I’ve entered X into the Casting Call contest again this year. I’ve shared the pictures on facebook (big step for me!) so that everyone can vote for her!

The fineprint states that an independent panel of judges choose the top 5 girls in her category but they check to see who has lots of votes – so to get her noticed VOTE!

You can vote once a day per email address.

So vote everyday.

The judges will choose their 5 girls “on or about October 31″ so it’s only 10 days from now.

Click on the link below the picture to vote!

Thanks!

Contestant ID: 690480

Contestant ID: 690875

Contestant ID: 690796

somehow this one is categorized under “Baby Girl” though….I can’t change it though!

Contestant ID: 690513

This tree was struck by lighting years ago. Half is dead. Half is alive. Really cool.

1. It’s been a painful week off.

Physically painful, that is.

I’m hoping 7 nights of work may serve as time of healing so I can be healed and rearing to go for my “BIG UP THE LOVE WEEKEND”. Which, by the way, is completely booked up. I super excited to be photographing so many awesome friends and blog followers!

2. I started taking some shots of X for this year’s GAP CASTING CALL contest.

I’ve gotten some super cute ones and some funny ones such as the one above.

3. I have my second guitar lesson today. My first lesson went okay but the instructor wasn’t exactly what Ryan and I had in mind….so Ryan booked another lesson for today.

I’ve been practicing the few things I did learn at my first lesson on Monday.

My left hand fingertips have been aching.

Again…physically painful week.

4. Our dear friends (and old neighbors in Houston), The Aloia’s, are coming to visit for the weekend. I don’t expect that I’ll be back to blogging before Tuesday.

I may surprise you – but if I don’t….

Have a wonderful weekend!

Two weeks ago I had the joy of spending an afternoon with Catherine, Avery, & Alexa.

At 4 weeks old these two little beauties were around 5 lbs each when I took these shots.

They often rebelled against my photography desires to have them laying naked beside one another.

If it wasn’t one…it was the other.

So we did individual pictures more this time around. This is Alexa.

This is Avery.

She was mesmerized with her hand.

And generally tried to open her eyes the most for me.

She was much better at sitting still for pictures like this.

And their beautiful Mama…

Seriously.

You just don’t see anything more precious than this.

The other day I went over to some friends in the neighborhood to take some pictures of their little girl in her Halloween costume.

She’ll be turning 2 at the end of the month and is having a Halloween Birthday party the same day as we are having E’s Halloween Birthday party. Luckily ours is in the morning, theirs will be at night.

Oh, what I would have done to have E this photogenic at age 2.

I was acting like Tinkerbell was flying above her. She loved that.

I love to photography little girls.

So easy. So much fun.