My Newborn Nephew

 I had too much trouble choosing 6-8 images to share of my sweet baby nephew.  I had so many more that I wanted to add to this, so I suppose I did not do too bad narrowing it down to this.

First up....geeky glasses baby!!!

I think this is more what glasses look like when you fall asleep on your book though.

 

 This baby was NOT holding himself up like this.  My sister was holding his little head and this is after some PhotoShop magic.

 For this image his mommy was behind him holding on to him and 1 hand is wrapped in the black under his head also.

His big sister love him very much.  His mom was behind him holding his head in this image also.

If you noticed that his hand was inky in some the the images here, this is why.  I had a hard time getting him to open up those little fists to do this.

These are the announcement options that I designed for them.

This is the announcement option they chose to go with.

MOM!   If you are reading this, here is your warning.  The next image is the one you think is too creepy.  You will appreciate that this day Ben (my brother) had already asked if he was big enough to eat yet.  BAHAHAHA....sorry everyone.  As you can tell, weirdness runs in the family.  So.....apparently this does not look like a cute little chef making soup.  I guess it looks more like we are trying to make soup out of this cute little baby.  AND as it turns out....cannibalism is frowned upon.  What do the rest of you think?  Cute, or Creepy?

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He was stirring when I put him into the pot, so I sat there for a while rocking him in the pot.  My sister had walked out of the room and when she came back that is what she saw.  Me rocking a pot with her baby in it.  She thought that was weird. Tthen he fell fast asleep and she says, "I can't believe he fell asleep in a pot!"  HAHAHA So funny.  Maybe you had to be there.

 

 I think the baby in the pot is cute, but this crop may be more acceptable for some.

 

OR....I could add a mustache. Side note:  This cute chef's hat was made by Trevor's favorite aunt....ME! 

♫♪♫ Downtown, Everything's Waiting for You ♪♫♪

 I love that this fabulous family was up for walking around downtown with me! 

Oh No....Not AGAIN!

 When I walked into the bathroom and found this pile of hair on the floor I was less than pleased.  I found my little daughter and saw that she had hacked off some of her bangs up to her scalp.  There was also a big hunk chopped off the back.   I did what I could to "fix" it.  I am far from a hair stylist, but I figured I could not do much worse than she did.  I cut the back to match the part that she cut, and I trimmed her bangs, but there was not much that could be done to help.  She would not have had bangs in the first place if she had not cut her own hair this past fall.  It looks like she did not learn her lesson the first time.  Unless the lesson is "Cut my own hair and I get a haircut."  She did look pretty cute afterward when she was walking around flinging her hair around.  I guess cutting off over 12 inches of hair makes that a lot more fun.

Natalie's long hair on the first day of school, 7 months ago.

You can't see very well here, but the front is about 1/2 inch from the scalp.

See....I told you I was not a hair stylist.

After cutting more than 12 inches off her hair she could not help but fling it around.

Welcome Little Trevor!

Congratulations are in order for my sister and brother-in-law.  Today their little boy was born!  I just love him so much already.

Proud Big Sister

Max, The Proud Peacock

 

Max, our peacock has been showing off his lovely tail feathers this spring.  He has 2 female friends here also, but they are not interested much in being photographed.  Max on the other hand is used to it.  Today, for instance, he was roosting in a tree in our front yard when a person pulled into the driveway.  All they wanted was to take a picture of him with their camera phone.  We have many many other birds including geese, ducks, chickens, quail, and guineas.  Only 3 peafowl though.  That is enough.  They are really not good for much other than to look at.  The hens lay very few eggs.  When Max molts though we pick up the feathers that are all over the yard.  Then I can use them as photo props, and sometimes kids who come over to play find the feathers in the yard and are so excited to bring them home with them.

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Four Little Cuties

What a great time I had getting to know these 4 great children.  I had been talking with their mom about where we would do the session and threw out a few ideas including their own home.  I am always excited when I get to actually go to a clients home and see all the great portrait backgrounds.  I get there and see all this greatness and inspiration all around.  This was no exception.  There are so many more images not shown here and I did not even come close to running out of ideas.  I can not wait to show them the proofs.

Little sweetie was not near as excited to get her picture taken as I was to take it.  She came around though.