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T W E L V E??

I guess that’s what I’m worth these days…12 little comments to my first ever give away! I think I’ve had more comments than that before, even when I wasn’t giving you anything…hold please…let me investigate!

Yep…my post about my baby’s nursery had lots of comments, and a post I wrote about being sick had lots of comments, and my post on my friend Janelle’s family had lots of comments…and my post about naming my baby…that had the most comments…but it still wasn’t THAT many…

Soooo…are you not into cookies?
Are you dieting and can’t afford the cookies on your waistline?
Do you like babies and nurseries better?
Is Janelle more popular than me? (I’d say yes based on her facebook status…WHOA!)

Are YOU still being a closet reader and not wanting to comment?

Do you all just really NOT care about my new blog? I think you must not realize it’s kind of cool…mostly because I think it’s cool and so that means it must be, right?

Soooooooooo…that leaves me three options…
1. let the 12 commenters have REALLY good odds at getting some yummy cookies…
2. give a few more days to close the comments since my new blog isn’t even live yet and I want feedback on it
OR
3. listen to google and go get “a session or two with the therapist.”

If you want to make me feel better about my complex, leave me a comment on this post.

And for the record…I’m going to do #2 and I’m now closing the give away on Tuesday…just to see if I can double my comments…if I can’t, you can bet I’ll be doing #3!

I’ve finally got myself a new camera and am selling my Canon 20D. It is in mint condition with very few marks or scratches. It was only used for one year before it became my back up camera and was rarely used. I also have a battery and strap for it. I recently had the sensor cleaned at Tempe Camera as well.

I’m asking $450 on Craigslist. If you are interested in this, leave a comment or send me an email, jen@photojenic.net

Thanks!

So I’ve already seen this a kajillion times…yes kajillion is a word!! And so I wasn’t about to do it…but then to give my husband an example, I did it for his name…and then for mine and I must admit…I did laugh out loud, a few times!!

So you’ve probably all seen it to…google your name and “needs”

On my first page this is a few of my highlights…

Jennifer needs a smack daddy
Jennifer needs to play by the rules
Jennifer needs to develop age-appropriate language for social situations
Jennifer needs a shave
Jennifer needs a session or two with the therapist

and then I got to the bottom and I read this…

Jennifer needs to accept that she’s gained what looks like some major pounds. Probably from the cookies…that’s a lot of sugar.

And so then I stopped and decided to go to bed!

Who’s idea was this anyway?

MY NEW BLOG!!!
This is an exciting week…I will be launching my NEW BLOG along with my new logo/brand that I’ve worked so hard to create and perfect!! I’ve been working on recreating my business from the ground up and that meant starting with a professionally designed logo and blog…and after months in the making…I’m launching it this week!

This should be exciting for you as well…you see, with all the excitement I decided it’d be a great time for a give away…and YOU my blog readers…are the ones I want to reward!

The giveaway? Cookies! Sorry folks, they aren’t going to be homemade by me…I didn’t want to kill off any readers the first week! I’ll be sending a yummy box of Cookies from Home to a random winner selected from my blog comments. I figured since I can’t afford to celebrate by indulging in a box of cookies, one of you might as well get to.

Soooo…the contest starts now. Leave a comment with one or both of the following things and you’ll be entered.

1. If you don’t know me…how’d you find my blog?
2. Tell me one or two of your favorite songs on your IPOD.
Music is a weakness of mine, I don’t know who sings what and I desperately need more music on my IPOD to make running a little more enjoyable…(ok well I can at least TRY to make it more enjoyable). The music doesn’t have to be running music…just something you enjoy that I can add to my Itunes wishlist!

The contest will go all week and one of the days you come to my blog this week you should see my new look! At that time, you can enter again by leaving a comment about my new logo or blog! Entries close on Friday night and I’ll select a random winner next Saturday.

