Deep Ellum, Part 1

This past weekend, I packed my camera and and grabbed Lexi for another shoot. We headed down to Deep Ellum for a more grungy and artsy environment. The color was great and the artwork that surrounded us made for some great vibrant pics. For our final shoot in the coming weeks, we will strive for a more tranquil and serene setting, but for now, I present you with Lexi Downtown.

Two In One Night, I'm On A Roll, But I Will Be Hurtin In The Mornin!!

So, I have an amazing husband that is such a wonderful father to our little Layla!! As soon as I stepped in the house this evening, the two were already in the tub rub-a-dub-dubbin away. This has become their nightly ritual and it is so sweet! It gives mommy a little me time to work on my craft and the two of them some bonding time. I walked into the bathroom to say my hello's and distribute kisses, and this is what I saw!! Layla was sporting quite the mohawk. I quickly ran to fetch my camera and began snapping away! She is growing up so fast and we can't believe where the time has gone! She is becoming quite the little star, always talking, singing and dancing these days! It's now 1 in the morning and I should be snoozing away, but I couldn't help but download the images so that I could quickly post them. I photoshopped in record time (there wasn't much to do except lighten them a bit bc of indoor lighting) and viola, I present you , "Girl with mohawk getting her scrub on!" Now I know I will be hurting in the morning when I have to wake up at the crack of dawn, but she is totally worth it!!

How could you resist smothering that face with a million kisses?!?

Just scrumptious I tell you!!

She has been watching her pooches way too much!

Working on a new skill called "Bokeh." The subject up close is in focus, but the background is blurred, I love the effect it has on pics!

A little fish bokeh for you : )

Adorable, even with a tennis ball stuck to the side of her head : )

Daddy crowned her princess, fairest maiden of them all!

Switching It Up For You!

So I finished up yet another shoot with Ms. Lexi and it went divinely, except for the fact that she nearly passed out because of the heat (sorry Lex!). I have been anxious to work on those pics, which I have been, but I decided to take short break (only a day or two, again, sorry Lex, I know you are anxious too!) to work on some pics I had been meaning to work since forever ago when the princess went to the park with her cousin Makyla. I wanted to show a different side, apart from the grungy stuff. But here is a sneak peek of the Lexi shoot!!

I couldn't resist putting this picture up of my precious baby girl sporting mommy's attempt at icing the big goose egg she got after running after me and the toy she so wanted to play with. I felt awful and nearly had a heart attack, I'm convinced it was worse for me than it was for her!! I got her a doc appointment to make sure she was a-okay and she was!


So onto the park pics! This was Makyla's first adventure on the swings and she sure did seem to love it! She was too cute!!

I love to get their adorable little feet hanging! And look at those shoes, so very stylish and cute!

She wasn't quite sure what to think at first!

The Princess in my life!

What a cute kid!!

Making Time!

So after nearly two and a half hours and many failed attempts to put the princess to sleep, I give up!! I know the poor kid is exhausted, but she is at that fighting stage and frankly, I'm pooped from running around. So here I sit at my computer, taking a short break from photoshop to post some of the work I did manage to complete last night as Layla runs rampant around the room making a complete mess!! Why is that we spend dollars upon dollars on toys and it's the small stuff that gets them all excited, like the laundry basket, box to my shiny new external hard drive (so needed that one now that the computer is stocked full of pics) and hangers? She is so funny! She is definitely at that stage were conversation is on-going, she is always talking, non-stop, guess she takes after her dad ; ) Yeah right, anyone who knows me, knows that I am the crazy fool who doesn't stop! Gotta love her though!! Every new milestone amazes me and I can't get enough of her!! Well enough of my mommy ramblings, and on to the good stuff!! More Lexi coming your way!!

Trying Very Hard to Juggle and Get Things Done!!

Brace yourself, there are a ton of pics coming your way!! I am so very anxious to complete all the work on the photos I have recently taken!!! Every evening I have been fortunate enough to have an amazing husband who has an awesome routine with the little stinker so that I can have some mommy time and work on my stuff! I have spent at least two hours this evening on pics and I am happy with the turn out so far. Now, it does take me a bit longer than those seasoned photo people, but I am getting so much better everyday. This weekend I was able to take just a handful of maternity pics of Lexi once again, but because of our Gap detour, I wasn't able to get as many as I wanted. Our intention was to head over to the Botanical Gardens, but that did not happen. Instead we decided to stop at a nearby area flanked with beautiful trees, a setting much different than we have been shooting. Like I said, we only had about ten minutes, but I was able to capture a few that we liked.

I loved this whole series of Jamil, I think it captured a little boy being himself.

I am also going to include a few from the previous weekend with Aunt Jo. I tried to go with a more artsy, dramatic flare when editing her pics. I also threw in a pic of the princess, showcasing one of her many adorable scrunchy faces : )

Tried to go for bright and bold!

I sure do love that face!

So excited for the weekends arrival!! Yet another shoot with Ms. Lexi but in a totally new location, Downtown Dallas!! This will be our real shoot, all the others, which were real of course, were all in preparation for this day!!! I think we will do a bit of Deep Ellum, the arts district, maybe some Arboretum, who knows!! It will be a great day, I can just feel it!!!