Monthly Archives: July 2009

And the Ride on crazy begins…

granny kitty and briI wanted to take a second and thank everyone who follows me on twitter and Facebook for all the well wishes. It has been a difficult week here in Chez Henderson. Jerrys mom was very very ill and passed away last friday morning.

Do you know how much that ROYALLY SUCKS?

I’ve always been vocal on my opinions – and now we are here after what effectively to me feels like being run over by a train, is happening to my mother in law. 

CANCER IS A BYTCH.

But I don’t want to rail on how much it sucks that cancer even exists in this world. I don’t want to vent about distance and family dynamics. I just want to talk about her for a minute.

She was a spit fire from all regular accounts that I have gotten. Although I have been with Jerry for pushin up on eight years we as a couple and individuals have had very little and no less complicated relationships with his family. I’ve blogged about that as well (insert some paragraph about non likage here) Hearing about all the different things people knew of her, sometimes it was like she had split personalities – this way with these people – that way with them. In death ( why do I always feel like death should be written with a capital D) there is noone who can tell Jerry the whole truth, no one unwilling to color it to thier benefit, and that is the saddest part of this for me.  But in the little time I’ve had with her I do know she liked good food and sharing it with people. She like fun. She got along with my mother and my grandmother and my great grandmother, she rolled like a champ with the ladies of my family. We all loved her. She smiled like Cammy. Loved shoes like Gabby, and we both love Jerry. And my solace in this is that I got to thank her for giving birth to what would be come such a wonderful man. I want to tell her she makes me work HARD to be the best mother I can possibily be to my girls. That if I am a good wife it is due in part beacuse I know how much my husband deserves she helped me see that as well, even if  I will always believe I can never love him enough.    

In other spaces in our world, the studio is coing along. Although I have had to drive to TIMBUKTU to get things for it, and people have been awesomely supportive.  And thats a good thing.  We are working on a new couch in the next weeks and setting the date for the open house.

August begins my unoffical learning season and wedding season as most of my wedding this year were in Aug, SEpt and October so ALOT more posts coming soon.

As soon as we get the open house set – we are gonna start scheduling our Christmas Card sessions. I am really excited about that too! so great ready to book your session for christmas card season its almost upon us!

The boudoir blog has alot of mini session recaps up in the last few weeks! ANd Mini sessiosn are this weekend. So I am off to get those details together.

It feels strange that life has to move on with out the people we want to be there. Doesn’t it? Or is that just me?

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Mr Webster

Here is another cute guy from my Mini Sessions, his mom called him Mr. Webster the whole time and he was such a sweetie!

Note to self – make sure you got everything you wanted before you let the kids head towards the fountain…

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more fountain fun…

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This is just a drive by til tomorrow, I hope to have more to time to talk – so many things are going on – I am really just at a loss for TIME to do it all in.

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schoolin sisters

SO I say Hey scoot together and take smile for mommy… and this is what I get.

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Just posting this so moms know its not just you – NOBODYS kids pose well for their moms and dads.. I think its programed into kids. You can get your single kid to smile, but all of your kids.. well thats a different story.

We are currently going thru the magical world that is school selection for Camille, and hve also discoveed that it is prolly time to put Bri in some sort of part time Day care enviroment as well. We are currently choosing between two school primarily a language immersion school and a montessori school. Well I am torn, Jerry is gung ho for the language school. Which I love and Cam had SUCH a good time at the demonstation the other night.. SHe seems enthused about the idea of learning a new language.. and I think we should definately run with that while she is excited about it. But.. I am not even sure what the but is. Alas, maybe I am just over thinking it all.

Anywho new blog post coming tomorrow as well!

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…And I heard em say..

I’m running in circles it feels like a lil bit. I love this song today and I am holding on to it.. nothing is promised so – I’ve also had this song on my head all morning..Nothing has fallen down, its just rattling around in there.

Anywho. I am grateful for my blessings. I am. I have to keep telling my self to be content and patient.

In my patience I wanted to shoot so I held a mini session weekend, and had a fair amout of people take me up on it. AWESOME. I announced it on Facebook, and I’ll be holding another – to be announced thru my Newsletter only so if you are interested please feel free to sign up and get in the know.

I had such a great time shooting these kids.I’ve got three mini kid sessions to post - which does include a few of my girls & I had an adult session I’ll be blogging this week too but first a set of brothers..

Boys.  you guys know I got a soft spot for little boys. In my world of pink and nail polish sometimes it is so much fun to just hang out wiht video game playin, rock skippin, ceasar cut, perfect croft of curls,  mohawk rockin boys. And one of Jerrys friends brought his boys through to play and get a few shots done.

These boys were all manner of puppy dog tails… Here is Eli

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My special Guy Manny

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and the shy guy Tony – we had a really cool converstaion about super heros, hes pretty fond of BatMan and Water Man (aka Aqua man)

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and last but not least my newest boyfriend Alex…

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Thank you guys for giving me my boy fix for the day – I wont want a baby boy for a whole three months or so – hopefully your next session will be right around then to help me keep those cravings at bay! :)

Speaking of babys and boys, I held a promo with local st louis Scene blog SuiteSTL for fathers day and the winner was announced! And I am SO EXCITED cause the winner has NEW BORN TWIN BOYS!

why do I feel like I am the winner in this scenerio? Any who go on over to SuiteSTL and congradulate the winner!

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Today is Tues..wait no Wednesday!

Sheesh…
Today I just kinda feel little blah – TIRED – today.

I don’t have time to be tired. We’ve painted the studio – I am ordering the couch for the space this week – picking up a piece here and there. New lights are on the horizion new promo material – THE SIGN! God I need to get on the sign!

So clearly the studio is coming along - and I am so grateful that things are comingas they are. Sometimes I think things are movin slow but really things are moving at the rate that I can actually handle. I have been rockin portriat sessions lately – and I am on a roll with maternity and baby photos.. To my regular readers and clients – THANK YOU FOR ALL THE REFERRALS! I could not and can not move forward with out them and I am so grateful that you think to tell your peeps about me.

Jerry and I had our wedding anniversary – I keep saying it cause I can’t beleive I’ve been his wife for four years, feels like we just met some days – other it feels like we’ve been together since forever. I never thought I would like marriage as much as I do. It does help to have the right partner.  

Did I mention Cammy lost her tooth? She was so excited – the tooth fairy left her two dollars! I swear between her birthday and that tooth shes made a killin in June! Bri is talking up a storm, full sentences. like sometimes I think I am talking to Cammy and Bri is the one walking around a corner.. Shes talking that well. She asks “What’s This?” all the time. Today alone I had to expliain the use of hair clips, foot scrubbers, Q-tips, & mechanical pencils just to name a few. 

We’re also having a family session this weekend! I am so excited! In honor of that I am gonna offer a discount on family sessions booked thru this weekend – Email me  for details. 

I’ve got tons of family photos to post from my little point and shoot, and to my brides looking for galleries Friday is your day, my uverse should be all fixed and snazzy and ready to go!

I should be posting a blog entry on a wedding tomorrow – but I also have a dentist apointment – so depending on how dead my lip is when I get home it may get pushed back to Friday. I am updating my wedding site this week – I am also updating my portrati site and kids site, as well as starting the blackbird project, (we got the new logo YAY!)  and launching a cool new way to order framed images from Pinxit Photo. I am really excited about that – I love my framing company and I am so stoked to be able to offer their products more practically than previously!

Anywho Keep on the look out for the weeks coming posts! Holla at yo girl!

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