Boys, boys, boys!!

It seems like I took photos of families with only boys the last couple weeks of November. "Boy am I glad I did" because "boy oh boy" those were some cute boys! Theses are a few of my favorites from 9 little boys from the second half of November.

Rewind a Month

I took both of these families' pictures about a month ago and forgot to post them on my blog. I don't know how I forgot, because I love them! Aren't the colors just gorgeous.

Now a sampling of our cousin's photos.

Side note- I am currently fighting a cold that turned into a sinus infection and bronchitis, and Meredith is getting over a cold and mild bronchitis. Good news though, Luke is feeling better today after having a cold the last week. People that have spent anytime with us this past week are probably pretty grossed out. We honestly only found out about Meredith yesterday, and I went to quick care today. I am going to go rest!

Mini Merry Christmas

Can you believe it is already time to be thinking about Christmas! Where did the year go already?! I have been doing several mini sessions, primarily for people's Christmas cards. Here are a few of the families from the past couple of weeks.

Diva

I could have taken pictures of this cutie all day. Her mom was calling her a "diva" because she refused to lay on her tummy for any photos. A "diva" already at one week old! Hilarious!!

This "diva" got tired of taking pics. Can you tell?

So Sweet!

So I have lots of Christmas pics to edit and haven't posted any on blogger from my last several sessions. I can't help it, but I have fallen in love with this one. I took this picture last night, and it is too cute to wait to post until I get caught up.

Camera Temporarily NOT for Sale

Ok so since my last post, Luke and I have been researching cameras and trying to pick out the "right" camera for me. After talking it out, I have decided that I should hold onto my camera at least until the end of November when I take a break from sessions. Even if I ordered a camera today, I wouldn't be comfortable using it for other people's photos until I have used it for awhile. With that said, my Rebel XTI is temporarily off the market. I will let you know when I decide to REALLY sell it! haha!

Camera For Sale!!

I have been dreaming of a new camera but have to sell my Canon Rebel XTI first. Here is what my camera looks like. It's only a year and a half old, and works great. I am selling the camera body only, so you would have to purchase a lens separately. A Cannon lens runs from about $90 on up. Email me if you are interested babean06@yahoo.com.

WAY BEHIND!!

Here is a small sampling of what I have been up to lately (minus a few shoots.) I spend so much time editing photos that I have no time to post them onto blogger!!

Check out this cutie!!

I'm pretty sure they don't come much cuter than this, but I guess I am a bit partial. I, of course being her mommy, think Meredith is pretty smart as well. Anytime I ask her what her name is she says "Mere Mere Bean". It is hilarious!! Well today Meredith had me laughing so hard because I said "Good bye dad" to my husband, and Meredith responded by saying "Good bye Luke". I thought this was cute so I asked Meredith what mommy's name was. She responded with "Brit-Bre". I had no idea she knew our names! This little kid is not only cute, she is smart and funny too.

Check out this cutie!

I'm pretty sure they don't come much cuter than this, but I guess I am a bit partial. I, of course being her mommy, think Meredith is pretty smart as well. Anytime I ask her what her name is she says "Mere Mere Bean". It is hilarious!! Well today Meredith had me laughing so hard because I said "Good bye dad" to my husband, and Meredith responded by saying "Good bye Luke". I thought this was cute so I asked Meredith what mommy's name was. She responded with "Brit-Bre". I had no idea she knew our names! This little kid is not only cute, she is smart and funny too.

Little K

One teaser of little K for mommy!!

This past week

We have successfully moved this past week..... well not really sure how successful it is yet. My hubby is sleeping on the floor beside me, while I sleep in the not-so comfortable spare bed, until our master bedroom gets completed (what a nice guy). Luke and I tried sleeping in the little, not-so comfy bed together the first night, but I woke up the next morning unable to turn my head to the left. We both were struggling to not fall to the center of the bed so I think I must have slept wrong on it. When the chiropractor ever so nicely suggested Luke camping out on the floor for a few nights until my neck got better, I jumped on that suggestion! haha! After all, it was doctors orders :) We have gone without a kitchen the past week. A little inconvenient, but that did mean I didn't have to cook, which was great because I have been busy with lots of sessions. Here are a few pics from 2 of the 4 sessions I did in the past few days. I have 2 more sessions later this week, so look for more photos soon.

This young lad's mom talked me into going to French Lick to take her son's senior pics. She didn't have to work too hard to convince me though, because I love that place. Its full of so much charm, neat architecture, plus Luke proposed to me there!

This little gal is in my dance class. I just love her to pieces. Every week she has to ask me if I met her new little sister. Maybe now that I took photos of her sister, she will remember that I have met her :)

Baby Bump

I especially enjoy taking photos of great friends. Brandi and I were pregnant together with Aspen and Meredith and our girls are only 4 weeks apart. Maybe we might get to be prego together again someday. Maybe my #2 and Brandi's #4! haha! Posting these was my small break from packing. We move tomorrow so I gotta get back at it! BTW doesn't Brandi look gorgeous when she is laying in the grass!

