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Genève Maris Roundy, 1 year old. Love this one. Cado goes to school all day Tuesday, and Paisley was home but sick with a fever, and I got a new camera today, so the stars aligned and I was able to get some 1 year photos of this sweetie.

So as I looked through these and edited them I was just breathtaken by this girl's beauty and how natural she is in front of the camera. In some of these she seems like an older woman in a baby body, that sounds wierd, but her poses and faces, etc. It was kind of tripping me out. I keep thinking, is this gorgeous baby really from me?

It's pretty amazing that I was able to get anything good, when you consider that I had no assistance, a mere 5 foot wide backdrop, a very active little subject, a new camera, and a patchy flash due to not completely charged batteries. There were quite a few snacks involved (which meant for crumb removal in photoshop :) : crackers, cheese, even a lollipop which she didn't really eat much but felt really cool about holding. There were also lots of songs being sung and sudden attention grabbing noises and pleas from mommy. She loves songs and dancing. She twirls now and claps and bounces and waves her arms. During conference when the choir would sing she would get so excited and immediately start moving or directing. so cute.

So these "studio" shots were taken with my new Canon 500D. My 20D finally had taken enough abuse. yeah, sad. It's electronic/LCD functions are not functioning. We think it may be fixable, but we need to take it in and pay to find out, which we will do, but I have quite a bit of photo work these days, so getting a camera made more sense at the moment. Anyway, I PROMISE to take much, much better care of this camera! Spencer you are the best, thank you for your help and support and for not even giving me one lecture or head shake. You have been super nice, supportive and helpful...like always.

So I first thought that you had a typo in here name. Then I realized that you were spelling one of her nicknames - genev-ie. She sure is a cut-ie. I love how she runs to me when I get home at night.