Falling in Love again...

I have to say that's my favorite part about having a new baby. Everytime I'm pregnant I wonder how I'll love another baby, if I could possibly love them as much as the last, or if I even have enough love left over. It's amazing that i meet this newborn child for the first time and instantly my heart swells with an amazing amount of love that i didn't know was possible. I love this feeling! I have fallen in love again! I love, love, love you, my sweet baby Carson!

INTRODUCING....

Sweet Baby Carson! He arrived yesterday at 4:34pm weighing in at 7lbs 15oz and measuring 20.5 inches. He's beautiful, Healthy, and absolutely perfect in every way!
I'm still in the hospital and trying to post from a laptop, so I'll be quick for now and post more pics later.
But for now, Here's my newest, sweet baby boy...




{All photos compliments of Photography by Daddy!}

Merry Christmas!

Okay - So tomorrow is the big day and I have no idea what the next few days will be like between now and Christmas, so I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas now while I had the chance.
Thank You so much for all the well wishes. Hopefully I'll find the time to post some news and pics soon for everyone.
Have a Great Holiday!
~Amanda

His Birthday has been Scheduled....

... for Thursday, December 20th. I might be freaking out a little about this. There's a whole mix of emotions running through me as I approach the big day. Wish me luck and look for the news.

Here we go baby #4!!!

Have you missed him?

I know.... these are 2 months old and I'm just getting around to them. Hey- I took over 300 pics and almost all of them turned out. So... I took a break from editing til my sweet sister-in-law requested more. So here ya go miss laurie....
These were inspired by my good friend Holly and I'm in love with them.





and for those of you wondering.... No baby yet! But I've been crazy busy! Look for some Happy news sometime next week though!!! :)

GINORMOUS lolipop....

I don't think that's a real word, but remember on "ELF" when he uses it to describe the toilets? Haha...one of my favorite parts.
Anyway.... So here's a few from my attempt at a Christmas Card photo session with my own kids. I won't share the one that I ended up using on the real card but just a quick series of a few that I didn't and you'll know why in just a sec....
First, I HAD to have this Lolipop when I saw it. I had visions of the best photo session ever with my kids. They'll love it, I'll love it, It will be soooo much fun. Right?!? So... I pulled out my wallet and paid the big old price that they were asking for this thing cuz it was gonna be sooooo worth it. :) So we head out for our Christmas Card photo session in hopes of wishing you all a "sweet" christmas (or something like that) but I decide to save the loli for the end so they don't get to sticky right from the get go. We travel around to a few locations, snapping away, but the kids are getting tired and it's freezing outside so I decide we better find a Lolipop spot and pull over. So I head to one of the (very few) local parks, get the loli out of the trunk and set the kids up how I think I want them for the shoot, then hand over the loli to Jack thinking that that will be the cutest cuz it will be hardest for him to hold. (BELIEVE ME! This thing weighed a TON!)...


So, I took a few shots and then decide to move them back onto the grass. Once we scoot back I get this grand idea that i could jam the loli stick into the ground (it's not frozen yet) and then no one has to hold the thing and they can all just enjoy it. Well, I pick the thing up and shove it into the grass. It didn't go quite deep enough the first time to stay straight, so i raise it up higher over my head and give it a big shove into the grass.
Have you figured it out yet????
Yup - My GINORMOUS,(expensive) PERFECT lolipop SHATTERS! CRAP! Well... there's tons of little pieces all over the grass, but fortunately I was left with 3 large pieces for the kids to enjoy for a couple more pics.

And here they are posing the loli/puzzle pieces together for me so I can get one final snapshot of my poor little(ginormous) lolipop...

Hope you all have a Very Sweet Christmas.....loli or not.:)

Just One

...from last weekend's session. You might recognize the pretty girl on the left. She's my senior from a few posts back.
This family was way too easy for me. Everyone cooperated and made the session go by way too fast. We even had time for a little break in the middle while we waited for the light to get better or a new location. I had fun though. Thanks for letting me take your pics "H" family!

