dresses...

we couldn't wait completely for the beautiful spring weather to emerge...so we took pictures with charly's new dresses anyway! i'm especially glad i didn't wait until this week....yuck...that's all i have to say!

trying to win this....

and if i put a link to her blog on my blog, i get a double entry! Thanks Alexis Miller for this giveaway!

http://phototips.alexismiller.com/

exciting things happening at our house...

first off, no more of these!we've been bottle free for a week now! yay!

charly's not a little girl anymore

she's facing forward now in her big girl seat and loving it!

we're experimenting with some cool photography!

more to come with this technique!

the snow has melted at our house!
p.s. this is our house!

my bulbs are coming up!
which means i planted them right! whoo hoo!

and we've got these in charly's closet























(only the pink one's navy blue)













go Easter!


so i'm pretty sure those last three photos can only mean one thing....
spring is almost here!
hallelujah!
i'm not sure i could have made it much longer!

winners...

thank you to all who entered, unfortunately, there could only be two winners and here they are...

LISA

&

SHANNON

CONGRATULATIONS! sorry everyone else (charly picked the winners out of her hat)...i really wanted to take your pictures. and i still will, same conditions for $50 dollars, about 30 edited photos on cd. let me know if your interested and winners, i'll contact you to set up a session!

extending my contest....

i've decided to extend it. whether more people comment or not. i'm keeping the contest open until monday. no time limit! to find out more scroll to the next post.

quiet book, cutting teeth, curls, check-ups & a contest...

i know i promised to show off the ADORABLE quiet book i made for Charly's 1st birthday. i have to give credit to the incredibly talented SHELLEY WALLACE who has a store on etsy, where i bought the template to make this quiet book. unfortunately, Charly still doesn't know how to do most of things that this book teaches, she will learn, and eventually enjoy completing each task instead of eating all the pieces!

The COVER

Unbutton the SNOWFLAKE & Put your hand in the MITTEN

Tie a bow on the SKATE & Count the MARSHMALLOWS in the HOT COCOA

Build a SNOWMAN & Find all his PARTS

BACK COVER

even though this book was a slight pain, i enjoyed the project. now i'm wanting to make her alphabet book. 26 pages, maybe i'm crazy, but it would give me something to do!

CUTTING TEETH
i didn't know that getting teeth would be one of the most awful parts of my babies first life. she now has TEN, yes i said 10 teeth! and she's working on cutting two more. teeth make charly not want to eat or sleep. medicine acts as a slight band aid, but doesn't completely take away the pain! her top molars came in two weeks ago, and now her bottom molars are so close. her poor gums are way swollen! sorry baby!

CURLS
recently after doing Charly's hair, or after getting her out of the tub. i find a perfect curly-q at her neck. some might say it looks like the infamous rat tails boys used to sport way back when. i think it looks adorable! is the rest of her hair curly you ask, no. but i hope this curl stays!
CHECK-UPS

Charly's one year check-up was last Thursday and she's very heathly and doing well! She had 5 shots and a toe prick! talk about a rough day! she wouldn't let me bend her legs if i carried her, she would lay flat like i was carrying a board! poor girl! here are her stats...(6 shiney band aids in all)
Height: 29 1/2 in. - 70%
Weight: 20 lbs. 5.5 oz. - 50%
Head: don't know - 60%

CONTEST
now if you've made it this far down the post you must be a devoted reader of my blog, or i suppose you could just be bored out of your mind! doesn't matter, you made it! as many of you know i've picked up photography as my hobby. i've been practicing quite a bit on family. i would not say i'm perfect, i've got a lot to learn. so i'm opening up the opportunity to have your child's photos taken for free so i can practice more. i'll be giving away two free photo sessions, preferably outdoors, unless it's a little one. in the next few months we'll schedule the sessions. so you must have kids now or about to pop one out soon! i'll take the photos, edit about 30 photos and give you a copy of the cd for prints. the more kids you have, the less photos of each kid there will be. and we could squeeze in some family portraits as well. excited? here's what you've got to do...
*leave a comment on this post saying you'd like in on my drawing.
*you can only comment once, unless you'd like to comment for someone else who you think needs this.
*i'll pick two winners, (unless there's like a buttload of people who enter, i may pick more) fairly by drawing from a hat!
*the contest ends on Sunday at 6:00pm.
*you have to live in Utah or be here sometime to have them taken.

*good luck and thanks for letting me practice on you!