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Another 1st birthday (it must be spring)
I always felt like you knew it was spring when all the babies were being born. So in continuing the First Birthday trend (especially the pink part), here’s another first birthday party. The little girl was pretty wary of me most of the time, but warmed up eventually. Spongebob himself made an appearance at the party. Most of the kids really liked him. And wasn’t the cake so unique and adorable. Perfect for the birthday princess!
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the bur baby- 1st birthday shoot
Can I just say that I love this little one. This is my second time doing her pictures, and I have 3 more shoots guaranteed with them this year (they did the "growing up squared" plan with me). She is so packed full of personality and just so super cute! And she really knows how to work her parents!! So I sent them away (thanks for hiding all over the house you guys)and spent some time with her and we got some great shots. Funny, but same exact dress as the other little one year old girl I did pictures for last month! Even down to the same little birthday cake clip. To top off a great shoot, not only are the pictures I took for them last year ALL over the house,
this house has such phenomenal light- I want to rent it out as studio space! 
Isn’t she such a doll? So super dainty and delicate.Well, until…
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I’m feeling like total crap still. Rash is still there (but I took some Benadryl so it’s better than it was) but my hands are all swollen, all my joints ache and I have a low fever. Back to the doctor tommorrow. After parent-teacher conferences first.
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new books & the hic family
First, news from around here. Went to the bookstore today to restock some reading material for the boys. And $175 later…we are the owners of:
- Diary of A Wimpy Kid (two volumes)
- The Boy who Saved Baseball
- The Lightning Thief
- Dooby Dooby Moo (loved the whole Click Clack Moo series)
- Duck
- Toy Boat
- Diary of a Fly
- Diary of a Spider (we already own Diary of a Worm and loved that one)
- Charlie Hits it Big
- Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs
Looking forward to hours of enjoyment with these. Thank god these boys all love to read. And as much as I don’t want to spend that kind of $, I feel like I can kinda justify it spending it on books. Kinda.
We met Timmy’s BFF Jack with his mom and little brother at the bookstore.
Always good to see friends. Jen is very good at "talking me down". And after waking up this morning with a horrible red rash ALL OVER my body, I am in great need of talking down. Its slightly itchy but it definitely has the potential to become excruciatingly itchy- it’s moving that way. The doctor seems to think it’s a reaction to either the steriods or the Prevacid he gave me on Friday. So now no more steroids. For those of you following my (crazy hypocondriac) lymph node saga, they are now much less swollen, but unfortunately still there. I am still totally freaking out that I have lymphoma ("you don’t have lymphoma!"). The doctor said my bloodwork came back with nothing out of the ordinary- still waiting on some results tommorrow. I hate this. Really.Business…For those of you waiting for your pictures (the other two shoots from Saturday and the rest of the wedding) I am working on it and hope to have them up by the end of this week. The wedding may be a little longer but soon, promise.
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Had my first shoot of the day on Saturday with the hic family who came to me by way of a referral from a Christmas shoot family. If you are reading this T, thank you! They were so nice with great, sweet photogenic kids. The baby wasn’t so thrilled most of the time, but I did manage to sneak in a few good shots when he wasn’t paying attention. Mom wanted to include her (pregnant) belly cast and some breastfeeding shots during the shoot. It was a first for me and I really enjoyed it. All pictures in an album on the left, click any image on the blog to see it bigger. Hope you love them.
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the rote family (again)
Did a shoot on Saturday for the "rote" family. You might remember them from around the holidays. The baby is getting so big. Such a smiley little one (and really, not so little! He’s about 8 months old and wearing 12-24mo’s!) Their older boy is a basketball fanatic and is really good. The dribbling was very impressive! Since he’s so into basketball, that had to be reflected in the pictures for sure. Dad was not happy about the whole picture thing- as most dads seem to feel about me- but I got a pretty positive review in the end from him as being "relatively painless". Works for me! And mom is a woman of infinite patience. I’m not sure how she manages that all the time, but she does.
This one is probably my favorite from the session. One kid crying, one kid squeezing mom’s nose, and mom can’t do anything but laugh cause that’s just her life. 
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the mor baby & family
Took some newborn & family pictures for my good friend Sharon today. She and her husband welcomed a new adorable baby boy last week and I finally got my hands and camera on him today. And it was a lot of fun. He was a very good boy and a good sport about pretty much everything. But, poor daddy got peed on (only once, but it was a lot), and he got my velvet backdrop too. But somehow Sharon avoided that! The kid knows where his loyalties lie already. His big sister was very cooperative (hope she got her Carvel!) and very loving. She is always one of my most favorite subjects.
Got the little man in a bunch of fun positions- in a basket, in a suitcase, on a chair…This poor kid is going to take the wrath of my new camera. Too bad– until he’s old enough to protest, he’s stuck with me.
