Murphy's Law

Wiki says that Murphy's law is an adage in Western culture that broadly states, "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong." How hard is it to get a family picture? In your own home with your own studio with your own camera, tripod and timer? IMPOSSIBLE.
Phoebe has a fever. Brooke fell asleep. Then Brooke woke up and Phoebe went to sleep. The only one that was coherent was Brianna. AH well, this is what I got. Not bad.... not bad at all.

Tears over a red lollipop!

My baby girl just turned one year old. She had her first taste of cherry tootsie roll pop the other day. She was so nice to share back with her big sister, but wasn't so happy when big sister kept it.

Wow, I've been busy!

I promised myself I'd keep up with this, but I really fell off the wagon! My mom came from Texas for a very wonderful visit, and I had a great session with two cuties a week ago.

Here's a sneak peek of them, aren't they just adorable?

Miss Attitude

My kids have the most expressive faces. I have tons of pictures of smiles, frowns, mad faces, sad faces and blank stares. I love to capture every single one. It shows how imaginative and charming they really can be. Brooke is usually my girl of many faces and I will have to post separately on that, but I recently was shutting down the lights in the studio when Brianna came to me and said TAKE MY PICTURE. So I, of course, turned the light back on and snapped off an shot. When I finally got to see it on the computer, it took me back 3 years ago when she stood in the kitchen and gave me the same look. Gotta love it.

It's been awhile because this house has been under attack! Fever, chills, flu, colds, pink eye, you name it! I think, hope, and pray that we are all getting better.

Everyone has a New Year's Resolution, right? Usually get fit, eat better, etc. Well, I started that in October because New Year's resolutions are over-rated. :) Just kidding. My New Year's resolution is a 52 week project. Each weekend, take a photo of each of my girls. I'm not pinning myself to a pose, or to something spectacular. Just a snap of them, each of them for 52 weeks. I hope to make it!

I'm in the process of getting a new backdrop up. My most favorite father-in-law brought over the materials today, hopefully my wonderful husband can work on it tonight. *wink, wink This weekend, I'm shooting for some Valentine samples. But in the meantime, I did this last night. Next time, I'd move the older girls closer together and have Phoebe down a bit more. Ask Pete, it's hard to hold a wiggly 11 month old. So without further ado, here it is.

It was the coldest day... ever. Several degrees below zero with 30 below wind chills. The wind was so strong it rattled the windows throughout the day. I don't even want to know what the utility bill will be, the furnace seemed to be going constantly.

After dinner, I called the girls downstairs to practice. Although it was pure excitement for them when I asked who wanted their picture taken, when it came down to it, I only had one willing participant.

Her name is Nina. She's about a year old. We got her last weekend from the shelter. She's a Russian Blue mix and has the most gorgeous amber colored eyes. There is a bit of white on her chest and a little on the tip of her tail. I like my willing participant.

Love!

It snowed a good 12 inches last night. The snow plow came through and it's as high as the top of our mailbox. I want to get out there and get some pics of the kids playing, but Brianna has been sick the past few days. We are supposed to get more tomorrow night. We will, without a doubt, have a white Christmas.

So instead, I resorted to some editing of pictures I took a week ago. Here's one taken in the studio with the black backdrop. I'm loving this backdrop. Looking forward to getting a grey seamless paper... someday!