F.Y.I.

I have blogged my butt off tonight...seriously- it spills over to the next page! I hope that everyone loves their photos!
What do these previews mean exactly? If you see your photos here, that means that your CD has just recently been mailed or that I am working on getting it done in the next few days.


I did fall a little behind again--after I worked like crazy to catch up from last month. In addition to the holiday weekend we just had, my daughter turning 10 and all the fun brouhaha that goes with that, I have also had a sick baby girl...Avery has had a hard time shaking her congestion, which is leading to multiple ear infections and most recently, double pink eye. This kid is accident prone as well--I won't even try to list how many boo-boos she has received this month.
So--anyway---THANK YOU to all of my super patient clients--you are so very appreciated!



Another issue that I have been having lately is not directly within my power to fix---I hate the post office. They lose my stuff, they don't take Cd's out of my mailbox and they take an insane amount of time to deliver Cds to clients. This year alone I have had 3 Cds get lost in the mail. Last week, I finished 4 in one day, put them in my mailbox to go out that next morning and then figured out on Tuesday that the mailman NEVER picked them up--he simply put Fri, Sat and Tues mail on top of them!?!?! I have filed several complaints to the postal service about this and the fact that, for some reason, it occasionally takes 4-5 days to get a CD from Fort Worth to Dallas. I have been informed that it depends on how many hubs it has to go though to get to where it is going--there is no rhyme or reason to it.



My point? I have 2--


#1--PLEASE let me know when you receive your CD...I have no way of knowing that it does or does not get to you. Just shoot me an email and tell me you got it.
#2--Does anyone have any suggestions for how to get the CDs out faster? Aside from spending $16 to overnight it, I cannot figure out the best way to get the finished product out to you guys. I need to keep it cost efficient. Email me any suggestions you might have.


ALSO---
I am about to leave town for my vacation to Destin, Florida. I will be gone June
20th-30th. I am not booking any more photo shoots in June. My goal is to be totally done with every one's pics before I leave--that will be hard to do--but that is what I am aiming for! I want NOTHING on my plate when I come back!
I am quite excited about my trip! I am only taking the girls with me--and one friend of Kelsey's! We are going to have our portraits taken on the beach by Jessica James -- I cannot wait!


OK--off to edit some more--goodnight to all!

Twins....

I think that these two are the 4th set of twins so far this year....I actually did ANOTHER set of twins this morning too.
I may have some quadruplets to show off soon--we will see!
Ok--on to Andrew and Carley...celebrating their first birthday and their first official pro photoshoot!






Mom and Dad have a tiny obsession with LSU...











After she literally sat down in her cake, Carley went after her brother's leftovers!

MY BABY....

I have come to realize that I am afflicted with the "photographer's curse"--meaning that I take great photos for my clients but have NONE of my children!! Sometimes, clients ask me "what is the hardest photoshoot I have ever done?" My answer is always the same--"ANY photoshoot that involves my Avery Grace!" She knows all of my tricks and all of my noises. She REFUSES to look at the camera!! I have been known to beg a friend to go with me to wrangle her whenever I have to get photos done.
Every now and then, I get lucky...here are a few from her 18 month photoshoots...it is an ongoing project--involving 6-8 locations and about 40 outfit changes. TRUST ME Moms when I say that I FEEL YOUR PAIN!! I understand why you are all so stressed during your photoshoots. I get just as stressed when it involves my kids!










The last time that I will photograph my baby's bare bottom...






And with a ton of texture added...I know it's over the top but I was just playing around....

A SUPER EASY PHOTOSHOOT!

These two kiddos made my job incredibly easy! Take away that they are both GORGEOUS, they both made great contact with me the entire time!! No meltdowns, no tears, and no problems at all getting great shots out of both of them!

A SUPPOSED NON-SMILER....

Mom says that Talan takes a while to warm up to new people and that she has not one single smiling photo from a pro photographer. She must have been pulling my leg cause this baby was cheesing from the moment I put the camera in his face! Maybe he knew that there was cake at the end...

ANOTHER CUTIE-PIE!!

Kennedy is so sweet...she was very serious at first--Mom says it is near impossible to get a smile from her with a camera....I have heard that before. I take it as a personal challenge to get at least some smiles for Mom and Dad! Kennedy must've warmed up to me at some point--cause I got a smile big enough to see her "teefers"!

WHAT A LITTLE HEARTBREAKER!!

This little one is such a HANDSOME little devil! He just looked at me and posed, then moved a little, and posed again. He has the sweetest little face and the cutest, tiniest tush--you'll see!
Maybe I DO want a boy afterall....or maybe I should just borrow Connor every now and then!
PS--I bought this outfit from Mom that day--so I KNOW some of you moms have been looking for something like this for your photoshoots--just let me know and your little man can borrow it!











And he's done!!