Entry for March 8, 2009

This past week I had the pleasure of photographing a beautiful blue eyed chubster of a 4 month old.  Jonas was a dream to work with, even though mommy woke him up for the session.  He was a great poser!  Jonas is a big baby full of squeezable rolls that were so fun to capture!  It was great to get back to work with our first post baby session.





Also, Wesley had his second shot in front of the camera one day when daddy took Ella out to play and I had the house to myself.  He is not one for sleeping during picture time!  It was nice though as it gave me another chance to try to get a good shot of his eye color.  His eyes are still undecided.  I am still guessing brown, but daddy is rooting for dark blue/green.

Catching up with the times. Joining facebook

During my time off I spent some time on-line setting up a business page on Facebook.  You can see it HERE .  If you are a member of facebook, and like my work, please feel free to add yourself as a "fan".  If you are a prior client, and have the digital negatives you can add some of your favorite pictures under the fan photos area.  I will be offereing discounts and promotions throughout the year for my facebook fans, so keep a look out for updates!

I'm Back!

Hello everyone!

 Now that the baby is here and 3 weeks old things are starting to calm down a bit.  I am feeling much better and healing well from my c-section.  The baby is doing great and we are getting used to being a 4 person family.  Ella is loving being a big sister and does very well with the baby.



Announcing our new baby boy,

Wesley Martin Carlson

8lbs 2 oz

19 1/2 inches

born Feb 3,2009





Here are some pictures from his 1 week photoshoot.







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Entry for January 27, 2009

I finally got around to having Jon help me take some maternity photos!  I thought I would share them here.  Only 1 week left until the baby is here!

Entry for January 18, 2009

Bubbles!

 Ella and I are tired of winter.  We want to go outside and PLAY!  Since it was finally sunny one day this week we decided to bundle up and play one of our favorite outside activities, bubbles!  Ella had a blast and stayed out much longer than I did.  I can't wait until spring comes and we can be outside all day.



We also finished Ella's room/the nursery with the help of my dad.  My dad designed and built a fabulous loft for Ella's room, so that we could maximize space in the room to fit both kids.  The crib was moved into  Ella's old "room" (the walk-in closet) and we are much closer to being ready for baby boy.  I still have a few things to finish on the mural, but I am excited to be almost done.  (CLICK ON THE PICTURES TO SEE BIGGER)

The room:





Under the loft:





Baby's room:

Entry for January 11, 2009

Well, only 3 weeks left until baby time.  We have a date for the c-section, Feb 3.  I am so very excited about this, and also worried about getting everything done in time.  We still cannot agree on a name, and THAT is driving me crazy!  Ella is very much anticipating the arrival of her very own baby and asks often when he will be “out”.

 

 I haven’t taken on any sessions this month due to the pregnancy, but Ella insisted that we do a photo shoot of her last week.  She loves being in front of the camera and I guess 2 weeks was too long of a break for her!  We had fun playing outside in the beautiful Alabama weather.

 

We have also been busy bees getting the room ready for the baby.  Previously, Ella shared her bedroom with my office, but with #2 coming we decided to move the office into the master bedroom and give the kids their own space.  I am thrilled to have a kids’ space to decorate and I decided to do a nice, gender neutral Jungle theme.  Ella and I have been painting a mural on the wall the past couple of weeks and I am really proud of it!  It still isn’t done yet, but hopefully will be soon.  Here are some pictures of our work so far.

 

I don’t know how often I will be posting until the baby is here, so I hope you all are enjoying your 2009 so far!