New chair (old)

I love it when I find a fun new piece of furniture to photograph!!! Carollynn had found me a great desk chair on craigslist and when I went to pick it up they had this wonderful chair in their garage as well for a great deal of $10 - totally in my budget. I was pretty fired up about it so my supermodel Naomi agreed to sit on it for a couple of shots. Here is what we came up with so far. She is just so stinkin' cute!!!

A Joyful Vision

Today I was photograping some pieces for an Etsy shop called "A Joyful Vision". I just LOVE the fabrics that she uses. Naomi was super excited too because as we were starting to think about our bedtime routine she was asking if I would take her picture. Well....of course I could not say no to that so I passed off baby Amelia to daddy and threw a chair in the back of the van. Off to the park we went and found a benefit to the ragweed. what great background color!!! Naomi was loving it and her sisters were a bit jealous that they could not come along. I asked it they wanted to do pictures tonight and were later regretting that they said "no". Tommorow we are heading downtown so I am sure their will be more pictures to come.

Oh goodness, its 9:30pm and my kitchen is an absolute diaster!!! After posting these pics I better get a few things picked up so I can find my counter again.

Beach pictures

One of my very favorite places to go is the beach, I could just stay there all day. There is something about the way I feel when I am sitting in the sand with the gentle breeze on my face. I have been dreaming of getting some pictures of Amelia on the beach and had several opportunities to do so this week. All in the last few days we shot in Sheboygan, Peninsula State Park and the Sand Dunes in Door County. I am attaching a fun couple of pics to show you how we safely capture the "sling shot." It takes a lot of patience and balance. :)

Photography playdate

So my friend Jennifer came over today to get the babys together so the mommys could take pictures of them. I just had to post a pic of how things are done behind the scenes. Here is Jennifer breastfeeding baby Laela while I am photographing baby Amelia in the basket. (I also posted the final result) LOL!!!! This is how we mommy's work!! Some days we spend 90 percent of the time nursing our babys just to get them to sleep. That's why they are so chunky!!! LOLOL!!!!

Baby Amelia has arrived!!

Our newest addition to the Van Sistine arrived on the evening of July 6th at home!! Amelia Elizabeth weighing 9lbs, 2oz and 21 inches long. It was the most wonderful home birth right here in my very own whirlpool tub. I wish I would have done this much sooner, I felt so great to have the comforts of home like my own bed, tub and of course yummy treats. After a day of swimming and walking I finally asked my midwife to break my water at around 9:30pm since I was already dialated to 8cm!!! Within an hour Amelia arrived healthy and happy. We feel so blessed to have been given another daughter. I will be taking a few weeks off to enjoy all of our 4 beautiful girls!!

Sweet Funky Vintage

I started shooting for another boutique this week and thought I would share some of the images with you. They are going to be putting these to print in their catalog so I am super excited!!! My dream is to one day shoot a childrens clothing catalog so right now I am trying to build up my portfolio. This boutique is called "Sweet Funky Vintage". They are currently in the process of having all of the clothing photographed so I am not sure when they will be updating their site and blog.

9 months along

OMG, it's like I completely forgot about blogging as I am waiting for our new baby to arrive. Why does it have to be so hard at the end? I get so frusterated when people ask if I had that baby yet or when they laugh at how big my belly is. So, I still thought I would post one of my recent pics that my good friend Stacy shot for me. She is going to be photographing the birth for us so I am really excited to be able to create a book of memories of this special event.

We have been documenting every step of this pregnancy and I am praying for a really special birth as well. I would love any prayers from you all that the delivery goes wonderfully!! I am planning my first water birth so we will see if it really is less painful like all the books say. LOL!! Hopefully soon I will be posting newborn pics to share with all of you. I am only 9 days away from my due date, but sooner would be just great too!!!