lately about a lot of things.

I was telling Jared last night that people always tell me to enjoy my time with the baby while she is little because it doesn’t last for long. Though I do understand what they are saying, I really do feel like I have been able to enjoy the time that I have had with her. We get along great, and we do all kinds of fun things together. I still miss her incredibly when I have to go off to weddings, but that doesn’t mean that I can’t snuggle with her when I come home.

I love her so much and enjoy my time with her.

I appreciate my husband. Even though since Daphne was born we spend a lot of time focusing on her and on him feeling better, we still get along great as a couple. He is so sweet and non critical. He loves to provide for his family and play with his wife and daughter. I appreciate him so much.

I do tell him a lot of times that I enjoy my job and that I am so glad that I have the opportunity to stay home with my baby and raise her the way I think it is right. I don’t know if I can tell him enough. I think every day how grateful I am to be able to do the thing I think I do best. I like to raise our daughter and keep our house and work on my photography company. Jared has made it all possible, and that is what I appreciate.

Before I get too into putting some more fancy smancy professional photos up here. Here are some fun photos of Daphne during the time she decided to do some crawling. The girl is cute. I tell you that it is amazing that I get to spend all day with her most days. I really wouldn’t give it up for the world.

I usually try to not put images up here that are not of a good technical quality. These ones are a little fuzzy, but I couldn’t resist the sneezing sequence. I think it is adorable, especially the second one.

I’ll take photos of anything my daughter does. Can you tell?

Here she is clamoring to get back into the shower just after we got out. This one really is the water baby! Too bad she wasn’t born in water.

I take tons and tons of photos of my baby. I took about 250 of her just yesterday alone. I usually try to catch the good times, but just in case I forget in the future, there are a few tears here and there. This was a particularly traumatic protest. Tears from both eyes. I put the camera down right after and snuggled with her!

Here is my Random Act of Kindness story.

In March of 2005, I went to Greece alone, without my husband to study in photography school so that I might meet my dream of becoming a photographer. I had a huge suitcase because I was supposed to be staying for 4 months, and the amount of photography equipment I had was incredible.

There was a ferry strike the day that I got in on my plane, so I was stuck on the mainland of Greece with no idea of where I was or the culture that I was in. I had to find a hotel fast, so I booked one and set out to find where it was. I was unable to read or understand the signs because the were all in a different alphabet and a different language that I didn’t understand at that time.

A young man on the bus saw me and saw the address I was going to. He got off the bus at the stop I was supposed to get off at and helped me get to the hotel.

The next day, I was trying to lug my suitcase around to get to the ferry. I had to use the metro, and I did not see an elevator. I was trying very hard to carry the suitcase up some stairs, and a man about 80 years old came up to me and grabbed the bag. Rather than take it from me, as I thought he was going to do, he carried it up 2 flights of stairs for me.

When I said, Thank you, thank you… He turned to me and said, “there is nothing to thank,” and he walked away.

It brought tears to my eyes. Especially when I saw the elevator when I turned around to walk away.

Here is Daphne’s new favorite form of entertainment. We can put her in the box and put her in various locations around the house with us, and she is happy to sit there. Especially if you drag her around in it! I love doing this.

In a world where plastic toys are both expensive and apparently hazardous, who needs them. Give your kids boxes to play with?

As a side note, this box was on its way to the recycling heap. Maybe I should pay more attention to the garbage we throw out. Do we have more potential baby toys in there?

I leave the baby with Jared in the morning and make breakfast. This is what I see if I sneak back in to look at the two of them.

Very cute!

I mentioned earlier that we had taken a swimming trip. My friend, Robin, went with us, and took some photos, which I got this morning. I thought I would share them.

Daphne loves to swim, and she is good at it! I didn’t learn how to swim until later in life, so I’m glad we are starting early with her. We have been back to the pool 2 more times, and I plan to go tonight with Robin and my friend Julie as well. I’m very excited.