Preston and Parker

These two brothers are so cute! I could just eat them up. I had fun with my new fishing set up and I think that it's safe to say that Preston likes it too!

<You can catch more than fish in my studio. Check out this cute girl he caught. Hehe!
Meet Parker! He's a cute roly poly olee! I love them just like this!


Just a tiny bit of brotherly love. 

Sweet Sweet Lily

I had two really fun sessions today. I have so many pictures to share but for your sake, I'm splitting them into two different posts. 

This little sweetie wasn't quite sure what the heck that white furry thing was!

And the white furry thing wasn't quite sure what she was! And, Lily certainly wasn't sure that she wanted a unknown white furry thing in her pictures!
She was much happier with the faux bunny and chicks!
<Until we put her on the red couch for more formal pictures. It was all good until I put the faux bunny next to her. We'll just say that she added a little purple spot to her pretty little head. :(
Nothing that a big bow won't cover! Such a pretty baby!
Lily, it was such a pleasure meeting your Mommy and Daddy. I can hardly wait for your 1st birthday pictures! They will be so much fun!

Sweet Lily

40 hours...

My middle son, C, is participating in a project at our church. It's specifically for the Middle School students and it's called 40 hours. The idea is to raise awareness within these children of homelessness. It sounded like fun but I'll tell you, it's a hard lesson. Hard for C, and really hard for Mom. 

My sweet hubby stopped by to check on him earlier today and he told me that he had one donut for breakfast and a PB&J for lunch. Someone stopped by with several packages of animal crackers but there weren't enough for each child. So, the kids had to answer questions to get crackers. Chase scored a package and hid it in his box in case they didn't have dinner. These kids have been standing on the street corner asking for food donations. 

Here are several pictures to illustrate the situation:

Kristy, can you see the panel van and Jeep? They are blocking traffic! Phew!

I actually saw two children digging through the dumpster seen in the background. I think that they were looking for more cardboard. The boxes weren't holding up in the wind.
This is how C, was looking after one night and day. He's a trooper!

I am concerned about the weather tonight. Hopefully it won't be as bad as the forecaster's predict. I get to go pick my "baby" boy up at 9:30am. My heart goes out to the family members that live this every day. It occurs to me that I know exactly where my son is and that if there should be bad weather, that the pastors will certainly get the kids out of harm's way. There are families out there tonight that haven't a clue where their loved one's are. My heart goes out to them. 

My son also had plenty of food delivered and donated by Wendy's so no worries about him only having animal crackers for dinner! A friend was just dropping by a few bags of pretzels, some candy and chocolate milk as well. He'll have to share with everyone though. 

Thanks to everyone that sponsored C (he's going on a Mission's trip with the money raised) and to my friends for supporting me through this. :) I love you all!

Blustery weather

I had several sessions scheduled at the park today but the weather just wasn't cooperating. It was WINDY! I had one session scheduled for 9am and I rescheduled the rest in an effort to shield my little clients from the sand that was blowing like crazy!

Here are some pictures from the session that we were able to salvage. What a cutie!

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Easter Bunny!

Oh my, is this the sweetest little bunny ever! When I put my nose up to her cage, she hops right over and licks it. This is bunny speak for, "I love you." She allows me to put her in a harness and on a leash and doesn't even mind if I hold her on her back like a baby. She is the sweetest little bunny ever! She's not at all bratty like her sister!

Do you like the basket? Did I got to crazy with the flowers? Would you believe that just three days ago this basket was red? My good friend gave it to me and said that I could paint it. I didn't ask about the flowers and ribbon. She'll forgive me!

Isn't that bunny just the cutest little thing? Yes, she is!

I am Stephanie, and I am addicted to bunny cuteness. My basket giving friend can be to blame. She started it.

Miss M

Snowball goes to work!

My new baby bunny had her first "gig" today. She was such a good little girl. She got to meet one of my favorite clients. Miss M loves her some baby Snowball.

Before meeting Miss M, she had to check out the other props.







Then it was time to get down to business!





I think that it's safe to say that she won Miss M's heart.

It doesn't hurt that Miss M is simply sweet and gentle.



