Lilly & Papa

Lily greatly enjoyed the focused attention Memorial Day since Mommy and Mikayla stayed home. She was very happy to see them after a long day, but it was a special time. Thankfully, Mikayla is feeling better now. Not 100%, but probably at least 80% ;o) 

Something Different

Just playing with my camera more... 

I think I'll be posting more photos while I play with this new camera :)

 

Brush Your Teeth!

Lily has seen all the pain that daddy has had to go through with this root canal and has decided that she is going to brush her teeth for about 20 minutes every hour or so. Of course, half the time or more she has the tooth paste tube in her mouth instead of the brush.

Tooth update: no Vicodine or any pain killers of any kind today! I have a light ache in my jaw, but that's all. My neck and back are feeling the affects of the last couple weeks though. I get to see my chiropractor in a week and a half - and I can't wait!

Camera update: after 457 photos (in less than 4 days), I am very happy. I will be blogging about noise levels as soon as I finish my tests. The image above was shot at ISO 1000. There is noise, but not NEARLY what my D30 had! I have continued to be amazed by this new body.

Another "Horse Stick" 30D Photo

Mikayla absolutely loves her new "horse stick". She is finding all kinds of uses for it. She has even put its (note the correct usage of "its", Mom) head on a pillow and covered the stick with a blanket so it could nap while she naps :) 

Love'n It!

It's late and I really need sleep - especially after the last couple weeks. I'll write more soon, but for now I had to share the excitement I have of my new camera. I bought a Canon EOS 30D yesterday - and I am love'n it! Moving to Canon's (new) 5th generation digital SLR from their 1st generation digital SLR is a huge step. My D30 (yeah, watch the placement of the 'D's) served me very well for the last 3 years. I couldn't be more happy with it. Every senior portrait session, every snapshot I've taken - has been with that camera. It is a very reliable, solid, amazing camera. However, I did start bumping into its limitations, both knowingly and unknowingly. The ability to blow up a portion of an image and make a print from it is huge and something that only an 8MP camera can deliver (my D30 is a 3MP). There are many more great features with this new camera that I am exploring, but those will have to wait for another entry. It is very late and I am very tired.

My tooth/jaw/mouth are recovering. Each day is better than the last. I was able to work half a day on Saturday and enjoy a mother's day celebration today. Hopefully a full day of work awaits me tomorrow. I have Vicodin to last me through tomorrow, so I hope the pain subsides completely by then.

Goodnight

Wishing & Hoping

The last couple weeks have been rough. Last Monday (May 1st) I had a tooth that hurt so much I had to leave work and make an emergency dental appointment the next day. Turned out that I needed a root canal. Fun. Well, they said it was a two-step procedure, so they opened the tooth up and dug around for awhile and packed stuff down in the tooth to kill whatever was left, put a temporary filling in it, and referred me to an oral surgeon. What they didn't tell me was that there was going to be a lot of pain until I could have the rest of the root canal done (must have slipped their minds).

Well, Wednesday of this week I went to the oral surgeon to have the rest of the root canal done. He was a nice guy and things started off alright, except for the fact that he was drilling down into my tooth, but then he said something that no patient would like to hear; "Wow. I only see one of these about every 10 years." He was referring to the way my root of that tooth grew. I guess it split and curled and that's not normal. Well, he finished up and was very happy with it. I went on my merry way expecting when my mouth woke up for the pain to be gone. I was wrong. My mouth woke up later that afternoon and my jaw was in serious pain. Not knowing if that was normal, I took Advil and tried to sleep. I ended up calling the dentist that night and getting Vicodin. That helped a little, but it completely rendered me useless.

Thursday I was not able to go into work. Today when I woke up and wasn't any better. I called and the dentist thinks I have an infection, so along with more Vicodin he prescribed an antibiotic. Well, turns out I'm allergic to that antibiotic. I had to call and get another antibiotic...and pick up some Benedril to combat the rash that has developed all over. So, now, hopefully...the rash will subside, the infection will go away, and my mouth along with my hopefully dead tooth with be happy.

On a positive note, I have been home for the last two days. I got to sleep, take some pictures of the girls, sleep, sleep some more, watch TV, and do a little more sleeping. Did I mention Vicodin makes me sleepy? :o) 

6 New Apple Commercials

These are GREAT! My favorite has got to be the "iLife" one. Watch them all, they are only 30 seconds each. VERY funny!

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