Christmas Card Photo

Our Christmas cards have been delivered - which means I can post our card for you all to see.

Our photo:

And our actual card:

And finally, a picture from our visit with Santa.

IV and Santa

Happy Weekend!

This is so wrong

If you know me - in real life, not blog life...you know that my all time, hands down, favorite-est movie in the entire world is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Three things I want on a deserted island - (besides family) a dirty martini, onion soup and that movie!

One of my favorite scene is:

Oh, the silent majesty of a winter's morn... the clean, cool chill of the holiday air... an asshole in his bathrobe, emptying a chemical toilet into my sewer...

Which brings me to this morning. IV and I were packing various items into his suitcase for our trip up north and I had an idea.

This was the result!

Happy Thursday!



Wordless Wednesday - Butt Dimples

My Settings

I've had some inquiries regarding what settings I've used on some of my Christmas tree photos and some of Baby IV.

Here is the scoop:

I have a Nikon D7000. For most of the portraits that I take of IV, I use a 35mm 1.8 lens.

So here is an example. Keep in mind that I blog while IV naps, so this morning Nate stepped in and took his place in front of the Christmas Tree.

The auto setting will trigger the flash - which I personally don't like. So if you want more natural lighting, simply set your ISO, shutter speed, aperture and white balance. Some people don't ever tough their white balance, but I do. I think it makes a huge difference. This is a great website to check out regarding white balance.

So there you have it. I hope this answered some questions that some of you had.

There's something about it...

There's something about a smiling baby boy - sitting in front of the Christmas tree in his pajamas on Monday morning. I caught up on emails, sipped coffee and watched GMA while this little guy smiled all morning and laughed at the simply joy of some left over wrapping paper I gave him. Ahhh...what a way to start off our week.

Life is not the same

Life may not be exactly what it use to be for this big guy...but he is still the most lovable 80 pounds anyone could ask for.

We are so proud of Nate for doing so well with baby IV, life and taking a backseat to his little brother.

Morning with JaJu

My Dad stopped by this morning with coffee and to spend time with IV. There really isn't much else to say. The picture speaks for itself. {love}