OFFICIAL PHOTO SHOOT...Thanks Di!

I did my second official photo shoot for someone other than myself. I was very nervous going into it, but excited for the opportunity. My friend Di is surprising her sister with pics of her kids for Mother's Day. Here are "some" of my favorites from the shoot (by the way I took over 200 pics)! I was really happy with how these turned out, I hope you like them to!!

YEAH...Picture Weather!

I am so excited that the weather is starting to get nicer, that means my camera is seeing the outside of its case a lot. I am sure you would have never guessed that Drew is my lovely subject... LOL!

Here are just a few I have done over the last couple weeks, I am trying some new things, so I have a lot more practice ahead, so bare with me as I perfect some things!

Love this pic, just wish the shading wasn't there..

This is one of my favorite shots..I couldn't resist posting this one, even though the shading is not the best. What a sweet face! I am finding I love off centered pictures...
This was a "HAPPY" accident! I like how it turned out!

JUST FOR FUN... Drew loves our cell phones, but recently figured out where to put it.

DREW STATS, ALMOST 15 MONTHS!

Hello All, I am realizing I am getting way behind on blogging. Some weeks I just don't know where the time goes, which I am sure most of you can understand.

For those of you who didn't know I recently took over our MOPS (Mother's of Preschooler) group at our church. Although I thought I was in no way ready for this responsibility, God proved otherwise. Once I surrendered it completely to Him, He has shown me in more ways than one that this was totally His plan!

Drew had his 15 month appointment today and he has learned he does not like the doctor's office much. As soon he was put on the scale he cried, he fought his head being measure, he cried when the doctor was checking him, and finally he cried as usual during shots. Poor little guy....but as soon as they left the room he was a happy camper! Here are his stats:

Weight: 25lbs

Height: 33.5" (this is up almost 3" from his 1 year stats, he just may get his daddy's height...YEAH!)

Head: 19.5"

So, with all this together it puts him in the 25% overall, which is down from 75% in the fall. That is A-Okay though because the doc says he is healthy and right on track. It is the height that threw everything off. Enjoy some pics from our photo shoot at the park earlier this month!! Poor kid I don't know what he is going to do with his LACK of pictures.. LOL!!

FUN ON THE SLIDE (first time doing it by himself)

I AM 14 MONTHS & GROWING!!

I am a little late with posting a "DREW" update. So here goes...Andrew turned 14 months on January 26th. I know I say it all the time, but I just can't believe how fast the time is going.

Below are some Drew Updates:

*We are guessing Drew is about 25lbs, give or take a little. We have a doctors appointment at the end of February, so we will have more concrete numbers then.

*Drew still LOVES to eat, there is not a lot he won't eat. Some of his favorites are: Lima Beans, Bananas, Melon, Chicken, Macaroni & Cheese, Broccoli. The only problem is he also loves to feed to dog...how nice.

*He is such a gabber, he says DaDa alot, somehow I have even become DaDa. He still loves to say Car (which is his word for most things), "Ah" (mouth wide open), Kitty Cat (mostly he hisses), and he tries to repeat alot of what we say(very polite) like thank you ...his newest thing he is trying to say is "bless you."

*As we showed in an earlier post, 13 months was his big "Walking" month and in a short time he was all over the place. He is walking like a pro and thinks he is pretty cute doing it.

*Drew loves to read books, especially his big car book, ABC Book, and Brown Bear. Although I do read to him throughout the day (his request), reading time is his special time with Daddy at night.

*Another big thing is Drew graduated into a big boy car seat and he loves it. Now he can see the cars so much better.. see the picture below.

*Drew is really into hiding things, especially under his legs, or himself behind something and popping up for you to see him. I just can't wait (although I really can), to see how this funny side plays into his personality.

We are so blessed with this little joy! God knew exactly what we needed!! We laugh every day and are just thankful! Enjoy the pics from the first photo shoot I did in 2009. It was a little chilly out so we had to move fast!!

PHOTO SHOOT FOR FRIENDS!!

I had the honor of taking our friends, Rick & Shaina's, Christmas pictures. So, a thanks goes to them for letting me practice on them & being such great subjects! I ended up taking over 120 photos, so they were really patient! Their daughter, Shiloh, is so fun to photograph as you will notice below..

Here are a couple of my favorites, just remember I'm still honing my skill! Enjoy the Petersen family pics!!

If you would like to be my next test subjects just let me know!! For those of you waiting on our family photos, well lets just say I am still working on them, so I hope to have them up soon both Christmas and Drew's 1 year photos!

Phase TWO of Weekend Photo Shoot!

HAPPY OCTOBER!!

Here is the second installment of pictures from this past weekend. I am in love with these photos, it was so hard to choose what to post. So, I decided to post just a couple from facebook and the rest are NEW!! You will notice they are mostly Black & White versions because they're my favorite, but don't get me wrong the color photos are great to, especially with the beautiful orange color of the pumpkins! Don't you just LOVE fall colors?!

Drew was such a good model, but I have to say I am not really one of those photographers who pose people for pictures, I just follow what happens and the results are always worth the time it takes. I learned patience in this sense from my friend Heather, who is a great photographer.

Enjoy!!