Serious Baby Envy

This is my cousin's beautiful, sweet baby girl. Every time I see her I experience serious baby envy. Whycantshebemine? (My cousin, by the way, was 18 when she gave birth, and is unemployed and unmarried. Not that I'm bitter. To her credit, she seems to be a good mommy.) I spent some time with the baby this past weekend and just fell in love with her. She's so smiley and content. Awww.

But seriously. About 90 percent of the time I am not bitter. I have so far avoided most of the emotional pitfalls of infertility. I have my share of weepy hormonal days to be sure, and sometimes I stare longingly at strangers' baby bellies in public, but overall... 21 months in I'm doing all right. (Ask me again in a few months when we hit two years!)

Oh, about this picture. I took it with my fancy new Canon PowerShot G9, which is in the prosumer class of digital cameras, meaning it has lots of manual features. About 10 years ago I knew how to use them. Now, not so much. It's back to basics for me. I have found my new pastime. This particular picture was done using the very cool colour accent feature. I set it to blue, hoping to pick up the blue of her eyes, but I think the light was too dim so it just got the sheets she's lying on. I'll share more when I have some good ones.