I {heart} Faces! Dramatic B&W

This week i will be entering for the first time a 'I Heart Faces' Challenge! I absolutely love reading this blog and seeing all the stunning photographs so I though 'Why not?!'

This week is Dramatic Black and White - here is my entry!

A post for Mel!

I took a few photos the other day of my GORGEOUS little nephew Caleb, here are some from the totally random shoot. (For you Mel and yes I am getting the disc for you :) lol... )

Isn't he just TOTALLY cute?!!

I tell you he has won all our hearts!

Christmas Belated (Part 1 - Pic Heavy!)

So far this year we have had nothing but good, which is great right?! We had such a hard year last year with so many bad things happening things have got to be looking up now!

I thought it was finally time to share our wonderful Christmas with everyone.....

We had 4 Christmas parties to attend this year......Firstly we had our Early Intervention Christmas Party/Farewell. You see we are no longer travelling the 1.5 hours back to Cooma for this every week. We wanted to finish the year out there and then change to somewhere closer. The problem I have found though is NOTHING COMPARES. MEIS is so unique I'm yet to find anything that even comes close and thats hard. We all loved going there and were really sad to be leaving, even though we were told we were welcome anytime.

We ate fairy bread

And cupcakes....it's best to lick the icing off and leave most of the cupcake untouched

And said our farewells

The two most influential in Zach's experiences at MEIS

The one's I didn't get photos from.... The Queanbeyan Council Christmas Party - a lovely baked dinner and some entertainment and The Westfield/Spastic Centre Christmas Party - free Santa photos, lovely food, great games and inspirational people. Although none of my children would go anywhere near Santa, so no Santa photos this year.

Then it was The Special Children's Christmas Party....

Eating and drinking

Jumping castles (and a farm yard that I swear I took photos at but can't find them!)

Plenty of entertainment from snakes and alligators (that were a big hit!)

to a junior cheer leading squad - that were very good

Zach just enjoyed wondering around....

There was a great band, lots of dancing and some other rides. Police horses and dogs, racing cars, motorbikes and of course presents from Santa. The present were a hit, Santa not so much.

There plenty of Christmas lights! Our street was a Christmas wonderland!

Our neighbours house...

and some of the others...

More Christmas coming soon....I run out of time!

A Photo a Day - January 7, 2010

A Photo a Day - January 6, 2010

A Photo a Day - January 5, 2010

(Excuse the mess. The new beds are actually the first thing I have brought for thier new room. Plenty more decorating to come!)

Alive and well - really

I have so much to blog about. So much has gone on in the last weeks that I've decided to split it up in to separate posts, that will be the easiest on me I think....see keep your eyes peeled for some actual blogging in the next few days!

Other things I am doing at the moment:

I have decided to do a photo a day. Sometimes things get so hectic around here that I forget the camera is even there so I'm making a point to take at least one photo everyday and post it on my blog. I have already been doing this from January 1st so I must update my blog with the pics

I'm actually sewing, crafting & scrapping again! I have a few things in progress at the moment so that is to come also.

Lastly I'm working on a blog layout. Something new and fun...check back soon.

Hope you all had a wonderful New Years!

A Photo a Day - January 4, 2010

A Photo a Day - January 3, 2010

A Photo a Day - January 2, 2010

A Photo a Day - January 1, 2010

Looking better

This is Ashlee's lip - post incident day 1 (so about 24 hours later)

Outside - a little swelling, not looking so bad

Inside - not so great.....

She is feeling a little better but still quite sore and I guess losing weight because she can't eat much at all. Even drinking is hard!

Here we have Zachary in his Theratogs

From the front....

And from the back....AFO's and all.

This was the initial try-on. These are normally worn under the clothes. Our Physio suggested taking these photos for reference as it can get a little confusing in the beginning apparently. Wearing these 4 hours a day is like doing 50 hours a week of hands on therapy. Zach is still tolerating them at the moment, he is pretty good with most things.

Not much else going here. A little grocery shopping today, I have also been doing a few 'photo shoots' for people too. All free of course and all to get up some more practice. Live near me and want to get a free shoot with a CD of all the photos to help me get up more practice? Email me.

Here a few from my shoot with my gorgeous little nephew Caleb....

He was such a darling little boy but eventually it had to come to an end....

I also did a small Christmas photo shoot for another friend of her two sweet little boys, making them into a holiday card for her.

A close friend of mine had a stunning little 6lb baby girl on the 26th and one of my gifts to them is a newborn shoot. Lots of fun playing around and of course snuggling with sweet little newborns!

That's all for now, here a few photos of my clan to finish with.....

(Favourites of the 'out takes')