Little Eddie (by kristie)

This little guy is WAY advanced for his age ... of only 2 weeks in these photos! He was alert, looking around, making eye contact with my camera, and EVEN at one point was holding his own bottle. I'm not kidding! I was expecting a 2-week-old "sleeping the whole time" baby and he was ready to play. (I'm guessing he's going to grow to be full of energy like his Mom ;-)

He is a super cutie Mom and Dad. Congrats! I hope you enjoy the sneak peek...










And this one he can blame on his Dad when he gets older! :-)

I've been Tagged (by kristie)

Real quick... sorry for the delay in the full DSA Walk in the Park photos. I had to escape to Boca Raton for my 'day job' and am here working all week, away from all my photos. I will have them up next week and send out a notice.

So I've been blog "tagged" by my friend Kristen. She has a great baby and design blog going on, so check it out especially if you've got "one in the oven."

Quick simple rules:
- I have to tell 6 quirks about myself.
- And tag 6 other bloggers to do the same.

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Here we go:
1. I am ADDICTED to chapstick... actually Blistex or Avon's vanilla lip balm. It is all over my house, in my purse, in my camera bag... with me at all times.

2. When shopping for greeting cards I will read every one in the section before choosing. I have even gone to another store if I didn't find a card that I loved. I am strangely serious about giving the right greeting card... which I think scares Mike, my husband, whenever he is card shopping with me :)

3. I am always on the lookout for the perfect day planner. I have never found one that I'm satisfied with. Most are too boring, or ugly designed for my taste, or don't have enough room on Saturday and Sunday for my life. One day I'm just going to create and publish my own.

4. Which brings me to... I love office supplies. Stylish ones that is. I have a really hard time not blowing a ton of money at Office Max, Container Store, etc. (weird place for a girl to have a shopping spree, I know.)

5. I don't mind doing laundry, I HATE putting it away. Maybe if I had a makeover from the St. Louis Closet Company I'd feel different :) ... Maybe.

6. I don't like watermelon. People think I'm strange for this one. I just really don't like it.


My tags go out to the following:
Liz (right here)
And other fellow photographers:
Bunn
Betsy
Jennifer
Tera
Joanna

And, just since this is a photo blog... a quick photo of Mike and I in Venice (my favorite city!) on our trip this past spring. I love that the bird on the left side got my "fly" cue ;-)

DSA "Walk in the Park" at Busch Stadium (by kristie)

The weather was great and the Cardinal's won today for the Down Syndrome Association's Walk in the Park! Lots of photos to share (with a full gallery of even more coming next weekend), in the meantime here's a preview:

Jessica & Josh (by liz)

This was just too cool...growing up as a military brat I have a soft spot in my heart for men in uniforms. The bride and groom may actually be overseas by the time I'm writing this. They are being stationed in Japan and planned the wedding during the short window they had before the move. It was a very special day and what they are doing for our country is not only commendable, it is admirable. Most weddings have a few happy tears involved...a father giving away his daughter always tugs at my heart strings, but knowing that both of them would be leaving their families and friends in a few short weeks made this day extra special.

Ok, enough sappy stuff, let's move onto the fun stuff! We took some great photos in Busch Stadium and then headed to Forest Park...check it out!

A few last minute getting ready shots. The bride looked beautiful in her Lazaro gown. I love the motion in the second shot.




And of course the groom looked dashing in his uniform.



Check out these military inspired shoes the bridesmaids wore...



And red and white flowers to match.



I know a photographer that likes to call beautiful things "yummy." I'm going to borrow from her and say that the lighting in the church was certainly yummy! Which is actually rare for churches which usually lack light in general.









And now off to the ballpark. Red seats & red shoes go well together.



Albert swings and it's going...going...



GONE!



Some more fun photos around the park...










And off to Forest Park for just a few more...





And last but not least...if I did this I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to walk for days. Congrats you two! Take care of each other over there!