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the rhod family
I’ve officially lost track of how many times I’ve photographed this family, who I adore! It’s been so fun watching the family grow (both in size and in age) and getting to know the kids better each shoot! Got to photograph the newest arrival after no less than 3 rescheduled sessions. Twice due to snow, once due to sickness (me & my diptheria- no, it really wasn’t diptheria but that’s what Patrick said it was). So Mr. M had to wait until he was 2 months old for his newborn picutres. Sorry, buddy! Hope it was worth the wait. And he peed on me, so I guess we’re even.
The big man- D. He’s so delicious and funny and sweet. Even though we woke him up from a nap, I still got amazing smiles. Love this kid!
Little Miss C. Can’t believe how much she’s grown already. Spunky and energetic to the max, this one. 
So happy with kisses from Daddy. 
Love the baby chub. 
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getting bald for kids with cancer {St. Baldricks}
Jack & Patrick decided all on their own to participate in the St. Baldricks Fundraiser this year. For those of you unfamiliar, St. Baldricks is the world’s largest volunteer-driven fundraising program for childhood cancer research. The Foundation now funds more in childhood cancer research grants than any organization except the U.S. government. Since 2000, events have taken place in 28 countries and 50 US states, raising over $87 million. More than 144,000 volunteers– including over 12,000 women– have shaved their heads in solidarity of children with cancer, while requesting donations of support from friends and family – each one becoming a walking billboard for the cause! I’m so happy and so, so proud that they are doing it!!
I loathe their shaggy hair (it’s never this long and yes, I do realize that it’s not really all that long), but I just have to keep telling myself its for a really good cause.
Cause I know some people will ask, Jack is on the left, Patrick on the right.
If you’d like to help out and donate to the cause, you can support the boys directly. Find their pages here:
Jack’s page (it says John B.) http://www.stbaldricks.org/participants/mypage/participantid/421571
Patrick’s page: http://www.stbaldricks.org/participants/mypage/participantid/421585
And of course there will be pictures immediately before, during the shaving and the after effects posted here to the blog. They’ll be getting shaved on March 19th and the hair will be growing until then! Thanks so much for supporting the boys, they’ll be so happy to see any donations on their pages!
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RVC education foundation gala honorees
I’ve been asked to photograph the Gala again this year, which is always a great evening. This year’s honorees are all teachers in RVC who have put in many, many years of teaching and touched the lives of countless students. Their pictures and short bio’s will be in the local paper this week, but here’s a preview of their pictures.
Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Birnbaum (who taught two of my three boys at Kindergarten readiness camp), and Mrs. Genovesi.
The gala will be held on March 26th at 7pm at Hempstead Golf & Country Club. Would love to see you there (and for you to let me take your picture!). You can find more info on the gala and the foundation on their website HERE. -
introducing….quinn richard
My newest nephew. In all his one week old deliciousness. He makes the 8th grandchild/cousin and the 8th boy. Yup, not one girl in the mix. Can’t wait to see what I’ll be making for this year’s Christmas card for my in-laws!
And Quinn’s big brother James. Love that smile!!
James did such a great job holding his new little brother. He definitely loves him!
Got one with open eyes. He was the sleepiest, smushiest baby!
And back to sleep. 
Congratulations to Joe & Gail on their newest bundle of love!! -
7 for Sunday
This week’s installment.
1. Timmy and his BFF Jack. They are inseperable. It’s so nice to see and watch them always look out for eachother. With all the crap weather, they’ve been spending lots of time inside but at least there’s been a lot of Star Wars playtime.
2. This kid needs a haircut. As does the brothers. However, Jack & Patrick are going to be doing the St. Baldrick’s Fundraiser this year and shaving their heads raising money for kids with cancer. So proud of them!! But so not looking forward to seeing them all shaggy for the next few months!
3. Those of you how know me, know how I feel about salad. But, I think I had a breakthru this past week, having salad 3 times this week for lunch. (trying to get back into Weight Watchers recently. It’s hard.) Even made it myself (baby greens, tomato, pear, goat cheese & fat free balsamic). It’s still hard but at least this tastes good.
4. Should we even discuss the snow? I don’t think I have anything nice to say about it. That, and the fact that there’s more coming this week and the snow that we have already isn’t going to melt until July. Well… maybe the pictures just sum it all up. 
5. Ok, I thought of one nice thing about the snow- it acts like a giant reflector for pictures even on cloudy days. But that’s all I got. And really, I’d rather carry around a real reflector than have to deal with this sh*t.6. Lots of new blog posts coming up this week. One 1 week old, some Education Foundation honorees, a new to bsquared family with two adorable little boys, a repeat client with a beautiful baby bump, a two month old and his family and I’m sure some other varied stuff coming too.
7. Timmy’s birthday vegetable coming up starting Saturday (for those of you unfamiliar, we usually have a weeklong ‘birthday vegetable’ (that was really a birthday festival, but someone couldn’t pronounce it right) for the boys birthdays). Looking forward to lots of fun. And presents too I’m sure!