Finally Some Sports To Shoot...

Finally a little sports to shoot around NW Arkansas. The University of Arkansas hosted its annual Tyson Invitational a couple of weeks ago and Mississippi State University hired me to do some shooting. Click HERE to check out more from the weekend. Also, stayed tuned for more track. I have been hire by the University of South Carolina to shoot the SEC Championships and by a handful of schools to photograph the NCAA National Championships. I will definitely be tired of track after all that!

Snaps Of Our Life

Momma's boots

First fake smile ever... he does this awful smile thing when we say cheese

Just before a Razorback basketball game

C and Me

Loving Dad

Doing a cheer... this kid needs to eat a taco. Look at those ribs & stomache!

He would eat at least a pound of grapes everyday if I let him!

It took her a while but she loves him!

I think she is his best gal, besides his mom of course :)


So here are some snaps taken with my new little hand held. (Thank you MA) They are unedited, raw and totally real. These pics are just snaps of our life together as a family. Cohen really is happy... pretty much all the time. We are lucky that he is so well mannered and calm too.

However, I am not that mom who writes about everything being roses. I hope to always be honest and share both the good and bad. My only complaint right now about my perfect child is his whining! Man can this kid whine! Oh, and no means no and yes, and its no, no, no all the time. Do you want to brush your teeth? No! Do you want a cookie?, No! Then he whines that I didn't give him the cookie. Its loose, loose right now. I just ignore him and walk away. It seems to work.

Yes, you are correct that my kid rarely wears clothes. Most all of these shots were snapped on different days and there are only a few where he is clothed. Two of which are in the snow taken on the same day. Cohen would rather be naked... I just hope he grows out of that by college. That could cause some problems!

Twice as nice! {twins}

Check out more of these two HERE. Twins... Twice as nice!

After Months Of Waiting...

After months of waiting... Its finally here. My new photography blog. Check it out HERE! Become a follower and in this case being a follower is a good thing :)

21 months

Cohen turned 21 months over the weekend. Yup, that means he is that much closer to two and we are that much closer to not having to count the months anymore. It will be so nice to say he is two even when he is 26 months or 29 months or 32 months... just two! The pictures in the snow were taken today. That is right, today. We have about 4 inches of snow and it is still snowing. We live in the South, what is going on? The milder weather is one reason I say I live here. Am I going to have to move?

The picture of Cohen in the tub was from last week, before his big hair cut. I miss his long shaggy, earth baby hair. I am growing it back out... just an FYI. Enjoy the pics as we enjoy our snow day.

I just realized I have not done a whats up with Cohen update in a while...

• Cohen is about 3 feet tall... he is tall!
• Wears a size 7.5 shoe... he has huge feet and hands. (you know what they say?)
• Weighs a measly 25 lbs... if that!
• Goes pee in the potty... "like Elmo", he says
• Says football... all day, a hundred times a day
• Freaks out if you change his clothes... loves everything he wears. (his favorite outfit is what he is wearing at the time)
• Finally is completely off the bottle... that is right, not even at nap or bed time
• Still loves his blanket
• Puts two words together... help me, apple please, husky football, bye bye, puppy no, no, no
• Says a million other words
• Loves throwing snow, footballs, shooting hoops, the web cam, cheese, pretzels, spicy chicken, baking, hot dogs, apples, grapes, blue berries, black berries, Mickey Mouse, Elmo, Cookie Monster, Abbie, his monkey, and Goldie the gopher
  

First Hair Cut

Cohen got his first haircut on Monday... well real one anyway. I have trimmed it myself and it always looked awful. He did great. We have a video that I plan on posting soon too. He sat as close to perfectly still as he could. I have seen adults squirm more. Our little long haired rag-a-muffin now looks like a clean cut little boy and I think I can speak for Jeremy and myself when saying I want his shaggy hair back.

The other photos are just a few snaps taken with my wonderful new point and shoot that my sister, Michaelanne sent me for my 30th bday last week. (better late than never) I must say I have the most generous sis in the world. Now I will blog more and take more photos. I just hated lugging my huge camera out just to take a snap. She was right when saying "it was an injustice that I did not have a good point and shoot. I have kids for god sake."

Round 2 Baby!

Its official... We are proud to announce that we will be expecting baby #2 this August. Cohen is pointing to my tummy saying baby and I am starting to get more excited everyday. Especially after today's ultra sound. Sorry for the poor quality of scan but our scanner is broke so I took the picture with my iPhone. I am 11 weeks as of yesterday however the baby is measuring 12 weeks (which was what I thought). They won't move our due date unless at our 20 ultrasound the baby is still ahead of schedule. We heard the heart beat today for the first time too. About 150 beats per minute. Old wives tale states that the slower the heart beat 150-140 its a boy and anything faster is a girl. Cannot say I believe that since Cohen's heart beat stayed around 162 the entire pregnancy. We will find out March 30th (Jeremy's b-day) or so whether or not we will be having a boy or a girl. So until then stay tuned for updates. No belly pics because I have no belly but I will soon and might share a few pics from time-to-time.

I know that in the ultra sound picture above it looks like the baby has no arms and legs. I assure you that the baby does. I made the doctor double and triple check as well as point out every part to me so I knew everything was growing. Call me crazy, I just wanted my mind eased!