WARNING.....

the following little ones may be way too cute that there's a chance you'll become glued to your screen......so be prepared!!!

I told you they were cute!!!!  The teeny weeny one above is my niece and below her is my cousin's little one!  I'm having such a fun time going through all of them and it's such a nice change of pace to edit a picture of someone other than Lillian!  I thought for sure that she'd end up being my only client......how sad would that be?!!!  So I'll be doing lots and lots of editing this week, creating my business cards and finally work on picking out some albums that I'd like to offer to my customers!  There are so many little things that you need to do to get things off of the ground when starting your own business, but it's totally worth it to be able to capture these amazing memories for people and their families!!  So I'm off to do some more editing, searching and pricing.......wish me luck!!  And have a wonderful week........can you believe it's almost March?!!!!

Back home.....

(in Syracuse) to witness the birth of this miracle!  My niece Marianna Josephine arrived on Valentine's Day and weighed in at a healthy 8lbs 1oz and was 20 1/2 inches long!  Me and Lillian arrived earlier that morning and went straight to the hospital.  Lillian was such a good little girl according to my dad since I was with Betsy and Justin for a good portion of the day.  When it came close to the delivery, I went back into the room and was there with the both of them until she arrived.  Since I had Lillian via emergency c-section, this is something that I wasn't able to experience......actually it's something that I'll never be able to experience, so it meant even more to me that they both let me be in the room with them.  Naturally, I wanted to be able to capture some of the special moments, but since my most important job was helping Betsy, I didn't get as many as I would have liked.  When Marianna was born, her heart rate was a bit fast because Betsy had a fever during delivery.  So they kind of had to wisk her away and take her to the NICU to make sure that everything was okay.  So for the brief moment that Betsy was able to hold Marianna, I had to hold my camera up in the air and pray that I was able to capture something since a  couple of nurses were blocking all of the prime real estate!  Needless to say, they didn't turn out, but at least I was able to capture a few images for their scrapbook.  We had our first photo shoot yesterday, but I want to wait until I get back home next week to edit and share.

Oh and I also had the pleasure of shooting my cousin's daughter this past Sunday.......talk about a cutie!  I'm just so excited to get back home to start editing everything that I've shot thus far......and I still have a lot of shooting to do before I leave so I have a feeling I'll be spending a lot of time on the computer when I get home! 

Happy Valentine's Day.....

just a wee bit early!  Since all of my equipment is ready to be packed in the car for our trip back home, I thought it'd be the perfect opportunity to use one of the fabrics that I picked up for backgrounds to take some pics of Lillian for Valentine's Day.  Ideally, I should have taken them a lot earlier, but I forgot to put it on my to do list so it was overlooked.  To get her to stay still, I bought a lollipop at Target yesterday and it seemed to do the trick!  I've learned that you either need to make really funny noises when they're this age or bribe them with a treat........bribing worked this time around for sure!!!  Anyways, here's a couple more pics to share......I'll have some pics of someone other than Lillian pretty soon, so be on the lookout for those!!

We're getting ready....

to head on home soon and I have piles to prove it!  All of my photography equipment is in the corner of the kitchen and ready to go once we get the call from my sister that she's in labor.  It's going to be such an exciting time the next couple of weeks with lots of shooting involved!  I'm so excited to not only meet Marianna, but to also have the opportunity to capture the very first moments of her life.  I have lots of little props that I'm excited to try out since we're not able to venture outdoors for any shoots......it's the one time living in warmer climates would certainly come in handy!!!

Anyways, time to share a pic of Lillian!  She's been getting sleepy a lot earlier than normal for her afternoon naps and today was no exception......