Bad Luck

You know you're having a bad day when.... you wake up to find it's snowing on a Wednesday..AGAIN! :( and... I can't get my pictures to upload onto my computer for some reason!? I could stay the night in Edmonton, but tomorrow they are calling for flurries!!! Not cool. I have a bunch of pictures to share, and i can't. Hope your day is going better then mine!

Something new!

Watermark! Now there's no way some freaky guy can steal pictures of my kids from here, and post them somewhere else, without my © on it! It can't be removed either... so here it is! I have to work on a better one, I don't like the little copyright symbol in the middle. I used a picture from yesterday, but i did the editing in Photoshop.........see the difference?

...the wack of pictures!

Too lazy to go the full edit with these tonight, so here they are brought to you from Picasa (google this, and you'll find a very cool editing tool!) Avery is so girly girl, I wonder where she get's it from!?!? She must always have a lip gloss in her hand, or at least in her purse, which contains her kleenex, barbie cell phone, another lipstick, sunglasses.... I'm gonna have my hands full with this one. I did take a few pictures, so that I'd never forget her being a 2yr old... going on 16.

Can you tell which side of the bed she slept on?? lol..havin' a bad ol' hair day Avery!

More Lip Gloss...

and some more, and I can't believe mommy isn't stopping me....

and some more.....


This is her pouting when I told her we had to stop and go up town....lol. Check out those plump lips! lol..

We went to Carson Lake a few weeks ago... I can't wait to see sand, grass and water flowing! Jaden had fun climbing some of the snow piles.

I took this down at the river just behind our house. I had no idea it was so close to me actually! It was a breath of fresh air to see water moving... can't wait to come back to this spot in the spring/summer!

2 layouts I did at Crop Night a few weeks ago

Avery's first night without her *sucky*
You can see the little scab she has left on her nose from Logan, she got tooooo close again!

And finally some pictures from her "I'm a BIG girl now" party! Check out her shoes... lol, she just HAD to have them on ALL day! (she even has blisters to prove it!)

Don't ya love the face!? Not sure what she was doing...hehehhe




I'm going to get some pictures of Jaden tomorrow.. playing GameCube...he makes the funniest faces as he struggles to advance in the game. Rene and I are also hooked on it! Rene told Jaden he has the coolest parents ever... who else has parents who play Nintendo from 6pm-10pm, breaking only to put Avery to bed!? He was so proud today when he finished one level, one that took me a long time to get, and one that Rene still hasn't been able to do ;)

Seeing all these pictures and stuff, has me wanting to scrapbook, so I'm off to work on Valentine Cards :) Have a good night xoxoxo

Day 4!!!

We made it :) Day 4 and it seems like Avery is almost back to herself. Definatly went through some sleep withdrawals.... but she napped today, and never got up last night, so we are well on our way. I was worried she would start to skip nap time...but I think we'll be okay.

We had such a good weekend, and did pretty much nothing! It was great :) I went to a card making class on Saturday and that was fun. Rene started back up on the basement...with a goal in mind: Have it *completed* in 4 months. It'll be so nice to have the extra room, and an actual OFFICE!!! But who knows, right?

I have some pictures to share, so I'll post a wack of them tonight........come back soon!

Today was a looooooong day

Here's my sad story: About 6 months ago, we took Avery's 'sucky' (soother) away. 3 weeks later, after night after night of her crying, not sleeping and still asking for it, I gave it back to her. Well at Christmas time, Rene told me to pick a day in January, and it would be time again....for good. He's right, she is 2 1/2 and needs to start living without it. So of course, I picked January 31st. Last night. She did *WAY* better then I expected, and only sorta cried on and off for about 20 minutes before falling asleep, and she slept all night.. and it was all good. So this moring we had a "BIG GIRL" party... hats, decorations, tea party and all (I'll post some pictures tomorrow :) Then came lunch, and then came nap time. Nap time is almost always at 12:30, and she sleeps until 3-3:30. She's a great napper... until now! She BAWLED her eyes out... cried, whined, played... but she stayed in her bed until 3:30, when i finally told her to get up. (for some reason she doesn't try to get out of her bed... she just calls for us still, I don't think she realizes she CAN get up on her own...which is kinda nice) It was a long afternoon/evening in our house. She was cranky and tired, and finally at 8:30....we read a book, said prayers, gave her some water...and she went straight to sleep! It's 11;36 and so far so good. Maybe this won't be as hard as I thought? I just hope she goes back to napping.... mom still needs one every once in a while ;)

ETA: Not five minutes after I posted this, she woke up crying for her sucky ... poor girl. I sang to her, played with her hair and cuddled, but honest to God she was crying on my soulder and all I could think of was... honey, wait until some boy breaks your heart for the first time.... I am sure we shared a mother/daughter moment that we will experience many more times in our lifetime *sigh* being a Mommy is so cool, and yet so emotional and difficult sometimes too. I love her to pieces, and as long as she knows that, and hears us say it every day, I know she'll be okay.. even without her sucky ;)

Baby Blues

Here's the little boy I babysit, isn't he a cutie!!!?? Today was his 1st Birthday!!! Here are a few from today...he enjoyed it for the most part, he kept looking at Avery and his sister, who kept going in the opposite direction of where I wanted him to look...lol, and when he had enough, he let us know!

