More.. Because Her Momma Loves B&W

 Thought that ya'll might like to see a few more of this little angel. These are B&W, cause her momma loves B&W! I am trying to finish the little bit of editing that I can do, to give them to her mom tomorrow.
 
I thought that I would share these two little beauties. What an absolute doll face! Can you stand it? Hardly!

Probably my favorite

 
This pic is probably my favorite one of Miss RK. I love the cute little bow and her sweet rested face. It looks blurry on this post, but is divine in "real life"! I wish that it could be viewed on something other than white on white. It is so simple and sweet. Enjoy!

RK and her little scowl

 
Here is another pic of the beautiful newborn, RK, that I made pics of last Friday. She (her mom says) and all of her siblings had this little "scowl" on their brow when thay were little. So cute! Hope that you enjoyed another sneak peak of this little angel.

More from the Spring

 
Here is another pic from the other day when we played in the spring. I love this face! It is a combination between him being really happy and teeth-clinching tough, cause it was cold! lol I am working hard on the photos that I took this past week. I am playing with them some in Picasa, since I don't have any photoshop skilz. Soon though... very soon.....

Beautiful Noah

 
This is a sneak peek from the session that I did yesterday. It turned out to be just pics of Noah and not his whole family. What a blue-eyed doll! This was my first time to meet him. He is soooo photogenic. He looked right into my camera. He smiled in alot of them, but this one was dreamy to me. I like pics where the person isn't necessarily looking into the camera or smiling perfect. Some people don't get that. Especially with kid photography. I think that some folks like it, they just can't see "out of the box" to visualize the finished product. I had so much fun with Noah's parents. They were so sweet and easy to work with. I was trying to use all natural light, but couldn't keep up with him. He was so fast and adjusting my camera in the "manual" mode proved to be quite a challenge. I was left with a few gorgeous pics and a ton of blurry ones. Does anyone have any suggestions for what settings for a fast and busy one year old? He kept moving to different light levels too. I am a self taught gal, so any help would be appreciated. This one is SOOC (straight out of camera). I just added my logo. I couldn't believe how great the light was. It was made with my 50mm lens. Click on the pic to veiw it larger. I couldn't seem to meter my light fast enough, with him moving around. :) Know what I mean?

My Growing Boy

 
Today we took Bryce to the park and I made a few pics of him playing in the spring. Can I just say that it is ICE COLD! My feet were numb. I have heard that the water is really clean and that some people drink it. Well, we just played in it! I have a family photo session tomorrow for a couple that I have never met! Exciting! Pray that I will make them some pics to be proud of! I always get nervous, that something will happen with my camera settings, and I won't be able to figure it out! Because, you know, with Bryce, I just snap away and pray. lol I have a few more pics from today, that I will share later. But, for now... just this one of....my growing boy... SIGH....

Sneak Peak

 
This is a sneak peak of the newborn baby girl that I made pics of yesterday. Her grandma made this pretty little white cocoon. I think that she looks like and angel! RK is a sweet babydoll! I will share more later! GAAA! This is when I wish that I knew photoshop. Newborn skin is hard to get the color right in Picasa! Thanks Jenifer and Bryan for letting me capture your new addition! We love ya'll!

I Heart Babies!

 
Tomorrow, I get to do another little newborn baby shoot. This one is a little girl! I haven't met her yet, but am quite excited! I found this old pic of MY newborn, that is now 18 months old. I HAD NO CLUE what I was doing when I made this pic. I was in the "I just had a baby fog". I have no professional pics of him until he was 3 or 4 months old. What was I thinking? Especially if you know me, and know how much I LOVE pictures! lol Oh, well! For now, I will have to settle for the "I'm learning what this button on my camera does" pictures. I love each blurry one of them! I hope that I will get some "stunners" of little miss tomorrow!

Beluga Goodbyes

 
This is "the end" (pun totally intended) of our Beluga story, although there are tons of pics, and lovely blogger only lets me upload 4.
 
Bryce's favorite Belguga kept swimming by, and believe me, he was chatting his garble talk and I think that she was understanding!
 
