Roll Call Take Two

Alright, tomorrow I'm leaving town at 5 am to drive to Tallahassee FL for a volleyball tournament, so I won't be in blogging land for a few days seeing as how I will be going to bed at 8pm tonight and when I get back on Sunday I'll no doubt be crabby and tired again and will need to retire by 7 pm. I think that was the longest sentence ever.

ANYWAY, how about a roll call? Some introductions? Some de-lurking? I posted Roll Call Part One back in Sept. and I'm feeling like doing it again. Who's out there? Who reads my blog? Who lurks around and never comments? Who hates my guts and reads my blog anyway? Who worships the keyboard I type on and is secretly cyber-stalking me? Who thinks I'm an idiot but can't stay away from the pictures of my adorable children? Let it spill...reveal yourself to us, tell us your name, how you found the blog, your uncle's middle name, the daily toilet habits of your dog, the kid that sat next to you in first grade, whatever. We want to hear from you!

I'll go first.

Hello. My name is Tammi and this is my blog. I have two beautiful boys - Owen and AJ, and a hottie hubby Steve-O. I talk about everything on this blog, from tampon crafts to wieners to volleyball to politics and religion (although I typically try to stay away from the last two). I share in boring detail my health experiences, travel experiences, photography experiences, chasing after two crazy boys and daily life.
I'm a photographer. And I finally feel comfortable saying that out loud and not feeling like a total fraud. I coach volleyball, I like beer and hot wings but I also like green tea and sushi. Oh yeah, and I just recently found out that I'm knocked up. That's about it.

Your turn.

The Tricycle

AJ got this Lightening McQueen tricycle for Christmas from his grandma. He loves it of course, and has been scooting around on it for the last month by "walking" his feet on either side of it. Steve-o and I have been encouraging him to pedal it with his feet, which he's been trying to do for a couple weeks now.
Well, yesterday it all clicked and he's been a tricycling fool ever since then. It's freezing outside and he wants to go up and down the street and around the block over and over again. He's pretty fast too, although that doesn't surprise me - he's very athletic and has never had a problem doing things requiring gross motor skill.
Owen, on the other hand, refuses to even TRY to ride his bicycle, but instead chooses to walk or ride along in the wagon as we circle the block! Funny kid. :)
Some pictures......





Overexposed this one, but I like it anyway.







Later!

Happy VDay

My Beautiful Boys -- Part II A.J.

Alright....here's the pics of AJ. He was slightly less cooperative than Owen, but still did good. He's really photogenic - when he wants to be. :)




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I wish I had had a little suitcase or something sitting there beside him, but I wasn't expecting to be able to get this close to the trains. They're closed off, and the lady that runs the museum just happened to be there, saw us, invited us in and unlocked it for us. The boys loved it - I was wishing I had brought more stuff with me!












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I'm thinking of getting this one done in canvas as well, and then hanging it next to the one of Owen, from the previous post. Whatcha think?













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Thanks for looking. And thanx Ginny for the jackets. :)

My Beautiful Boys-- Part 1: Owen

Well, I hinted at it earlier, and I'm totally stoked about my little mini-session with my boys today. It's the best photo shoot I've had with them in.....a really really really long time. Seeing as how they both have a horrid case of Photographer's Child Syndrome, my expectations are never very high when I set out to take their photos.
I've been meaning to get some done for their valentine's day cards to give to family and friends at "school" and since V-Day is actually coming up next week, I thought I should get on the ball. I bribed them with candy and movie rentals and they were digging it, so I pulled up my big-girl-optimism pants and we set out. They did great! I decided to break the blogs up into Owen and Ayden separately, since I couldn't pick just a few to show you. So Owen's up first.
Oh, and I also numbered them for the grandparents, so if you want a copy of one, email me or let me know in the replies what number and what size you want it, and I'll email you a copy.
Warning: picture overload pending......




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I'm thinking of having this one done on canvas, but I'm hesitant about the color, since I'm mostly a black and white girl. However, I don't think the b/w has nearly as much impact as the color. If there's any other photogs out there reading this who'd like to chime in and let me know what they think about this one in canvas, I'm all ears!

Doin' the Happy Dance

I've been meaning to take the boys out to do a Valentine's Day photo shoot with them, for their Valentine's Day cards. Today I finally got around to it.....I don't expect much when it comes from my 4 yr. old and 2 yr. old terrors, but with a bribe of some candy and some movie rentals they did SO good!!!!
I took about 150 shots, and there are over 40 keepers, which is monumental for my kids!! I'm so geeked....I'll be proofing and editing them tonight and will show you some of the results in the next day or so. Yay!

A Baby Showcase

I think I've got me some baby fever. I'm preggo, and I know of several other people who are too...Amy Lynn, Amy Potts, Faith, and a few others. There's something in the water, I guess. :)

Anyway, I went digging for some old pictures I've taken of newborns so I thought I'd share 'em here on the 'ole blog....watch out! There's a bunch! And I'm not responsible should you see the pictures and pine for a new baby of your own. Forthcoming conceptions of wee cute children are not the responsibility or liability of said blogger. Peruse at your own risk.....
Amy Lynn, Amy Potts, Faith....these are for you! Here's to new babies! Cheers!

This little sweetie was fresh out of the birth canal in these next few pics....I was actually there to photograph the birth, which was awesome! Wish I could share more pictures or the slideshow that I put together of it - it was amazing (even Steve got a little teary-eyed watching it) but to protect the privacy of my client, I'll refrain. Next time you're at our house, just ask and I'll show it to you! It was amazing. Oh....and I'm up for birth photography anytime! Just ask me and I'll be there! You won't regret having photos of such a life-changing moment.
Here she is...just minutes old:

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Same baby, a few days later at her "official" newborn session:















My newest nephew, Kenny:







My niece, Sammi - almost 2 years ago:





And a few other miscellaneous:
This cute little chunker was about a couple months old, if I recall:





This one was about 2 weeks I think:




That's it! Hope you enjoyed!