Lily -Part 2

I said that I was going to get the chance to take some more pictures of Lily and Labor Day turned out to be the day. She is the cutest little thing. Here are a few new pictures that I really liked.

Now that you've seen all of the newborn pictures of Lily, I want to show you something that I'm really excited about. I have to admit that I'm not the first person to make some calendars like this, but I wanted to give it a try because it's so cool. These are 4 x 6 calendars which are very inexpensive to print, making these an excellent gift for grandma and grandpa, aunts and uncles, missionaries, kids away at school, and the list goes on and on. Put these in a black, thin profile frame for a very sleek, contemporary look, or you can go even more modern and put them in a plastic frame like this. I'll post some pictures of how these work very soon. I also need to thank my older brother, Joe who showed the coolest way of making these calendars. Oh, and in case you didn't know, my brother is a computer guru. I just looked up the word Guru because it's so cool to say and I wanted to know exactly what it means. Some synonyms of Guru are:teacher, tutor, sage, mentor, leader, master, authority, pundit, specialist, and informally 'whiz.' Yep, that just about describes him. Thanks, Joe.

Maddie

Here are some newborn pictures of Maddie. For a while there, I almost thought that we weren't going to get any of her, but luckily we found a day that worked out. It's been a busy few weeks for everybody.

Notice the Mom Loves You sticker in the bottom-left corner of the next two pictures. This is Kira's handiwork. She did a really good job sewing blankets for both Brinley and Maddie.



Here older sister Brinley is sitting quietly (which was very welcome) watching Spongebob Squarepants. She really loves that show.

Lilly (Part 1)

I took some pictures of Lilly Jane (my newest niece) yesterday and it was a lot of fun. I had to drop my car off to have it inspected and while I was waiting, I went to my brother's house which was just down the street. It was an impromptu visit and so I only got a few pictures, but I'll definitely be back. I've got ton of new ideas and I can't wait to see how they turn out.

After we took a few pictures, Lilly began to be fussy, so a little bottle went a long way to calming her down.


This is one of my favorites.



I had my equipment all packed up and then I saw her just relaxing on her mom's shoulder and I couldn't resist the photo op right in front of me.



She let out a few smiles during our shoot, but I was only able to grab part of one, and this is it.

I'm an Uncle...Again!

Actually, I'm an uncle twice, again. What I mean is that I now have two more nieces as of Saturday. Yep, in case you're wondering, they were born on the same day. Madison Jean ( I love that name, Madison) and Lilly Jane are the newest members of my extended family. It's really crazy how different they are, physically, I mean. Maddie weighs about 3/4 what Lilly weighs and she's smaller too. When she curls her legs up and she's wrapped up, she seems even smaller than she really is. I unfortunately didn't get to see Lilly very much because it was late at night and her mom was tired, not to mention how tired I was after an hour and a half of a hospital waiting room. My older brother Joe, who is Lilly's father, was taking pictures throughout the whole thing and did a fantastic job. He's totally a natural, but that's to be expected. He's such an artist, so I didn't take so many pictures of them, knowing that he's got it well under control.

These are pictures of Lilly.

Grandpa (Dad) likes to whistle through his teeth at babies. It's fun to watch.





And here are pictures of Maddie.





Grandma (Mom) was just loving it! I would have thought that it was her birthday, twice, by how happy she was.


I promise that this packaged baby has a head. Now you see what I mean when I tell you that she is tiny.

Smile!!!

If this doesn't make you smile, then I don't know what will.

Jacob - Part II

I'm so glad that I was here to take some pictures of my newest nephew, Jacob. When my other nephew Max and my niece Brinley were born I wasn't able to take some newborn pictures of them because I was out of town. I was so bummed about that! But I had a great session with my nephew this morning. I've really got to do more sessions with newborns. They are so much fun!!! They don't move around at all, they're very, very tired (like me) and you just can't make them look bad. I've always enjoyed taking pictures of children, particularly candids, and I think that's one of the reasons why I like taking pictures of newborns so much. You just can't ask a newborn to say cheese, not that I would even if I could. I hate saying cheese with a camera in my hands. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the rest of my Jacob pics.