Snowball and I enjoyed our time with Miss M and her Daddy and Mommy. Cracker and Quacker (the ducks) were not as big of a hit as Snowball. It probably didn't help that I sat Miss M down on one of them and it was trying desperately to get out of her dress. It traumatized her (and the duck) slightly!

Snowball, Cracker and Quacker, have several more gigs on Saturday. I'm sure that they will all be a big hit!
Have a great week!
Stephanie

It's been a long week!

It's officially been a week since my truck died. It's been a long week of grieving for me. I miss my truck. I've seriously gone through most of the stages. First it was shock. I knew that Trevor would come home, change the fuel filter and it would fire up and purr as usual. No such luck. Then came the sadness, quickly followed by anger.

Last Sunday, a wrecker came and towed my love to the mechanic. On Thursday, I carefully drove it home. I wasn't able to get it to go over 30 mph but we were hopeful that if we left it idling that we would get the injectors cleaned out. We dumped some more cleaner into the fuel filter's canister and that promptly shut the engine down. We let it sit over night and we were able to start it Friday afternoon. It idled until it ran perfectly! I was so happy to drive my truck twice around the block. It ran perfectly..... until I left to go to the ball field. It once again left me stranded. This time it was too far to walk so I sat praying that no one would run off the road and into us and I grabbed my pepper spray a few times as people stopped to offer help.

My truck now sits in the front yard, covered in pollen and dust, with half of the engine taken apart. Hopefully, very soon the injectors will be pulled out and cleaned and that will solve my problems. I desperately miss my truck and I seriously have not been this distraught since I lost my brother. It's just a silly truck for pete's sake.

I added the keys to the Mustang to my keyring today. That does NOT mean that I have accepted any of this. I really dislike driving that car. I don't like climbing up off of the floor and it certainly does not help that I have hit my head getting out of the thing, three times. Come on, I'm only 4' 11." Honestly, I just don't feel safe in the thing. I want my truck back! Now!!!!!

No Session fee and your chance to win!!

Angels Touch Photography will be holding Spring/Easter sessions at Moon Lake Park in Pasco County on March 28, 2009. Book your session on this day and only pay for your portrait package. That's right, we're waving the $100 on-location session fee for this day only! And what's even better... ONE fortunate client will win all images on CD with a print release!

Did we mention that there will be live baby ducks and a cute white bunny available for these sessions? You won't want to miss this. Book your session today! 727-271-2611

I was Made to love you

Not Me Monday!

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

This past week was full of Not Me's. I've just been on a roll so I thought that I had better come clean today. Hopefully it will make me feel better. If not, it should make you feel better!

On Monday, I did not fight the urge to jump the fence as my baby boy was struck in the face by the ball during a game. Instead, I did not follow my sweet husband to the dug out and then decide to go back to my chair to text Jen because I was about to have a panic attack. I do not have severe panic attacks that are managed with meds and I am certainly not considering taking a double dose when I go to the ball field.

On Tuesday, I did not decide to stay home with the younger children to get them in bed earlier, completely missing my oldest son's "out of the park" homerun. I was not at all regretful that I missed that game and I am still certainly not regretful that I missed the one on Saturday and will again miss another tonight. This Mama is not at all feeling guilty!

I did not decide that my baby fufu was not at all photogenic last week. I did not start looking for a lighter bunny and then instantly fall in love with another one. I would never bring another bunny into this house, upsetting my sweet fufu. Fufu does not at all have a pissy attitude because of all of this. As a result, I am NOT installing a baby gate in the doorway of the family room so that Fufu and Snowball can both have free roam in their own areas of the house. I am not at all a bunny fanatic!

I also did not go out and buy baby ducks to go along with the baby bunny. I do not use live animals as props and I most certainly did not have a light bulb go off when a friend asked if a lamb was next. Her next sarcastic suggestion would ever have been donkeys for Christmas. She thinks that she is funny but she's giving me such good ideas.

On Friday, I did not torture baby CC with my camera and then have a yummy lunch with her Mommy! I did not enjoy every minute of it and I certainly never would have lost control and kissed that baby's hand! My hubby's germ-aphobia is not at all wearing off on me.

