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Special Daddies Grow on Trees...

...Family Trees that is.  I have had the pleasure of photographing each of these special daddies.  They happen to be brothers.  What these images tell me is that THEIR Daddy must be something special to have raised such caring and tender Daddies.

Seamus and Reece

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Tim and Ava Grace

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Sean and Grant

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Kevin and Lochlan

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More tech problems

Uuugh!  I just realized today (by someone calling and asking why I didn't respond to an inquiry) that the contact page of my website is apparantly not functioning either.  DOH!  So, if you have submitted a contact form and have not heard back from us, PLEASE call or email us directly. eyesmiles_booking@yahoo.com

I am so sorry for all of the web issues. No one is more upset than me, I promise.  I am working like crazy to get everything fixed. 

I Broke It

So I had this stupid idea to update my website.  I am planning on adding all new images and changing the galleries to be categorized by session type rather than age.   Since I never do anything "halfway", I managed to really and truly, royally break the whole website.  HA!  I have been working on website stuff allllll day (and most of the weekend too).  I swear my husband thinks I am having an online afair with my IT guy.  Anyway, just wanted to post on here that yes, I AM aware that half of the links aren't working and most of the galleries have no images.  For those waiting on slideshows I am truly sorry.  I have several galleries ready to post as soon as my site is fixed and I am actually able to post them (:  Hang in there-it will be worth the wait.

2 days-14 kids!!

Wow, that's a lot of little faces to capture....and a whooooole lotta personalities too. (: A family of 9 kids and a family of 5 kids...all in 100+ degrees.  Where's my Calgon?  Hee hee.  Seriously I had a lot of fun and tried my best to keep my camera dry!

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Channeling Sally Fields

"You like me...."  and I am so blessed and humbled.  My blog counter just surpassed 25,000.  Wow.  That's over 600 visitors a week.  I don't know what to say--except maybe start leaving more comments people...I know you are here (;

   Seriously though, I have to take a step back and pinch myself sometimes that I was lucky enough to find my gift at the age of 30.  Some people go their whole lives and never find the joy in their work that I do.  I am blessed with amazing clients who appreciate my talents as well as my long hours and dedication to their family's images being perfect.  I have a wonderful, supportive group of equally talented friends that are always willing to let me bounce ideas off of them (see side bar of my blog and pay them a visit).  I have an incredibly supportive husband who has been picking up the slack around the house as I struggle with time management and 2 boys who never complain if I have to work at the computer instead of go swimming with them.  I have a new client coordinator who is doing an amazing job of keeping things organized and flowing.

   Also, I opened the Fall calendar last Fri and October was sold out by Sat.  (:  How cool is that?! However, now I feel bad of course so I have decided to open a few more Oct dates.  If you have already scheduled a Sept session, and you would like to change it to an Oct date, email Kim at eyesmiles_booking@yahoo.com and she will take care of requests on a first come first serve basis.  If you are a new client interested in booking a Fall session, email Kim as well.

Thanks again, I can't express my gratitude enough.  Here are some sneak peeks.  These 2 cuties are cousins who came to me last year...I love the "look how they've grown" posts

Reece-5 days

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Reece 1 year

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Grant- 10 months

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Grant-22 months

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Next is sweet baby Brendan who was 7 days old when he came to see me yesterday.  His big brother was sooooooo good for me.  He had his Children's session a few weeks ago and he was just a good then.

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And then we have the K Man, my buddy from a few weeks ago.  Isn't he stunning?

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And....finally I wanted to share some images from my workshop in North Carolina a few weeks ago. These kids were so stinking adorable with their accents. 

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And a few storyboards from that day I put togethr (click to view larger)

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