During this afternoon’s tummy time I decided to pull out the real camera. I’m kicking myself for not doing so sooner because a) I needed the practice and b) he is growing and changing at a rapid pace. And part of those changes include the acquisition of some serious infant acne. So yeah, he looks a little rough, and the extremely high resolution of my new camera doesn’t do him any favors. But he is still cute. Unfortunately I am still getting used to the focusing system of the 80d and while  it is much more sophisticated than my Rebel, it also has a bit of a learning curve.

I need to start messing with the lighting as well. Probably putting him on the bed would provide a better effect. I found a few articles online about photographing newborns, and I need to read those. He seems to do his best expressions when I’m changing him and don’t have my camera or phone handy. I need to just keep one nearby.

It is a good thing that Liz does’t know about this blog because she probably wouldn’t be a fan of this post. Anyways, she hit the big four-oh yesterday. The celebration included nursing, bottle feeding, changing diapers, and a bath. I actually went out to get her a hamburger for dinner, but the place closed at eight. So I asked for requests from Publix and she wanted kambucha and key lime pie. I also got her some potato chips because I am an amazing husband. One of her presents was the photograph below, framed and matted. It shows her holding Luke when he is approximately 22 minutes old. I think I cropped out most of her nipple.

I most likely avoided some trouble by not going to Hobby Lobby until today. Had I gone previously I would have stumbled upon the awesome signage pictured below and probably bought a couple and probably upset somebody.