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This picture cracked me up when I pulled it up on my computer. She looks so deep in thought. I wonder what her 6-month old brain is pondering. "hmmmm...I wish my mom would put down her stupid camera and feed me some milk." Perhaps??? lol...
My Kids and I
I forgot to post last weeks. I was just trying to do something a little different. I am holding Emery and Teagun is standing next to me.
And this one I totally messed up. I just set my camera down and had Teagun come over to give me a kiss to see if we were even going to be in the frame (taken with a remote) and then I went and checked it - looked good - so changed the settings and what do you know...he wouldn't come give me another kiss! So this is it!
Teagun got this playset for his birthday last month, but it said it took 12-18 hours to put together, so it got set aside until Trevor had a long weekend to work on it. The long Memorial Day weekend was perfect. I'd say it took him about 15 hours, so they were good on their estimate! Teagun LOVES it though and is outside all the time playing on it. He loves to hold Emery as he goes down the slide and she just always has this look on her face of "what the heck is going on?" She does love the swing though! Here are a few pictures.
Yes, he is in just his underwear. **sigh** Who knows why he took his pants off!
And Teagun going down the slide. In the last picture of this series, he tumbled forward and hit his head on my camera (I really wasn't even that close to the end of the slide)...he is so darn clumsy lately!
As I mentioned in my previous post it is sooo much easier taking pictures of someone who doesn't run from me or give me attitude. I point my camera at Teagun and this is what I get.
(hey - at least I got some eye contact here!)
Now a little dance for the camera
Ok, I'm done, Mom! Leave me alone!
I know I am about due for some pictures of Teagun, but it is just so much easier to take pictures of somebody who can't run away from me or give me any attitude just yet! :)
Today is Emery's 6 month birthday and Trevor's 31st birthday! I will have to try later on to get some pictures of them together, but for now here is some of my baby girl.
And can't resist cute little baby toes! :)
This is Emery's "signature" smile. If you give her any type of little grin, this is the face you get back. Just totally melts your heart and is so funny because she will just it over and over again. Have I mentioned how much I love this little girl? So dang sweet!
As I stated a few posts ago, Emery was very close to sitting and the last couple of days seems to have mastered it! Well, probably not mastered as she still tumbles backwards every now and again, but she can actually sit there for a long time now and I am comfortable not being right behind her all the time. Yay!!!!
Did everybody enjoy the nice HOT weather we had last weekend! We sure did...only wish it would have stayed around a little longer, but I'll definitely take what we can get for now! Teagun got this new sprinkler for his birthday and has been dying to test it out, so he finally was able to. He loved it! He would only actually run through it though if Emery and I ran through it too, so we all had a good time with it.
I just love Emery's eyes. They are a very pretty blue shade by themself, but if you can get the sky or some really good light to reflect in them, they just really pop.
She is SUPER close to sitting up on her own. I was actually able to get a couple pictures of her sitting up on her own yesterday before she tumbled over. I can't wait!!!
We had Teagun's 3 year check-up last week. He is doing great and growing like a weed still! He now weighs 35 lbs (he went from the 30% to the 80% in weight! Surprised the heck out of me since he still looks really skinny to me. Guess getting those tonsils out really did help his appetite!) and is 39.5 inches tall. Time to start shopping for yet another carseat since he is a half inch away from being too tall for his current one.
His favorite phrase right now is, "Don't you know?" He starts EVERY sentence with that. Super cute the first couple times and now I am hoping it passes quickly! :) There was another thing I was thinking I needed to add to the post about him so I wouldn't forget...and I've forgotten already! Sleep Deprivation does that to you!
A couple pictures of my silly guy!
The winner of the free mini-session with CD of 10 images is:
And the winner of the $100 off print purchase is:
Congrats Cheryl and Tracy! Please email me at Jaidean@JaideanBakerPhotography.com so we can schedule a session! Please remember the sessions have to be completed by June 30, 2008.
I want to thank everyone so much for entering my first ever blog contest! As a Thank You, I am offering 20% off (and waived session fee) for everyone else that entered, but were not drawn. You must schedule the session by May 31st and the session must be completed by August 31st.
Thank you!!!
**This post is for my local blog readers**
Have you heard of a Portrait Party? Basically, it is an event with several of your friends held at your home or nearby park where the photographer (me!) would come take professional portraits of all the kids. Each individual "session" lasts about 20 minutes. Everyone gets photographs of their children and everyone has a great time! The benefits of hosting is the host receives a great discount on print purchases - or may even get all their print purchases free. I am really interested in trying this out and am looking for a hostess with 4+ friends willing to participate. I am willing to offer a greater discount on this trial run since it is my first time doing this and want to find out if this is something I want to offer in the future. If this is something you think you might be interested in, please email me at jaidean@jaideanbakerphotography.com so we can chat about it a little more.
I hope everyone enjoyed Mother's Day yesterday. We went and had a nice dinner with my mother-in-law. Here are some pictures we took.
Week 9's submission for My Kids and I
Playing around with a more aged/textured look.
Teagun and his grandma
No individual pictures with Teagun - I was lucky to get the one of the three of us. I actually had to sort of trick him and tell him we were going looking for bugs and then made a big circle in the yard so we were facing the camera! Mean mom! :)
**This post will be pinned at the top through next week. To see daily posts please scroll down.**
I am so excited that spring is finally here - I heard it is supposed to be in the 70's next week! Anyone excited as I am??? I can't wait to get back outside and take pictures again - it was a LONG winter! So I have decided to do a little Spring Portrait Giveaway. Here are all the details:
Two winners will be drawn by Teagun. First name drawn will win a FREE mini-session with me. What do you get? Location of your choice within the City of Spokane, 30 minute session, and 10 full-resolution, processed images on disk. A $200 value! Second name drawn will win a $100 gift certificate toward print purchase. Session also must take place within the Spokane city limits.
- You must be local (Spokane and surrounding areas) since the session has to take place in the Spokane city limits.
- Sessions must be completed by June 30th, 2008.
- Limited to four people photographed. Remember it is only a 30 minute session so there won't be time for individuals and family shots of everyone. So you may just want it to be a family session only, just the kids, or just you! Your choice!
- You can only enter ONCE! Please post a comment in this thread with your name and first letter of your last name. Only comments in this thread will be eligible for entry.
- Winnings are transferable. So feel free to have your mom, aunt, whoever enter for you. Or feel free to enter knowing you want to give the session to your sister or friend if your name is drawn. But same rules apply to whoever the winnings are transferred to!
- Deadline for entry is Thursday, May 15th, 2008 at midnight. We will draw the winners Friday morning and winners will be announced on the blog by Friday afternoon. Please check back on Friday to see if you've won!
- Winners must be willing to sign a model release allowing me to use the images from the sessions for promotional purposes, blog, website, etc.
- If winners do not complete their session by June 30th, the winnings are void. There is no cash value and no refund will be given.
Good Luck!!!
While looking around on Flickr one day I saw someone who had posted pictures of their kids using wrapping paper as a backdrop. I had been wanting to try it, but only had Christmas wrapping paper and that doesn't work very well right now! :) So finally I picked up some at Target the other day so I could try it out. Emery's picture has a whole lotta dots going on with the background and her polka dot jammies, but I thought it was pretty cute nonetheless!
Have I mentioned just how happy I am to have a little girl??? Doesn't hurt any that she is just the cutest and sweetest thing (I'm not biased or anything)! Just love her to death!!!
and lookin' good!"
Yes, you are...and getting much too big!!!
Teagun spotted this shaving kit at TJ Maxx last week and had to have it so he could be like daddy. He was so dang cute (and so serious) sitting there "shaving".
