My computer died Friday. Which was good and bad. The good was that I actually was not able to get on it and spend hours and hours away from my family. This forced me to do some other things that I’ve been meaning to do. The bad…well, it’s not a good thing when I hear my computer savvy husband say things like, “It’s not looking good” and “corrupt”. Not sure what corrupt means in computer terms, but I know that it can’t be good. I tried not to get upset about all of the things that I might lose, but once he said these things I about lost it. I have all of my original pictures backed up, but not any proofed, finished groups (boy, have I learned my lesson). I kept thinking of the 18 sessions that have been sent their proofed galleries and how if they place an order then I’ll be going back and re-proofing everything. However, he tried thing after thing to recover anything from our old hard drive, and luckily, he was able to save July – August of this year. Exactly the ones that I’m still working with. What a relief! Anything before that is backed up I just have to put it all back on my computer. Lots of work to do. Whew!

So, if you’ve been waiting on orders, CD’s, emails, sneak peeks, etc…I’m trying to catch up as fast as I can. Thanks so much for your understanding and patience:)

Here’s a couple of pics of Drew and the infamous drum (which we still listen to daily!) Thanks again Lisa!

the most easy-going newborn that I’ve worked with. We could move, wrap, unwrap, roll, turn over, manhandle, maneuver, etc….you get my drift. He was just the sweetest little guy just letting us do whatever we needed to to get the next shot. Such a sweetie! Enjoy your sneak peek guys. And thanks for being such good sports!

I love that his adorable big brother is going in for a kiss.

They told me about how they met on a boat and how they wanted their engagement pictures to reflect this. We decided to head down to an area where lots and lots of boats are kept. And we were hoping that someone would feel generous and let us take some pictures on or around their boat. After we spoke with a few drunk, obnoxious boaters we found some extremely generous people who not only said yes, but they said “sure” and walked away toward their car. Sweet! I felt like we needed to stay there all evening since someone had just handed us their boat for pictures. So a huge thank you to whomever/whoever(Ok, grammer police which one is it?) you are! We didn’t spend as long as usual mainly because it was hot. And I mean hot. So hot that they were agonizing over changing into jeans and boots. There’s nothing like the Texas heat in August:)

And I have to mention that this family has the most beautiful people in it. They’re related to this group from a few posts back.

Enjoy the sneak peek!

I was returning a phone call. Paige had left a message about setting up a newborn shoot for after she had the baby on that coming Monday(this was the Friday before). She left her home and cell number. I called her home, no answer. So, I tried her cell phone. Her husband answered and told me to hold on…ok, cool. I figure he’s calling her to the phone. Only that’s not how it went. Instead he said, “Laura, she’ll call you back on Monday. She just had the baby. (I’m pretty sure she had just had him. If not, she was in the middle of labor). What? And you answered?? Are you crazy?
So sorry guys to interrupt you during that:) What timing, huh? So, I finally got to meet little “P” this past week and he is quite the adorable baby. He loved to eat and cuddle.

Hope you enjoy the sneak peek!

I walked in and there he was smiling at me. So adorable! He was the happiest, smiliest(sp?–you get my drift) little boy.

Ok, so not in this picture…(but I do love his Gilligan hat)

or even this one…

a little here…

no…

not yet…(although he was blowing bubbles at me)

or here either…

but look at this one! This is how I’ll always remember him:)