Photography update
Omg with everything going on I totally forgot to tell y’all that I FINALLY got hired for my first photography job. Talk about super exciting. It was for a friend of mine…her mother in law was turning 60 so she had me do the pictures for the party. Now, indoor stuff really isn’t my forte. I much prefer to shoot outside in natural light. But I really needed the experience so I took the task on. I think it went rather well and she seemed pleased. I’m just so excited that I FINALLY feel like this is going somewhere. Finally.
My attempt at indoor photography
As most of you know, I’m an aspiring photographer. I’m really working toward getting my own business up and running. Everything I’ve done so far that I consider photography material has been outside. I’ve not attempted indoor stuff because frankly it’s a lot harder. Getting the lighting right and the background right is harder. But this weekend I finally delved in. I have to, right? I’ll never get anywhere if I NEVER do indoor stuff. So Nimmie was my model for yesterday’s shoot. Nettie did jump in for a pic or 2. I didn’t notice until AFTER I took them all and took apart my little studio that the baby’s headband was covering her ear but whatever. It was just practice!
My Photography
I’m really hoping to have my photography business up and running by the new year. I’m still doing some portfolio building but I feel like I at least have a decent enough grasp on things and a good amount of camera lenses to get started. I can always buy more as money comes in. As you all know I hate working full time and if I could be home with my babies all day and do photography part time, that would be awesome. I didn’t get to go out and do photography type photos this weekend with my new lens SO I figured I’d share a few cute ones that I did take and then throw some old favorites in for fun. Hope everyone had a great weekend!
The weekend
When I wake up on Monday mornings, the first thought on my mind is “I can’t wait for Saturday”. My mind is always on the weekend. The weekend is when I get to spend 2 whole entire days with my kids. The weekend is when I get to see Hubs for 2 whole entire days. The weekend is when we can play with our dogs for 2 whole entire days. Those 2 days are what get me through the week. I’m still dealing with the fact that my stay at home mom dream hasn’t happened yet. It’s still hard for me to leave my tiny baby everyday. I know that eventually it’ll get easier as it did with Nettie. But, as much as I hate to admit it, it’s different with Nimmie. I posted a few days ago about how different I am as a mother this time around. With Nettie, I wanted “me time”. With Nimmie, I’ve been ok for the most part with my “me time” consisting of my commute to and from work, my showers, and when I use the bathroom. I’m ok with this now. I actually love it now. My life is whole. I have everything I ever dreamed of when I was younger and pictured how I wanted my life to be. Throw in being a stay at home mom and it’d be nearly perfect. Hubs bought me a new camera lens for my birthday. It’s coming in next week. This lens will totally broaden my horizons as an aspiring photographer. I’m praying that I can get better and better and even be able to work part time or not at all at some point and do the photography thing as career. WHEN that happens, my weekends will be filled with things like this:
and that my friends, would be totally ok by me. Hope you all have a great weekend 
Family Ties
i think yall know by now what a close knit family Hubs’s is. it was like that when i lived in ohio with the family he has up there and it’s still like that down here with his family. we get together a lot and always have a great time. so it shouldn’t be a surprise that taking pictures at the beach yesterday for mother’s day was anything but ordinary….
we also dedicated Nimmie at church yesterday. as you can see she totally dug her outfit.
so for those of you just rejoining me from my private blog hiatus here’s a quick recap:
we refinanced our house FINALLY and we’re on our way to being debt free (cept for cars and our house!)
i had another baby! we named her Nimmie and she’ll be 3 months old tomorrow!
Nettie’s in kindergarten this year and almost done! she’s still doing dance and is still the freakin funniest kid ever. she’s also the best big sister ever.
Hubs and i are still happy, goofy, silly, etc…we’re the same as always!
i FINALLY got the DSLR camera i’ve been wanting for years last fall and since then have been taking a ton of pictures. like more than i used to if that’s possible. check out my photography tag if you feel like looking. the indoor ones aren’t that fab but my outdoor ones i’m quite proud of:)
if you have any other questions to get caught up, by all means ask!
Hi. I'm a crappy blogger.
in the past i’ve wanted to stop blogging and now more than ever i sometimes find myself wanting to stop. i feel like all i do is post pictures. it’s not that i have a lack of things to blog about. there’s so much emotion and stuff going on right now that i could fill up pages. the thing is, i just don’t have a desire to put it here when before i used to. and i used to spend hours reading other blogs a day. maybe it’s because i’m not working and don’t have the time to but i’ve not read many blogs at all since i’ve had the baby. and i hate it! i feel like i don’t deserve anyone to even read this you know? hm, is anyone even reading anymore? i wouldn’t blame you if you didn’t. i don’t know what i’ll do. guess i’ll wait til i go back to work to decide. BUT in the meantime, more pictures anyone??? Nimmie is gonna be 2 months old on Easter Sunday. craziness.
Addicted to pictures
that is me. i went to 3 family/friend’s houses saturday. and somehow ended up with 104 pictures. HAH. but guess what…Hubs and his dad finished our stairs this weekend. now all we have to do is paint that upstairs living room and then our house will be ready to be appraised for refinancing!!!! huge folks, huge. because then we’ll see how much extra money a month we’ll have to play with and just how “part time” i can be after i have Nimmie.
and then my gorgeous woman. you know her with animals. she never put this dog down.
i honestly think that i will love her even more if that’s possible after Nimmie comes. i think seeing her be a big sister will just soften my heart even more for her and i’ll see her in a different way. sorta like how seeing your husband with your children makes you love them in a new, different way…especially when you have daughters and you see how they interact with your baby girls. i totally think when Nimmie gets here that i will love Hubs and Nettie even more…to see him with his 2 babies…and to see Nettie really become the big sister and the protector…i can’t wait.
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