Day 2 of 50/50/50 Lia's Gift

This is one of my favorite pictures and it's all because of the moment that it happened in. I was in my room trying to understand my camera better by reading the instruction manual. Lia, my youngest came into the room and got up on my lap. After a few minutes it was clear to me she didn't want me to be busy with my camera anymore. I put my camera down and "focused" my attention on just being with her. It didn't take her very long after that to fell sound asleep. At first I thought about laying her down on the bed and getting back to what I was doing, then all of a sudden it hit me just how quickly she was growing up and that this was the first time in a long time she had just curled up with me and fallen asleep. I looked at her and wanted to never forget how good it felt to hold her like that. As I looked up I saw my camera right there and I wondered if I could capture this special moment with it. I read the instruction manual and set the cameras self-timer, I had my 50mm lens already on and I changed the setting to black and white. I put the camera on a couple of books and a few snaps later I got this shot. It was the first time I had ever used the self-timer on my camera and the first time I had ever taken a picture with me in it. I learned a lot that day about my camera but the most important thing I learned was to never let a gift like the one Lia gave to me pass by without stopping and cherishing it for as long as I have it. Thank you Lia, I love you so much!