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Sneaky Peeky Saturday

Here is a session that I had this morning with the most ADORABLE little man and his great parents. This might be one of my most favorite images from today so I just had to post it right away.  I have processed it three different ways and think the first one in my favorite.  I love the rich reds. Which one do you like??? I will show you the rest and tell you about this fabulous session on Monday!

New Braunfels Infant Photography

Ugly

This tiredness has made me an ugly person..especially towards my poor husband.  Last night after his run, he had a bowl of ice cream...and then another.  I am typically not an ice cream fan and when asked I usually turn it down so Josh doesn't even bother asking if I want any because I almost always say "No". 
After he ate his 2 bowls of ice cream, I decided that I wanted one.  I go into the kitchen and find that the ice cream carton is empty. 
Me (yelling): Josh!  You ate all the ice cream!!!!! You didn't even leave any for me!  I'm so hungry and all I wanted was ice cream!

Josh: Sorry, you usually don't want any, so I didn't bother asking".

Me: (raving like a banshee) Hmmmph! You could have at least asked!!!  (I know that even if he'd asked, I would have said no...I'm just looking for a fight)

Josh (trying to cool my flames of fury over ice cream): Sorry I'm so selfish. I should have asked if you wanted some.

Me (wanting him to fight back): That's okay, I used to it!

I swear he was trying to suppress his laughter.  He has told me many times that he thinks I'm cute when I'm mad...but jeeesh...I really wanted a fight.  I read in Eckhart Tolle's book that this is nature's way of ensuring procreation...you know , fight then make-up.  Sorry Eckhart, there will be NO MORE procreating in this house.  I have already given my body to contribute to the earth's populous  3 times...I'm done.

There was no need for me to be like that.  He is far from selfish.  I was just being so grumpy and used him as my punching bag.  I'm So Sorry honey!

Prizefighting Raccoon

This morning I have major raccoon eyes.  Not just plain raccoon eyes, but a raccoon who just went a few rounds in the boxing ring.  I am already so tired this week.  Yesterday I was working on some editing while my 2 year old napped and decided to put the laptop aside for a moment to rest my eyes. I woke to my son crying...2 HOURS LATER with just 5 minutes to run to the school to pick up my other 2 kids from school.

Still very tired, I decided to go to bed early last night.  My 2 year old (who has been sleeping through the night for a long time) decided to wake up every 45 minutes and yell into his baby monitor " Maaaaw-meeeee, I wanna pway toys".  This finally subsides around 3am. Now I can't get back to sleep because 3am always likes to remind me of all the things I am stressed about.  I have 3 photo sessions this weekend and a birthday party, but now my husband is on call because of Hurricane Gustav ...so at 3am I am thinking "How the heck am I going to go to these photo sessions (one is at the same time as the party) if Josh gets called to work?"   At 4am, the glow from the living room television wakes me up...what now?  My 8 year old is bright eyed, staring at the TV and playing with her leapster.  I walk her back up to her room, tuck her in, and go back to bed.  At 4:30 am I hear her little footsteps above me.  I go upstairs to put her back to bed and every freaking light is on and she is fully dressed!!!!  "Good Morning Mom!"   "Good Night ABBY!"   I get her tucked back in and she tells me that she's just so excited.  "What are you so excited about"?   She tells me with a tone of "duh Mom"..."FRIDAY".  Oh dear God, please do not let this be a regular Thursday night thing.  I get back into my own bed then at 4:45 her little face appears at the side of my bed and scares the crap out of me. "I'm REALLY hungry"!   

Are you freaking kidding me???? She finally gets back to bed and I drift into a deep sleep...for about 15 minutes because then my alarm on my phone goes off for my 5:15am run....NO WAY.  I throw my cell phone across the room cussing and swearing.  I am so irritated at evryone and everything at this point, but I am most irritated that my husband sleeps through all of it...doesn't hear a word.  When our 6:30 alarm goes off he wakes up, stretches, and yawns  " I slept SOOOOOO good!"   You have no idea how much restraint it took not to bash him over the head with the alarm clock.