I’m not starting a trend here…I just so happen to be on my computer while a birthday is fresh in my mind…and I happen to owe these guys a peek at this photo…so be not offended that your birthday was forgotten…you see that’s the norm around here =)

Here’s my little brother Chris who’s birthday is today…and his wife Sally who also just had a birthday!! They gave up their Valentines to watch my little munchkins and I felt putting up this smashing photo of them was a great way to say thanks!! We’ll have to do more photos of them soon since Sally has lost a whole person of weight and really wants a post wedding, pre-baby “couples/non-engagement” session since we never really did a session for their engagement!!

Happy birthday you two…enjoy our favorite place for dinner…my mouth waters just thinking of the yummy bread, salad and steak I could have if we were joining you!

In all of my work as I strive to learn and push myself more…one of the most difficult sessions to conquer is that of a newborn. Always unpredictable, often long, sometimes really hard with fussy babies that won’t sleep…that was not the case with the following little babes…

Lately these are my favorite sessions! I just LOVE getting adorable photos of these new little spirits that help their moms and dads capture their precious nature forever! It’s such a surreal, sleepless, difficult yet rewarding time for parents and the photos just help you remember that it’s worth all the sleepless nights and fatigue!

Here’s a sneak peak of William. He looks perfect and I just love the little hat! He was easy to work with and let us do all kinds of nakey pics!

And today I finally got to meet little Lacey, my friend Nicole’s new baby! She was born when I was sick and it took me two weeks to see her…it was worth the wait and boy was she an angel for our session!

I did something a little different for Lacey’s photos. I used all natural light and LOVED not feeling limited by the studio light!

Did I mention how much I LOVE my fixed 35mm lens? Shooting close on 1.8 leaves just those eyelashes sharp while the rest just fades into blur! I think I need an 85 fixed…I bet that would be even better with this shot!

More to come on these little ones soon!

After a week of being at a conference, I made a safe arrival home at 1:45am…YES ONE am this morning (thanks Southwest).

I couldn’t resist peeking in on my kids after being gone so long…the boys were out…
Emery was too…until she saw me…darn her for being a light sleeper like me! After much rocking and cuddling and even a new bottle…she finally went to sleep at 3am, which is when we finally got to go to sleep!

Muffins with Mom started at the school at 8am, Brennan came in to greet me at 6:50, he was already dressed, had his backpack ready and was attempting making his lunch, he was really excited for muffins with mom at school!

My husband was happy to hand over the “Mr. Mom” reigns, as he so nicely told me…

Muffins with mom is at 8.
Regency pest is coming at noon.
Weed control will be coming in the afternoon.
Emery has a Dr. appointment at 9:30 on Thursday.
You have 3 deliveries…canvases, new Lightroom 2 and new Adobe CS4
You have 8 new phone messages and over 100 emails…
Oh and check the home phone messages too!

Welcome Home honey…we missed you!

And Dawson had to contribute too…he REALLY wants to CELEBRATE Emery’s birthday! What? She had a birthday? Oh yeah…she did didn’t she?

And I didn’t even get that pedicure I earned in Vegas! At least the house was still pretty clean!

Thanks to all 6 of my helpers that filled in while I was gone…does it really take that many people you ask? Well, probably not, but we couldn’t burn out one on the first day!!

It was an AMAZING conference and weekend. Even with so little sleep I’m rejuvenated in my business desires and can’t wait to implement the things that I learned. I’m grateful I had the chance to go. In the end, once I can really apply the things I’ve learned, my clients, my family and my business should all benefit from the time I was able to focus on my business, it’s needs and how to more efficiently work. And of course my work will improve after I can perfect the newest photo techniques I learned.

Marnee and I are still working hard behind the scenes on our Spring for Charity Promotion. We are excited to announce the charity we have selected for this event.

I personally am very excited to work with this organization and want to thank Marnee for her efforts in this. I can’t wait to help make a difference for an organization that provides so much for young children and their families. Please visit our Spring for Charity site to learn more about this organization.

We will share more about the promotion in the coming week!