OFCOURSE....

I've looked at them!
I get this email from my friend. She's dying to see a picture from her photo session this week. "have I looked at them yet?" She asks.....
But.... I don't want to ruin your Christmas Card, so I'll share a few that aren't the full family shots. How's that? Fair?


You would not beleive the time we had trying to get this cutie to look at the camera... but we did it!
And how about one of the happy couple....

k... I shared... now you have to let me know what you think... :)

Recent Senior Session...

I think that I love Senior Sessions! It's so much fun to be able to tell your client how you want them to pose and have them actually do it. :) Not that I don't love my toddlers, it's just that this was so easy compared to....
Anyway, "B" was soooo fun to work with. She was so willing to try different places, poses, etc...
I'm excited to see what her and her mom's favorites end up being, but for now here's a few of mine.





Thanks so much! I had a blast!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!....

...and a bunch of crappy pictures..... and a little bit of me.....
So it's pumpkin carving time and I need to take pictures, but i'm too lazy to go and get my flash and put it on my camera. I'm pregnant! A walk downstairs is just a little too much sometimes. So.. these beauties were all taken at 3200 ISO! Ha... But hey - I documented the event so that's just gonna have to be good enough for now.
So here are our pumpkins...

Haley's Jack-O-Lantern

Bella's Jack-O-Lantern

Jack's Jack-O-Lantern ( I think that face came after cliff asked him to make a pumpkin face)

and... Baby Brother's Jack-O-Lantern ( we couldn't leave him out! )

:)
K- that's all you'll ever see of me preggo. Consider this my very own maternity photo-session shot by photographer, Cliff! The kids had so much fun painting the orange on my belly, but Cliff was the black-paint artist. I don't know what he was doing with the eyeballs and nostrils, but oh well. Haley asked me if we could do this again next year.... Hmmm..... How long does that kid think I'm gonna be pregnant?
Here are the kids in action...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Pity Hair...

... or atleast that's what He calls it. I sent him upstairs to my room to get the babywipes so that I could change his diaper and he came downstairs looking like this. He walked all the way down the stairs with a big grin on his face proclaiming that he had pity hair now. I couldn't tell what he had done till he got close enough. Looks like I'll be taking a trip to store later to replace my pomade. Silly dude used almost the whole jar!

More of Cohen....

Okay, I promised everyone more pics of this little guy so here we go... There's a lot so I'll warn you in advance of a photo-overload. AND.. I have more to proof and will probably be sharing more later so stay tuned....





and that cute first one in black and white..

My New Nephew!

Okay, so I'm just gonna share one for now, but PROMISE that i'll have more later. I have sooosooooo many pictures to go through but this one was on the top of the stack and so scrunchy cute that I thought i better share it.
This cute little guy was born last Wednesday at about 3am and I got in to Ohio on Thursday at around 11pm. Yay me! I got to see him soooo brand new! So this pic was taken Friday on baby Cohen's day 3!

Sneak Peek for "L" and her fam...

I had such a fun newborn shoot yesterday. This little babe was such a sweetie! I told mom to give me a week or 2 to proof everything, but i'm going through them like crazy. I leave tomorrow to take pics of my brandnew nephew (born this morning at 2:45 - Congrats Laurie!!!) and i want to have as much of these done as possible. And ... they've been so much fun to proof. How could I resist pulling this one out of the stack and playing with it?!?

It's become a new fav of mine!
and I gave this one a try with a square crop. What d'ya think?

anyway... There's a ton more. I better get to work if I want to finish them. Wish me Luck with the Nephew!!! and look for him next week....

My New BABY...

