Had to be the BOY!

So with Maddie we started cereal with her at 4 months. She was our first and we were excited to experience the firsts as soon as possible. She wasn't ready much to our surprise... I don't think she was ready until closer to 6 months. So with Haidyn, we waited. After researching we discovered it was best to start solids at 6 months due to their guts not being truly developed and ready. Well, she wasn't ready! It was closer to 8 months that she was wanting to explore her palate.

Fast forward to the 3rd child. Caleb... THE BOY! We waited until 6 months (and two weeks). We wanted to make sure his tummy was ready, he was sitting really well, etc. So we tried rice cereal this week (organic) mixed with a little breastmilk. He is a champ! He liked it from the first bite! So every night now he has 'dinner' with us and if you don't shovel it in his mouth fast enough he fusses. Such a boy! They recommend like a tablespoon of breastmilk to however much cereal to make it liquidy... well the BOY went from a tablespoon the first night to 2 oz. of breastmilk mixed with a ton of cereal! LOL!

Here's some pictures of his first experience...

Anticipating the first bite

Not so bad...

It is really good...

See Dad... I can eat too!

Ahh... success!

Looks like I'll be going to the store for more cereal and maybe some fruits and veggies for next week. I'm still debating making my own babyfood though... Like I have time for that with 3 kiddos! Do you make your babies' food or have you?

ETA... These pictures were taken by Kevin since I was obviously the one feeding him.

New Logo!

Most of you have seen my old logo... It was dated to the year I was shooting... Well it was old and the person who created it no longer was doing logos. So I was able to find someone to update it. We kept it the same for the most part, but we also added a little color to it.

How do you like it?



I'm hoping to update my webpage eventually and this logo will be the basis and color scheme for the new design.

One down... two to go!

I actually accomplished one of my goals for this month! I took Caleb's 6 month pictures. Woo-hoo! I'm still editing them, but I'll post a few that I'm done with. And actually there are a few more poses I want to do now that I'm done, but at least I got these done. Haidyn was my helper and believe it or not, he smiled in almost all the pictures!

So here you go...






This last one is probably my favorite because it shows his blue eyes. I've got lots more to edit, so be on the look out for more pics.

I'm also adding one more goal...

• A group picture of the kiddos

Oh and for those of you wanting to get better pictures of your kids, family, etc. Let me tell you my setup... Breakfast nook, kitchen table, black sheet, and a sunny day with the blinds open. Well, and then a little photoshop to fix the wrinkles in the black sheet. So see... you don't need all that fancy stuff (most the time)! All manual settings and natural light (no flash). Enjoy!