Lo Mein

I think I could do a whole series of Abriella and her food. She cracks me up. And makes me mad. I don't think that there is a meal that goes by where she doesn't make a disaster of something.


But at least she's cute doing it :)

New Friends

We've been living in our place for two and a half years now and we've finally made some friends... with the neighbor's kids *lol* They come over to visit almost every day and love Abriella to pieces. The little girl loves to play toys with her and the little boy loves to play board games with Eric. It's pretty cute :)

The other day they left Abriella a little gift at the front door. So you know what that means... photo shoot!!

my fave... she melts my heart














and you know it's over when you see this...



Sorry there are so many... we were just having fun. Isn't that the cutest bunny hat from Gymboree!!

Happy Birthday To Me

So it was officially a couple days ago, but as usual I'm behind in posting. It amazes me that one year ago I got my first DSLR and fell in love with photography. And now a year later my wonderful hubby "surprised" me with ....



the D90...

ooooh I'm in love *even though I still feel a bit guilty*

which also means that I now have to sell my D60. It was a great starter camera but I just outgrew it too quickly. I can't wait to really try this bad boy out!!

I got to do a mini test run when I went home over the weekend to see my family. My parents wanted to take Abriella to Chuck*E*Cheese and we had lots of fun.

she got to ride with Stuart Little...


whack an ABC...


go on the swing...


ride on a firetruck...


say "cheese"...


give barney kisses...


ride on a horse... unhappily


get her picture taken with Chuck*E


and swipe the card (this was actually her favorite part, she could have just done that the whole time and been more than happy)


We even went and saw the big Cheese up close...


she wasn't too sure at first, but had grandpa to protect her...


and I even managed to sneak into a picture...


and just so you believe how cool this camera is, here is a really quick snippet of video that I took to show Eric (he was sad to not get to go with us) sorry it's kind of loud and you may have to type in Abriella

this one was just quick and nothing too special, but I have big plans for this feature :)

and one quick trip down memory lane... last year one of my first shots with my brand new camera


lol... I feel like I've come a long way!!

*** if anyone is interested in purchasing my D60 (or knows anyone who might be interested) please let me know, I will be posting it for sale on other sites soon but would love to sell it to someone I know who would love it too *it makes me a bit sad to have to let it go :( you can email me at kelleycn @ gmail . com (without the spaces) THANKS!!

In the Car

I know you've seen pictures like these before. But that is just because I love taking pictures of Abriella in the car. You know why?...

Because she can't get away...

she might kiss her toes...


or make silly faces...


I can get close-up...


she might put up her dukes...


and *gasp* she may even look at me and smile!!


she may even fall asleep, and then I just can't resist taking a picture


I also like taking pictures when she's in her highchair... because she still can't run away ~ and she just might do something like this...

mmmm.... yummy grapes


"I love my grapes"


ALL GONE, YOU SAY!!


oh the tourture!!


and I didn't even break a sweat!!