Photography Treat

It seems that every photo session I go to has a little photography treat in store for me.  The Red Carpet Event at Morningside Elementary School was no exception.  The treat came in the form of a little 2 week old baby.  His mom is one of the teachers at the school.  What dedication she has to come out to meet her students just 2 weeks after having a baby.  Teachers certainly do not get enough credit.  They give so much of themselves to their students. I give mom lots of credit for handing her new son to a baby crazed stranger (me) and letting me place him in my directors chair on the sidewalk.  Thanks Mrs. Koen!  I love you for letting me take his photos!

I could have photographed this sweet little man all day long.  Ooooooo those little tiny hands and feet, those pout, sucky lips, the curl that a new infant has for the first 4 weeks....can you tell I love photographing our littlest babies.

More from this shoot tomorrow!

Bring on the Rain

I Quit!

Today Caleb got in trouble for being mean and physical with his 2 year old brother.  I corrected his behavior and added that although I love him, I do not love that behavior.  He went up to his room.  Moments later he emerged with a letter:
"Dear Mommy-
If you do not like me, then I'm just going to quit the family.
Love-Caleb"

While it made me sad, it also made me have to hide my laughing. Where does he get this stuff...quit the family...good luck with that. Doesn't he know that his momma is super-stalker?  He couldn't quit me if he wanted to. Sorry kid, we're not letting you go just yet.

Total Randomness

There is nothing like sitting alone with a cup of coffee before the rest of the house wakes up.  I should be taking this time to do the million and one things that need to get done, but I want to sit here and blog.

*I completed my run early this morning and was able to maintain a 9 minute 30 second pace the entire time...this is slow to some people, but very good for these little legs of mine.  I have a long way to go because I want to maintain that pace for the entire half marathon in 12 1/2 weeks.  This will put me through the finish line at 2 hrs and 4 minutes.  Uh...I just realized that now that I posted it on my blog for millions, thousands, hundreds...  about the 10 people who read my blog, I will have to finish in that time.  I'm working on it.

* I am still working on my new blog, but it will be awhile.  It is very different from this one, so I am trying to learn it and get all my posts from this one imported to that one.  I might just have to have a link from here to there. Maybe a few more weeks before it is born.

*I am still working on new stuff for my website (branding, logos, marketing materials)...all during the busy season.  I'm thinking all that stuff needs to be put on hold until the spring so that I don't end up a total basket case...that's why I run...free therapy.

*I am debating about offering Christmas Cards this year as part of a package when you have your pictures taken....I am still thinking about it and your feedback would really help.

*Had dental appointments for my kids and my poor son has so many many problems with his little teeth due to the chemo.  It has even damaged some of the permanent teeth that have not fully come in yet.  His little mouth needs so much work that he will have to be fully sedated for his next appointment...I feel bad for him, but we think that if the only damage that comes from the cancer and chemo is bad teeth we are so blessed.

*In September I have 2 huge events to photograph... a family reunion of 25 people in Kerrville and a wedding (sorry, I do not normally do weddings).  The wedding involves travel, in the car, with the whole family, all the way to Georgia.

I have so much other stuff on my mind these days, but it feels good to spill a little bit of it here.  Thanks internet!  I will blog at you more later today!

Confidence

I couldn't resist posting one more set of pictures from this little beauty.  This series of images makes me wish I had that confidence again...to just jump, sing, dance, and play no matter who is watching.

I have a busy week ahead. Not only is it the last week before the kids go back to school, but I have 4 sessions this week.  I have a very fun session on Thursday evening at an elementary school.  The principal of the school is having a Red Carpet Premier to introduce the faculty and staff to the parents and students. How cool is that principal??? I wish I had a principal like that when I was teaching! I am going to take photos of the event as well as each faculty/staff member while they are all dressed up....then we have a very fun project planned with all of the photos....can't wait, so excited!   I also have 3 senior sessions planned with some really cool high school seniors.  We have some fun ideas for that as well.  I will post all of these as I finish the session...hopefully on my NEW BLOG...WOOOHOOOO!

Mama's got a brand new blog...

Stay tuned...newer blog, bigger pics, coming soon!

I couldn't decide

Here are some images of 2 beautiful girls I had the honor of photographing last weekend.  I am warning you now, this post is chock full of many many images.  These little girls were so happy, well behaved, and beautiful that they made my job easy...but now I cannot decide on which images are my favorites!
Sit back, relax, and enjoy the images of these stunning little ladies!