2010 Senior

Here's my first 2010 senior. I talked to her mom and suggested downtown for the shoot and she was game. I think it was perfect for Miss Sam. She loves the hustle and bustle of the city life and really got into the whole shoot. We had a blast finding new locations although I did almost get ran over by a crazy driver that took a corner waaayyy tooooo fast.

Hope you love them Sam:) And I hope you're having a great time at your new high school.

So cute

I can't decide if I like his smile or his intent stare better? I always LOVE eye contact and he gave me a lot. And when he smiled it would just light up his eyes and show his little teeth. He's adorable! I really hope you like your peek:)

Expecting

Aaahhhh, school is a good thing for my sanity today. I'm tired as heck....couldn't go to sleep early last night because I'm so used to working on the computer until 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning but I think after a couple of days of this and I'll readjust. So, the fact is that Drew spent a LOT of summer time aggravating his sisters. So far this morning he has been so pleasant. No one to aggravate (well, except for Cosmo a little bit). He's been setting up his drum area, a baby area, and a bowling area in our living room. But I'll take the mess over squealing sisters today. Maybe I'll miss it in a couple of days but today I'm going to just enjoy:)


I loved working with this mom and her daughter. We were able to get some great poses of them together. We also did a couple of her 9-yr-old by herself and that's when she really started coming out of her shell. She's going to be a great big sister.

Adored

You may recognize this little cutie from some previous blog posts. In the past I've included some pictures that he was in with his mom and dad and this time Mr. Adorable had some pictures done with his 2 aunts. Aunts that totally adore him I might add. When his aunt contacted me about the photo shoot I thought that was the coolest thing that they wanted to do pictures with their nephew. He's definitely surrounded by people that love him.

Hope you enjoy:)

Miss Tatiana

She is the quickest and most articulate little girl ever. We were doing her 2-year-old pictures and she had me so entertained. I showed my husband pictures of her and we laughed because in almost all of the pictures you can tell that she's running...and usually away from me. She even told me "no more pictures" more than once. I love the fact though that if she wasn't running away from me then she was giving me eye contact (which is my favorite thing). If you look up at my blog header collage of pictures she's the one on the left squaring off with the horse. That was from her 1-yr pictures. She has changed soooo much in one year.

I really hope you guys enjoy the sneak peek:) It was great seeing you again!

Hangin' with our bff's!

I knew I'd never get these pictures blogged if I didn't just stick them in a quick collage.

Even though it's Galveston, it's a beach with sand and waves and the kids had a great time! They had an even better time at Moody Gardens but I didn't have my camera out for that.

We stopped at a store so that all of the kids could use the restroom before we got there because we went to the west end of Galveston where there's not a lot of restroom locations. We were there no more than 10 minutes before Drew runs up to tell me that he has to go potty....#2. I looked around...no restroom in sight, just private beach homes. The other kids had all just gotten in the water. Dragging 5 other kids out of the water, through the sand, and into the van just to drive back into the main part of Galveston did not sound like fun. So, being a resourceful momma I dug a hole. Yep, that's right I dug a toilet out of the sand. But first I had to decide where to do this. There were quite a few people around us. On one side was a in-love-young-twenties-never-had-kids couple and on the other side was 2 moms with their kids. Ok, gotta go with the moms...they'll understand. The hole in the sand wasn't quite working so we added a brand new bucket to the hole. Now he had a bucket toilet that he could even sit on. Kristen and I held a quilt around him for a little privacy -- and to shield our embarrassment -- and the deed was done. And then I buried it. Deep down.

Hey, it's better than him going in the water:)








I've been wanting to get a picture of these condos that were damaged from Hurricane Ike. Finally, when I went down for a photo shoot a few weeks after we were there with the kids I was able to have my camera ready.
This is driving up to it.


This is from the other side. Not bad for a drive-by shot, huh?


This used to be a huge pier with shops out over the water. From a distance the truck looks normal and then you get up even and realize it must have been placed there during the hurricane.


Crazy

Mr. Sweet

This 15-month old is so super-sweet. He's mild mannered and even though the photo shoot was close to his bed time he did really great!

I don't have a lot to say tonight because I'm tired from an exhausting day. Here's some highlights:

-had Drew's 4-yr-check up and if you've been through this then you know it's THE WORST one. He loudly proclaimed "No shots. Don't give me any shots today." as he walked down the corridor where all of the nurses and dr.'s stand. He did, however, in addition to the shots he received his flu vaccine for this next year. I'm glad that's done.

-went to Target to get his bribery bowling set for all the shots and they were out

-picked up paperwork for Kenz's school

-took the kids with a friend and her kids to Chuck E. Cheese...which again just in itself is quite a trip

-just HAD to go in a Hallmark with ALL said kids to pick up a Webkinz because they realized their account was expiring tomorrow. Darn Webkinz why do they do that?

-ran into Baybrook mall with all said kids to grab something quick that I just had to get while in that area

-had to go into a Lowe's with all said kids to get the bowling set that Target was out of

-the dogs walked me and all said kids to the park tonight because somehow I was talked into all of them having a sleepover

-the dishes need doing but I'm gonna overlook them...and the rest of this tornado-ridden house

-and I'm also recouping from our long weekend trip to a bay house. Now that was refreshing...but coming back home has not been!

I'm hoping I feel better in the morning:)

Seriously...3 little models

These are the daughters of my good friend, Pilar, and I get to see them and do pictures usually once or twice a year. I always look forward to it because they LOVE to pose. Well, ok, her youngest maybe wasn't into posing...she was more into running and talking, but she was adorable too!