Senior Gal

Okay, I'm finally getting back into the swing of things here on the old photography blog. I have sooo many shoots to blog about and share my favorite images of from the fall, that I'm just going to slowly go through them and show you my favorites.

I'm really looking forward to Spring and getting back into my business that I have missed these last few months. However, I was pretty glad to have the break. Especially with the holidays, hibernation and sickness going around and not to mention the morning/noon/night sickness I had for a while there.

So, without further adieu...here are some of my favorite images from a great senior gal I had the opportunity to "shoot" in October of last year.

I'm also going to include a few favorites of mine that I took of her, her sister and her mother. They reminded me of my sister and mom and the bond they share. Single mom raising 2 teenage girls...just like me and my sister with our mother.

I just wish there would have been someone around to take pictures of us like I captured with these 2. Definitely something Mom will cherish forever.

Enjoy!!!!

13.5 Weeks

Well, I'm in the 2nd trimester now and as you can see from my photo below, I definitely look like I'm in my 2nd trimester.

What's a little startling...is that it took me a while to look this pregnant with G-Man. I mean...FAR LONGER THAN 13.5 weeks. Kinda makes me worried what I'm going to look like at 40 weeks (although I didn't make it that far with G).

I heard the heartbeat last Friday and it was nice and strong. That's always a relief to hear actual proof that there is a child in there. I mean, until then...it's always a little surreal. But when you hear the actual heartbeat of your child growing in you, it's an emotional thing. Even more so when I have a little boy at home whose little heart races after he runs around the house yelling "CHASE ME!" and I'm trying to explain to him why it probably isn't a good idea for Mommy to go running after him.

My next appointment is March 4th. It's my 18-week check-up and ultrasound screening. I can't wait to bring the DVD home (we get to tape the ultrasound) and show G-Man his sister, Bees.

[No...we don't know it's a girl. But G-Man is CONVINCED it's a girl. And I don't believe we're naming our child Bees...even though that is what G has named HER. Don't ask me where he got the name, but the day he found out about the baby, he named HER BEES. So now we're either stuck with the name Beatrice...or Beasley...and calling her/him Bees.]

It was MUCH easier first time around when picking G's name. We didn't have a 4-year old to chime in with his vote.

#2...CHECK!!!!!

#2. Get pregnant with my 2nd child. CHECK!!!!

The REAL reason I haven't posted or done anything else in 3 months. I have felt like CRAP!

We found out Thanksgiving morning that I was pregnant. Talk about being thankful that day! We ended up telling all our close family that day. Just couldn't keep it in and everyone knew I had been pestering Travis for months (years, really) to have another child.

When I was prego with G-Man, I wasn't sick one single day. NOT ONE! I had heartburn in the 2nd and 3rd trimester (because I was bigger than a barn and so was he!) but that was about it.

With THIS one...I've been sick. I've been tired. I've had raging heartburn from week 6. Oh...and I look at LEAST 5 months pregnant. You know what they say about getting pregnant with your second...you show a lot sooner (blah blah blah your uterus is like a balloon blah blah blah). It's freakin' true. Either that or I'm pregnant with triplets (please God please don't let that be true. My husband will divorce me). It's getting EXTREMELY hard to disguise the huge belly bump I've got going on. I'll post some pictures later.

So I've lounged around the house. I've done a bunch of NOTHING. I'm either sick (that whole morning/noon/night sickness finally stopped around Xmas) or tired and that is a bad combo to try and get things accomplished.

I'm 11 weeks today and ready to be in the comfortable 2nd trimester. 2nd trimesters are good. Especially when 3rd trimesters are in the HOLY HELL HOT OF SUMMER (I'm due August 6th).

But all I can say is that this baby is worth it. I know it could be FAR worse than it is. I know that I could NOT be pregnant or not able to get pregnant. I know I could be sick for all 40 weeks. I know that there are millions of women out there who would trade places with me in a second to be able to be pregnant.

So all I have to say is....thank you God for this wonderful blessing. I truly AM blessed.

LAME-O

Yikes. Almost 2 months since my last post. LAME-O. So sorry about that. I've taken a little much-needed break and haven't done much of anything....let alone work up a post.

My house is a mess, my tree is STILL up (but not lit) and there are toys everywhere. Christmas was wonderful (and Thanksgiving was too!) and I was hardly on the computer at all. Plus, I was off for 3 weeks in December so I was pretty much a bum the ENTIRE time.

Now that I'm back in the swing of things, I promise to post more regularly. I've got TONS of photos to post from the fall...and I'll spread them out so I have something to post about. Taking a few months off until spring to do photos (unless someone is interested in indoor, NATURAL-LIGHT images...or we brave the cold) is going to be nice. But I will be ready to get back into the swing of things come Spring.

Since I can't post without a picture....here are a few shots from my own family shoot I had my friend Brooke help me with. I can't thank her enough for wielding my camera for me and doing what I tell her to do! G-Man wasn't all that cooperative but we sure got a few cute ones.

Enjoy! And I promise to post again soon.

Does this look comfortable to you???

Does this look comfortable to you???

No, I don't think so. Normally shoes on the wrong feet tend to hurt your toes.

I know THIS doesn't look comfortable. My goodness...his "stuff" (as we call it) has got to be a jumbled mess in there. (Not too terrible-looking from the front. Wait until you see the back.)


If you are wondering if this kid of mine is standing OUTSIDE in the driveway with his pants pulled down, then you would be correct. Not enough light inside the house, and these images are something I plan to torture him with as he gets older. Like graduation. Or his wedding. You know...all those things us mothers out there have to keep to whip out at the perfect moment. You see...G-Man is really learning (by hit and miss) how to dress himself. That means everything. Shoes, socks, underwear, shirt and pants. The other day I picked him up from school with his socks upside down (the bottom part of your foot (gray part) was on top of his foot), the shoes on the wrong feet with the tongue of the shoe scrunched down to the toes (he slid his feet in, rather than un-doing the velcro), his underwear on funky, his pants on backwards (the fly and button in the back) and his shirt has been on backward a time or two also.

Guess he needs to work a little bit more on dressing himself.