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a wedding shower & a late night
I was asked to do some pictures at a bridal shower last night- and I had a GREAT time! I knew almost everyone at the shower thru many different avenues (friends, former co-workers, siblings/relatives of friends) and I’ve done pictures previously for quite a few of them. You’ll probably recognize a bunch of the faces at the shower from other posts/albums on the blog.
I have to say as a side note that’s it’s so cool walking into someone’s house and seeing pictures that I took enlarged and in frames on display throughout the house. Such a boost, ya know? That makes me so happy.
Anyway, the bride to be is such a sweet girl and I am soooo happy for her. I will be shooting the wedding in about 2 weeks so be on the lookout for those pictures soon. (They probably won’t be on the blog until late February as we are leaving for Disney like 2 days after the wedding so I won’t have time before to edit). The shower was at the bride’s sister’s house- who’s birthday it was earlier in the week. She was very generous not only opening her house for the shower, but giving up her birthday (which I have come to understand is a VERY BIG DEAL as she dosen’t like to share that date with anyone) to do it. We did hear quite a few times during the course of the evening that she gave up her birthday-it somehow made it into almost every conversation of the night. You’re a good girl, T! And Happy Birthday!
I had a great time shooting at the shower. It was a really fun, intimate get together. So easy to shoot when you know almost everyone there. She got some great gifts and I got some great shots. I was planning on doing my usual 2hr deal at the shower, but was having so much fun catching up with everyone and hanging out (after taking all the pictures) that it was around 2:30am before I left! Oops.
Hope you all love the pictures!
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Scary same
I had Timmy’s parent/teacher conference today (cute, huh?). And it is scary hearing how much the same he is to his twin brothers. His teacher says he is doing great, loves school, getting better at sharing and taking turns, getting more involved in the art projects, etc. All good things. The only concerns were (which are all age appropriate according to his teacher) his difficulty transitioning from one activity to the next. The boys had the same "problem" in Nursery school, and really still do to this day. Well, they probably get that from me cause I don’t do well with change ("change is bad. we fear change."). I have to finish one project whatever it is before starting the next. And the other is articulation with his speech. We will get him screened in the spring. I understand everything he says, but his teacher dosen’t get all of it. But…he has a wonderful vocabulary, a great big imagination, is very social and outgoing, and a good little guy. Sounds like his brothers. Like exactly.
Tried a little texture on the pix of the big boys. What do you think?
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a three pound deck chair & emergency wrapping
You know that expression…"like a deck chair off the titanic"? Well, my deck chair was 3 pounds this week upon weigh in at Weight Watchers. So three pounds the first week wasn’t bad (Beth beat me by .6 pounds- ugh) and it’s at least some progress. Trying to be so good and it’s so hard. So. hard. But I’m doing it. And checking in here can only help keep me on track.
We had an emergency on the wrapping front tonight. Jack needed one of his school text books covered. And really, I’m no good at that at all. Which really is surprising with all my craftiness of scrapbooking, right? But wrapping things is not within the realm of my craftiness- presents, books, etc. They come out all lumpy with an excess of paper and crooked. So I called for reinforcements- My mom! All my textbooks in elementary school were always wrapped perfectly with brown paper bags. No tape, just wrapped. And they stuck the whole year. Like a little miracle. So, she wrapped Jack’s book tonight and all was right with the world.
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The pow christening– finally!!
My apologies to everyone who was waiting on these pictures. I know it has been a while in coming, but here they all are at last. Hope it was worth the wait. The album is over on the left, click on any image to see it bigger. I previewed a bunch of my favorites back in December when I first blogged about the christening- but here are a few more for your viewing enjoyment.
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the mal girls- headshots & more
A last minute shoot on Sunday for the Mal girls- I’m sure you recognize them from many previous shoots on the blog. They are cousins of the baby I am the personal paparazzi to. This was one of those shoots that was just ON. We rocked the morning and I got some AWESOME shots. The girls are so super sweet (not to mention so beautiful!) and I think by now they are getting used to me, so I
managed to get some genuine smiles. They needed some headshots as they may have an opportunity to be in a big movie soon. Great job, girls! And happy birthday, M!! Mom, hope you love them too- now comes the hard part– choosing!
Obviously. looking at the number of pictures here, I had a very hard time myself. Everything just clicked on this shoot- the girls, the light, the colors, the focus. Love these shots!
