Photo Shoot!

Today I am doing my first "official" photo shoot! With a sweet little girl named Delaney! Our old neighbors on 9th St in Williams had there first baby a little girl (Delaney) almost 3 months ago! They have agreed to let me take photos of her! So first official photo shoot starting soon! I am super excited, nervous, ect ect a bunch of different emotions! I will post pictures from the shoot after I have edited them, maybe a few tonight and more in a few days!

WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY!

My Beautiful Daughter Sophia Joy!

I remember being a little scared right at first, what was down syndrome? Well Sophia being taken away down to the NICU was more of a concern for us then her having down syndrome. We just wanted our sweet little girl home with us! I didn't fully realize it then, but Sophia Joy was a wonderful gift from God! She laughs easier, forgives easier, and enjoys life fuller! She is a wonderful addition to our little family, and I if I could go back and choose to have her with down syndrome or not, I would fully take her just the way she is!

Down Syndrome kids are a blessing and I pray all who have been blessed with a child with down syndrome would realize that!

New Camera!

So David spoiled me with a new camera!
Its super nice, and it cost a good penny too, its a Nikon D3100! We are thinking about trying to get a small business going, not just pictures of nature but taking family photos, baby photos, ect... It would be a lot of hard work, but I only know of 1 other photographer down here in Williams. Now I now Williams isn't huge but I think there is plenty of room for two photographers! Well there is our idea and now I will share a few pics, some of the kiddos and some not. I really do need to remember to take more pictures of my kiddos lately...

My FAVORITE picture David took coming home from Flag the other day!

Charles deciding if he wants to climb the rock at Buffalo Park. 

Beautiful Clouds!

Charles intently watching tv!

Sophia actually smiling for a photo! (lately she hates pictures!)

My cute Kiddos

Flowers in our front yard blooming! Spring must be here! Right!?

Crocodile bark tree

Another great pic of the Peaks!

 HUGS

Sophia praying for her brother before bed. (don't mind Sophia messy hair!)

Sophia giving her brother a good night kiss! (she is SOOO sweet!)

MORE HUGS! (Charles is a camera HOG, and a little HAM!)

Sick again...

So I have a terrible sore throat again, I am hoping it isn't strep, but if it is i'll have had strep 3 times in the last 4 months! Terrible I know, but it hurts worse then when I had strep and I don't have white spots? So i'm a little confused as to what it is! It just kind of happened over night, and I can't talk, not only because it hurts, but because I just don't have a voice. My poor kiddos seem to be sick too but don't know if it is the same thing or not. David is the only Healthy one, well at them moment anyway... and he use to be the one that was always sick! Until he started talking Vitamin D 3, coincidence? Not sure, but the last 2 times I have gotten sick David hasn't...

Well other then that everything here is good! Life is busy, Kiddos are getting bigger taller, Sophia is saying more words. Such as: good job, all right, and all done; are just a few examples that come to mind. Charles the other day after Supper got down from his chair and said thank-you mommy. awww how sweet! Or he will come up if I get hurt and ask if I got hurt then ask if I need a kiss and give me a kiss to make me feel better! What sweet kiddos! Or when we put Charles to bed, he goes down first (just our routine) and Sophia comes along prays for him on her knees by his bed then gets up kisses him on the forehead tells him good-night and leaves his room! Its the sweetest thing I have ever seen!

So enough rambling i'll end with a few random pictures of Sophia and Charles helping me cook last week.(before we all got sick!)

Oh and these flowers were a fun surprise that just appeared in our front yard after the snow melted!

Happy Valentin'es Day! :)

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone! I thought about taking off the RA photography for this blog, but was too lazy this morning to reopen my Photoshop! I know I know... talk about lazy.... ! Well my kiddos slept in this morning and are just starting to stir... so I guess its more a rush then lazyness... maybe. Well enough about that, I hope you all enjoy another day the Lord has blessed you with and enjoy whoever it is you love today! Whether it be your husband, your family, or friends!

Potty

Charles I would say has finally mastered going potty! Not only that going potty by himself... for the longest time he would want me to go with him and hold his hand... literally!!! haha well... thats finally over with.. he will go by himself.. he naps in his underwear.. the only time he is still in a diaper is when he goes down at night. He might be able to hold it all night, but in the morning he wakes up quietly and plays. Not sure what time he wakes up.. but he doesn't leave his room until we open the door for him. Which is nice.. but at the same time if he has to go he would go in his underwear instead of leave his room.. probably while crying the whole time! So that we will work on soon! Sophia on the other hand is getting more interested since Charles has been going on his own.. she'll go in on her own too! Although she wont every time she has to go potty.. just once maybe twice a day. The first time she did it, hmm well I was doing something and heard her go in the bathroom, finished up what I was doing then went to get after her (usually she just makes messes out of the drawers and what not) so I go in find her clothes thrown around the bathroom floor and her diaper, i'm about to tell her to get out of the bathroom when I realize she is sitting on the toilet going potty!  Well I was super excited! She didn't want her diaper back on after that.. so I let her put underwear only to have her pee on the ground about 15 minutes later! Well lessened learned right! but still, i'm pretty excited she's finally interested! Even if it is once a day... ! :)

Although a random side note... Sophia has to be the worlds best hugger!

A New Adventure

So I just recently started an ETSY shop... It takes a lot more time then you would think to first set up your account add items to  sell, then next marketing! With out marketing you probably will never sell anything... yet time and energy to market is more then I realized.. especially with my two cute kiddos wanting my attention while I sit at the computer. Can't complain too much about that... it still doesn't get old hearing there little voices saying mommy mommy.. although Charles still throws in a Rachel every now and then. Well so I have started the shop and i'm selling my photographs. So that takes even more time on the computer to use Photoshop to make sure the pictures look exactly how I want them. I have taken photos for years! Lately mostly of the kiddos.. but still doesn't change that I like photos! Photoshop you can always add fun touches to a photo too  to hopefully help it stand out from the other million or so photos of a mountain that others are selling! Its pretty amazing how many people are so GOOD at photography! Some probably have degrees and what not for the perfect lighting... but that's ok! So if your bored and have the time and want to check out my shop... or i'll just post some of them here for you guys and let me know if its something you would pay for... or if I should give it up now! :)

These two amazing photographs taken in Sedona, AZ were actually taken by David! There two of my favorite photographs!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/RachelAndphotography

Thanks for looking!