Has it seriously been that long?!?!

Why yes it has, but again, I have a good excuse. Really I do! For any of you with multiple children you know, if it's not one thing, it's another. On to the excuse, in June we found out that I was pregnant with what will be our 4th baby. Yes, for all of you who are wondering, this will be it for us, unless the Lord has other plans. Now normally I am sick as a dog and barely holding it together during sessions but this time has been a little different. I haven't been sick so much as having other issues with this pregnancy. I was actually put on bed rest for a short period this summer, not easy when you have 3 other children 5 and under but thanks to great parents and an awesome husband we survived. After I was taken of bed rest I was told to take it easy and just recently have gotten the go ahead to resume normal activities.

If you are wondering, I am working again but am due in February so I'm working for a limited time until I take some maternity leave. On that note, now is the PERFECT time to take outdoor pictures. Isn't the weather lovely? You might not be sweating like a dog in long sleeves if we went now. Beware though, since the time is about to change that means outdoor evening session will have to start even earlier than normal to get the best light. If you are wanting to try something new and funky I've been wanting to try a new location downtown and haven't had the excuse to drag my children down there to be subjects. Call me if you are up for a little walking around in the downtown (don't think tourist riverwalk area) but southtown area.

What have you missed in the past few months? So much. Hope my sister doesn't mind but I'm going to post about her first and try and catch up on other sessions at a later time. Here she is in all her pregnancy glory. Poor girl decided to be pregnant through the hottest summer on record and my nephew apparently thought it was cooler in the womb than outside in San Antonio because he came late finally by C-section.

Here is my cutie nephew, Corbin Joseph. Don't you just want to squeeze those cheeks off?

And I guess my brother-in-law did play a small part in all of this so he should be included. :)

I'm a little biased

There is something about two big brothers and a little sister that I love. Now don't get me wrong all my friends who have three boys or those with a different familydynamic, God made your family just perfect too.

These big brothers were so sweet to their little sister Bethany and I loved to see it. If you have three children you know how difficult it is to get three kiddos 5 and under even looking remotely at the camera or smiling so this is as good as it gets and I love the way James is leaning into Bethany and she's just laughing like everything is right in the world.

The biggest brother James. This little guy is heading to Kindergarden next year. I'm glad I was able to take pictures of him before he begins on that journey

Next in line is Thomas and this little stinker didn't smile at me for almost the entire session until the very end when I was able to get almost all his individuals in about 2 minutes.

I love this one.



And sweet Bethany who had just turned a year old and was barely starting to walk. You've probably seen this one on my splash page already but I had to put on my blog anyway.



Alright, that's part of December it's a surprise who's next. :)

Yes, I'm still here

Though for awhile it was barely. We had an unusual amount of family crisis in our life during the first part of 2009. So much so that I actually took a time out from working to try and get our life in order and find a little balance. One of those issues was my 11 month old at the time breaking her arm.

Here she is in all her pink cast glory. Doesn't look so bad in this picture but I can tell you it was a rough 6 weeks.



She celebrated her first birthday with it. So sad.... again, she doesn't look sad but don't let her fool you, I didn't post all the crying pictures. :)




Anyway, I'm back and didn't want to leave my blog like I was NEVER going to post again because I am and I do have lots to post about.

If you haven't seen your pictures on the blog stay tuned because even at 6 months old they may go up. Also, I wanted to let everyone know that I'm starting to offer digital collections. I have had so many people recently want their pictures so they can post on Facebook or their blog and buying the images for digital use is the way to do that plus there isn't as much pressure to decide right away on what sizes you want. You can buy the images and print at your leisure.

Stay tuned, I haven't forgotten the blog and will be back.

Slowly but surely

Well I'm working on getting better at blogging. I didn't make promises right? :)

This is the reason I tell mama's to bring their babies in while they are sitting and not crawling. You've seen sweet Hailey before. She is in my baby club so this was her sitting session and I do have to say it was one of the easiest sessions I've had in a long time. Not that I don't love every session and every baby but sitting and not crawling in the best age because they are generally pretty happy and it doesn't require as much work for mom picking her up and putting her back in front of the camera.

This sweet girl had so many expressions, mostly happy it was hard to choose just a few.

Check out the pouty face. I love it!

I've learned that the best part about having a girl is the outfit changes.

You will see Hailey again soon because she's coming in for 1 year pictures this month. Where has the past year gone?!?!

Has it really been that long?

Oh yeah it has! Sorry! Sometimes I just feel like no one looks at my photography blog so it tends to get neglected plus there has been a lot going on in the Crafton house. As a quick update if you really wonder where I've been.... My husband had ACL reconstructive knee surgery that knocked him out for a week in mid-November and then we had a houseful of people for a week right after that. We turned around and it was Thanksgiving which then put us in full swing for the holidays. Whew! We finally survived that including traveling to Alabama with our 3 kids in tow. Got home on a Saturday and my wonderful grandmother at the well-lived age of 90 passed away Sunday morning. That meant traveling for a funeral. We still hadn't celebrated Christmas with my side of the family so we did that last weekend. Since then I've been dealing with runny noses and asthma issues which started Monday and here we are.

I thought things would slow down but I've decided that with three children and a part-time business it doesn't. So, as I'm catching up on everything these days I'll be catching up on the blog as well. I'm starting WAY back and going back to the twins who came for their second birthday pictures.

I love these girls and can't belive how much they changed but still stayed the same.

Here's Ainsley - the best part about this picture is knowing what she did when we put the soft rug on the floor. She rolled all over it posing for pictures in between like a playboy bunny. It was hilarious.

Here's Addison- We had smiling pictures of her but I LOVED this one. Those big blue eyes and serious expression holding her doll. Come to think of it this is the face she gives me a lot. I don't blame her - there's a crazy woman holding a camera in her face.

What sweet sisters

Of course we finally got them laughing standing on my step stool right before they went home. The bubbles and snacks before that wouldn't work. Oh well, better late than never.

So stay tuned for more catch up blogs I won't promise every day but I will try more often for sure.