new photos

Summer is gone all too fast....
































Jackson, a cute little guy at almost three months

New Business Venture

I will be adding to my portfolio this weekend. I'll be photograpghing my good friend with here children. Love black and white. I have been using this for years before it was chic.
I hate school pictures and trying to get our kids into a studio nowaday is cost prohibitive for many and still too "posed" for me.
I know many parents love to have affordable pictures of their children and not the "cookie cutter" ones you have to choose from at most places.
I love natural light, no studio and children. I may add adults but prefer infants, children and actually those in their "twilight years"....

New Business Venture

Sunday morning...

Been up for a couple of hours now.
Salvation Army cleared out the non-selling garage sale stuff from last weeks sale.
Out went the baby girl clothes.
Thank you to the soon to be Nana that bought almost every piece of maternity clothing that I had put out. The chances that I was going to sell any of it I had heard would be slim. I am normally a size 2...but I had some really cute stuff.
Wear it well and happy, healthy pregnancy to you!

I have to admit I cried a little. I would gladly have one more (#6) if it weren't for my age( I was 42 when I had Jackson in June) and I am in much better shape now than when I had my first at 27. Having said that, though, we must also realize that there is a cost to raising a child.
In today's economy, many people are finding themselves in difficult situations financially.
My husband and I had decided almost 7 years ago that I would stay at home to raise our then 2 children and care for my sick mother.
Now, with his career part of the automotive industry, we have found ourselves pulling our hair out month to month this last 2 years.
When we decided to bring my mother back from Wisconsin to her network in Ohio, my husband left a job he loved to let her live on her own closer to people she knew.
In full disclosure, he was offered a very handsome package by a company that he had worked for 20 years prior. His chest heaved with pride. I was a bit more skeptical, having heard rumors about the owner.
Less than a year after we had moved, he won an all expense paid trip to Maui... for doing such a good job. six months later we took the trip. Still doing a good job. One month after the return, July was not as good and they informed him he was on the fence. Three weeks later he was let go.
Never had this even been remotely considered a possibility in his career before.
He is a very trusting person and assumes the best in people.
So the story goes...blah blah blah
Here we are now...
Blah blah blah
I am updating my resume and seeing if I can start a business on my own while he considers the possibility of another field since the automotive industry stinks right now.
We would love to go back to Wisconsin, each have our own business and raise the kids close to their cousins..
But now I still need a new furnace and in this market I don't think we could give our house away!

Sir Poops Alot

Butt(:) he's not!

We had dubbed our newest child "Sir Poops Alot" on his birth announcement.
The other 4 kids were amazed(as were Mom and Dad) at the amount of diapers this child could fill.
Nursed babies usually go...what goes in must come out. Since he's "on demand" in his feeding it went without saying. Until a week ago. He went nearly 6 days(at 10 weeks old) without going poo. Bummer, as was the screaming.
We tried gas relieverslike Gas -X for babies(since we thought by the odor and sound that there had to be something in those diapers! only to be disappointed upon changing!
When I took him to the doctor who somewhat suggested that it could be indicitive of lactose intolerance.
I tried a little soy formula after his suppository(which had my husband barely able to stand) and he took it down like he was starving!
Still no poo ..
Then 3 days later wahoo! On his own!
Still, we are not sure of the culprit. I think it's more that Mommy runs around too much during the day...not enough rest, water, relaxation and maybe my milk just tastes funny. He nurses fine at night.
Yesterday was a good day, but he still need an ounce of formula at about 6pm.
No poo today

Entrepreneurial Mom

O.k.
We are the soccer mom's(in my case it's crew), chauffeurs, home managers, disciplinarians,psychologists and doctor when necessary...

Can we really have it all?
I hope we can.

After paying the bills this month and since my stock for a local company has decided to re-issue(so much for supporting the local guy!), I need to start a new venture.
I do believe my passion is photography. People other than family have remarked that they can see that I have a knack for taking photographs of children.
With that said, I do think family's photo's should be affordable.
Oprahhttp://www.2oprah.com says to find your passion or your aha moment.
I think this is mine.

Back Again!

Well, here I am. Back again after a few months off. On June 25,2007, I gave birth to a new baby boy. Healthy and happy. A few weeks early but that follows suit with my other four children.
Yes four.
He was eagerly anticipated but the summer fled by and we hope we crammed as much in as we could.
I always hope that things will slow down in the fall, but you know how that goes.

Sports, practices, homework , extracurriculars for the kids...

We try to limit our kids to one spot a season plus their piano lessons. The older kids, babysit or pet sit to make some spending cash for themselves.
This has turned out to be a great thing since the economy stinks right now and it may be the only way to get the "extras" that teenagers are looking for.

Fall is coming and I know I need a new furnace( a roof too!), but since things have been very slow at my husbands work, I dread the thought of going back to work to make "ends meet".
I have couponed and bartered about everything I can this year.
It has been a challenge.
My family thinks I should start my own business....I have tossed this idea around for the last couple of years. But what?
Something your passionate about..
I must be something to do with babies or children, after all I 've had five!
I 've tossed around the idea of the newest "thing" or fancy onsies or booties..nothing seems to give me that sparkle.
I have finally decided to do what I do best ...pictures...
None of the digital bologna...
Real 35mm...
Love it!
Can I do it?


I need a new furnace, so let me know what you think!
I would love to stay home with the children I tried so desperatley to have.
This is the entrepreneurial country, is it not?