SMUGMUG!

I am now officially part of the smugmug.com. WOOHOO! This means that after you do a photo shoot with me, you'll be able to order any and all your pics from me ONLINE! :) How fun, eh!?!? I'm pretty excited. It'll be way nicer then the way I was doing things and lots easier for everyone.

If you want to check it out - http://photographybydk.smugmug.com/

There's only one gallery on there as of right this second but I'm working on getting more up today and this week. So keep checking back. And if you've had a past session with me and would like me to post your photos, please let me know. I'd LOVE to get a gallery started for you!!! :)

For now that's all the big news I have for you! But stay tuned, I have two sessions with week! One with a cute newborn and another with an adorable 6 month old!! So there will be post by next weekend with some more precious faces!

Happy Spring!!

Hallelujah it is finally SPRING! Don't get me wrong, I love winter, snow, and cold - but I can only love it for so much time. Like for Christmas & New Years but Michigan can definitely drag out the cold. So I am really looking forward to the sun, the flowers, and the yummy smell of spring time in MI!!! yay!!

So I am working on getting my smugmug.com accountant up and running. I've ran into a few bumps along the way, but I think it's going to be up real soon!! :) And then for those who have shoots with me, well they can order their prints online from me!! woohoo! how exciting!!!! So I'll keep ya updated on that...

Milo's MRI and eye appt. were this past week. He did wonderful with both!!! Don't get me wrong, he was definitely grumpy after the MRI, but after they got all the wires and IV off of him and got him some food - well he was laughing and smiling before we left the building!! What a good sport we are blessed with. And the eye appt. that didn't seem to phase him either. The results of the MRI came back normal!! :) Which is wonderful. And the eye doctor did diagnose him with Nystagmus, but we kinda knew that going into the appt. - so it wasn't too much of a shock. But he is very, very nearsighted. He can't see much far away at all. And his right eye is worse then his left. So we have ordered him some cute kiddies glasses. And they should be here by the end of the week next week!! hooray! And we found that his head position, the way he holds his head and chin way down and looks up at you, that's his 'null' position. She was very impressed with it and told us not to discourage it, but to help him work with it. She also suggested that he may be a good candidate for surgery before he goes to school... so in a few years. But for now she said he's too young and that he may correct it himself with his glasses and such. It's something we'll have to wait and see. Anywho, am I ever excited to get his cute glasses!! :) I'll definitely post some cute pics of him wearing his new specs when we get 'em!

For now, I'll leave you all with a pic of Milo and his daddy. He sure has taken to him!! He LOVES laughing and playing with Tim. It's adorable. Milo lights up and gets so excited to see Tim when he gets home from work ... melts my heart!

Bri's Beautiful Belly

This is my beautiful cousin (who's more like my sister), Brianne. She and her hubby Charlie are expecting their first bundle of joy this July!!! :) They live down in Texas, so while she was visiting this week, we took some time while it was sunny and got some cute belly shots. :) Bri was such a sport too, because as nice as the photos turned out, the wind def. gave us, both, a fight!! It took some patience and goose bumps on Brianne's part, but after it was all said and done, we warmed up inside Plainwell Ice Cream and got some of Bri's favorite (Lemon Chiffon). :) I was honored to be able to capture this time in her life, and am very much looking forward to meeting the lil' one.

Thank you Bri! And I pray you had a safe trip back to Texas. I miss you already!!!

Just Because

Because I can, I took some more adorable shots of Milo, and my niece Nadia. She and my sister in law came over the other day and I had Nadia try on a few new hats I just got.... well here are those cuties!!!

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A Life Update ...

So Milo is now 5 months old!!! Time is just flying by with him. He's teething, and not just getting his front teeth but his MOLARS!! I could not believe it. What a crazy kid. :) Guess that just means he wants steak for his first birthday. haha

So some big news for our family... Milo had his first MRI - or at least we tried to get him his first MRI. He apparently has the adverse reaction to sleepy drugs; they were going to put him a "twilight" like sleep, but the more drugs they gave him, the more energetic and mad he got. I felt horrible!!!! By the time they came back with him, he had big, red, blood shot eyes and was screaming & squirming like mad!!! So we go back in a few weeks for another try, but this time they are going to put him COMPLETELY under. I'm real nervous about that, but know that he is in God's hands and that God can take care of him better then I can. So we are trusting and praying. Oh the reason they are doing this is for what they call "nystagmus". His eyes 'dance' or 'shift' back and forth really fast. I've done some research on it, and they are many different severities of it, so the MRI and the eye appt. we have for him will all help determine what our next step will be.

Some happier and funnier (yes, funnier) news -- we leave tomorrow for his first big trip. Pretty excited, and little nervous. Milo, my parents, and I are all traveling to NJ to see my brother and his family. They still haven't met one another - and since he's growing up so fast it'll be nice for them to all meet before he gets too big. It's a long ride, but I think we'll do okay. He just may hate his car seat after we are all said and done... but it'll be worth it. I can't wait for him to meet his cousins!

And I just can't resist taking pics of him ... all. the. time. So here's a recent snapshot of him napping. So sweet and peaceful. We love you Milo!