Memorial Day

This was my husband 5 years ago at his sisters wedding, but a great picture of him in his uniform. I must say, I have always been a sucker for a man in a uniform.

I think this weekend we should all stop and remember why we have a long weekend, the picnics, and parades. Remember those who so unselfishly gave their lives, or a period of time in their lives to serve their country.

Say safe, and remember, don't drink and drive!

I got my Mom back!

It seems like it has been forever since I have been able to go out for the day with my Mother for lunch and shopping! Since she has been working 5 days a week for the past 8 months (up from 3 days previously) it seems like she traded my mother in for a tried lady that never wants to have any fun.

Today was the first day off my mother took in forever. The deli owner's daughter is home from college, and can help reduce my mothers hours slightly.

So I have been raving about Savers, the thrift store forever! We finally made a trip up there!

It was great to be able to spend some time with my mother out...

Ben's First Birthday Party!

Yesterday we had Benjamin's First Birthday Party, and it was a complete success! He had a wonderful time, and got all kinds of fun presents we are going to have a great time with this summer. Along with some completely adorable clothes!

Today I am 1!He wanted to play in the grass the whole day. LOL
His favorite present was the wrapping paper. He
just wanted to play with it instead of the actual toys.Camden is such a great big brother. He helped Ben open
all of his presents and even showed him what they do. It was
SOOOOO cute!

My mother made Ben an awesome Monsters Inc. Cake!
A special thanks to Shaws for going out of business so my mother
could by 90% of their cake decorating materials. LOL

Then came the cake... Unlike Camden, he was only interested
in the icing mostly. At Camden's first birthday party there wasn't
a crumb left over!
Yum Yum YumHe really enjoyed in... until I tried to give him a drink...
then he got hysterical.

So then came clean up... and immediately after he was washed up,
and into dry clothes, that was it for the day. He crashed for a good 2 hours.
LOL

Overall we had a wonderful day with friends and family, and it was a great first birthday party. I really think that these get togethers actually show how much our close friends and family really care about our children. :)

Busy Week!

It has been pretty busy the past couple days, especially for me!

Most know my love for photography, and if that isn't clear from this blog alone, I don't know how to make it any more obvious. LOL!

Well I have started working on putting together a portfolio in hopes of working on my own as a freelance photographer. It is a pipe dream at this point, but so far I have had two shoots with people that aren't related to me, and they didn't come out half bad!I wanted to share a couple pictures from the shoots.



Wish me luck!

Ben's Check Up

Today was Benjamin's 12 month well baby visit, and it certainly gave me a scare!


To start off his stats!
Weight : 20 pounds 1 ounce
Height : 30 1/2 inches
Head : BIG! Up into the 85%!!

Unfortunately for us, our Pediatrician suggested that Ben be evaluated by a program called Birth To Three, which screens for developmental delays. The point is to help catch delays early before they turn into actual disabilities.

We think that Ben is just doing things on his own terms. And we assumed that because Camden is the nice big brother and doing a lot of things for him that he just had no desire to do it for himself.

To be proactive we are going to have him screened. We think that he may be slightly behind because of the 6-8 weeks he had the treatment for Tortocollis, but just to be sure, I called and scheduled an appointment.

The concern is that he is not getting himself up into a sitting position on his own, and not getting up onto his hands and knees. (He LOATHS being on his stomach all together)

So, I will keep everyone posted, but it certainly has been an emotional roller coaster of a day for me!

My Headshots Are In!

I have been waiting for this since early last week, I am so excited to finally have my head shots! Now the biggest challenge is figuring out which one I want to use... I am leaning towards #4!

What do you think?

Looking for Models

As many know, I am desperately looking to build my photography portfolio.
So, in search for pregnant women, children, families, engaged couples, etc. I am offering free sittings (mostly outdoor as the spring/summer weather is beautiful) to a couple of people to help build this.
I will include a photo disk with the pictures with this, with permission to use them in my portfolio.
If you want to have some pictures done in the Connecticut area, e-mail me at Danielle.Elwood@gmail.com