Monthly Archives: December 2007

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Neighbors

December 30, 2007 – 8:57 pm
Those that know me know that I’m super shy and a bit of a social recluse. Shocker..I know! LOL! Still, this summer we spent alot of time outside and by we, I mean Nicholas. Just so happens that right next door are a couple of awesome kids with equally awesome parents. Nicholas soon became a regular on their back porch and all the kids became fast friends. I also found myself chatting a little bit more regularly with the neighbors than what I’m accustomed to and I’m really glad that I have taken myself out of my shell in order to get to know my neighbors a little bit more. They really are a wonderful family.

So, when mom told me that they didn’t have a family portrait, and after I cringed at the thought of a family not having a family picture, I knew that I had to capture their tiny family for them.

I had a great time with all of them. The youngest member, Nico’s neighborhood bud, was totally shy at first, but once I got him to come around and make nice with the camera, he turned out some totally handsome smiles for me. And those eyes…just beautiful…

Miss M’s eyes were equally as beautiful…and she’s just a total sweetie.

Being relatively new to the neighborhood, mom and dad have been extremely helpful with everything that goes on in our little town…like the tip on Christmas Eve that Santa was going to come right past our house. Totally amazing and totally something I wouldn’t have ever known had it not come from my neighbors. I’m so happy that I was able to do something nice for them, if anything, in appreciation for getting me outside more and getting to know my surroundings better.

Thanks guys! Enjoy your slideshow : )

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Webbed

December 28, 2007 – 11:01 pm
One of his favorite things to do is get all dressed up….in costume. You never know what he’s going to be at any given time.

I love the imagination that he puts into the alter ego of the moment.

Today it was Spiderman and you’ve been webbed!

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The year of the Transformer and the Power Ranger

December 27, 2007 – 12:41 am

If you ask him what his favorite thing was he’d rattle off a list of about 20!

He made out like a bandit! The DS like his older brother…every Transformer made, Power Rangers galore, movies, games and a bunch of other stuff. He’s been bouncing from one thing to the other since Santa’s arrival and it’s been awesome watching him be so happy. The expressions on his face on Christmas morning were just priceless. So, the pictures are blurry because I was trying to look at him as opposed to look at him through the view finder.

I hope that Santa was great to all of you!

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Have yourself a merry little Christmas…

December 24, 2007 – 7:47 pm

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Holiday concert

December 21, 2007 – 4:57 pm
Among all the other holiday festivities that we have been attending this past week was Sydney’s holiday concert. Can I just tell you how flippin’ cute all these out of tune cuties were together on stage?

Of course, I’m just partial to this little elf…

What was pretty cool about the concert was that in the middle of one of their Santa songs who should appear but the man himself. The kids went bananas!

So very cute…

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This morning…

December 16, 2007 – 2:03 pm

Instead of the tons of snow that we thought we were in for, this is what it looks like outside.
and this is down the street…

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old man winter

December 14, 2007 – 3:53 pm
I took some time out yesterday to watch the ice form on the trees outside. Though it was a pain to drive in and it was incredibly slick to walk on, I think it looked totally peaceful.

Then last night, when I was attempting to make Christmas cards upstairs in my scrapbooking studio, I looked out the window and saw this…

I thought it was the coolest string of lights and rather than being the fake store bought kind, they were totally natural.

I hope you got the opportunity to enjoy the ice yesterday!

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Today you…

December 6, 2007 – 4:07 pm
…are getting your school pictures taken. And while I wrote out a check in order to purchase a package, I thought I’d better get some shots of my own since I’m not too in love with the photos that come back from the photographer that snaps school picture shots.
I thought you looked absolutely handsome today. Even your dad exclaimed how much you looked like a little man when he walked through the door from work. You seemed to really like the style as well. Something different, I suppose, than the standard tee-shirt, jeans and sweatshirt that you customarily pick out for school. I also suppose that this different “look” that you were sportin’ today caused you to actually sit in front of the camera for me.

As I looked through the shots I got this morning I started to realize that you are, in fact, a big boy. Very independent, very opinionated, very sweet… I marvel at how you rationalize things and come up with convincing arguments to even the simplest of discussions we have. You are certainly very bright and witty, too. And while all of these traits are evidence that you are growing up, I still love the fact that you cuddle and give out “huggies” and are very much my little boy — as you love to point out when you know you are in trouble.

So, as I sent you off to school this morning, all daper ready to get your pictures snapped by someone other than me, I thought about all the characteristics that you are developing as a big boy and totally cherished even more the little boy that you are always going to be to your momma.

Lastly, I hoped that you would give your best movie star smile this morning and not stick out your tounge and issue a zerbert at the photographer…as you most of the time do for me : ).

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Siblings

December 5, 2007 – 2:46 pm

They wanted to surpise mom and dad with photos of all 5 of them.

I love it when pictures tell the personality of those being photographed.

These guys were a total blast to photograph. So relaxed and fun to work with. What I especially loved was that in between shots there was a football being tossed around. You’d be walking around the field at Valley Forge Park and all of a sudden…woosh! a football whizzin’ by your head.

By far this was one of my favorite sessions yet!

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in a week…

December 2, 2007 – 2:53 pm
It’s crazy to think that an entire week has gone by.
I’ve been crazy busy with the wrap up of my holiday sessions and trying to get them out the door so that everyone could have their prints before the holidays. Glad to report that I only have two more sessions left.
I’d really love to thank all the families that I was so fortunate to capture this year. It’s been an absolutely amazing ride for me and I just can’t thank you all enough!

Other than photography…

Our tree is up. Nico was super excited to participate this year and we had a total blast watching him. I guess it’s really the first year that he really gets what the holiday season is all about. The whole Santa thing, christmas trees, stockings…

I love our tree. Every year I moan and groan at the thought of dragging everything up from the basement and putting it all together. This year was no different. However, once it’s all up and out, the house looks so pretty and I simply love the glow that the tree gives the entire downstairs at night. There’s something so peaceful about it.

This year, our tree seems to be covered with ball ornaments. We had some break over the summer while little people, who shall remain nameless, were rummaging around in the basement. We bought some new ball ornaments during the week and came to realize that we didn’t really lose as much as I thought we had. So now…we have a tree full of sparkly ball ornaments and not too much of anything else. As a relatively new family, our goal is to buy a new ornament each year for us and all the kids — something that represents us/them for the year. That way, when we’re old and grey, and the children have families and trees of their own, they also have the ornaments that we had for them when they were little. Out of the whole putting-together-the-tree experience though, my absolute favorite is getting to watch the kids put the star on the tree. This year was Nico’s turn…

So, that’s it…a recap of my week. It’s off to shovel freshly fallen snow, make more coffee and clean out Nico’s closet (UGH!).

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