Baby Boy 2 weeks...

Yesterday I also photographed Braylon and his Mom and Dad, it was so hot out that we needed to be creative inside their house and it worked out awesome! He is still just so tiny I can't even believe it! He is like 5 pounds 6 oz this week and I can't wait to do his photos again in a month, I can't wait to see how much he has grown! I love his Mom and Dad, they are good friends of ours and it was great to see them all dressed up.

Cloey 4 month's already...

I can't believe how big my god daughter is getting, seriously every day she is looking more and more like Cloey. It's bizarre I thought babies leaned towards one parent or another but she doesn't she just looks like herself. It is so fun! Since its summer now we are starting a little bit of what some may call baby torture... but its not I promise. I bought this super cute teapot to put her in a few months ago and she is finally supporting herself enough I was able to stick her in it. Granted, she was not happy at all and infact I think if she could talk she would have not many nice things to say to me but too bad she is stuck with me for life! I am also so proud of how beautiful she is, she is changing every day and already losing her baby look, she is growing so fast!

Around the yard...

This week and last week and part of next week Drew's car is in the shop. I honestly and truthfully have no idea how married people can share car. It truly takes alot of organizing. I have had to pack everything in on Wednesday and Friday which is fine but slightly a pain. None the less I do have to say that yesterday I got to go to the pool with my new neighbor Krystal who I love and today I did what alot of families are calling a "staycation", meaning you spend your vacation time at home. I was feeling a little cabin fever and decided to bare the heat and take a few shots around the yard. I think it is still good to just shoot for fun, I did not edit these photo's just tagged them and thought I would share them. Tomorrow, I have 2 sessions, a meeting with a very popular website http://www.kidsinstl.com/ and a review! I look forward to sharing my babies with you on Thursday!

Wedding Bells...

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to Kristine and Vinny and Nikki for believing in me. I have only talked to a few other people about photographing their wedding but everyone wanted someone more experienced. You have truly opened doors for me. I am so proud and excited the way your photo's turned out and I can't wait to sit down with you as we go over them. To everyone else, HA! I did it and I did it well. Okay, I am not bitter but I am sad that they didn't have the faith. I just want to post a few for the bride and groom and I wish I would have done less posed and more go over there and be yourselves. That is a great lesson learned, but still none the less they are awesome!! My second photographer shot on film so I have to wait to get her's from Target on CD so I can edit. I am so glad I am digital because film is a real pain in the you know what. I know they will be fabulous though because that is how much she rocks! I hope you enjoy these as much as I do and if you know anyone getting married send them my way.

Thanks!

Baby Boy Braylon

Last week a girlfriend of mine had her first baby boy Braylon, I love his name, its so unique! He is SO little or was he has probably grown a ton in the last week. I am excited to do their first family pictures in a month and I am taking his one week pictures tomorrow! He was only 5 pounds last week when he was born and he was so tiny, I couldn't believe it!! I love the picture of the curl on the back of his head, its one of those fabulous little things that we will be glad we have when he is 16. I also love his little toes with Mommy's ring, I can't wait to keep you all posted with Braylon's pictures in the next few months!

One of my favorites...

I truly believe that God places special kids on Earth so people like myself learn amazing life lessons. Anna, my little friend in this post is one of those kids. She absolutely rocks my world. Anna has autism and cerebal palsy, I was her therapist with SSD for 4 years. I was so excited to take her pictures and she was absolutely the smiliest kid ever for about 12 minutes. I took about 200 pictures of her and these are a few of my favorites. After she was done smiling she was done. It was one of those days were she was like "Okay, I am going to smile and play for 10 minutes and if you don't get what you need than too bad for you", that's Anna's personality to a tee as well.

Another Great Day At The Park!

I took M to the park today for about an hour and he was so fun! I am sure I keep saying this but I just can't get over how big he is! He is climbing up the slide now (yes I do set a good example for the other kids) and he loved climbing in and out of the tube. There were two other little boys there that kept walking up and getting in his face saying "Baby" it was so cute! M like it for a minute and then was like AHH get away from me! I took some great shots and I can't wait to do more playground sessions! I think everyone has a digital camera now and thinks they can really capture their child at the park but I think parents miss alot of great smiles and faces because they are just not photographers. I saw it happen to atleast 3 mom's today, thankfully I had cards to deliver to them!

Family Pics at Des Peres Park

On Saturday, I walked in my old shoes of being a therapist and got to see the two girls that ruled my world for while. I absolutely loved them like my own! I can not express how much I care for these kiddos and their families for 3 1/2 years I was with these kiddos for 40 hours a week. I am still working on my second session but here are a few from the first. The oldest daughter has autism but she let me pose her and smiled and she was so great I could not have asked for a better model! I am so excited I am going to start getting to see her more! I did these sessions at Des Peres Park and although the lake was not open I still got some great shots. I love the shots I got and I keep looking at them and am more and more excited! I can't wait to show them to mom and dad this week! In the picture where the little girl is laying with her back on Dad's back she was cracking up it was so great!

Cloey's 3 month... kind of

Ok, so every one knows that we are still working on figuring out the kinks of shooting babies inside your home. With Cloey's 3 month pictures I should have used the coffee table and propped up the background some how. But everyday is a learning process and I am excited to learn as I go. She is getting so big and moving closer to my favorite age every day! She was smiley for the 10 seconds she lasted last week so we will try again next week outside maybe.

House blow's up in South County

Apparently, just around the corner from house at about 10 pm last night a house blew up...shhh they didn't say the cause but a reporter that I was talking to said it may have been a meth lab. None the less we had fun using the Nikon at night. I only got a few shots that I love...maybe 2 but I thought I would share them here none the less. The last shot just shows how they had firetrucks from everywhere on both sides of the road, Telegraph was completely shut down. The first shot is the reflection of the firetrucks lights in the water, I love it!!! I really think I may sell it on etsy. I have sold a few prints on there and it does blow my mind what people will buy. The shot in the middle I wish I would have been on the otherside of the Valvoline sign because I love the police officer in the dust and smoke. I haven't figured out how to crop it just right but I will.

M in the pool!

So, today we filled little M's turtle sand box with water and these are just a few from playing in the sun. My blog can't all be work and no play! He spent alot of time running away so I had a ton of pictures of his butt! Now that he is walking and getting into everything we spend alot of time playing and saying "No Mikey"... you get my drift.