Well, I have some news. It took some time to come to be, but it finally got here, 9 days late. Chances are, if I shot your wedding in 2007, I wasn’t alone. And no, I am not talking about a second shooter, I am talking about the little guy who followed me everywhere last year, he ran the 1/2 marathon with me, shot a few weddings and gave me some mad heartburn. But over the weekend, Luca made his entrance into the world, my little baby. And by little, I mean big. Almost 9 pounds and he has huge feet, just like his daddy.

Now, I know how every mother thinks their baby is the cutest. I was a little different, I was hoping him to be average looking, mildly attractive even. But seriously, look at this face, I DO have the cutest baby in the world– no competition.

Spyder and Murphy are pleased that their little brother is here, but they do not appreciate the crying at 2, 3, and 4 am.

Seriously!

**********Business Update**********

So now that you all know that Luca is finally home, I am going to take some time off. Matty and I have been home only a short time and we are pooped. I will still be checking my email, but I will not be responding as quickly as I usually did. My phone will still be up and running, so if you want to talk about weddings, I can call you back but I will not be scheduling any consultations for a while. I plan to be officially be back up and running full time in mid-March-ish. I hope you understand and are patient with me as we get our family on track.

Thanks so much to everyone for their calls, emails and well wishes and I can’t wait for you all to meet him!

Yes, the title says it all, I have been a bad blogger. And I really do feel bad, but in a few weeks, there will be some good juicy stuff coming your way. You know what I found out today? My website company, Webaloo, sends me monthly stats of what is going on with the website. Most of the info they send makes no sense to me at all, but what I did notice today was this very website is just shy of 100,000 hits. That seems like a lot for just being a one-girl show!! I knew some people checked my site but wow, I am kind of excited. And that is why I am feeling bad for not being a good updater.

So now that I know people are out there and checking in on me and eyespy, I have some bits of info to share. First off, Christmas and New Year’s came, and I know alot of people get engaged over the holidays. So congrats to you newly engaged couples, and give me a call if you a looking for a wedding photographer! 2008 is booking up!

Spyder and Murphy had a good Christmas too. Santa was good to them and they got new collars and a squeaky monkey. The squeak in the monkey lasted about 2 days before Murphy pulled it out. But their collars are pretty sweet. Murphy is sporting some eyespy-orange and blue and Miss Spyder is in pink and green. Santa thought that she needed to wear pink since she is commonly mistaken for a boy.

I snapped a few pics of them laying on the couch as I type, what a bunch of bums.

And look at this, Murphy can barely keep his eyes open.

Another fun thing that has happened over the past couple of days is I finally got my new computer!!!! I am so excited!! Now, I have all winter to learn how to be awesome on a Mac. I haven’t taken it out of the box yet, but that is just because I don’t have my office completely ready to make the transition yet. But it sure was pretty in the store.

I don’t have another wedding until April, I am taking it easy with shooting this winter and spring, but I am planning on taking a class or two before wedding season is back in full spring. I try to go to a seminar at least once a year to keep the fresh ideas coming and learning from wedding photographers that I love. Last year, I went to Cabo San Lucas (rough, I know!) to go to a seminar and meet some of my favorite California wedding photographers. I see being set in your ways as a bad thing when it comes to photography…how boring is that? I love to see things from new angles and different points of view, that way I can add to what I already know and keep being funky and fresh!