Mr. X

Xavier is someone you will start to see a lot of.  He is the son of two of my dear friends, Sara and Anthony (the same Anthony from my Duke Gardens post), and an absolute doll.  I can't wait for him to meet my two little ones (then get ready to see those three a lot)!  Last night I decided to bust out the camera for a few shots of him in action with one of his new favorite toys- the apple on the jumper.  Stay tuned as this is just the first of many pictures of this little guy.

Enjoy!

Duke Gardens

Yesterday, my friend (and fellow photographer) Anthony and I decided to go and check out Duke Gardens.   It has been a really long time since I last went there and I don't think that I ever really took the time to walk around it and enjoy it.  Talk about a place of beauty!  I know that I don't usually do a lot of nature or landscaping pictures, but its fun to try and branch out a little and expand some skills.   

We had a great time taking pictures and it is always great to go out and explore with other photographers.  So here are a few pictures from our walk. 

Enjoy!

Settling in and getting adjusted.

I have been back in North Carolina now for about 4 weeks now.  We feel great about this move.  It has been so nice being back to a place that I really loved living in and getting to be with old friends again, however, I can say honestly that I miss my family.  I have been up here living with friends while my husband and kids are back in Florida. By far this has been the hardest thing I have ever done- but I know that it is going to be worth it.  I can at least now say that I am at the countdown point of when the kids will be here, and it is two weeks from tomorrow and I can NOT wait!  My husband will come up with them and stay for a week as we get settled into our place and then he will head back to Florida until he finds a job.  We are hopeful that he won't be too far behind as he has had some promising leads.  

So one may think that with all my "free" time the past 4 weeks I should have numerous amounts of new pictures to post.  I think in most cases that would be accurate, however, not with me.  I don't think that I ever realized how much work and effort goes into trying to schedule a cross state move for a family.  No lie but that has taken such a large amount of my time in addition to adjusting in to my new job.  But that is no excuse and I plan on changing that soon.  I am getting involved with other local photographers and am excited to get the kids out to new spots and of course welcome new families and children into our photographing family.  

I hope that this finds everyone well.  Stay tuned as there will be some new and exciting pictures to come soon!

Enjoy!