My kids have been so cooperative with me lately and they have actually asked me to take their pictures.  I have been so swamped they probably figure it is the best way to get to spend time with me.  I realize how sad that is…and once I get past this month and my mini-session day, I am forcing myself to settle down.  It’s just so hard to limit myself with my photography because I love it so much.  Anyway, here are my kids and their latest pictures.  Ethan has really been wanting a mohawk lately.  I did not cut it this way…we just used a lot of gel!

The best pictures lately of my own children seem to be the ones that aren’t planned…we just throw something together and off we go!

I know I put my kids on here a lot but I’m so proud of them.  They are my greatest masterpieces! 

So I am finally getting my Christmas card designs posted.  I bought a bunch of templates to “save myself time” and I used pieces and parts of some of them but for the most part I started over and designed them myself.  I LOVE doing that and was just trying to save time, which I failed at miserably, since I couldn’t just be satisfied with the templates I purchased.   I tried to include a variety of designs to suit everyone’s tastes.  I can change wording or add more than 1 picture to most of these designs so if there is something you would like a little different please let me know. 

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I also wanted to include the most popular designs from last year. 

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I took Jared’s newborn pictures and he was back for his 6 month shots!  I just love this little guy…I have never seen him without a smile on his face…well until this day.  I can’t help but LOVE this shot…with tears in his eyes and his pacifier in his mouth…

Thankfully it didn’t take him long to get happy again and we got such cute shots.  I have a ton to share from this session because I love them all!

This was one of the few serious looks we got…

Jared had a diaper on but he strategically placed this duck so we couldn’t see it!  Yay!

He is just so sweet…I look at these pictures and want to give him a squeeze!

He wasn’t all that impressed with his Halloween costume but what a cute elephant he is! 

What a little pumpkin!

I couldn’t help but design a Halloween card…

And finally his storyboard…

Thank you Steph.  I know you will enjoy these, especially this week!  Stay strong and he will be home soon!  (Jared’s babysitter has kids with H1N1 so Jared’s grandma had to come get him and take him with her for the week and Steph is missing him like crazy!)