Price List now available!

It is now finalized, and anyone who is interested in booking a photo session with me is welcome to email me at adgpressling@hotmail.com !! I am offering 50% off all prints until August 1, 2007. (not including the session fee) Watch for different promotions throughout the year! Here is my current one!

I am so excited to photograph itty bitty babies (age: Newborn – 1 month old) that I am offering this limited time offer for FEBRUARY & MARCH 2007

$25.00 session fee (Regularly $50.00) and a FREE 8X10 of your choice!

I will gladly come to the hospital to capture those first moments with your precious newborn, or we can wait until you are back home, the choice is yours!
If you book your next session within 3 months, you will also get a FREE 8x10 at that time.

Too Much Twinkle?

Rene is awesome :) He understands my love for photography...and he is so willing to give me the time it takes to learn about it, and do the work that it involves (many, many hours!) So last night when we were getting the kids all ready to go grocery shopping, he suggested I bring my camera, so I can try this shot I've been wanting of the town, from the sledding hill. What a sweetie, and so we did! I'm not sure if it might be too much twinkle, or if I like it in Black & White?! I'm much better at portraits then landscape, ugh, but I want to try and balance it out.

We had such a fun weekend :) We met up with Jason and Celine, and their kids and Dorien and Nat. I didn't get any really good pictures which I realize is sometimes hard with 2 kids hanging off of you, and being outside. Dorien took out his quad, and they hooked up 3 sleds to the back, and we took turns going for rides. It was a blast, the kids had so much fun! Thank you guys!!! It's so cool to see Jaden and Dawson playing, and then Brianna and Avery playing. My kids are finally old enough to go off and play, which is so cool. They adore their cousins (Just wish I had taken MORE pictures!!!!) Today Jaden has mentioned a few times how much fun he had watching Over The Hedge with Dawson, and how they laughed a lot, and my daughter now wants a "baby brat" doll like Brianna ;) Some days I wish we could live back in Plamondon, near our families. Don't get me wrong, I love Whitecourt, and we do have family here. But I have a feeling that we'll all end up back there some day. Maybe not Alphy, but it's a good reason to come back to Whitecourt to visit too :) I could be wrong, and who knows, right!?

So today is Monday...and I should be getting things back on track here. Rene has started his new position with Talisman, and is now working Monday-Thursday, 10hr days. I like this shift, he has every weekend off...including Fridays. I know that he never sticks to one shift for long, they are always moving things around out there...so for now we'll enjoy it. On another note, I have completed (i think..) my price list for taking pictures for 2007. I have set the prices at where I'd like them to be once I'm officially doing it as a business...and offering 50% off until at least August 1st. I'm really excited to start booking some shoots, so that I can start working on a portfolio. That is what my plan is from now until August. Beginning in September I'd like to offer some special family picture discounts for the holidays. I'd also like to get a website up and running in the fall. So much fun!! Well.......... I better throw in a load of darks, and go clean up breakfast dishes! Have a good day!

Wednesday Already??

It's been a busy week, and to anyone who is following, my class is going just awesome! It's perfect for me :) The only down side, is ya sit for 2 hrs to drive there, the class is 3hrs, half of which you are sitting, and then the drive home... But so worth it! I've learned so many cool things, to help improve my photography, I can't wait to put all this information to use! Here are a few pictures, just cause. Jaden had fun 'shaving' as you can see! I played a bit with Avery's picture, but I'm not really liking it. I'll try again tomorrow. We are trying to get some Valentine pictures done, so that Jaden can have something different for school. I worked on Avery's yesterday, and thx to Nat, he had a good haircut, so we'll try with him tomorrow! Have a good Thursday!

Something Different...

I'm seriously CRAVING spring.... and the weather network is saying it will be PLUS 11 on Wednesday!!! Of course they could just be teasing me.... lol, we'll see. I learned a new technique, and this was the only landscape type picture I could find quick enough to try it on. Just thought I'd share :) Have a good Monday everyone!