Embrace the Camera

Its Thursday, and time for Embrace the Camera

I'm linking up with Emily at The Anderson Crew for Embrace the Camera.

Embrace the Camera is where you'll take a picture of YOU with your kids, spouse, friends, etc. The point of embrace the camera is to get in front of the camera and to document a bit of yourself.

 

While we were doing our little photo shoot with the boys on Monday, I asked my sister to take a few pictures of Jackson and I. We got a couple cute ones, so I thought I'd share them for "Embrace the Camera"

My busy, but great weekend!

Our weekend was super busy, but super fun and productive!!

Friday night, after work, we went over to our friends, Chris and Holly's house for a visit. We had a lot of fun catching up. ☺

Then Saturday morning, I met up with my mom and my sister to go get our tattoos. Saturday, April 21st, was the one year anniversary of the passing of my sweet Grammy. In honor of her, several of my family members have gotten hummingbird tattoos. We all talked about it just a few days after her passing, but my sister and I were pregnant, so she and I had to wait. My mom waited with us and the three of us decided to get them on the one year anniversary. I'm so glad we did it together and got them on the day we did. It makes the tattoo even that much more special. My sister and I got the same tattoo and the same artist tattooed both of us. We got the tattoo in the same place too, on the top of our foot. Here is a picture of mine.

I'm not going to lie to you. It hurt like HECK!! I have 2 other tattoos and neither of them hurt anywhere near as bad as this one. It didn't help that I was driving us that day and I got it on the top of my right foot. Cruise control was my BFF that day! ☺ But I'm super happy I got it on my foot. I love it!! 

My Grammy loved hummingbirds, which is why we all chose to get a hummingbird tattoos. My Papa Reg (Grammy's husband), my Uncle and my cousin have all gotten hummingbird tattoos in her honor. The "Grammy" on my tattoo is actually my Grammy's handwriting. I had a card from her from several years ago that had her signature on it. I took it to the tattoo shop with me and they were able to trace it and add it to the tattoo. I LOVE it!!

My mom got a similar hummingbird with a banner reading "Mom" in my Grammy's actual handwriting. She too had a card with my Grammy's signature of "Mom" on it. She incorporated that into her tattoo as well. She got hers on the inside of her ankle. Heres a picture.

 

The rest of the weekend was spent much like any other. Hanging out with family, a little shopping, some cleaning and church on Sunday. 

I was off work yesterday, so my sister and I had planned to take our boys' pictures at a park that day. Jackson and Mason are both 6 months old now and Landon just turned 5 years old this month. So they all needed updated pictures. Thankfully the weather cooperated and we got some great shots. My mom came along to help us and I'm so glad she did. I don't think we could have done it without her help. We ended up taking over 500 pictures. I then narrowed them down to 100 and here are a few of my favorites. Thanks again Holly, for lending us your awesome camera!

Jackson sitting in a basket.

I did a little "pic-monkey" photo editing on this photo below.

Sweet Mason. 

Landon, the big 5 year old.

My nephews, Landon and Mason.

I love this smile.

The three boys looking at the fountain.

I just adore his blue eyes.

A couple cute pictures of the three boys.

I love this picture.

This is the same picture, with a little "picmonkey" editing done to it.

He looks so old in this picture.

I'm in love with these tie pictures! They're so cute!

So that was my long, fun weekend! I hope yours was great as well.

Embrace the Camera

Its a beautiful Thursday here in the STL!! I wish I was outside enjoying the weather with my sweet boy, instead of being stuck in this stupid office. :-( 

Oh well.

I'm linking up with Emily at The Anderson Crew for Embrace the Camera.

Embrace the Camera is where you'll take a picture of YOU with your kids, spouse, friends, etc. the point of embrace the camera is to get in front of the camera and to document a bit of yourself.

Here are a few pictures I took of Jackson and I this past week. I just downloaded Instagram recently and I'm having so much fun with it! You can find these pictures there too.

This first picture, Jake took of Jackson and I on my birthday last Thursday.

The next three I took last night just hanging out at home with Jackson. The color isn't great on any of them, but oh well. :-)

And I also just downloaded the PhotoGrid app, which is a lot of fun too.

Oh How Pinteresting Wednesday!

Jackson will be six months old on Friday, and my sister's son Mason just turned six months old on April 8th. She and were talking the other day about how expensive it is going to get their pictures taken every 3 months, and how we could maybe try and take some pictures of them ourselves, at a park, and see how they turn out. We are going to go on Monday, since I'm off work and take some pictures of our boys. She has a nice camera and has actually taken some really cute pictures of her oldest son, Landon.

I looked on Pinterest... (where else) for some 6 month photo ideas. Here are some of my favorites that I'd like to try with Jackson.

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I love the idea of using a tie and no shirt. I'm going to have to pick up a kids tie this weekend.

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The park we're going to actually has a bench just like this.

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We actually have this exact basket that we used for Jackson's newborn pictures that we took with my sister's camera.

My sister also has a little rocking chair she's going to bring to use for some of the photos.

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I love these next 2 because Jackson hasn't mastered sitting up by himself quite yet.

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I really hope we can get some cute pictures and that the weather cooperates.