Dean's Hat

My best friend Kristi sent Dean a hat for his birthday and today I FINALLY got around to taking some pictures of him in it. When I think about doing a photoshoot of Dean sometimes I cringe inside a little because he is kind of a pain to photograph. He doesn't sit still, he has to be bribed, and he is rarely looking at the camera AND smiling. For example, we went and had our family pictures done by Emily Hartvigsen in November and out of like 200 pictures, Dean was smiling in 2. Finally I just picked a family photo where I looked fabulous (ie unfat) and Dean wasn't smiling. Too bad for him.

Anyhoo...here's some photos of Dean in his darling monkey hat. Hooray for smiling! The photoshoot lasted approximately 7 minutes and involved lots of puffs, marshmallows, re-sitting Dean in the middle of my sheet, and putting the hat back on after Dean ripped it off. Dean decided when we were done with the shoot. I think when you photograph kids, there is a certain element of luck involved. The skill comes from being ready when the shot does come around.

Birthday!

Someone had a birthday a month ago...and mom is just getting around to going through those pictures! Happy Birthday to my sweet boy. We love you Dean!

A Mess

My mom and I make cards together occasionally. She is the brainchild of the operation, and comes up with the concept and then I help in the execution. We've made lots of cards together and most of them include photos of her doing something weird or funny, with a funny caption. Ever since Dean was born, Dean is now in the photo or the star of the card himself. My mom wanted to make a little "thank you" insert for some thank you cards she was sending out this week and had the idea for Dean to star by himself in the card, so I staged a photoshoot and this is how the final card turned out. My mom said as she was writing the card, "I kept stopping and looking at the picture for a few minutes between writing each card!" :)

Can you believe Dean is going to be 1 next month? He had his 11 month birthday yesterday!

Dean Today

It's been a while since I last posted some photos of Dean so I will just share 2 really cute ones I took of him today. I can't believe my little baby is already 10 months old!

Red Hair????

My dad has red hair. Karl's cousin has red hair. And Dean has red hair. How is this possible?? Red hair + blue eyes = very very recessive genes. Anyway - he is just the cutest and I hadn't done a photoshoot with him in a long time, so I did one this morning. I know I am biased but he is so darling!

Also - Dean loves lina. More than anything. Everytime Lina does anything he laughs. Anytime you throw any toy to lina, he laughs. The other day I was throwing Lina some cheerios and he was screaming with laughter and he couldn't catch his breath, he was gasping for air! SOOOOOOOOOO cute. Here's a video of him laughing from a month ago when I was playing with him.



Here's some of my favorite photos from out photoshoot today!

RosalineOlivia

My neighbor is really talented at making her own jewelry. After being consistently complimented on it, she is starting to sell it and is doing really well so far! The designs are unique and interesting and they certainly caught my eye.

She is starting her own etsy shop, RosalineOlivia. I took the photos of her jewelry for her shop - here are some of my favorites, although it was very hard to narrow down! Check out her shop for more images and to see more of her fabulous jewelry. Right now she is still working on getting the site up and running, so check back if not all of it is posted right away.

















May I just mention here at the end that it is much easier to photograph objects than small children? Just saying.

Cruising

Just got back from our Ensenada/Catalina cruise with the Draper's and the Anderson's. Had a blast and didn't pull out the 5d too much because it is so heavy! Here's the only 2 occasions where some decent photography was done. Formal night photos:







Teri and Michael:






April and Kevin:




Here's the photo essay I made for my photography class at the formal dinner night. It features my meal and dining experience that night:

Swimsuit Season!

Somebody is all ready for the summer! I bought a 7peaks pass so that I can take Dean to play in the water over the summer. One of the perks of being a teacher - summers off.

Dean LOVES the water - he tries to eat the water in the shower and gets so excited and happy to be taking a bath/shower.

Dean's Blessing

We had Dean's blessing yesterday at church. Since I bought him a $45 outfit for a one-time use, I figured I better take plenty of photos of him in it so that he can get some use out of it. Karl and I were so grateful that so many of our family and friends were able to come to the blessing. We love you all!

Mr. Dean Bean

This little boy melts my heart every day. You know how everyone says about kids "It'll be different when you have your own" ? Well, I never understood that until I had my own. I just LOVE hanging out with and holding this boy. He is so darling and we are so grateful that he is part of our family!

I love my 5D also (almost as much) and love taking pictures of this boy!

Pictures:











I swear he is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen:

Danny!

My cousin Andrea had a baby boy last week! I went to go visit her and her husband and their new baby at the hospital. It was so strange to be back in the hospital and Dean seems HUGE when compared to little Danny. Andrea and baby are doing GREAT and Daniel is just perfect! I brought my camera just in case they wanted some photos and we had a mini photoshoot. Here are my favorites:









Dean and Danny - friends on Day 1! Look how huge Dean looks: