< photo a day project-day 20 >

Because of the many little people in my house, we kept having to figure out different sleeping arrangements every night.  Finally, the last night, we figured it out.  We borrowed an extra portable crib from my neighbor friend and my big girl slept in it.  First time in a crib in about 6 months.  I was a little worried, but she absolutely LOVED it.

I love this picture for a lot of reasons.  I love the natural vignette, I love the graininess, I love the hazy netting of the crib in the foreground and background, I love the textures in general, and I surprisingly love the strange, harsh lighting.  I'm quite proud of it.  It's something I don't think I would have thought to try before this project, which is exactly why I'm doing it.

< photo a day project-day 19 >

My baby turned 1 today.  And while they waited for the big birthday lunch and cake, the big kids sat on the couch and watched some movies (mainly so they'd stay out of the way ... 6 kids in 1 house is a lot, even if they are the best kids ever).  Which is why we have 3 pictures today.

Happy birthday, my little baby girl.  I love you so much.

< photo a day project-day 18 >

Our friends arrived late last night and we drove up to the Children's Museum up in Indy today.  It was a tiresome trip, but SO worth it.  I love seeing these kids play together.  They had a Barbie exhibit that the girls particularly loved.

< photo a day project-day 17 >

My daughter's best friends are coming for the weekend.  While we were waiting for them to arrive, we watched a movie, and her cute little self, perched on the couch, with the hair thrown over the arm was undeniably beautiful to me.

< photo a day project-day 16 >

My baby girl loves to hide under the dining table and drink her milk.  Silly girl.

< photo a day project-day 15 >

I took some time to do some crafty things today.  I love the results.  Not to mention the cute little girls they belong to now.

< photo a day project-day 14 >

My little baby girl is such a girly girl.  She loves accessories.  Not even a year old yet, and she loves shoes, purses (especially the one she has on in the photo), headbands, and for a girl her age, dolls.  They are a crucial accessory.

< photo a day project-day 13 >

I finally got several loads of laundry washed and folded, ready to go upstairs into the dressers when I took a break.  And ... the laundry sat there from last night until this morning.  Yes, I took a rather long break.  The girls found a basket of folded laundry and decided to "help".

So now I have to start over.

And yes, those curls are natural.  She didn't get them from me.

< photo a day project-day 12 >

I usually remember to take a picture at lunch.  But I don't want to take the same picture every day.  So today, I tried a completely different angle.  My girls were a little weirded out that I was standing on the chairs or the table to get a picture of them, but I'm really loving these.  It's such a different perspective!  Why haven't I tried this before?

I'm really enjoying this photo a day project.  I was just talking to another photography friend last night about how it's forcing me to try different things.  It's opened my eyes to realize that I do a lot of the same shots.  Because they work, yes.  But I'm loving that this is pushing me out of my comfort zone and helping me to see things differently.  Not only different angles and points of view, but seeing more abstract, obscure photos come to life.  If you enjoy photography, or just love to see the day-to-day changes your beautiful children go through, I REALLY recommend doing this.  I think it's going to work it's way into my routine every few months.

< photo a day project-day 11 >

My girls both woke up with runny noses and coughs, so we've been taking it easy in our jammies today.  We started out in their messy play room, but decided to head downstairs to watch a Ghibli movie.