Birthday and other things

Update:

Well my birthday was good, I am at that age where it's just another day, but luckily I'm also at that age where I don't dread them yet! Got spoiled by David, Resi, and Davids parents,though I consider them family too, I love and care about them very much, and to see how much they love my son (I hear David in my head saying "our" son), and it makes me happy.  And if you're reading this, thank you (again) Tiana for the flowers and balloon, made me feel special.  And of course all the peeps on facebook for the wishes :).

Other than that, Declan is a parrot! This morning, as I'm changing a poo filled diaper, he stands up and I tell him "Seriously Declan" then he started saying "seriously seriously seriously". He's getting so smart and doing so many things at a rapid rate.  He argues with me like a teenager, I tell him "No", he says "Nooooooo", as he's pointing at me, I say "No, you no" and he says "No, YOU no!".  I'm sure the fun is just begining. But I'm ready for it, being a parent is by far the best thing that has ever happened to me.

As I hurry to finish up the wedding pictures I took I find myself wanting to look more "professional", I'm starting to realize a lot of photography is lost in photoshop, people go for more "glitzy" stuff and tend to like things that they can  do on instagram, or phone filters and such...  Which is fun, I'm not a fan (and that is only my own personal opinion), I like "real" pictures but I've succumbed... It's probably more I try to be anti conformist! So I've been watching many tutorials...
I think it's good though, one thing I love about photography, you're always learning, and I have a lot to learn...

I'm warming up to it, I do actually like how this turned out

Father's Day!

Father's day!

My little guy LOVES his daddy, and since he sees him less he will push me aside for daddy (which is probably his favorite word...daddy) It doesn't  make me feel too horrible cause once he's had his fill of daddy time it's back in mommy's arms he goes, where I personally think is right where he belongs!

The picture of Declan and his grill is significant cause that is what we got David for father's day (no smart. @$$ a real grill not a play one :)).  When I saw Declan standing on my elliptical waving at me I knew it was time to sell, and we used that money to get David his grill.

I also made paint and had Declan paint a picture frame for David.  (To learn how to make at home paint or just to see cute pictures of Declan painting Resi's peace sign picture frame click HERE)

It came out great and David thinks we have a little artist on our hands :).  

I probably should've posted picture of the finished product but sometimes, I'm just not so smart, so how about some more pictures of my little love instead?  But first I have to say...

Though we may not ALWAYS get along... and I HATE that he works so much, all the time and I never get to see him.... I LOVE David.  And he is a great dad, when he sees Declan, holds him, tells him goodnight, you can actually see love in his purest form., we're a lucky little family, to know and have such love.  

And as promised... more Declan!

How to make home made paint!

Ever worry this will happen with your little one

MmmMmm Paint

It's tough to find toddler safe paint, and even then there are still questionable ingredients... Well why not make your own it's super easy, and cheap!

What you need:

1 cup four

1 cup water

food coloring

paint brushes (optional)

and of course paper (or whatever you want to paint)

Paper plates, bowls, baby food jars... whatever you're wanting to put your mixture in.

Mix one cup of water with one cup of flour and stir.  Make sure you get all the lumps out.

Then separate X amount of mixture onto plates (I used bowls the first time, then half of it ended up mixed together cause he's 20 months old separation doesn't matter to him, so I went with paper plates for easy clean up)

Pour food coloring til you get desired color and... PRESTO baby safe paint!

The first time I did it I thought it looked too runny, so I added a little more flour, it made for great texture for the picture frames we were painting, it looked very artsy, but it can get clumpy, the recipe works a little better for just painting.

Here's more pictures of the FUN!!

Wedding!

So I have been absent... I apologize! You can see the reason I was HERE.

I have a lot of making up to do but I'll do it slowly. I will eventually post everything I promised, but a lot of events are coming up... father's day, my birthday, fourth of July, so I'll post them when "excitement" wears down a bit and I'm running out of things to post.  lol

Today (well yesterday) I did a photoshoot of a wedding (my first!).  It was LONG! haha

Well things pilled up, the priest was way late, my battery died (those who know me know I'm a planner but I didn't know I was actually doing it til a week before and there was no guarantee that the battery would come in time unless I paid 40 bucks in next day shipping...not happening... so I just took 30 min to charge while I took a "break" and stayed later.) It was stressful all around. Not to mention I left Declan with David and he's never watched him solo that long without me!

I do still have a lot to learn about photography.  I've seen better and I've seen worse.  Which is why what I charge is in the middle, it's very fair, gives me experience and give people good pictures... and maybe 1 or 2 great ones lol.

So in doing the wedding I was pleased I had a lot of great pictures!!  But then, cause of course my life is never perfect and will not be the same without any drama, I put the SD card in and BAM! I "lost" pictures!  I was near tears, barged in David's room and pleaded with him to fix it (I love him so much for putting up with me, but hey let's face it, I put up with him too)! He did find them, but after I remembered where my computer probably stored them (my comp did something when I put it in but I was too tired to care, but the realization hit me later).

So now a sneak peek

This one is my favorite so far, and they weren't even posing for me lol 

This one is unedited but I can't wait to work with it! Priceless :) 

And now I sleep... goodnight world! 

Absent

SO, first off I have to start with an apology!  I was so stoked to start a blog... even more stoked when I found out I had FOLLOWERS! My absence was due to being a little depressed.  Those who know me well know the situation... David worked for a company who decided not to pay us for a month and not let us know, until pay day, that money was not coming.  It would've been better if they would've fired him cause at least he wasn't working for them and not getting paid... he could've been working for someone else and getting paid!  I asked if they could make partial payments to us, they chose not to answer me, what makes me most livid is I see David's "boss" and long time "friend" that owes us the money posting pics on facebook doing expensive and fun things on vacation!! SERIOUSLY!  We had to cancel ours because any "extra" money we had was used to replace the THOUSANDS of dollars they owe us.  And now here we are EXACTLY where we were a year ago. 

Granted, giving his boss the benefit of the doubt I don't know if his vacation was paid for by other means...  I had had every hope that they would pay us eventually and it's slowly starting to diminish.  I'm not exactly sure how David feels about all this but I'm pretty upset.  We have a son to think of (if it was just David and I probably wouldn't have cared as much) and David always considered them family, he always said his (now ex) boss, was like a brother.  We asked his boss/friend/brother to be godfather of our son... which is a pretty big deal for me.  Even if they didn't have the money, though they had to have know way prior to this happening that they were going to run out of means to pay us, a heads up would've been appreciated... but again, even if they didn't have the money, something... ANYTHING (like diapers) would've been very much appreciated.  And invoices HAD to have come in by now.  So far I have seen no real concern, I feel like a "bill" they're dodging and like a collection agency.  So I give up... I don't hate them... just the situation that they put us in without really caring or showing remorse.  I still love them.  I just now feel I can't trust them, and I hate that. 

Maybe I divulged too much, but this is my blog and my feelings, so in other words "It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to!".