Weighing in...................

I weighed in this morning. I've lost 4.1lbs which I'm pleased with, BUT Aunt Flo arrived today so 4.1lbs when I have had PMS is REALLY good :) so yes! I am feeling pleased with myself!

I am treating myself tonight with a big glass of wine :) And thats ok because for much of today I was too busy to eat :) maybe thats the secret of being slim.....get a job!!!! :)

I was thinking today...so few of my friends have good relationships or marriages...these days I always feel like an oddity because Lloyd and I are so close and so happy together.....but today I met a couple who just seem so happy and so in love. It was wonderfull refreshing to see :)

As of today, I am a working Mom!!!! All be it a work-at-home mom! Lloyd made a joke about being in shock because its the first day of work for me in .....many years......lol! Actually he said in 34 years!!!!! hahahahaha sooooo funny! Rolle eyes!!! Anyway I joked that as I have been working all day he should cook dinner! So he did! :)

So my first photo shoot has been done....I've learnt a few things and I've gained a lot of confidence. All the pictures are on CD ready to go to the client and I am really pleased with them :) The studio pictures especially!

All in all a very good, yet exhausting, day!!

How cute is he?????????????

This little guy has me in stitches right now!!! I am going through the pictures I took today and I can't stop laughing because in between the GORGEOUS poses like the one above are these pictures where he is pulling the funniest faces...like fish faces and grouchy faces.........

Thanks little guy, you are making this part of the job much more fun!!!!

I did it!!!

I did my first photo shoot today...for strangers............and they weren't actually that strange ;) Kyliesmom very kindly offered to lend me her family today so that I could practice on them.....I wanted a family that I hadn't met but 'kind of' knew.......

Thank you soooo much Susan for coming over.....it was so great to meet you all! I hope I have created some pictures for you to treasure.

Susan kindly said I could add a few pictures to my portfolio....and my blog!!!!! So here you are, just a few of the pictures I took this afternoon............please remember these pictures are 'as is' - I haven't edited out shadows or anything yet!

Susan is so pretty and so nice and her children......wow.....Kylie is just such a beautiful young lady....so elegant!!! And Jake :) he's such a character :) he was brilliant for the camera and I will never hear the words 'stinky cheese' again without thinking of him!

Thanks so much guys!

sunset break.........................

Last nights sunset....Laurie came and got me and told me that the sunset was stunning and I should photograph it....I love that my children appreciate such things!!!!

lighting rehearsal...............

So this morning I needed someone to help me test the lighting in the studio and CHris got the short straw.......he hadn;'t brushed his hair, refused to smile and was wearing scruffy clothes (lol) but at least he allowed me to check for shadows and everything.................

So this is my first test shot in the studio ;)