erin's belly

c-r-a-z-y.

i only thought working full time, getting my masters degree and having a baby was busy. i had no idea.

short update on nikki:

1. started a new job working for a counseling company that contracts with HeadStart; now I do play therapy with 3-5 year-olds.

2. I also still do contract work with MHMR's crisis team.

3. I also own/run RedBird Photography-- see my latest work here.

4. and Eleanor is awesome, as usual.

5. and Jeremy is in school, as always (and forever).

love y'all.

waco wetlands

so, my photography class took a field trip to the "waco wetlands", and elle was our model. here are the results :)

See more on the RedBird Photography blog

These were obviously not taken by me, since I am in them. Curtis, my instructor, took this one.

Gina, a classmate, took this one:

i'm so excited, i can't even come up with a name for this post.

RedBird, "mega".

see for yourselves: www.redbird-photography.com

brad harris, you rule. (www.bradharris.org)

Announcing...

the long-awaited and much anticipated (by me :)).... Redbird Photography!

I (Nikki) am so excited and have been planning/ working on for months my own *little* (and I mean LITTLE) business, which you will see a small portion of at this link. I have been buying equipment, talking about taxes, business names, marketing, prices, mentoring, designing websites (mine is "under construction"), taking a class (SO thrilled to be taught by Curtis Callaway), and of course, taking a few photos here and there...

...and though I'm not in a technical "launching" phase, I think I'm ready to tell the blogging world:)

yay!

Here are a few new shots of elle at the dam--

So many pictures, So little time...

ok, let's get started. First, Macy's Birthday Party on Saturday. I (Nikki) took a million pictures because I am enrolled in an advanced photography class and I had an assignment due (ie- use two light sources), so I was busy trying to kill about 17 birds with one stone that day. Results are as follows: (and all the rest of the party pics- 'cause there are a LOT) are here.

CAKE!!

Roy

Campbell Rose

PRESENTS!

Elle was a ham, as usual.

ok, these sunglasses were TOO cute. I hope mom is ok with her being on my blog. Check here for the rest of the party pics.

Macy LOVED her mini-horse. I mean, LOVED it. It was awesome. The photos are proof.

We may indeed be witnessing the most beautiful person in the history of time...

We recently had some professional pictures of Elle taken. We love them so much. Enjoy!

Props to Tasha from Homeshade Photography in Houston-

she's A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!

Birthday Bash

Eleanor's first birthday is in a couple of weeks (Dec 2), and my (jeremy) 30th birthday was last week. So Nikki decided that we couldn't just have a birthday party for Elle; we had to have a joint party for the both of us. I felt a little awkward hogging in on my only daughter's birthday party, but we had a great time.

We had decided several weeks ago that we were going to grill some burgers outside, since it's only cold in Texas for about 3 weeks in January. Unfortunately, it was frickin' freezing. You'll see in the pictures that people are wrapped in coats and scarves as they drink beer and coke outside. Don't see that too often.

Most of the people who came are friends from Waco; some from church, some from my department, some from Nikki's work, etc. We are especially grateful to those people who came in from out of town - Nikki's parents and grandmother, my brother Brian and his fiance Stacey, Brad and Meredith, Matt and Krissy, and Kristin and Russ. Love you all. Unfortunately, my mom got SERIOUSLY ill the day of the party, and my older brother had dental surgery, so they couldn't come. We missed them a lot.

Here are some pics of the action...

The birthday girl.

Nikki loves this picture.

Elle's best friend Campbell Rose King

Much food and such.

Jerks.

Sarah and Myles

Eating a birthday cupcake.

Love Brad and Mere.

Okay, so this one requires a bit of explanation. As party favors, Nikki found fake grills. For those of you unfamiliar with the concept of grills, it's basically a set of fake teeth with gold and silver and gems on it. Very gangster. Or gangsta, as the case may be. Here's a pic of almost everyone sporting their grills, with the best hard-ass gangsta face they can muster. As you can see, some are better than others. I'm looking at you, Sam.

And here's a video of Eleanor eating her birthday cupcake.