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.