Splash!

I am a horrible blogger.  You'll have to forgive me for that.
I seem to have the same problem every time I start a Project 365 - I just can't keep up with it!  If you haven't noticed, I haven't posted in a month - oops!

Well yesterday we bought a pool, because it is just too hot to function here in Mississippi.  After about 30 minutes of blowing it up (with my mouth, sadly - Walmart was out of pumps, and I was too impatient to wait), we spent some time splashing around.

Double Trouble

The rare moment when both of my little hooligans are sitting still and not making any noise:

Playtime with Emery

Sometimes I just like to take the time and watch my daughter play.  At 18 months, she's not quite walking yet, but she's very mobile and she knows what she wants.  I love watching her explore and learn new things.  I wish she could stay little like this forever.

I guess I'm just feeling a little sentimental.

Easter

I'm so far behind with this, but life has been busy!
Here are a few photos from our fun little Easter - my husband took some pictures, too!

And here is Easter last year.  Hard to believe how big she's gotten!

My New Model

Before my maternity shoot yesterday, I wanted to make sure all the lights were set up correctly.  I asked my husband to help me model a few poses (which he decided to tweak a bit).  He was even crazy enough to stuff a pillow up his shirt.

Bubbles

Emery has started getting extremely excited when my husband comes home from work.  Combine that with bubbles, and she's in heaven.

She's such a daddy's girl.

Here's a little storyboard for you:

Smiles

While working on taking some photos for an Etsy vendor today, I managed to snap this photo of Emery - one of the few where she wasn't upset with me.

Newborns

In an ideal world, 90%...okay...maybe 80%...of my clients would be newborns.  Don't get me wrong, I love children and families and couples and, well, pretty much everyone, but there's something about a wrinkly little newborn that melts my heart.

I attempting to take pictures of my daughter when she was a newborn.  They were...um...interesting.  Lets just say my talent was not quite where it is now.  Here - I'll show you an example:

You may not be able to see it when it's this small, but let me tell you - it's GRAINY.  And that blanket did not work well for that shoot.

Anyways.

Now that I have a newborn shoot coming up (actually, several), and I have all sorts of "fancy" props and equipment, I thought I'd get it out and practice.  Since there are no newborns at my house, Bitty Baby volunteered.  She wasn't very cooperative.  

Here Fishy Fishy...

I have always loved the fish bowl pictures that I've seen photographers do.  They looked like so much fun.  However, whenever a photographer posted one, a bunch of people would get on their cases about the treatment of the poor goldfish.

Well - here is my fish picture.  No fish were harmed during the taking of this picture because there were no fish actually used!

Except goldfish crackers...

I love this girl.

Behind the Scenes

As you can see, my husband has once again neglected to mow the yard.  So...picture time it is!  While I was out taking some pictures for some wonderful Etsy vendors, I got some "behind the scenes" shots.

Even Odin loves to get in on it:

Catching Up

Yes - I know - I'm horrible about keeping up with this blog.  Anyways.  I got a new lens, and I am in LOVE.  Here are a few shots from today.

Yes.  Our dog is crazy.

Outside

I love this spot outside, behind our house.  It's absolutely gorgeous to take pictures in.  Too bad my husband has to mow it tomorrow.
I have more photos from this set, I just don't have time to go through them all.  So this will have to do for now.

Camera Love

I adore my DSLRs.  I've got two of them now (and I'm secretly wanting another).  However I also love old cameras.  Right now they're just sitting around as decorations, but one day I'll buy some film and take some pictures with them.  Or use them as props.  Or both.

Fondue

I love fondue.  It is without a doubt my favorite food in the world.  If we have to be specific, I really love cheese fondue.  If you haven't been to The Melting Pot, you need to go.
My husband made fondue for our housewarming party this past weekend, and apparently he felt the desire to make it again tonight.  And that's why I love him.

Odin

I forgot to mention, we do have one other member of our family.  He's a rather new addition.  This is Odin - he's a Blue Heeler mix.  Blue Heeler's (also known as Australian Cattle Dogs) are herding dogs, and boy does he like to to herd people - especially Emery.  He seems to think she's a small cow.

Bath Time

See - I'm already off to a horrible start.  These photos were taken yesterday.

I love bath time with Emery, now that she is starting to play around in there.

The Beginning

I keep meaning to do a Project 365, but I can never manage to commit.  You'd think for someone who loves photography as much as I do, I could manage to take one photograph a day.  It just doesn't ever seem to be that simple.  But I think I'm finally ready to give it another go.

These photos are not from today (I'll make a new post with those later), but I wanted to introduce you to me and my family.

My adorable daughter:

My wonderful husband:

And this is me: