projectdavid

I know I whine about this a lot lately, but it is so strange being without a camera. Dave brought his in to have some work done yesterday so now I don't even have the use of his. Though it should only take 3-6 weeks to fix, by that time we'll be living 45 minutes away so I don't think I'll get to use it very often!

When I was about 9 or 10 years old my dad gave me my first camera. It was one of those long rectangular ones kind of shaped like a ladies wallet. I harassed my friends endlessly with it. When we moved back to Canada I got a Konica 35 mm. It lasted me through highschool, two trips to Switzerland and a trip to Arizona. Through being thrown at a wall (accidentally, it was in my backpack).

When it finally died, sometime after I married Andrew, we got a Canon point and shoot (still a film camera). It only lasted three years before dying, though by that time I had my digital camera so I didn't care too much. But maybe you're beginning to understand why I miss having a camera...any camera on hand. I thought I took a lot of pictures back when I'd use a whole roll of film on one of Ashlie's dress up glamour shot sessions. Now I'll take a hundred or more pictures in an ordinary day at home.

What gets me the most is that we have a hundred thousand or so pictures of Davey...and Elisabeth isn't getting equal treatment. How will I explain the lack of scrapbooks, photo albums and framed prints?? (okay, I'm just kidding. But I do feel guilty every once in a while...)

It's her birthday in 22 days. And in the midst of packing, moving and Andrew probably leaving on a business trip (on her birthday!!) I had to give up any thoughts of a birthday party. But I think I'm going to have to get her a camera for her birthday (!) so we can at least get a picture of her at one year old!!