Our new baby

Meet the newest addition to our family. We pick him up in about a month. Yay! He is 4 wks now. We have been waiting several months for him to be born & to get photos of him. His name is Blue. Thanks to Audrey for taking some snaps for us! Blue is a Blenheim Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, (isn't that a mouthful). Cavalier Kings are so sweet, loyal & great with kids. For now, we will visit our neighbors Cavalier Kings. They have a male & a female. J can hardly wait until Blue gets to sleep in the room w/ him & K. I don't think that he gets the fact that he will soon assume the responsibility of being the pooper scooper. :) The kids are already calling him "Bluey". It seems that the male children in our family end up with nicknames that have "ey" on the end...so "Bluey" it is!

My desk

I totally forgot to post photos of the beautiful desk that my wonderful husband made for me. He still needs to put the drawer on, but I'm not in any hurry.... I love the little cubbys in the side. You can leave the slats in & have small cubbies, or you can take the slats out & have shelves. He made a slide out table for my Wacom tablet. SOOOO much easier than it taking up room on my desk. I can just slide it back in when I am not using it. He also made a slide out for my printer. I can't wait to post photos of his latest project. He is extending our patio. It is so close to being finished. The forms have been laid. We're just waiting for the concrete to be poured. That will happen next week. We will hold off on the next project until fall. We save the indoor projects for the rainy season. That's when we hope to have our counter tops put in. I have been dying for new counter tops since we moved in. We have some UGLY teal counter tops right now. Everything upstairs has been updated, except our ugly counter tops & kitchen cabinets. Baby steps....

SeamsSewNeat

My friend, (& fellow photographer), Shae made these sweet little diaper covers. I am planning on using them in those sessions where moms would like some mostly nakey baby shots without exposing their parts. These covers are the perfect solution. They are fun & stylish! I will be purchasing more from Shae so that you will have a variety to choose from! If you would like to check out more from the multi-talented Shae...here is a link to her products on her myspace page..... http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=173335575

Check out her latest blog! They have a store front now! Yay girls!

Encouraging words

My beautiful daughter is known for her brutal honesty in her childlike way. As I was dressing she came into my room as I was making noises that showed my dismay with how my clothes were fitting. Apparently, she wanted to encourage me because she says, "mom, you're only chubby up to here" & she holds her hand up to her neck. Wow. I was actually not too dissapointed with my post-pregnancy progress until she said that! haha! I am wearing most of my pre-pregnancy clothes. I started cracking up & gave her a hug. She responded by saying, "what?". I wish that I could keep my babes little forever........

Friends

This is Kiah & her crew. I have photographed Kiah on several occassions. She is always a blast! So beautiful, fun & carefree. My dream for Kiah is to be a stylist...more specifically...my stylist. She always has the best outfits! Here are a couple from the session....

Cool Dude shoes

These are J's "cool dude shoes". He picked them out today & wants to sleep in them. We told him that it's ok to take your shoes off to sleep...you won't stop being cool. :) I wanted a few photos of him in his cool dude shoes...M was running around yelling "take some of me too!". I have TONS of photos of her in her cute boots...so, she's really not deprived. :)I will probably make a storyboard out of J's shoe photos. K was being cute & vegging on sis's stuffed cat & another of K from a few days ago. I love that you can see his little tooth. :) Oh, Summer...I posted TWO blogs for you! :) Aren't you proud of me?

Headshots

I have been doing a lot of headshots lately. This young woman contacted me wanting professional, yet approachable headshots. I was so excited when she said that she wanted a few indoors, but also some outdoors. We shot a few in my studio & then went over to the Art Center for a few more.