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Happy 1st Birthday Baby C!

This little cutie is one whole year today!  Happy Birthday Miss C!  

Some pics from September:

My new favorite parents as props pic..

My favorite outtake...

 

I just love the feeling of this one...

 

Happy Birthday Miss C!  Welcome to Toddlerhood.

Happy *belated* Halloween!

We may be in Seattle, but we celebrated being from Wisconsin on Halloween!

 

Almost Eight Months!

Catching up with Miss C

Miss C, the beautiful newborn HERE, is now 10 months old!  She's an expressive, fun, and lovely almost toddler.  I'm glad we're here to watch her grow up.

This is a brief sneak peek -- I'll be posting more after the busy week and weekend.

This is my favorite so far.  Normally my favorites consist of babies with eyes on the camera, but this one is beyond sweet, and the light is beeeautiful!

And I just like these two -- because they are different than my usual portraits and she's showing what being a 10 month old is all about... getting into stuff! :)

One Year Ago Today...

...we left Madison Wisconsin for Seattle.  It seems like it's been years, and that we're living a completely different life.  We miss so many things about the Madison area, especially our family and friends.  But there are so many wonderful things about our life in Seattle too.  Who knows what the next year will bring!  (and hopefully it won't involve any more moving!!!)

THEN:

NOW:

Seven Months Old!

On Thursday, my baby M will be 7 months old.  Time is zooming by so fast!  

She's got 4 chompers, 

loves Mum-Mum rice rusks, 

hates sleeping in her crib, 

sits up with confidence, 

babytalks REALLY loud,

thinks kissy noises are funny,

and loves her big brother.

what's next missy?  how about the words, "mama"? :)

The evening hours

O likes to read to his baby sis just before bedtime.  

So I've upped the image size on the blog, and now some of the images are not the best quality. Pardon the dust as I rearrange here a bit.

Don't Wait... Baby Weight Contest!

OK... so here it is.  A write in contest!

I'll start with WHY a contest:  I am battling the baby bulge.  I wouldn't trade my sweet little M in for my former shape, but I'm really missing the single digit pant sizes hanging in my closet.  I have been dodging the camera to avoid seeing what I really look like, so I've missed out on being a part of the family memories we have on disk and film.  I have a feeling I'm not alone in this.  So it got me thinking... I need to send out a message that you SHOULD NOT WAIT to have your family pictures taken.  DO IT NOW!

HERE IT IS:  Email me your Baby Weight story and tell me why you deserve a family photo session this Fall.  I am open to any type of story -- you may have lost all of the weight and are ready to show it off, or you've come to terms with how you look and want to make sure you don't miss out on capturing memories with your children and spouse now!  Get creative and email me NOW!  The deadline for entry is September 4, 2009.  I will choose my favorite story and award that lucky person a free family photo session.

The winner will receive:

• A 1-2 hour weekend family portrait session this October at a Seattle area park
• A gallery of 25-30 edited images on the Baby O Photography website to share with family & friends for 1 month
• A DVD of ALL gallery images, to print as you wish

Get yourself in the pictures!  I scheduled my own family session with a local photographer and couldn't be more excited.  I haven't lost all of the weight, but I know I'll appreciate it years from now.  And I will finally have a photo with my kids without using them as props to block the belly.:)

Still Here? I Hope So!

I miss this blog, and am going to give it the attention it deserves.  If you've been following despite the weeks in between posts, thank you!  If you've just found it, please stay.  I'm back to posting more!

So I have an idea for a contest, so stay tuned.  It's something I've been wanted to do since Morgan was born.  That's all I'll say for now.  

In the meantime, last week's pics of the kids.  I think it pretty much sums up their personalities at the moment!

6 Months Already!

My little M hit the 6 month mark yesterday.  She's growing up so fast and her personality is really starting to show.  She's a very observant little girl, and loves to smile.  (Unless you are one of the unlucky ones that trigger an unexpected outburst of tears... that's embarrassing.  A woman tip toed away from her when she showed that side the other day.  Sorry!)

I took some pictures of her in a crochet cardigan and bonnet that my grandmother knitted a while back.  I don't know why she started it or who it was intended for, but she never finished it by adding buttons and trimming the loose yarns.  I'd like to think it was meant for M, and I'm sure her great-grandma was smiling down at her wearing it.

Happy half birthday to my little M!