He was pointing to her and telling her something serious.

 
She must have liked it, cause she came back to say "goodbye!" Kinda creepy, huh?

Sometimes....

 
Apparently, sometimes even Tigger needs a getaway! This pic is from a few minutes after the whole "Birthday" incident. lol I promise that I do clothe my child occasionally! He does not look like the "ghetto baby" except occasionally. And after all, who wouldn't want to hangout in their underwear/diaper as much as possible? I guess that Tigger was humiliated and need to get away! lol

Bubbles!!!!

 

This photo is my entry for the iheartfaces photo contest this week. The theme is bubbles. I haven't entered much lately. Things have been crazy fun around here. We have been enjoying Bryce and all of his growing and changing! He is learning at such a rapid pace, at this age. This pic was made in May, when he was still sick, and really pale. I am sooo thankful that he is ALL well now! Thank You Jesus for being always faithful and the Great Healer! Well, I really didn't have time to make this post, but here I sit! Gotta run! Head over to iheartfaces and enjoy all of the bubbly fun!

Bryce and the Beluga

 While Bryan's grandparents were here, we took them to the Atlanta Aquarium. I took my Rebel camera (the one that I had at the beach). I went to make a pic and there was an error code of "5". I messed with the camera and could only find the "no flash" setting working. It worked pretty well for these shots. Found out later that "5" code means that there is debris in your camera. Thank you Lord, that I did not take may "big" camera to the beach. I want to go back to the aquarium and take my big camera. I LOVED the serenity of the larger tanks. Speaking of larger tanks, this particular aquarium houses the largest tank in the world! Impressive, huh? There's you a little southern trivia for the day! lol Bryce's favorite exhibit was the Beluga Whales.
 
I think that he and this Beluga connected!
 
It just kept swimming by him, showing it's back.
 
She even came back to say goodbye! I will have to share that pic later! There are so many pics of him with these whales, I will share more and others of the aquarium later this week! I can't figure out how to get Picasa to let me blog more than 4 pics at a time. I think that my files are too big. Kinda like a "whale" of a file. lol I know... I know... corny... Wouldn't be me if it wasn't corny!!!

Another Reason

 
Here is the other reason that I couldn't be upset about our whole "Birthday Gift" incident! I meant to share it with the other post and missed it somehow. lol He is cross-eyed trying to drink the water! Such blackmail for years to come...yep! I'm storing it up! Have a great weekend!

He's a MANEATER! (or double bath taker)

 
Well, sort of a maneater! I keep singing that song when I look at this pic. O.K!.... So pull up a chair and get ready for this kinda long story. My birthday was the 6th of this month and these pics were made that day. Bryce and I were having a fabulous day of his avoiding timeout (by being the best little man around) and my doing whatever I wanted cause...hey! It was my birthday! lol Well, things went South when I walked by him and thought that I smelled what will here on out be referred to as a little "gift". Well, let's just say that it was one of the biggest "presents" that I have ever "received". So big, that it in fact was on his foot, the carpet, among other places, and not in his diaper, where it should be residing. How do you clean that up without making a much bigger mess? I proceeded to our guest bathroom while holding him out from my body like an Iraqi land mine. I put him in the tub completely clothed with the intention of stripping him and wiping him (somehow) and then giving him a REAL bath. Once I entered the previously mentioned situation, I realized that I would be bathing him in his own poop... I mean "gift". Well, it was then that I turned on the faucet to entertain him while I made a mad dash for the wipes. I cleaned him and then carried him, (still like and Iraqi mine) to the other tub, where I was able to give him a proper scrubbing and where the "gift" was no longer present. I then ran for the carpet cleaner while he played with the trickling faucet, before the tub filled. I came back to find my little "maneater" and grabbed my camera. I was able to clean the carpet, while watching him play in the tub (completely oblivious to the crisis he had just caused). I got him out after the "gift" was "contained" in the rest of the house and began cleaning the other tub. When I returned I found this:
 
How could a mom be upset anymore?
 
Bless his heart... he was helping clean the mess that I had already cleaned!
 
