photos from today

FINALLY - on his own!

We loved the beautiful weather. I think it was a one day thing, but we'll take it!

fun fun weekend!

We are having an AWESOME weekend. Katie, her husband, Nathan, and their two girls are here for the weekend. We've eaten SO MUCH and the kids have played well together. Yesterday morning, after dressing change, we went to downtown Kernersville and I took some photos (with Katie's direction, she's the one who really knows what she's doing) of their family. Since Katie's always the one taking them, they have hardly any of the four of them together. We had a good time, despite the cold, and got a few super cute ones! The boys (minus Jonah, who was overdue for a nap) went to the Wake vs. Virginia game (WAKE FINALLY WON ONE!). Katie and I put Jonah and Quinn down to nap and we...


... acted like 15 year old girls, put on girly dresses, leggings, and boots, went out in the yard and took photos of each other. Yep, we sure did. And it was so fun, and we laughed A LOT. Katie did super great clean edits and I played with my Totally Rad presets and turned us funny colors. Cause that's just how I roll. Here are a few of my favorites. (And oh my word, I am DIGGIN' my haircut. Shannon at Mane Event rocks my socks.) These are Katie's edits.

jonah in the news

Local folks: Jonah is on the front page of the Kernersville paper today. There's no online version, but thought those of you who are nearby might want to know. 

new cut

I wanted to get a really really short sassy funky boy cut. I chickened out. But this is the shortest I've ever had it. Small steps. :)

Before (with Jonah!)

After

photo catch up

Playing the drums (Friday morning).

 He's feelin it!

Playing with Grandaddy in his tent. (In very close contact, thus getting him sick. Sorry Grandaddy. We didn't know.) 

This was yesterday. He was being completely adorable. He was literally yelling "CHEESE!" as he did this. It was unprompted and I didn't even know he knew that word.

These are super blurry because I needed my flash but didn't have the right lens on and I was snapping quickly. Jonah sportin' his new PJ's. He doesn't know who Thomas is but he's all about the trains. I was so excited when I saw them. I couldn't resist.

And this is my canvas wall that Katie helped me hang when she came to visit on Friday. (Also pre-sickness). The one of us facing the ocean was a gift from Matt's Aunt Katherine, the family one was a Canvas On Demand Groupon (AWESOME deal... keep an eye out for it when it comes around again), and the small one was a $17 deal from The Canvas People. You can't even get a nice print in a nice frame for under $20. Sweet!

Matt's completely back to normal except for a still diminished appetite. I felt perfect yesterday, but Jonah and I are both still having some tummy issues today. I thought he wasn't going to throw up at all today, but he puked everything at dinner. And at that point, I had only given him four ounces. Frustrating. I'm hoping we are COMPLETELY over this very soon. I'm fairly certain we're past the contagious stage, but the lasting... well, you know... I could do without. Ugh.

Hope you're all having a great week so far!

photography workshop march 5th in concord

For those of you who live around here and are interested in a photography workshop, Amber (http://amberherlocker.com) is offering another one on March 5th in downtown Concord (only an hour from Winston-Salem). If you are interested, sign up for the newsletter HERE so you can find out about registration. I think early bird registration ($125) opened today, but is only good for the first five registrants. The class has 15 spots, and the regular price is $150. 

The location was great, lunch is provided, and it's a basic, easy to understand, fun workshop for those of you who have a DSLR and just haven't taken the time (or had the brain power, in my case) to figure it out. You can register HERE but make sure you sign up for the newsletter too in case you miss out on Early Bird. You'll need to know when regular registration opens.

You can see Amber's professional site HERE and her photography blog HERE. I promise you'll have a great day and learn a ton! Happy snapping! (or shooting with fine pieces of glass (or something) as we like to say in the biz.)

(Photos by Amber Herlocker)