Portrait of a little lady

I'm sharing my favorite image from my photo session today...

It's my favorite because I had to work really hard to get it.

This little old soul is brilliant beyond her 5 years and wanted absolutely nothing to do with me. She very politely told me so. It was a challenge to get a few seconds of cooperation and a little eye contact. Success is always sweeter when you have to work for it:-)

Happy 2008!

Tis the season...

We hope you're having as much fun this holiday season as we are!
We are so grateful that we were able to spend a lot of time with our families.
James Ryan got a lot of awesome gifts - so so many toys, he is playing a talking up a storm.




Santa is a great guy, he also bought me a new camera:)

The sugary bribe

that got me 3 seconds of semi-cooperation. James Ryan's first Candy Kane.



{He's wearing a Santa hat that is way too big}

This week, he is really into books, and he's finally moved beyond babbles and mimicking words. He's talking a lot, and with purpose. He says bot bot when he sees his bottle and Dada when he sees Jim, and kitty cat.

Hope you're all having a great weekend:-)

Hibernating...

That's our plan and I like it:) We stocked up on groceries this morning and we're going to keep it really low key this weekend. We're going to finish decorating and rest, and I think that's it. Yay! We really need a weekend like this.

I don't have any new photos of James Ryan today, but I do have a few favorites from my photo session this week.

Enjoy...