I didn't have the heart to tell him that he was cleaning with the brush upside-down. Thanks for helping my sweet baby boy! "Happy Birthday Mommy....did you like my "gift"?

CRABS!!!!!!!

 
Please click on the collage to view it larger. Sorry, long time-no talkie! I have been away with a nice visit from Bryce's Greatgrandparents and his 2nd cousin Frank. They left today, on thier way to the coast! That reminded me that I needed to share a little more from our beach trip! I have so many pics from everything that I want to share! These are of the first night that we got there. We took Bryce crabbing for the first time. He enjoyed the flashlight as much as looking for the crab. He was excited (or way overtired), as you can see, from his eyes in the pic. lol His grammy (my mom) played in the sand with him and helped him look, while the bigger cousins ran like wild people. We found NO CRABS, except for the little one, in the pic of the net, that I caught on our way back up to the condo! I was beginning to think that, maybe, I had been tricked my whole life, and that they didn't exist. I thought that it might be a sneaky way for parents to get that last bit of energy out of their kids while at the beach! lol The background is a pic of crabs that some other little boys were catching and wanted to share with us. Thanks! Bryce would have held and grabbed them all! He loves creepy, crawly things which is way out of my comfort zone! I am not afraid of mice or snakes, but don't come at me with a crawly bug or a spider. I think that crabs fall in that category! YUCK! I guess that I am gonna have to learn! Well, I have enough catching up with things, around the house, to last me until fall! I guess that I will go and shower and get busy since my little one is napping! I will post more later and look forward to catching up with everyone! We have a busy week! We had the visit with family and then tomorrow we have our follow-up (hopefully the last visit) with the specialist from when Bryce had the blood disorder. Then, on Thursday, we have our 15 month check-up that is being combined with our 18 month check-up. We missed the 15 month because our pediatrician did not want to give Bryce anything while his blood was so low. So, I guess that I will be holding a little boy the nest few days. Hope all is well, at your homes! Later gators!

Just Beachy!

Here are a few more pics of Bryce's first trip to the beach. We took him to see the ocean and sand, as soon as we drove in the parking lot. When we first sat him in the sand he chuckled and looked around. He sat and stared at the ocean and was facinated with it's roar. He ran his tiny fingers thru the sand over and over, so sweet and softly.
 
He loved for the ocean to spray him, splash his face and tickle his toes. I should have put him in his swimsuit, but who would've though that he would have loved it so much!
 
He dug around a while burying his own legs and feet. He loved the feeling of the wet sand as much as the dry sand. What a great 1st trip to the beach!

We're Back! (No Pun Intended)

 
Well, we're back from the beach! Bryce adored it! I thought that he might, because he loves to play in the gravel, dirt and pretty much anything like sand! I made the decision NOT to take my "big" camera to the beach or expose it to the wonderful sand, humidity and salt. I just carried my point and shoot and my really old rebel. I saw lots of people with their "nicer" cameras, but I decided that since I had just got it returned from my "blow up" incident, that I shouldn't take my chances. Maybe when Bryce is older and I am not having to chase him so much! This pic was made after we had made some pics by the dunes. He had on just his pants and then soaked those, so I couldn't resist a little nakedness before he gets too big! He laughed everytime that the ocean tide hit him. It even got him in the face a few times! I will try to post more and tell more about Bryce's first trip to the beach. We usually go every year, but didn't go last year. We made a trip to Disney with my family instead. He was 3 months old then. I bought stroller fans and he did great there too! Ok, so back to the beach! Anyway, it was fun to watch him see it all for the first time and discovering the textures and the reactions of everything. He learned several new words while we were there. He discovered the moon for the first time, as well as finally took note of airplanes. He can say both now, although he has seen them a thousand times at places other than the beach. We also saw a sea turtle being born, which I am told, is pretty rare. Gotta run! For some reason, he thinks that he needs to be played with and entertained constantly. (I am sure that it has nothing to do with my neices and nephew playing with him the whole week!) lol We need a vacation to get over our vacation! Can anyone relate?