I Heart Faces Photo Contest

Here it goes! This is my first photo contest to enter. Wish me luck!!!This week's theme is "PLAY" I have this photo of my nephew at his baseball game. I love his concentration in the photo.   

 

Beginning of Summer

I don't know why but to Me, June is the beginning of summer. For some it's May and if you go by the calendar it's not until June 21st. But June has always meant the beginning of summer to me.

Josie has been quite the stinkpot lately. I don't know what is going on with her, but Mommy is about ready to pull her hair out. She wants me ALL THE TIME!!! I have to be holding her or she has to be sitting on my lap. I don't know if it's teeth coming in, her not feeling good, the heat or just that clingy stage but it is about to wear me out. It's hard carrying around a 32 pound child on your hip all day long. If I try to sit her down she takes her legs and tries to grab on so that I can't. Don't get me wrong I love that she wants Mommy but sometimes I wish she would want Daddy! :-)

Tuesday night, I tried to weed the flower bed and that lasted all but 5 minutes. Instead she and I ended up on the 4 wheeler. Then Chris came over to help Daddy work on the Jeep and she made him take her for a ride.

She did let me get my camera out to play a little though and I got this one of her in the bottoms sitting on the 4 wheeler.

We then took a ride down to Mike & Tanya's so she could play with the girls. She had fun down there once she warmed up and Mommy got a little break. Abby kept asking when she would get to come babysit so I told her I would pick her up on my way home Wednesday night and she could "babysit" Josie and I would weed my flowers.

And this time it lasted about 30 minutes. With crying about every 5 minutes in between. I finally just gave up and went to sit with the girls on the deck while they played.

This is Abby calling her Mommy to tell her to bring Lollipops for Josie because everytime she would start crying Abby would tell her she would get her a sucker. But we don't have suckers.

Mommy making Josie give Abby a hug after she hit her. I don't know why! But my daughter is a bully! )Couldn't be from me!)

Then Abby's Pappy came up to get her because he had a surprise and this was it.

It had just been born. When we got down there to see it, it was standing but you could still see her sac laying there. This is Josie's first time of seeing a baby pony. She liked her and wanted to get down to go see it but Mommy wouldn't let her.

Then the girls had to get their 4-H Goats out and take them for a walk. They let Josie lead Abby's back to the barn. His name was Sparky. She told Maddie that she was "I alk Dog!". She did really good with it and even gave ole Sparky a kiss before putting him up.

Needless to say she was gross by the time we got home. Even "Pappy" came and gave her two suckers. So we had sucker and goat hair all over us! Yum Yum!!!

Yesterday she went to Aunt 'Chelle's and after nap they got out the kids' new water slide and played on it. Josie is quite the daredevil. Doesn't phase her a bit to go down the slide like the big kids.

Under Construction~Dreams Do Come True Photography~Child Photographer~Bloomington, Indiana

Just wanted any of you followers to know that my blog is currently under construction. So if you click on a link and it doesn't take you anywhere, I am working on it.
Thank you for your patience! I'm hoping to make this more client friendly.

Josie will be 22 months old tomorrow! Where does the time go? It just two short months my baby will be 2.

I think we are already going through the terrible two's also. She says "no" to everything. I have to use reverse psychology on her to get her to do something. She is very stubborn. If I tell her to quit doing something she continues to do it until I stop her. Very frustrating and this Momma doesn't have much patience.

She still loves her fruit and is really getting into playing with the dolls. Everything is "mine" now and she will walk around with her babies telling us they are hers.

She has became oblivious to my camera. Which is nice but everytime I try and get her attention so I can actually get her looking at the camera she ignores me. I'm going to have to figure out another trick. The silly dancing and yelling songs isn't working anymore.

I had to use Daddy the other night as my subject for one of my photo assignments. He wasn't much fun but he did let me use him, so I can't complain. Anyway, I tried getting some of Josie and of course wouldn't cooperate so Daddy told her to blow raspberries at me. And so now that is the new thing.

And I just have to share this photo. I was editing some of Josie's photos for an art project I am working on. (Will post photos of it when I'm done) and I came across this photo of her in the tub. I want it blown up huge and put on either a canvas or a standout and it's going in the bathroom. I LOVE THIS PHOTO!!!!!

Questionaire from my new class

Today, I started a new online class about "Finding The Joy". Capturing childhood.
My first lesson had this questionaire so I thought I would share and document for myself my responses. I hope to come back to this in a year and answer these again. Just to see if the answers will be any different.

1. What is it that brought you here? What do you wish to gain from this six week e-journey? Is it better photos of your children/grandchildren/pets? Is it to force yourself to actually photograph your own children? Is it to document your child’s life? WHY are you here?


I am here because- I have finally got my groove back after battling PPD, I have started shooting other families as well as my own DD. My goal and dream in life is to provide for my family with my art of photography! I want to better myself anyway I can and children are going to be my biggest subject! As well as the relationships that unfold with it.

2. Think about your own childhood and life. What do you wish you had photos of from your past? Maybe you forgot your camera at a big event, or maybe your parents just didn’t document your life as you wish they had. Think of some specific events/people/things from your past and childhood of which you really wish you had a photo.

My mom & dad did pretty good with documenting our childhood. I wish there would have been more photos involving them with us kids. Don't get me wrong, I love having photos with my grandparents and my great-grandparents and all my relatives but there are very few of my parents in the photos with us. I plan on changing that in our daughter's life. I have been using the self-timer quite a bit lately to get Mommy in the photo.

3. Pretend aliens steal your memory, what do you want your family’s future generations to know about you and your life? About your children’s lives? What do you want your children to remember about their childhood?

I want the future generations to know of my passion for my family and it's history. I want them to know that my DD was the best thing that ever happened in our life. I want her to remember the love her parents have for her and the fun times we had.

4. I am a good parent/grandparent/fur baby parent because…..

I give my daughter the one and only thing she needs to survive life, LOVE!!! I know at times my patience is short but in the end I love her more than anything in the world.

5. I can SHOW my skills from above by capturing photos of……

She & I and all the fun times we have. Playing in the water, running around the house, tickling, snuggling, swinging and even watching ELMO!