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22 weeks
June 22, 2010They are just flying by now
and my belly button is starting to do that funny thing!
You can still add your guess to our baby pool (guess the birth date and gender correctly to win a $25 Starbucks gift card.) Anyone can enter so please do even if you don’t know me in real life. Enter here
Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah {Seattle Baby Photographer}
June 9, 2010I had to laugh when I asked her parents if there were any songs she liked they said, “well yes, she loves Lady Gaga – specifically Bad Romance.”
It is not uncommon for me to sing to my subjects and in general be very silly. Usually it’s “itsy bitsy spider” or “Old MacDonald” but I will gladly switch it up for a little Lady Gaga – especially if it elicits a smile. What can I say, I think she has great taste in music.
I forgot, I was going to add that yesterday morning when we went to get our ultrasound we were getting out of the car in the parking garage when a very uptight looking business man drove with the radio absolutely blaring – his song of choice – Just Dance by Lady GaGa. It made me smile, I guess she has a cross-generational appeal.
And the winner is…
June 6, 2010Sorry I just realized that never announced a winner for the contest! I ran the comment numbers through RANDOM.ORG and the winner is …
#9 Evonne! Congratulations Evonne! I look forward to meeting you and your little one come August!
And since we need a photo of a cute baby … Here is one eying me and my camera suspiciously. I love it when they give me that look. It’s like they are saying “I’m not so sure about you…”
Lots more photos of cute babies coming soon. Including ours as we have our 20 week ultrasound tomorrow morning.
19 weeks
June 1, 2010ok so I’m a little late this week but it was a holiday weekend…
This was a rush job and the angle is not quite right but it will have to do.
I am loving all the entries on the giveaway! Keep em coming!
Jump Jump Jump!
May 16, 2010Yes, we got a trampoline! As a child I always really really wanted one and my parents would never let us have one – they thought they were too dangerous. I vowed that I would never treat my own children so cruelly ; )
According to the foundation for Spinal Cord Injury Prevention, Care & Cure there were 11 deaths relating to trampoline use from 1990 to 1999. For the same time period there were 3967 general aviation fatalities. Just saying my parents fears might have been slightly misplaced since they were fine with the Cessna 177 but thought a trampoline was way too dangerous. I don’t have statistics on the rate of injury by hours per use but when I look around a lot more people own trampolines than small aircraft.
Anyway I am really enjoying the trampoline as a way to burn off some of Simon’s excess energy. Any time I sit down he climbs on my back or tries to wrestle me. lately (being pregnant and all) I just don’t want anyone to touch me so instead I take him outside and bounce him for awhile. With our little inflatable pool, the swing set, and now the trampoline I think our back yard is going to be the place to be this summer.
here is a video of my two goofballs.
Murphy’s Law
April 21, 2010You should never write on your blog that you think you are getting over morning sickness or that the worst has passed because with out fail you get much much sicker the following day. That’s exactly what happened to me, and I was sick all weekend. Yesterday (desperate) I went for the first time to get acupuncture. If you know me you know that this is quite a feat in and of itself because I don’t “do” needles very well. I can’t look when I have blood drawn, in fact I have to lie down. I can’t watch medical TV shows that involved blood and guts and I don’t even like to hear about any one’s surgery. I come by it honestly, once my dad was out with a client on a business lunch and his client started talking about her son’s knee surgery. My dad started feeling queasy and excused himself to go outside for some fresh air and immediately passed out. Last week my little brother went to the blood drive at his office and before they even got to the part where they stuck him with a needle he passed out (he got a cookie anyway). So yeah me (or anyone in my family) + needles doesn’t = bliss. But you know what it actually felt really good and the needles used in acupuncture are not even serious needles – they are more like stiff guitar wire. I still didn’t watch when the acupuncturist put them in. After I felt very sleepy, but you know what I didn’t feel sick. The incredible migraine that I had been suffering from even went away. I was able to eat some chicken for dinner and I haven’t been able to eat meat for dinner for almost a month. And then I slept, and I slept for 8 hours straight. It felt amazing I didn’t even wake up to pee 3 or 4 times like I have been. I work up at 6:30 when Myles alarm went off. And today I have felt pretty darn good, not sick but a little bit like someone who has just recovered from being really sick. I did get a ton today (work wise) So I’m hoping the effect of the acupuncture last but I am on the wait list for a Friday appointment with the acupuncturist just in case. I have pretty much tried every morning sickness remedy out there (with the exception of the hardcore drugs) and nothing has worked so I am relieved to have found something that is apparently working. I know that the blog has been really sparse lately and that’s mainly because I have been too sick and tired to blog. I am still taking sessions just not very many until I feel better. (I would hate to throw up in front of a client.) but I do have a lot of past sessions to blog about and a lot of cute babies to share. So look for them soon, and I apologize to my clients how have had to wait. And since posting without a picture is a crime here are some cute ones of my mischievous boy. We went out in the rain today to take some photos and just to get outside.
Until next time.
-Emily
P.S. feel free to share any morning sickness remedies that actually worked for you. I know a lot of people say ginger works but I have never actually met anyone that said it really worked for them.
Cover Girl!
March 10, 2010
Little miss Sophie that I photographed last month made the cover of Conceive magazine! I knew when I photographed her at 2 weeks old that she was model material – she is just too cute! Congrats Sophie!
and here are some of the other photos from that shoot.
until next time!
-Emily