Memorial Weekend!! {baby photographer}

It's the end of May! The weather has been exceptionally pleasant and for some odd reason, it feels like summer is well under way. Hopefully we can hold onto these nice days and fall won't come too soon!

It's been crazy the last (almost) 8 weeks... Maya isn't a teeny peanut anymore and I am just trying to savor all those baby things but excited for the coo's and giggles that are emerging.

Lilly is chomping at the bit to get outside and SWING! which is her favorite thing to do... She runs up to the swings and practically does a belly flop onto them and does her 'airplane' move. She's so funny. Such a helper with Maya too... there isn't too long of a time gap between the baby fussing and a precisely placed paci inserted into her mouth. I wonder if Maya will be a tough cookie like Lilly. So far they have had everything in common from looks, sleeping habits... excellent disposition... Does this mean I'm in for it when the Terrible Two's come around??? :) Well, by then, Lilly will be in preschool and hopefully all is well, right?? Uh-huh. Sure.

Faith is finally done with school! I asked her if she were a shiny new 5th grader and she said, 'Well.... I think'. Duh. I'm sure. If they hold a kid back for getting straight A's, then I might be concerned, but she's such a smart kid that it almost scares me. She does more things than I ever did! Just the other night she went roller skating and she's in dance and she spends the weekends at Grandma's and travels across the country... I told her she's pretty darn lucky because I doubt her sisters will get the same lifestyle she does!!! HA! I'm just sad thinking about the month when she'll be gone on her vaca because what in the world will I do without my helper?

What do you do?
Anyway! Enough about that.

I had a GREAT time photographing little Ms. B for her 1st Birthday shoot! We had balloons and grass and bugs and bubbles and it was great. I love summer evenings.
I can't wait for more.... :)

MAY!!! Don't LEAVE!!

Holy!

Where has this month gone??? I'm still wondering where April went!! Amazing how time can fly when you're slightly preoccupied with those little ones... Will I ever regain a life? :)

I just looked at my calendar and after June 12th I am busy every weekend until the middle of July! What the heck?

Faith is done with school next Friday already! It just means that she's getting older and more mature! Yikes!

Lilly will miss the preschool boat for this year because she was born in the fall, but that's alright, I don't know if I'm ready for her to leave the nest quite yet.

That's my ramblings for right now, good thing I can type quickly so it doesn't take too long!

Warm weather...

The things that warm weather does to your brain!! The sun makes you lift your head up to the heavens to soak in the rays instead of burrowing down in the chilly rain. It's nice to have these days finally. This summer I'm looking forward to spending family time. I don't know why, but it feels like it's going to be different than it usually is. I want to take my kids camping, or even on picnic for that matter... Let them run and swim and ride bike. Summers like I remember growing up.

It's so hard when you marry someone who doesn't appreciate living by the water and fishing and relaxing and spending time together! I know he appreciates it, I guess I should just say that I don't feel time is spent wisely enough for us to be together. On the other hand, I did marry a farmer didn't I? But there are days when he's not so busy, and I think he feels like he can't leave the shop for fear of something not being done!! Who knows. It's just me being jealous that he's married to the farm way before he's married to me and even on Sundays when families should be spending time together, he's gone... What a pity party I'm throwing for myself huh!!!??

Enough about him! Ha! :)

Maya is a wonderful baby and I couldn't be more thrilled with her, she's such a little dolly! Last night she slept for about 6.5 hours!! Crazy!

Lilly is my wild child... She's spending the weekend with Grandma and for some odd reason, I just miss her so much! I want to just hold her, but she's not into that very much. She'd rather be running and jumping and playing and chasing the dog! Such an energetic little being, I wonder how and where she gets it from.

Faith? Oh Faith.... My young lady. I came across some photos of when she was bout 5 or so and just can't believe how 5 years can make a child turn into an almost teenager! {Ok, we have a few years for that, but still!!!} Such a smart girl... I don't know how in the world I've been blessed with her as my daughter! She's such a great helper with the little ones and I don't know what I'd do without her.

I can't believe I'm just rambling like this!

Business is going slowly right now... Working on sending out products and gearing up for the summer. The first weddings of the season are right around the corner, so I'm excited for that! I've got different venues this year than usual, so I'm looking forward to all the new places I get to see.

Other than that.... I'm sure I've forgotten something, but we'll save it for another day.

Thanks for stopping by!

The birthday girl....

I have taken photos of this little lady since she was just a peanut. Needless to say... I DO believe that my child portrait techniques have come a LONG way since then :) Thanks K for being my model on many occasions. Here are some photos of her about a week before her 3rd birthday.

Baby Brain

Whoa NELLY! Time is flying by!

Ms. Maya is 4 weeks old today. I would say that I can't hardly believe it, but that would seem a little redundant, right? I think the thing that is more amazing is that it's May 3rd and looking at my calendar, it seems that there are a multitude of things popping up. Faith's last dance performance is this Friday... Bars to make for Grandparents Day, baby showers, meetings, sessions, birthdays, Memorial Day weekend {which always makes me jealous because I think I have the only husband in the world who's not into camping, fishing, boating, swimming or anything like that... especially when my kids and I are all about that stuff! That's how I grew up and how I want my kids to grow up...} Oh well. 'Tis the life of a farmers wife I guess. Being single all summer.

Anyway!

All is well otherwise and I have some great images from some recent sessions to show you... That will be the next time around... :)