On my way home from lunch I did not have trouble with my truck. I did not will it to get me home only to be left on the side of the road walking. I did not snap at some poor guy that was staring at me as I started walking and I most certainly did not leave my purse in the truck and grab my camera bag. I did not have my neighbor pull me home, riding the brakes all the way because I was terrified that I would run into my neighbor.

I was most certainly not upset about my truck all weekend. I did not cry yesterday as I realized that it was going to have to be towed to the mechanic. The thought of taking a picture of it on the tow truck never crossed my mind and I didn't have trouble sleeping last night, wondering if it made it to the shop.

I am not praying that my truck is better soon so that I will stop worrying!

Cute little ducks!

So, the highlight of our weekend was getting two baby ducks. Of course, they are for the sole purpose of taking Spring Portraits but they will be very pretty adults swimming round in the canal out back. Thankfully, these guys came in and we were able to pick them up Saturday morning. It truthfully was the highlight of our weekend. Sad, but very true!

If you are a personal friend or even a client, you know how much I love my truck. It died Friday afternoon and has yet to be resurrected. I am a spoiled wife so normally all I need to do is mention that something is broken and my hubby fixes it. Unfortunately, my sweet hubby is unfamiliar with diesel engines and apparently so is our star mechanic. My hubby has poured hours of time into trying to diagnose and remedy the ailment to no avail. Last night, he gave up, pulled up a chair and we watched ducks. They went from their two duck hot tub (their water bowl beneath a light) to their food dish and back. It was very entertaining. That should tell you just how bad the weekend was.

My truck is on it's way to the mechanic as I type. It was the saddest thing to watch the tow truck driver load it onto the flat bed. Hopefully it will be purring again very soon.

Here are the baby ducks. Aren't they cute?

Have Mercy!

At least that is what Miss CC was thinking today! Have mercy on this sweet baby. The poor little thing is teething something fierce so she was already quite the little crank pot but considering there were at least five outfit changes, she was a real trooper!

I've just begun processing all of the pictures but I had to get to some of them. After all, we've been planning this for awhile. Now I just need to get Miss E-ahh and her big brother (who we will now call Spiderman) in the studio and I'll be one happy Auntie.

Here is Miss CC looking her cutest! :




This cute little number comes from The Stitchery Co. The link to her webpage is on the right. This outfit is oh so cute! Little Miss CC was only posing in her bumbo by this point so you can't see the cute "C" and all of the ruffles. Oh my!

More and more to come! I just can't wait!

Cutie Booties

It's been another one of those crazy weeks. I think that this will continue at least through baseball season. Yay!

Mr. B had a game last night where he proved just how tough he is by taking a ball to the face. That was NOT fun for Mom to watch. Thankfully he is perfectly fine. He scored the game ball for his injury. He was so happy about that! Tonight, I reluctantly stayed home with the younger kiddos as the oldest had a late game. You would know that I missed a big home run hit! This Momma has connections though. A great friend was sure to call me, followed by my husband. This is a huge deal for my big guy. I am so proud of him!

On Tuesday, I had little Miss CC again. I can't believe how fast she is growing up. She can sit for a few seconds unassisted now and I am confident that if she really tried she could roll herself from place to place. In just a few very short months she'll be running around chasing bunnies. I can wait! She's just too snuggly right now. I don't want to give that up and I know that her Mommy doesn't either.

Check little Miss CC out! We'll have lots more pictures this weekend! yay!


And, speaking of cutie booties... check out my new baby! She is so sweet and loving. She loves to be held, and loved and kissed. I officially gave in and named her Snowball tonight. Mr. B who is holding her here has wanted Snowball from the second that he heard of her and after taking a poll on Myspace, Snowball it is!
Look at those pretty blue eyes!
So, that is my eventful update. Cross your fingers for an uneventful bonding of bunnies. Fufu still isn't quite sure what she should do with Snowball. After the traumatic experience that Elle and I had with Lacy and Penelope, I'm scared to let Fufu get close to the baby. I'm thinking that Elle may need to come over next week and help bunny sit. In the meantime, I'm taking Fufu into the baby's room for short visits. She hops on top of her cage, and tries stuffing her nose through the slats in the cage. It's really quite comical. I'll keep you all posted on the bunny bonding!

Spring Pictures