.... NOT that one.... he's still safe and sound inside my belly. As for this baby, I've actually been asking for, planning for, saving for, begging for, for longer than the little dude we're all waiting for. I was pregnant with Jack when I told Cliff that we "need" a sedan. We live 45 minutes from the nearest "real" city. 45 minutes from any shopping other than Walmart. 45 minutes from my doctor and hospital. 45 minutes from a real restaurant. 45 minutes for a good date......etc,etc,etc,etc...... We have 2 gas hoggin' suv's and I almost feel guilty jumpin in and taking a trip by myself at 12mpg and $3/gallon. So you see... I "needed" a sedan. Right?!? Well I finally got the ball rollin' by test driving some little sedans myself last thursday. I had it narrowed down to a Camry, an Accord, or an Altima. Cliff said let's wait and make sure there's nothing else in Boise that we might want. He got on line and looked around and found a Maxima that he wanted me to look at. So Friday we got a babysitter and set out for a car-shopping adventure. Before we left and the whole (45 minute) drive there he lectured me about how we might not go home with a car that day and would i be okay with that. Would I be okay with one not so nice cuz maybe we didn't want to pay for "pimped" out. AND... We're not gonna buy the first car we drive...let's just be patient. okayokayokay.... I was just glad that he finally agreed to go shopping with me on this and even though i dreaded the long day ahead of us filled with cars and (even better)car salesmans, I was ready for the adventure.
So how did it turn out???? The first salesman we met, lucky Ted, directed us to a nice used sedan. It was pretty, in excellent condition, low miles and just about the price we'd been looking at. So, sure, we gave it a test drive. Well.... apparently Ted had Cliff read like a book the minute he saw him cuz he didn't even want to SIT in another car much less test drive one after sitting in, yes, the first car we drove. So my friends, this is my New Baby....

Thanks Cliff! I love ya too!

For Amanda...

My friend, Amanda called me a few months back and asked me about doing 1 year pics for her baby girl. Yay for me! Miss "K" is just about the sweetest little thing you'll ever meet. I have a ton to proof, but i couldn't resist sharing a few.
Don't you just wanna say "awwwwww!"

And her other 2 kiddos are the greatest. Mr. "R", her oldest is the biggest flirt, stud-muffin of a 5 year old! So fun to work with. And Miss. "D", well... let's just say she reminds me A LOT of Bella. Such a cutie! Here's an idea of how the family pics went... :)

(Amanda, I promise i got some cooperative ones, but i HAD to share this one. There's something about it that i love! )

Tagged.....

more than once! Infact in the last week i've been tagged 3 times. Twice to list 8 interesting things about myself and once to list lots of 4's. Since I don't find myself very interesting, i'll start with the list of 4's and see how far i get.

4 Jobs I've had:
Pharmacy Technician
Administrative Assistant
Telecom Mangager
Jewelry Business Owner

4 movies I could watch over and over
Honestly - I don't like watching movies twice.

4 places I've lived
Santa Rosa, California
Provo, Utah
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Irving, Texas

4 favorite T.V. shows
Gray's Anatomy
24
ER
and right now for the next 4 months... A Baby Story

4 Places I've been on Holiday
Hawaii
ohmygosh we're so boring i can't even think of anything
California
i don't know... we just sit around

4 favorite dishes
Chocolate
A good yummy Steak
Sushi
right now...for the next 4 months... a bowl of cereal

4 websites I visit
Amazon
lots of blogs
a new fav.. thanks HOllY...mom4life
ebay

4 places i'd like to be
Hawaii
Mesa
Shopping anywhere but the city I live
On a date with the hub

4 people to tag
Lindey
Allison
Holly
Sheila


And since we all can tell how hard this one was for me... I'm not even going to attempt 8 interesting things about myself. I'll leave it up to the taggees which game they want to play. :) Is that cheating?

Did somebody say TERRIBLE???

Cuz this Sweet baby boy just turned TWO!!! I Can't believe it! 2?!? He's still my baby ( for 4 more months )! He's the sweetest, cuddliest, most loving little dude you'll ever meet. Not a day goes by that he doesn't throw cliff and I into a giggle. And when the terrible does sneak out of him one of us always has to comment, "but he's so cute!"
Come on... Don't you wanna squeeze his cute little guts?

...being silly

...so handsome

...just jack

...such a stud

...My Sweet little JACK! Happy Birthday Buddy!!!