Family Fun

I don't know why I was nervous for this session. Well I do know why, most of the families I photograph have small children. When this nice lady called to see if I would take pictures of her husband and their grown kids, I was a little nervous. It turned out great. They were fun and relaxed. To try and get natural smiles I told them to all think about something hilarious. One of the girls said, "ooh think of the smelliest fart ever". That made for some natural smiles because everyone was cracking up. Enjoy!

Playing Catch Up

The pressure was on for this session, because my dad's cousins drove all the way from Indy for me to take their family photos. I knew that we had to get some great shots, because they couldn't just come back another time. Audrey was absolutely precious!!

How cute is this little girl. I loved the tractor picture because all her daddy, uncles and grandpa are all farmers, so this is so fitting. She gets to wear the girly tutu, but yet she is on the John Deere.

This session was just a quick one that Luke's cousin Jamie asked me to do because Ty is almost 2months and she still hadn't gotten any newborn photos. I had to squeeze her in because with getting ready to move, dance starting this week, and several other photo sessions this past week, my head is spinning.

I'm a little behind...

Brody turned one last week and was all smiles- which is GREAT for me and his momma!! Brody's dad and Luke grew up together and were best buds. We got so many sweet ones of him.

Those boots are Brody's late uncle's boots from when he was a baby. How sweet is that!

Look who I found finishing off the cake.... Naughty Meredith!!

This next family was the best- but with the most energy!! The kids were running circles in the yard, so I just ran around after them. The baby is is just 5 months but decided during our shoot that she was going to sit up like a pro, and get up on all 4's and start rocking back and forth. See what I mean about energy :) I am doing their family pictures in the fall and can't wait to see how much energy they have that day.

A little of this, a little of that...

Here is a small sampling of what I have been up to lately. I am only posting one or two from each session. I am running low on time today- can you see why? :)

All About Dance!

It's that time again- DANCE season is getting ready to begin! The other teacher and I have finalized our schedules for the fall and we now know when we will be teaching. I teach the 3-6yr olds while the owner of the studio, Laura Parsons, teaches the older girls. Our classes consist of Ballet, Tap, and either Tumbling or Jazz depending on the child's age. I will also will be teaching a 6 week session (in October and November) which will be a beginner Hip Hop class open to children 10 and up. We are registering dancers right now and will close the class once it gets full. Classes don't begin until the second week of September. If you would like more info on dance or have a question please email me at babean06@yahoo.com.

Last Week

Things continue to be crazy around here but have started slowing down a bit. Here's what I have been up to...

Happy birthday Makayla! I don't think we got one bad shot. She was so pleasant and didn't fuss even one time.

And look at these kiddos- so pretty! I of course loved the photo of the little girl in the tutu and tried teaching her how to do a plie. She got the hands on the hips part right away!! One thing that wasn't pretty about this session was the fact that it was really muddy from the rain that lasted the whole night before. I slipped and fell right on my bottom- HARD. I don't know which hurt worse, my foot that I hit on a flower pot on the way down, my bottom, the fact that I got mud all over the seat of my new GAP shorts, or my pride :)

Snaggle Tooth

Here is my little miss Meredith's half toothed smiled (well really 1/3 of a tooth). I wanted to capture Mere's chipped tooth before we have it fixed on Monday. The dentist said he usually doesn't fix a chipped tooth, but in her case since she chipped so much, it is almost to the nerve, he wants to fix it. So here is my cutie pre a new toothed smile.

Here are a couple more I took while we were outside playing today.

and my all time fave... well for this month anyways.....

Jam Packed

I have to admit, I am a bit exhausted from this past week, but has been worth it. The summer is starting to wind down, and dance is going to be starting in full force in September (for those who don't know, I am a dance teacher as well) so I have to get working on some dances for my new classes. Thankfully I have a free week in the end of August, and I am not going to be taking any pictures while I prepare for dance to begin.

Here is a glimpse of what I have been up to.....

Two Seniors (I already posted one of those)

Some Family - at the top of the post, I couldn't get those to move for some reason??

A First Birthday

Senior Success

I had my first Senior shoot yesterday and I think it was a success. I wanted to make sure we got some really good shots, so this poor guy had to deal with me taking pictures of him for 2 hours!! Yikes! I have another senior shoot tonight, so hopefully I learned a bit from last night and this kid won't have to take 2 hours worth of shots too:) Here are some faves....

Don't know how I missed this...

Somehow I missed posting a blog for this photo session from last week. I'm not sure how, because theses little girls could be models. The girls did great getting their pictures taken. This was such a nice family to work with!

Here are a few more from Leah's 3 month photos. What a doll baby!!!

tiny preview

Just two for now to tease Leah's mommy until I get back from my trip to visit one of my dearest friends!

Koen 6 months

How did six months come and go so quickly? It seems like yesterday that we were sitting in the waiting room at the hospital to see our first glimpse of this cutie! Happy 1/2 birthday Koen; we love you!! It was really hard picking out just a handful to post on here because we got tons of great shots.

Open House

We are having an open house this Sunday July 12, from 1-4. If you know of anyone who is interested in looking please send them our way. Our address is 942 N Scenic Hts. Washington. You can also see our house information on our house blog here.

