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From Brian - “This is my favorite new photo of Ella with my Nikon D80. I have recently taken the camera off Auto and starting experimenting with ISO, aperature, and White Balance. Her reaction on her face in this one are so genuine.”
, originally uploaded by Brian, Charlotte, & Ella Sturtz.
A daytime update from Grama Wade:
We all had an instrument and had music time! James fell asleep and Tre and Ella did art with play doh. Tre made a snow man and Ella loves squishing.
Well despite my best intentions to keep the blog updated more regularly, it’s almost the end of Feburary and we still have our Christmas card message on the site. But we have good reason for not getting to regular updates–we’ve been really busy!
We were able to attend Caidryn’s b-day party in January. We saw Laura and Jeff quite a bit when they visited a few weeks. In addition to getting a family photo and meeting Jeff’s parents for dinner, we also hosted a bridal shower/family celebration for Jeff and Laura’s upcoming wedding.
In between all that, we all suffered through a bit of illness. Ella had a cold which migrated into an ear infection. Just as she recovered from that, we got a nice helping of the stomach flu. But everyone is now healthy and doing well.
Brian has had an exciting time. He had several job interviews recently and finally landed a new position as an Account Supervisor at Young Isaac. He’s pretty excited about the opportunity to work with clients beyond the world of pharmaceuticals.
I’ve been busy at work supporting lead generation inititatives for OCLC. Of the most recent services, WorldCat Local, is completing pilot testing and is now available for purchase.
We’ve done our best to try and shake off the Winter blahs by doing a little bit of sprucing up around the house (just a little bit). I hung new lights in two of the bathrooms. I still have to hang a new light in my bathroom but I’ve decided I need to paint it first. I’ve given up on doing the drywalling in the basement, so we’ll have to hire someone to tackle that task.
Brian has been busy learning how to use his new-to-him digital SLR camera. He is going to take a class at Cord Camera to learn how to get the most out of his new “investment”. I was a little hesitant about the cost but Brian found a good deal on a used camera. And he promises that he is “documenting Ella’s life”.
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