September's Sweetie Pie

 

I was at my friend's shop today and she had my calendar hanging up and since I never have mine actually turned to the right month I almost missed 30 days of staring at this cutie!

Baby Mondays: TTATO (tiny toes and the other…things)

This was an idea I had months ago when I was wishing for one of my dozen or so writers friends to have a baby and now that it's done there are several expecting Moms in the newsroom, I'm happy to learn. So many thanks for falling asleep on such an unlikely spot with all your tiny toes and the other things which made this photo great and I have hope that someday all babies will be loved even before they are born just like you. Thanks T and Baby G.

Baby Mondays: Book of Love

I'm just a bit partial to October babies and visiting with Baby G reminded me how much I love autumn it's when I brought 3 of mine home and each of those years we'd dress them in teeny costumes to visit our favorite pumpkin patch and take photos, I hope this little pumpkin brings as much joy this time of year as mine.

Baby Mondays: getting adjusted

I don't know whether I think look like more dinosaur bones than spines but I love the symmetry and the other photo amazes me and it looks as though she's sleeping in the womb. I love how different angles and perspective can change a photo even though the subject remained pretty much in the same spot just a little wiggle and roll adjusting herself onto the tummy as I photographed this series.

Baby Mondays: Tool Time

I loved watching how these adorable 6 week old twins seem to communicated with each other. The little boy would comfort his sister reaching for her when she cried touching her face and trying to give a hug like a good brothers do. Mom and dad are two very lucky people to have twins so sweet and calm and sleep at the same time! Wouldn't we all love to be born with our best friend right there next to us.

Baby Mondays: baby lettuce

Twins! I had double the fun photographing these adorable babies, they were so good the only difficult part was of the shoot seemed to be stacking the dozen or so heads of lettuce around them as they slept. Now can you guess which one is the boy and which is the girl? 

Baby Mondays: X-small

This photo created a bit of a challenge for me having to photograph through x-ray film , it proved to be a test of my lighting skills I learned way back in college, I'm glad to say my 9 year old knew right away it was an x-ray of a spine, then I had some fun photoshopping the image onto a lightbox, there are several other photos in this series I'll post at a later date. Who knew chiropractic medicine could be so visual.

On Sale

I'll be set up here selling the calendar Thursday August 26th from 9am -11:30am

They are $10 each the sales help out Ronald McDonald House in Mobile and Smile Train.

Learn more about the charities HERE .

CALENDARS!!!!

I'm so excited they are finally here all 2500 of them and they turned out gorgeous! Stay tuned,  I'll be back soon with a bigger post about the calendars and all the fun details.

Special Delivery 2011 Calendar Charities

                                             

 

Click on logos to learn more about these wonderful charities

The Special Delivery 2011 Calendar is available for purchase starting August 26th at local shops or online in my Etsy Shop . To request a large quantity(10 or more) please contact me via email and tag it special delivery calendar order . Thanks!

PRINTING!

My excitement is overwhelming! I just go an email saying the presses are working fast and furious printing the Special Delivery 2011 Calendars. I will be announcing shortly the charities selected to receive thousands in donation from the calendar sales.

Sweet calendar babies

Hugs to all the Moms, Dads and Babies who have helped make the 2011 Special Delivery Calendar awesome!

Calendar will be available mid-August

Baby Mondays: Cover Girl

I am happy to announce that the calendar is near completion just a few more finishing touches before heading to the presses.  So I thought I'd give everyone a sneak peak at the 2011 Special Delivery Calendar cover photo which has been a favorite of many blog readers and Click here  and here to see more photos of this cover girl. 

Baby Mondays: Asleep on the job

It's hard to imagine that this cute as a button baby will one day grow up to fit into his Daddy's hat but we all know how fast time seems to go by and how it feels like yesterday our baby's were all this small and now college is just around the corner.

Baby Mondays: New-Born

I know it's not Monday but I just couldn't wait to post this labor of love, between trying to find a size 20 sneaker and the looks I got while I rearranged the boxes at the local shoe store I am pleased to present Baby M, he just might be a born runner like his Mom and maybe one day they'll pull this photo out when he wins an Olympic gold medal in the 100 meters.

 I'll be posting another photo of this adorable baby on Monday!

baby Mondays: Little Jitterbug

It's Showtime! The idea came almost half a year ago and all I needed was red theatre seats and wait for one of the cutest baby to be born. I'm quite honored and thankful to have the opportunity the use our very own Saenger Theatre here for the photo shoot, doesn't Baby Z look so sweet as if she's waiting for her parents next theatre production to start.

Baby Mondays: Rock-a-Bye, Baby

 

Sweet Baby Z was as content as can be nestled upon her Daddy's drum and melting his heart, I couldn't have been more thrilled that she slept as long as she did as I worked out so lighting issue with some much need assistance, I definitely need to work on my timing and rhythm, special thanks her the M&D!

Baby Mondays: Wrapping it up

This little bundle of joy was calm, content and sleepy  what more could a new Mommy ask for and her Dad's in the news biz so what better to wrap up Baby Mondays then with these....

 Baby Mondays will be on hiatus so I may give more time to other aspects of my photography and the blog.

Baby Mondays: Portobello

Shhhhhh...... I love how the giant mushroom and plants makes the baby look so tiny like a little elfin asleep in an enchanted forest. This shoot had the longest prep time yet. It took weeks of planning , a trip to the local HD to borrow enough plant to fill up our dining room , two days set up time and less than 30 seconds to capture this adorable image.

Baby Mondays: Flour Child

There's nothing like natural light cascading down on a sleeping baby. Sweet Pea was so tired by the end of her shoot fighting to stay awake the whole time we finally set her down on a some potato sacks in the corner of the store before getting her dressed and off she went to the land of nod, who knew burlap could be so comfy.