Christmas Day

This was my first Christmas morning at home in at least 9 years. We usually spend Christmas day at the Winona's. With Reese though, we decided to stay home this year. It was a good choice for me. Getting to see him enjoy his new toys and just keeping it low key was a very pleasant change.




This one is of Reese helping Kati open her gift. He was kind of getting it at this point.



He does like Toy Story at the moment and above he has Buzz, below we opened Woody. And of course Woody has to wear his hat.




Here he sees his "bike" right away and is very excited. We could have stopped the whole thing right here and he would have been happy I think.


Unfortunately he is not quite big enough to ride it himself. We are hoping by the time its warm outside he will be.

This one was shot with my Christmas present, a 50mm 1.8 lens (Thanks babe) I will have fun using this gift all year.


Being a new year I am going to make a better effort in updating the blog. I have been taking some photos but one of my two resolutions is to take more pictures this year.

I plan on making 2011 a good year and it being quite the learning experience. Best wishes to all of you.

Reese's First Santa Visit

I was so excited to take Reese to see Santa this year. I have to admit that I was a little worried because of the bad reaction he had to the characters at Disneyland a couple months ago (I think he traumatized Buzz Lightyear with his scream of terror). But regardless, I wanted him to meet Santa.

Sunday night was Josh's work Christmas party, and Santa made an appearance. There was no screaming, no crying, no running scared to momma! I was so proud of him. I am guessing watching Mickey Mouse clubhouse Saves Santa almost daily for the last month has helped.



Santa gave Reese a candy cane, which he thought was totally awesome. Until he tripped and it broke. Then he was devastated until I was able to get a piece of it into his mouth. Once he learned it was candy, he was even happier about the whole thing. My baby has a serious sweet tooth!

I hope you are all having a very Happy Holidays!

Guess, who's back..

I know it has been some time since I have posted any pictures of Reese. And the truth is I haven't taken any. Between me being in California for training, the few other gigs I took and just not having a good concept we have gone almost 9 months with out a photo shoot with my favorite model. *please note, adorableness is to follow. Gasping, awing, and maybe passing out possible. Continue at your own risk.......







If this doesn't scream I shouldn't be doing what I am doing I don't know what does.



This is one of my absolute favorites of the bunch.




I have to thank Kati for another brilliant concept. Of course Reese did great as well. I hope this is the first of a more consistent bunch of shoots. Also Kati will be creating a fabulous Christmas card soon, so keep you eyes out for that.

Slacker

Well it has been a while since I have posted anything at all. I haven't done any formal shoots of Reese since he turned 1. I need to change that up...

I was inspired by a cousins post(s) that she does about her little one. And thought it would be a good idea to take a little slice out of time and describe Reese as he is now.

So at 18 months,

Reese has moved on from cars to watch Toy Story. He also likes Mickey Mouse club house.

Each morning he wakes up around 7:00-7:30 and walks into our room to crawl in bed with us. He needs someone to get his chocolate milk.
He is not a morning person.

He has a lot of words he can say. "Milk" "Mamma" "Daddy" a bunch of animals and sounds for them. My favorite is Wolf, he throws his head back and howl. Its way cute.

He has started to climb on all kinds of stuff. He can climb onto the bar stool and then onto the island. Yikes is right.

He still enjoys coloring and stays mostly on paper items. (go washable crayons)

He wants to help us do what ever task we are doing, dinner, laundry, brushing teeth, flossing.

He gives great hugs now, we call them big squeezes, it just melts me when he does it.

When he is watching one of his shows you have to pause it to get him to pay attention to anything else. (kinda like his dad)

He can throw a ball pretty descent and started using his right hand a bit more lately.

I love him so much and excited to see him grow into an independent person. I also can't believe how big he is.

The Shields

I finally got little Lindsey in front of my camera for an official shoot. And since Jenni and Nate were there we got the whole family. As usual it was a pleasure to hang out with these guys. I was pretty happy with the results.




I think this one is my favorite overall family shot.




Did I mention her eyes? They are amazing.



Lyndsee is quite the diva, but it made for some good laughs.




Ahh how cute huh?

So I thought this was great session. And anytime we need to do it again, just call me.

We went "urban" for his 1 year shoot

We went a little country last month with his photos. This week we went to the city. He enjoyed it a ton. He was laughing moving around and of course even fell and bonked the noggin'. Each day he does stuff to amaze me, and I am so grateful to have him in my life. Now that he is walking and getting more independent, my patience is going to be tested, as well as my heart filling up with joy.


The chair Kati made for him. That woman's talent is truly endless! So I had the idea to take it to an alley way to do a shoot. I liked how it turned out.









Of the chair set up this was my favorite. The look is one we do see often and it shows how he really doesn't sit still for long.



I need to come up with something else creative for next month. All ideas are welcome :)

Happy 1st Birthday Reese

We had a wonderful party for the little guy, and of course Kati went all out to make his stuff special. Her talent seems endless to me. And not only were they pretty, they were delicious!



We, and by we I mean Kati, went for a Safari animal theme. All the designs and animals she created herself.




Here is Reese digging in. He ate the penguine. He loves blueberries and Kati made a blueberry layer in the giant cake.





And I had to throw in a couple of photos of the two best mothers in my life.