honorary

so, i got peed on again.  i'm going to swallow my pride and take it as a compliment...like he really wants me to be an honorary part of the family or something so he was just marking his territory.  i think i'm going to start bringing a change of clothes with me to shoots, though, because he peed so strategically that it sure looked like i had wet myself.  thanks buddy.  it's a good thing you're cute.

and tiny!  2 weeks old and not even 7 pounds yet.  can you say "peanut"? 

and no shoot would be complete without some pictures of the big sister...she's also cute, but not quite as tiny.  or quite as human.  though i'm pretty sure if you asked her, she's insist she was.  human, that is.

congratulations, you guys!

the best gift

now, normally i would never do a shoot on christmas day.  but a girl only has one first birthday.  and just how do you propose i say no to this face?

and just as i imagine jesus (exhausted by all the hubbub surrounding his first birthday), tummy full after a feast of fish, flatbread and hummus, hobbling over to his parents' bed (i'm assuming they had moved out of the stable by now), climbing up and chewing on a wooden soldier joseph had carved for him out of olive wood, so this little lady found winnie the pooh and snuggled in, ready to fall asleep at any moment...and her party hadn't even started yet.

  

tired.

i'm short on words this evening, folks.  so why don't we just let the pictures speak for themselves.

we may have had a little scene stealer on our hands.  i was lucky enough to take his baby pictures two years ago and he must have remembered what a good rapport we had because he was SO excited to perform for me.

and one last announcement...the winner of the dolcetto designs contest is joanne haidle!  i have a feeling their sweet little peanut who i photographed in the spring is going to be centre stage on their card...

mr. e

as i mentioned in my last post, we have a new baby in our house!  thank the lord i wasn't the one to deliver it this time.  he was born early monday morning (the date i picked in our house baby pool) and was home by that night, two weary parents in tow.

there are always lots of hands ready to hold him...though i might think twice next time as he promptly peed all over my shirt when i picked him up today.  somehow it was actually endearing and i wouldn't hesitate to snuggle him again, even if it resulted in me having to take another mid-day shower.

new little

meet kenneth.  he's the newest addition to our wild & crazy & ever increasingly large family.  i don't think he knows what he's getting into yet because he is so relaxed.  i got to take him on his "first since leaving the hospital" car trip and i must say that being a newborn's chauffeur in heavy snow is quite the responsibility.  he is the perfect gentleman, though, only cracking his eyes open for a few brief seconds to let mama know it's time to eat or when big brother decided to use his head as a car racing surface.

welcome to the family, little man.  we're so glad to have you.