Ryan and I went to Hobby Lobby this afternoon to buy Valentines craft supplies, but he got sidetracked by an exploding Volcano set. He wanted it so bad that he even told me he'd give me some of his own money to help buy it (and later when I reminded him that he owed me a few dollars, he asked if a hug would do instead? How could I say no!) I'm trying to learn how to take pictures inside the house without a flash, so Ryan was my subject today. I still have a lot to learn to make my indoor pictures sharper, but I love his intensity and focus... and his cute little boy boxers too.
Before I had kids, I wasn't sure I really even liked them. But I didn't want to look back at my life and regret not at least trying to have them, so I finally gave in and decided to let destiny take it's course. If it was meant to be, it would happen; if it wasn't meant to be, I was OK with that too. It took us 5 years to have Randi, and when she arrived into the world 7 weeks early and spent a week in the NICU, it made me realize how fragile life really is. It was such a long, somewhat scary journey, that I wasn't in a hurry to have another and was actually quite content having just one. Michael, on the other hand, wanted a school bus full and kept asking for more. I finally relented and agreed to try for 1 year, with the understanding that if it didn't happen within a year, we would consider ourselves done. Eleven months came and went with nothing, and then, you guessed it, on the 12th month, Michael hit the mark and nine months later, we became a happy little family of four.
Today's assignment is "A Gift from the heart", and while both our kids are gifts from God and true blessings in my life, Ryan is also a gift from Michael's heart for without him encouraging me, telling me when "it was time", and having the insight to know what I wanted better than I knew myself, I wouldn't have my little man. So thank you sweetie for the most precious gift a mother could ever hope for.
Before I had kids, I wasn't sure I really even liked them. But I didn't want to look back at my life and regret not at least trying to have them, so I finally gave in and decided to let destiny take it's course. If it was meant to be, it would happen; if it wasn't meant to be, I was OK with that too. It took us 5 years to have Randi, and when she arrived into the world 7 weeks early and spent a week in the NICU, it made me realize how fragile life really is. It was such a long, somewhat scary journey, that I wasn't in a hurry to have another and was actually quite content having just one. Michael, on the other hand, wanted a school bus full and kept asking for more. I finally relented and agreed to try for 1 year, with the understanding that if it didn't happen within a year, we would consider ourselves done. Eleven months came and went with nothing, and then, you guessed it, on the 12th month, Michael hit the mark and nine months later, we became a happy little family of four.
Today's assignment is "A Gift from the heart", and while both our kids are gifts from God and true blessings in my life, Ryan is also a gift from Michael's heart for without him encouraging me, telling me when "it was time", and having the insight to know what I wanted better than I knew myself, I wouldn't have my little man. So thank you sweetie for the most precious gift a mother could ever hope for.
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Beautiful post. I am happy you had one of each too :-)
Aaw! I think paying with a hug is so much better than paying with money. Kids know how to get to their mommy's heart. I didn't want kids either but than finally gave in and am thankful every moment I look at my gorgeous little girl that I decided to give in.
This looks great w/o the indoor flash. Nice story too. My husband also plans for tons of children. We're see how that goes.
This is a beautiful post....LOVE the story. Your little boy is darling...this photo is great...it looks to me like you are doing great indoors.
Aww! Love the story.
This looks great! Photos inside with no flash is something I struggle with too and I often resort to using the flash. There are only a few rooms, at limited times of the day, that I can do it without.
Okay, Kristin, you have me crying. How sweet of you to share such a fantastic story!! And I love Ryan's intensity too, he looks like he's completely enjoying himself!
Great photo! I too struggle with those indoor manual shots...but I learn something new every day. Also, I know the woes of spending years trying to conceive. My two boys are all the more precious.
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This is such a beautiful post. I love your story. I am the same way. I didn't know I could love a child the way I do until I had my own.
Your picture is great! I am trying so hard to get decent indoor shots w/out a flash also. At night, I think I'm really going to have to break down and learn to use a bounce flash to get a decent, crisp picture.
Oh my goodness! What a sweet and beautiful post! Your husband sounds like a really great guy!
This is just a lovely post!!! So full of love and emotion!! Life is so fragile and we have a gift to capture it and hold onto it forever through photos. Look at that masterpiece of a painting! He is so stinking cute in his little boxers. My first thoughts when I saw the photo was "oh my! He is just to cute painting in his boxers." My middle son could be like that all day and love it!
I was also going to say something about taking photos indoors. I struggled with this and still do from time to time depending on the lighting. I have learned that taking photos with natural light coming in from a window help me a lot. THis allows me to keep my ISO lower and maybe increasing my shutter to keep the photo crisp. I am in no way a professional, but that is my input :) Hope it helps...Evening photos I have a light scoop that I put on my camera to bounce the flash off of the white ceiling. It has a little mirror in it to bounce. They are less than an external flash. So I thought I would try it out and like it for those night photos I want to capture, but don't want the flash right on the subjects face.
I love the boxers and the volcano and the paying w/ a hug. How awesome that you are documenting all this w/ stories, etc. This year is going to be so memorable for y'all.
What wonderful message in you story today. Its amazing how letting go and letting God's will happen that we are the most blessed.
i think he did such a good job at painting!!! i try to think of what brogan's would look like, & i'm pretty sure it would just all be brown scribble! ryan's really good!!
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