Just Dance

If you would have told me the day after we got Mira's Dandy Walker diagnosis that less than 2 years later she would be in dance class, I would have punched you in the face (sorry, I was pretty upset that day). Today we woke up early, ate a little breakfast, and put on our dance clothes. Mine may or may not have been yoga pants and a large shirt, no judging. The important part is that Mira's outfit involved a pink leotard. It was amazing.

We headed to the Chamberlain School of Ballet and enjoyed our first of many Wednesday mornings dancing around like maniacs (that may have just been me) with our friend Hallie (and her mama Kelly). Mira totally loved it (well, 3/4ths of it, she was tired and was ready for nap pretty quickly) and couldn't stop giggling about everything. It was awesome to see her not only enjoying herself and socializing, but doing something that I had convinced myself was something she would not be able to do anytime soon. This kid is a rockstar, I can't wait to see her continue to prove me wrong every day.

On a Roll

So I bought a film camera. My first camera was a 1976 Honeywell Pentax and I still dig the pictures that little guy took. I went to a local guy that has been collecting cameras for a while and bought myself a Canon A1, or as he kept calling it, The Black Beauty.

I decided that the best medicine for my lack of interest in my photography would be to bring it on back to film and then to do some pictures just for me. I decided to do this by photographing my favorite thing ever, aka Mira. 366 days this year and I will take (at least) 1 picture per day of her in her natural habitat, doing stuff that Mira just does.

I got my first roll back today and discovered a few things.

1. My house is dark, like way darker than I realized.
2. I'm a bit rusty with the whole film situation.
3. When one isn't supplied with an automatic focus, some of the pictures turn out a bit "different".
4. I love them anyway.

You'll notice they are a mixture of decent, ok, and downright blurry, but I've decided even the blurry ones are a part of the story. These pictures are from December 30 through January 4.