Day 22 - Crib Sweet Crib

"Yeah, This is MY Crib, and My Pink Stuffed Pig. What's It To YOU?"

Valerie took today's photo, we were headed to her Dad's cabin right after work, so she stepped in and took a great shot of Paige in her crib.

Day 21 - Help is Here

Paige had a visitor all week this week. Alice, Valerie's Mom was able to come up and help out for a few days. I think by the end we were pretty spoiled with all of the help.

Day 20 - Tummy Time

"I'm not so sure about this "tummy time" stuff"

Paige is starting to get her daily tummy time, and she is about as excited about it as when I have to suck snot out of her nose, which in case you were wondering, is not very much. Once she figures out that she need to use her neck muscles rather than those in her forehead, I am sure it will go much better.

Day 19 - Interaction

Paige is starting to notice her surroundings a little more, and we think she may have discovered that she has feet in addition to her hands. Exciting stuff. Someday soon she'll probably be noticing us more than just someone holding her, feeding her, changing her or poking and prodding her.

Day 18 - Late Nights, Low Light

"I think I've had enough of the camera flash."

Since returning to work, I have realized the limitations of my camera lens. It is the kit lens that came with the D40 body, 18-55mm zoom lens with a 3.5-5.6 variable aperture. The available light is pretty much non-existent, so handholding photos (usually at 1/15 or longer) is very difficult. I think my next purchase when i have the funds will be the Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.8D. It doesn't auto-focus on the D40, but I don't think that should be a big problem. What I do know is the on-camera flash annoys Paige, even with my home made diffuser. Since I am not home when the sun is shining, it makes it tough to get pictures with good lighting. The simple diffuser really helps, but I think that having a wider aperture to work with will be very helpful. Using a flash is a necessity some times, but it would be nice to be able to rely on it less.

Day 17 - Football

"Go Pack Go...No Pack No."

Turns out my new priority on Sunday is to make sure that I am up first and the one to dress Paige. Enough is enough! Ok, so maybe she looks cute, even if she is wearing clothes from the hated Packers.

Day 16 - Late Night Feedings

"Sleep? What is Sleep?"

Paige needs to eat, often and a lot. Generally it works out that I am able to give her the last meal of the night so Valerie can get some sleep (she graciously takes the 4 am feeding). Then I take the early feeding of the day when I get up for work, and Valerie then sleeps in a little later. Apparently this will start to change eventually when she starts to sleep longer, or so we're told.