Motivation.

It's worse this time than I remember before. The motivation level while pregnant. It's pretty much non-existent. Rolling out of bed (yes, I have to roll) and putting clothes on (and by "clothes" i mean sweats) is about where my motivation stops. And then I just want to crawl back in bed again. Doesn't help that my 3 year old thinks sleeping through the night is optional and that requesting apple juice at 2 in the morinng is perfectly acceptable.

I'm ready for one of these. Newborns. Love them. And NEVER have I ever wished for my newborns to be back in my belly. I miss nothing about pregnancy when it's over. Nothing. Newborns are heavenly. Can't wait.

For now, enjoy this little lady. And hopefully soon I'll be more motivated because I have plenty to do.

Thankful.

Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow!!!!

A small list of things I'm particularly thankful for this holiday season:

**my body. can't wait to get it back.

**a healthy baby and uncomplicated (so far) pregnancy

**2 healthy girls who make me laugh every day

**a man who loves me

**flip-flops. I wear them all year long, sun or snow. drives my husband crazy

**family and friends I get to see and talk to every day

**body pillows and phenergren. couldn't sleep without them.

**hot showers

**a full fridge

**survivor. the show. tv doesn't get any better.

**parents who taught me well and let me be me.

**my kids who teach me more than I teach them.

**cars that work. and have heaters.

**running. i love running.

**good neighbors

**a pet free house. sorry. i just don't like pets. they're a pain.

**bed time. i look forward to it all day.

**all the people who have helped me be successful this past year. you know who you are. thank you with all sincerity.

Hope everyone has a fabulous thanksgiving filled with family and turkey skin. mmmmmm.....

Stuff.

We survived Disneyland. And I took as many pictures as I could while 8 months pregnant pushing a stroller and often carrying my 3 year old. :)

Went and saw "The Blind Side" last night. By far one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. Definitely worth your time.

Today I have an appointment with the dentist AND my OBGYN. Pretty sure my day is going to be more awesome than yours.

Looking forward to Thanksgiving on Thursday. I love me some turkey skin. Gross, I know, but everyone has their weakness's.

Lots of posts coming soon. With lots of really awesome people and some pretty good photographs!! I'm still trying to recover from vacation and get back into the swing of things. Stay tuned.

Brittany. Bridals

Brittany is now the wife of the brother of the sister-in-law of some of our good friends. Catch that? She's mellow. She's beautiful. And not afraid to tromp around in dirt in her wedding dress. My kind of girl.

Christ and Brittany's wedding coming. . . .sometime.

Kelsey and Dani.

My neices. One of the perks of my job--getting to spend more time with family!

The details that most people don't care about (but a few photogs might). Shoot was in the middle of the day so I went for shade. All shot with a 50mm 1.4 lens. Setting generally around 2.2-2.8. I very rarely shoot wide open. I'm more of a 2.8 girl.


And these two are gems in front of the camera. They love it.

I'm going to. . . . .

DISNEYLAND!!! First time ever. And I'm taking my two beautiful girls and my somewhat reluctant husband. And my 8 month pregnant belly. It's going to be a party.
I'll be answering all e-mails and phone calls when I get back on the 22nd.
And I have a few posts sheduled while I'm gone so keep checking back. :)

My first wedding album!!

I just recently started offering albums with my wedding packages. So this is my first official wedding album design. These albums have hard pages (like a board book) so they won't tear. They're 10x10 (10x20 page layouts) and the pages lay flat. They're pretty much awesome. Way better than the album I got when I was married.

My favorite spread of the album.

For any photographers who are wondering or care, I designed all of these mostly from scratch (used parts of some template layouts from Design Aglow) in photoshop CS3. And yes, album designs take a lot of time.