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I ♥ Faces: Week 42 - Halloween Dress Up Photo Challenge

Here is my little ladybug all ready for Halloween!

This was one of the few shots I managed to capture in between the 10,000 times Brooklyn threw her antennae on the ground. LOL. Oh well.

I may be biased, but I think she's the cutest ladybug ever with or without them. :)

Please visit I ♥ Faces to see lots of other little Halloween cuties!

A half birthday for Baby Bear!

Brooklyn is a year and a half old today.
Is that even possible?

My Baby Bear is now an eighteen-month-old,

huggy,

kissy,

pretty,

brainy,

smiley,

dainty,

squealy,

snuggly,

busy,

jibber-jabbery,

bouncy,

silly,

giggly,

dancey,

spinny,

funny,

itty bitty little sweetie girl.

She is my little fighter, the strongest soul hidden within the most gentle, delicate little body.

And I could not love her more.

Happy half birthday, my beautiful, beautiful Brooklyn.

You break my heart and yet make it grow more every day.

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.

You make me happy when skies are gray.

You'll never know, dear, how much I love you.

Please don't take my sunshine away.

*kiss*

A girl with a curl

Brooklyn's hair is getting so long! And it's starting to get wavy, just like mama's!!! I love it!

I ♥ Faces Week #23 - My Sweetie in Sepia

This week's I ♥ Faces challenge is "Sepia Toned." This was a harder challenge than I thought it would be because you truly have to find just the right picture to look right in sepia. I usually shoot in such bright colors that I think it made it even harder for me!

Anyway, I think I found just the right one. Here is Brooklyn in all her sepia toned cuteness :)

Please go visit I ♥ Faces to see lots of other great photos in this week's challenge!

Bloom.

I ♥ Faces Week #21 - Lucy Belle, the Fabulous Pug

Okay, so today I am entering my first I Heart Faces challenge! I'm trying to gain a little more confidence with my photography :). This pic is for the "Anything Goes" pet category. Please go check out the I Heart Faces photography blog - I love it!!! They have great photo challenges every week!

The story behind this picture is that 2 weeks ago Dave and Brooklyn went to the zoo and I was left at home by myself for the first time since Brooklyn was born. I got BORED. So out comes the camera. And one of Brooklyn's tutus. Poor Lucy ;) She's such a good sport.

Wordless Wednesday: God made your eyes to match the flowers....

Brooklyn in a little bluebonnet patch. *Sigh.* I love her so much.

Brooklyn at the zoo!

Dave and I were both off on Sunday, and it was a beautiful day outside. We decided that it would be a great day to take Brooklyn to the zoo for the first time. She LOVED the zoo! She was happy and content the entire time we were there - almost 3 hours! Her favorite creatures were the fish and the macaws. I won't bore you with my pictures of the animals, but I will show you my gorgeous Baby Bear and how much fun she had!

Peekaboo!

Looking at the animals

Hi, Mommy! I'm just chilling out and putting my feet up! What a comfy ride.

Check me out! You can see my first tooth in this pic, and my second one came through that same day!

Sweet, sweet baby girl :)

We had a good day. Little adventures like this are so much more fun with my Baby Bear around.

Showing off

Well, I never could get Blogger to let me upload my video of Brooklyn's first time crawling. Disappointing, I know! But she still wanted to show y'all all of her newfound skills....

"Hey everybody! It's me, Brooklyn! I am learning so much cool stuff lately!

It's so fun to keep my Mommy and Daddy on their toes.

Look, I can crawl!"

"I can pull myself up!" "I can stand up with a little help. When somebody holds my fingers, I can walk around, too!"
"And I am probably about to get my second tooth!"
"OH - and I learned how to clap yesterday, so I can help Mommy and Daddy cheer for all the great things I am learning to do!

According to Mommy, I am also getting cuter everyday.

Whew! It's a lot of work being a baby!

Wow!
I sooooooo rock."

New 'dos for the girls

Whatcha think? It's five or six inches shorter and oh-so-much lighter feeling!

I think I like it.

Brooklyn has a new hairstyle too.

It's much cuter than mine.

Here's her first ponytail!

And two minutes later....

Baby blue

My beautiful little girl! I bought a new camera, and sometimes when Brooklyn is sleeping I play with Photoshop..."play" being the operative word because I have no idea what I'm doing! Anyways...expect more of this. Photography is the only creative or artsy thing I've ever been remotely good at! I'm rusty because I haven't used an SLR since junior college, so we'll see how this goes. I've been told that the model makes the shot, so I definitely have that going for me! :)

Brooklyn: America's Next Top Model

Check out a couple of Brooklyn's pics here: http://ggalleryphotography.blogspot.com/2008/08/gorgeous-eyes.html

This is the photo shoot I talked about a month or so ago where Brooklyn was sooooooo not happy to be there....as you will see from the first picture! My little pouty ballerina.

I'm glad G Gallery updated their blog so that I can show you!