A fancy new lens* (Nik’s present from his mom) + fun experimenting with that new lens = lots of fun pictures of Ellie, me, and my new socks (my Christmas present from Nik).

*My description of the fancy new lens: You have to stand way back, it makes the background fuzzy, and takes gorgeous pictures inside.  Nk’s description of the new lens: It’s a non-zoom lens, 50 mm with maximum aperture 1:1.8.   You take whichever description is more helpful to you! 🙂