Mini Shoot of my kids...

So we all know by now I am ultra fat this pregnancy so I won't be sending out a full family pic for christmas, oh no I have to be feeling really good about myself to do that- thus only 2 pics of me in the last 7 years included in our christmas cars. And since I never get out and take good shots of my kids, this morning I voewed I would. It was very very cold and I didn't have anyone to help me so it was a bit of a crap shoot. hahahahha - no pun intended. Is that where that saying comes from. But I did get some cute ones. Here they are.

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Just one more of this darling little girl. So What do you like better- with or without the vignette. ANd I am not asking this for my health. MY blog now accepts comments from nregistered users so everyone who is reading this can leave their opinion...seriously what do you prefer?

Need Christmas photos for your yearly card done?

Warning...super cute family ahead

I couldn't help myself I had to post these tonight... is this family darling or what? Could their little girl be any cuter? And I was coveting Carly's hair (who by the way I kept calling her daughter's name the whole shoot. It was really embarrasing. Ok so I have done everything possible to do...now the lnly thing more is to get a professional calibrator to get my colors to transfer correctly to the web as I am seeing them in photoshop. SO that will have to happen next week. More to come on whether that solves my problem. They copy great onto CD, they just lose some color saturation when they make the leap to the web....

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NOte: can you believe those sun rays! I was so excited when I found that spot. Yipee! Now next time I need to practice more on getting the subject sharper straight out of the camera....

blog issues....

Anyone know how to center stuff on on your blog? I am so computer illiterate..

Unbelievable....

I wish this conversation had not occurred, but it did, every word, except anthing that is in italics.

I'm sitting patiently in the Doctor's office, fiddling around with my new camera, while feeling like I'm going to throw up any second (I had just drunk that diabetes test syrup, gag) and in walks the doctor

D:Hello, how are you?

Me: I'm fine but you are not allowed to come in here if you say anything about my weight gain.

D: (Nervous chuckle). Oh I see here you've only gained six pounds this month.

Me: No, I said you are not allowed to talk about it.

D: Well I only brought it up because compared to your last pregnancy..

Me: I do not know what the heck happened the last time, I am under a lot of stress this time. Seriously, what does your chart say I have gained this time?

D: Umm let's have a look

(I cannot believe we are still talking about this!)

D: 28 pounds

Me: Little do you know I gained 10 pounds before I even came in to my first appt!

Me: Well if it makes you feel better I gained 45 with my first.

D: oh really...well at the rate you are going your well on your way to that...

I then picked up the birth control pamphlets sitting next to me and threw them at him.

Me: Look Dr. I am not one of those people who is like, I just don't know how I have put weight? I know exactly why, I put too much food in my mouth, and frankly, until the really bad itching sets in, I can't promise I'm going to stop. Ok, so should we listen to the baby or...

Dr: Well I don't want you to go on a crash diet or anything but I do want you to try to identify the times when you are unnecessarily snacking and try to stop that..that will probably help.

Me:Really? oh you are so wise Dr. I never would have thought of that!

My new obsession and Dr. update...

I am currently obsessed with taking shots of this guy. This is a very typical face for him. He can't decide if he is going to laugh or cry. Coming up in my next post...a recount of my most recent Dr'.s appt (today) and the continued gall that man possesses. Yes that is the right way to spell this- tons of S's.

It's official, I am super fat...

I have been practicing (if trying it twice for 8 minutes a time) to capture sun rays in my photos. It is a lot harder than it looks to get definition in faces while still having the aperture high enough to capture the blinding light of the sun. Anyways, not interesting to those who are not interested in photo stuff.

On a more interesting note, I have already gained 37 pounds this pregnancy. If I was to go full term, which thankfully I do not, I would still have 12 weeks to go. At the rate I am going I would gain 55 pounds. Scary. With Gabe I gained 19 pounds total. This pregnancy has been so different both in feeling and circumstance. Our family has been going through a lot of changes/challenges.

1. Gabe has turned into a monster child in every respect; size and personality.

2. David started Kindergarten (which almost sent me over the proverbial emotional edge. NO, not because I couldn't handle my firstborn going off to school...no nothing sappy like like, I was counting down the days...we just hit a few snags I did not anticipate...that thankfully have been resolved.

3. James Started School...strange I would put this third....which reminds me, I am supposed to be editing his final research paper.

4. Coco...oh Coco, there is not enough space afforded me by blogger to record all the grief that girl puts me through.

5. I have developed a serious aversion to all things having to do with laundry. In an effort to make you feel better about your life and housekeeping skills, I would post a picture of my disaster of a laundry room. But I am too lazy.

6. The final reason I have am now officially huge, which is the only real reason and not excuse, is that I cannot stop stuffing my face. Yup, that't it folks, no I'm not retaining water, I don't have toxemia (although my liver is going downhill every day) it's just plain old food...it's making me fat...

At my last Dr's appt. , he had the gall to bring it to my attention. I politely told him, I would appreciate any advice he had that was gleaned from his past pregnancies and challenges as a stay at home mother. I would love to describe for you his face when I said that, but you and I both know I didn't actually say that, sometimes, a very few sometimes I wish people could read what I was thinking instead of what I had the courage to say. What? that would be totally crazy and I take it back...

Any Suggestions Pros?

Oh boy...still working on calibrating the colors that come out of my camera to the ones that end up in my shots on the web. This is a lot harder than it looks folks and I can only get 15 min her 15 min there to figure it out. Any suggestions for a MAC OS user would be greatly appreciated....(hint hint Leah if you are reading this)

A study of Gabriel James...unphotoshopped

Can you believe those eyelashes?

Black and whites of the H family children

Ooohhhhh how I love black and whites. It was for these kind of pictures that I got into photography a few years ago. I really wanted pictures like this of my kids plastered all over my house. And these children were the perfect candidates. Milky white skin and dark dark brown eyes. A little slice of heaven in that kind of coloring in my opinion. Enjoy.

Timberlakes/ Heaven

So we are up in Timberlakes at my parents cabin and I just got on the computer to see what my pics look like on this monitor. Holy smokes they look so different- one that I posted last night is has a red cast, one with a distinct greenish hue- weird. I guess they must look different on each monitor. I think I am going to have to figur out how to calibrate my monitor.So we are in one of the most beautiful settings in the world. Just my little family. It is so fun to hear my kids say , mom you come play with us and for once I don't hear myself saying, ok as soon as I put this load in the dryer, or send this email, or lead the dishes. It is heaven. More to come later with some pics of course.

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Doesn't this family just look like fall? It is so fun to get to meet new people and they were a darling family from Michigan who just moved to Utah 2 months ago. It was absolutely freezing up where we were. I felt so sorry for these kids! This is just a sneak peak Anne- more to come later...