Bellies

I love a girl who loves their pregnant body. This shoot was so much fun and what a trooper she was. We shot the outside ones at 8 in the morning hoping to beat the heat but I was sadly mistaken! LOL We were sweating buckets. The part that is funny was that I was complaining more than she and I am not the pregnant one! I'm just glad we got to finish up inside her nicely air conditioned house. Shooting on location is my favorite. I love being able to make my clients comfortable and yet feel like they are right inside a studio. Turn on some music, dance a little, laugh, have fun, and work it for the camera! I had a blast adding traditional elements to some glamourous ones. This girl is full of color so I felt it only necessary to make her photos fit her personality with lots of color and fun. I hope you enjoy a few!

What is fulfillment to you?

Do you ever feel like maybe you are living the wrong life? You see someone else's and envy it...That was supposed to be you. Maybe that feeling comes from a past life. It's like you have an urge to be something or someone or do something that you know won't happen. But for some reason you were chosen to walk the path that you are on right now which has lead you into this life that you are living. Although there are things I wish I could have done, I look at what I have right in front of me and I wouldn't give it up for the world. I am so fulfilled in love, family, education, laughter, friends, and opportunities. I am so glad that I am me and this is my life and when I really look hard into the lives I foolishly sometimes envy, what I really see is emptiness and I suddenly feel very full or blessed. Fulfillment is not about money, status, fame, parties, material or the perfect body. It's what I've had, what I have and what I will have...It's the path that I am following. My yellow brick.

My life would not be worth living without these two. I love them so much :) Im thankful for my the path i have chosen because it led me to them.

Speak

I have never colored inside the lines
I never have and I never will

And although you think I'm colorful
I've struggled to maintain vibrance

But it's there...somewhere

Lost in the picture
Behind the smudges
peaking through the eraser marks

It's there

You cannot make me disappear
As  much as you try to paint over me
I'm still there

Always have been
Always will be

Two artists
One trying to erase
And the other trying to delete

They say that artists are starving
But I'm full
I don't want anymore

I'm not a fan of your work
I never have been
And I never will be

See
There it is
It's always been there and always will be

(To the tune of head, shoulders, knees and toes) Headache, Pimple, Cramps, and Kids Cramps and Kids

I have a headache, a pimple, cramps, and two kids under the age of two running me into the ground. (babysitting) HELP! This coffee is not doing the trick, I used to see my mom drink it when i was little and  it seemed to make her feel better. Maybe she added something special to it. My attempt at being adult-like has not paid off. As for now I shall look like a Cathy comic. I wonder what Octomom looks like in the morning?

Anyway, as soon July 5th rolls around we are officially going on vacation! Wahoo! San Diego here we come! Speaking of road trips...Where in the world did that dreaded song I used to annoy my family with come from? "99 bottles of beer on the wall" what a great family road trip song! LOL Maybe 99 bottles of beer would nock me out enough to wake up Monday...Just kidding people!

Well have a fantastic week and a productive or lazy one which ever you suits your fancy. I shall return to rug rats, snotty noses, gumdrop looking characters with legs on T.V. and my coffee breathe all topped off with a pimple.