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…he loves me not.

Yeah. When the kid is putting the lens cap on the camera for you, you know the session’s pretty much over. No worries, though, Mom & Dad…we got some GREAT stuff!

Brace yourself.  This post is chock full!!!  You will want to read through all of it to get through the hodge podge of information, including a special holiday offer! ;-)

First, some incredible news I got today!  See that adorable baby girl in the heart up there? Yeah.  Well she took home FIRST PLACE in the humorous category for the annual Miller’s Baby and Child Contest.  I’ve never submitted any image before, but this year, on a whim, I decided to give it a go.  I am so very happy for her and her family. Congrats to you all!!!  (Click HERE to see the rest of the winners!).  This would be the "over the moon" portion of my post.

Second, I got some incredible deliveries on my doorstep today (which would be the "out of this world" portion), starting with this STUNNING Platinum Album:

If you could see their house you would notice that it matches their decor PERFECTLY.  I’m thrilled that mom thought outside the box in the design of this album!

It’s been like Christmas around here, people.  Here’s another set of books I shipped off today…matching maternity and newborn.  These are SO adorable together:

And then, I got this gigantic canvas too:

Of course, we had the AWESOME mini maternity sessions at Baby Coco this weekend.  A quick sneaky peek here:

And here’s a pseudo sneak peek of the newborn session that has been postponed and rained out and postponed again (LOL, V, I promise we will get to his newborn session while he’s still a newborn):

(I promise to explain the boxes later.)

And finally, some pics of the biggest reason why I’m sooooo behind on blogging:

I’ve got the theme from Flash Dance running through my head.

Okay, there you have it. That pretty much sums up the past week or so.  What??? It’s only been a week?  Wow! July is almost GONE! 

Which reminds me, if you haven’t booked your family holiday photo session yet, the time is NOW! September is pretty much booked, October is on it’s way, and in November we reach our holiday card/product ordering deadlines. As a special incentive, I am offering a set of 24-5×7 flat holiday cards with CD purchase to anyone who holds their holiday session in August (you can choose from a handful of designs).  This offer is good only while openings are available, so jump on it NOW! (If you already have a session booked in August, you can receive these cards. If you’ve already booked your holiday session for Sept, Oct, or Nov, and move it to August, you can take advantage of this offer, too, but again, only until August books up.)

Thanks a bunch and stay tuned for LOTS of sneak peeks coming up over the next few weeks! 

He put up with a lot today.  And somehow, still managed to look peaceful.

I love him.

(p.s. I’d like to add that I’ve had that backpack since my JUNIOR year of high school.  I love that backpack. All my good friends signed it, but of course, the marker has worn off. But I still have my autographed backstage pass from Bush sewn on the front. ;-))

While proofing this guy’s birth, saw this pic, thought of this caption, and I decided I liked it. A lot. Just wanted to share. (Be sure to check the calendar for birth photography and other session openings. Not many left in ‘09, that’s for sure.)

P.S. I just realized I’ve held true to my Pinkle Toes namesake lately. The past 5 out of 7 posts have featured feet, toes, or shoes. ;-) Go me. 

Here. E-mail me now, ‘cuz tomorrow, it’s all going out of my house. Forever. ;-)

Oh, and still some spaces open for the Mini Maternity Sessions THIS Saturday.

And yeah.  Totally in love with these adorable baby legs from her session.

…since I’m too tired to wait for the rest of the images to upload to get the one I *really* wanted to sneak tonight, I’ll do two other favs. Totally genuine, beautiful, and loving family tonight.  Little man (not pictured) gave me a run for my money, but mama…I promise, we got some gooooood stuff.  Thank you guys and enjoy the rest of R’s R & R.  Nighty night.

Virgil and I woke up this a.m. to the sound of the boys running the vacuum cleaner. We all know, that’s never a good sign (remember the blueberries?). But much to our surprise when we got downstairs, they were cleaning…for no reason. 

Let me repeat that: cleaning.  For no reason. 

Just doing something nice. 

Without being asked.

The entire downstairs was spic and span.  All toys put neatly away. Crumbs freshly vacuumed.  And the two boys were seated at their play table playing with Legos.  Playing together.  Not fighting.  (Okay, there was one small scuffle…T didn’t want L to run the vacuum just yet because he didn’t want to wake us up.  Awwwwwwwwwww!)

Pinch me.  I’m dreaming…

We did a little light reading at this morning’s session.