Joy of Love: Day 22-25

I've been so lazy, but here's what I have from the past few days.

Day 22:  Portrait

Day 23:  Facebook

He hates Facebook because he says it causes divorce, so I'll use one I posted on my account.

I couldn't sneak into his office like I did the year before, so I bought the supplies and asked the nice ladies who worked with him to decorate it for his 40th birthday. They did a fabulous job and he was so surprised.

Day 24:  Where

We met in our grandparents' neighborhood back home in Virginia. We got married at the courthouse in Fayetteville, NC. We now live in Okinawa, Japan so I can't get to those places to take a picture. So I'll make do with this one, which I obviously did not take.

We met just a couple months before my grandfather, a WWII hero, died. Right after we got married we went to the Airborne & Special Operations Museum in downtown Fayetteville. My hand is resting on a picture of my grandfather's unit just before they flew into Normandy on D-Day. I still miss you, Papaw.

Day 25: When you love them the most

Cheating again...I took this one last week, but I LOVE getting him out of his crib in the mornings.



Joy of Love: Days 19-21

Day 19

When he isn't home...

...I let the toys stay scattered across the floor.

Day 20

When he is home...

...the baby climbing the stairs problem gets fixed.

Day 21

His hands

He licked his first beater last week. The rest of these pictures can be seen on our family blog. It was strawberry cream cheese icing, and he loved it. He got it everywhere. I love his little pudgy hands.



Joy of Love: Day 18

Going Out

We actually did call a sitter and go out Friday night. It was the first time we left Brendan with this sitter and in the confusion of trying to show her and tell her everything, I left the camera at home. So here are two pictures of us from last weekend at the aquarium.



Joy of Love: Day 17

Staying In

This afternoon it rained so we stayed inside.

Kody and I lounged on the couch while our baby slept upstairs.



Joy of Love: Day 16

Self Portrait

This time I focused manually.



Joy of Love: Day 14

Wedding Bands

Sorry my days are out of order.

Joy of Love: Day 15

Kiss

He laughs every time I kiss him under his chin. It's one of my favorite spots.

I have never, ever used the self timer on my camera. Ever. This fact is obvious considering how blurry these pictures are. I would welcome any tips. Thanks. :)



I've skipped days 13 and 14 but am going to make them up. Promise.

Joy of Love: Day 12

His eyes...they're my favorite feature.

They have a twinkle that melts my heart.

Which is why I couldn't choose just one.

Joy of Love: Day 11

Dreams

The poor cat dreams of the days when our house was cat-friendly instead of kid-friendly.

Bless her heart, she is quite tolerant.



Joy of Love: Day 10

He is most comfortable in his own bed.

Taken on manual but had to use flash.



Joy of Love: Day 9

His hobbies?

Eating shoes....

....and wreaking havoc.

The high chair does not belong in the living room. It's his new push toy.



Joy of Love: Day 8

Gift from the Heart

He lived overseas for several years before he met me. But he said I deserved the chance to see the world and put in for an overseas assignment. Now we live on Okinawa.



Joy of Love: Days 6 & 7

For "who they love" I've chosen two of my favorites.

They love...

...each other.

The top one was shot on auto but the bottom one was one of my very first manual photos.

Joy of Love: Day 5

I hate that he puts everything in his mouth.

I hate that his job means fancy dinners, and no babysitter means he goes without me.

And I hate that he refuses to crack the ice cube trays, although it does make me laugh. He'll drink his drink with two ice cubes rather than crack the trays.



Bonus

I still plan on doing a Manual Monday post, but to save myself the time of posting twice, check our family blog here to see my attempt at Brendan's one year portraits. It did not go as planned, BUT they were all shot on manual.

Joy of Love: Day 4

His first (of many) Stride Rites.



Joy of Love: Day 3

Then:

January 25, 2010



Now:

February 3, 2011

Joy of Love: Day 2

She looks...

intent.



Joy of Love: Day 1

A couple weeks ago I signed up for Joy of Love's February project. Click here to sign up. There's still time.

Day 1 was to photograph something your loved one does.

He rides.