House Blog

We have set up a seperate blog with more pictures and additional information for our house we are selling. The blog address is http://sellthebeanhouse.blogspot.com/, and has more information. Please send this link to anyone you think might be interested. Thanks!!

Great Weather Great Shoot

Isn't this family just adorable! We had awesome weather this week for picture taking. I was supposed to take some 6mo pictures for my best friend's baby, but it got postponed due an ear infection and teething :( I was really bummed that I was going to miss out on taking advantage of the cooler weather and taking pictures. Well not even five minutes later I got an email from Krista asking if I could take pictures of her family this week. How great did that work out!! Here are a sampling of my favorites. Little Sydney is VERY photogenic and was just letting me take shot after shot of her.

Ash

Here are a few of my favorites from our hotter than ever shoot this week. I literally could feel the sweat dripping down my legs (gross, I know) from chasing after Emily, but it was so worth it! Enjoy!

House

Since this is a photography blog I took some photos of our house we are selling. Our house is 1636 sq. ft. with 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths on a little over an acre lot located on the NE side of town. The master suite has a full bath and walk in closet. Most of the house has real hardwood flooring with exception of the bathrooms (tile) and the master bedroom is carpeted. Practically everything in the house is brand new because we gutted most of the house and remodeled and added on a master suite and 2 car garage. Everything on the outside is all new. New heater, water softener, electrical service, roof, siding, custom cabinetry, flooring, etc. The basement is about 1000 sq. ft. (the original size of the house before we added on.) If you have any questions at all please email me at babean06@yahoo.com or call 617-0116.

This is what I will miss most. The view from our side yard.

A look into the kitchen- all new appliances stay with the house. The sink and dish washer are on the opposite side of the island.

The living room looking in from the kitchen. Please don't mind the kids toys. I should have tidied up a bit before taking these pictures :)

Another angle from the other side of the living room- this built in corner cabinet stays with the house.

Sorry I don't have any pictures of the dining room, because we are finishing it up by adding new wood flooring in it to match the living room and kitchen.

GorgeousNESS

This family goes to church with us, and just look at their family- GORGEOUS is all I can say!! Here is a small sampling of the gorgeousNESS.

Check this out

If any of you read my personal blog you might have seen on my "blog list" that I like to look at Rebekah Westover's Photography blog (she is a professional photographer out in Utah). She posted on her blog some ideas on how to decorate your home using photography. There was one idea in particular that I thought was too cute not to share. Click here to get to Rebekah's blog and look at the picture of the little girls room with the 4 square canvas photos hanging above the bed. Isn't that room AMAZING! I am stealing the idea and doing that in Meredith's room in our new house. And yes, I said "new house". Luke and I bought a new home so our house is for sale!! Since this is after all a photo blog, I might add some photos later of our home that is for sale.

Meredith 17 months

So I know that traditionally people don't take 17 month pictures, but since we are getting busier with other people's photo sessions now that it is warm outside, I went ahead and took a few of Meredith at 17mo. in case we miss the traditional 18 month pictures. I am in love with these (especially the first image), although I wanted one really good one of Meredith looking straight into the camera with her big beautiful brown eyes. As you can tell, she looked everywhere but into the camera. Oh well, there is always another day :)

Absolutely Adorable

These boys are about as absolutely adorable as they come!

Big Family

It was quite the task photographing this whole family, but I had a great time. The weather was phenomenal and everyone, well most everyone, was in great spirits. Here a few of my favorites.

Walters Family

This family drove an hour to come get their pictures taken and didn't even know me- what an honor! They recently welcomed a new little girl to the family so we took some newborn and family pictures. I was amazed at how polite and kind the whole family was. Even when little Elayna and Kevin were having a small disagreement it was even polite. Here is something I overheard the little girl say to her little brother in the kindest of voices "Excuse me, I asked you to please stop touching me. Please stop touching me". I had to snicker. Here are a few of my faves!

Miss Macey Continued...

As I was editing this morning (at 5:45am-yes Sheena I wanted to get done before I headed out) I just kept finding more beautiful photos. This child should be a model! You can view all of Macey's photos on my website beanphotography.zenfolio.com

Miss Macey

Little miss Macey is such a doll! I didn't get one picture that she didn't look gorgeous in. Macey's little bro Griffen was supposed to be joining her, but he got a bug bite in his eye yesterday and woke up with a swollen eye. I am gonna take some shots of the both of the kiddos in the next week or so once the swelling in his eye goes down. Hope momma enjoys a little sneak peak! It was really hard picking just a few!

Testing

Just testing something out! Btw I am working on a facelift for my photo blog. It's not quite how I want it to look just yet.

Just Playin Around

So my MIL has been getting on me that I don't post very many pictures of Meredith anymore. What can I say, she is like the shoemaker's child who goes without shoes. haha! Luke and Mere were playing outside yesterday while I got ready for the dance recital, and so he snapped a few pictures. I might be a little partial, but I think this is one of the cutest toddlers we've ever taken pictures of :)