Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Beautiful "G" Family
This was my second trip out to their house, the first time, the littlest man was just 4 months old...now he is crawling, giggling at everything, and into everything! It was great fun to see how much he had grown!! This family is just sweet as can be with 3 gorgeous kiddos! Each full of such personality, it is always fun to get to spend a couple of hours with them!
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
"Mommy, I love her"
This sweet little peanut is my dear, dear friend's daughter. Such a wonderful little family, with an eager big sister at home they welcomed this beautiful little girl. I waited SO long to get my hands on her, and was finally able to just a few short days after she joined our world.
My son, who has had many play dates with her big sister, knew who she was just from her pictures, and said "Mommy, I love her, and I haven't even got to hold her yet." I explained to him, that is the wonderful thing about babies, you love them for the wonder of who they will become. You love them for who they already are. You love them because you love their family. And you love them because they are SO squishy cute!" To that he giggled and agreed! We do love her!
My son, who has had many play dates with her big sister, knew who she was just from her pictures, and said "Mommy, I love her, and I haven't even got to hold her yet." I explained to him, that is the wonderful thing about babies, you love them for the wonder of who they will become. You love them for who they already are. You love them because you love their family. And you love them because they are SO squishy cute!" To that he giggled and agreed! We do love her!
Monday, July 25, 2011
"Mommy, who is that baby?"
I had the pleasure, and I mean pleasure, of photographing such a sweet, sweet little girl. She was perfectly beautiful, just like I think all newborns are, and she was tiny! She decided that she was going to join our world three weeks early, she was ready for everyone to meet her! In the photographer world, the best we can hope for is a sleepy baby when doing the newborn photo shoots. We dream of that little baby, perfectly posed, snoring away with out a care in the world...this was that baby. I moved her, and moved her and shifted her, and posed her, stripped her down to her birthday suit, and not a care in the world! She was perfect, just like I'm sure her parents think she is! Let me introduce, Sweet Princess E!
When I got home from this session, I was so excited to get my hands on the photos to share some with mom and dad, my son walked in and asked "Mommy, who is that baby?" I answered "A sweet, sweet girl who answered all of her parents dreams and prayers." It took my 5 year old a second to register, and then questioned "Did they get that baby from their belly or did the "Stork" drop it off at their house?" I giggled, as I do at a lot of his antics, and told him that she came from her Mommy's belly. Again, a pause, and then he told me "Mommy, that Stork needs a new hobby, all these babies are coming from bellies."
When I got home from this session, I was so excited to get my hands on the photos to share some with mom and dad, my son walked in and asked "Mommy, who is that baby?" I answered "A sweet, sweet girl who answered all of her parents dreams and prayers." It took my 5 year old a second to register, and then questioned "Did they get that baby from their belly or did the "Stork" drop it off at their house?" I giggled, as I do at a lot of his antics, and told him that she came from her Mommy's belly. Again, a pause, and then he told me "Mommy, that Stork needs a new hobby, all these babies are coming from bellies."
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Wordless Wednesday...
This might be hard for me...to post something with no words (see, I have already failed!)
Monday, March 21, 2011
Winner - Winner, Chicken Dinner
Ok, well no one won a chicken dinner, but....
I used Random.org to select the winners!!!
The winner of the M.E.V. Photography discount is:
AMELIA
The winner of the prize pack of items from Warm Fuzzies by Cortney, Maple Tree Knits, Announce With Style, and Mommy & Mia is:
SUGAR AND STICE
Please send an email to m.e.v.photography@yahoo.com and include your first and last name, your address (for mailing products and gift cards) and I will get you in contact with each seller to make your choice of product or have the winnings sent directly to you!!
Thank you to everyone who entered!! Your support is what makes us small businesses thrive! We appreciate each and every one of you!!
Please send contact email by Thursday, March 24th, 2011 at 11:59pm to claim prizes. If no contact has been made by then, another winner will be selected. Thank you.
Please send contact email by Thursday, March 24th, 2011 at 11:59pm to claim prizes. If no contact has been made by then, another winner will be selected. Thank you.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
"Mommy, are you on the computer again?" Contest!!
Well Guys, we did it! I asked for 150 fans and you all helped share the love and we made it!!
I am so excited to fill you in about the giveaway! It is starting now, and will be open until 11:59pm (EST) on March 20th, 2011. I wanted to give all you busy bees plenty of time to enter!
So...lets get right to it!! Want to know about the prizes??
First, I am proud to introduce a wonderful company that creates Crochet Goodies! Her biggest claim to fame is her wonderful crochet hats that can range to all season wear and go from newborn sizes all the way through adult! From her company, ONE lucky winner will receive a hat of their choice up to $25 Value to Warm Fuzzies by Cortney!
The next awesome entry to our giveaway, is a knitter! She does so many wonderful different items, you have to check out her facebook page and her Etsy Shop! From hats to baby blankets and fun stuff in between!
Maple Tree Knits is giving away ONE $30 gift certificate to spend at her store!
Next is a company that does hair bows and accessories for little girls! So many options and she loves special orders to match that certain outfit too! Mommy & Mia is offering ONE $20 gift certificate to spend with her!
Announce With Style is exactly that! Stylish announcements of every kind! They range from newborn, birthday parties, holiday, wedding, invitations, stationary and so many more. Customizable with photos and your own words with tons of layouts and design options to make it truly yours! Announce With Style is giving away ONE $10 Gift certificate!
And finally for you local folks! My photography company didn't want to be left out of the fun, so we are doing a 50% off coupon that can be used for any and all images purchased for ONE photo shoot session. (Up to $100 value) ***Need to be local to Columbus, Ohio to claim this prize***
That is $185 worth of discounts and free stuff!! Talk about exciting!
Now, I am sure you are wondering on how to enter! Its easy! There are three ways to enter this contest!
1. You have to 'LIKE' each of these pages on facebook, and then come back and tell me on this blog that you have done so.
2. While at each of the pages, pick out what you would choose if you won the prizes at each of the stores, tell each of them on their page what you love and then come back here and again, tell me that you have done so (on a separate entry)
3. Update your status on Facebook telling them about the contest linked to M.E.V.Photography (by using the @ sign and selecting my page (@M.E.V.Photography) it will create a link in your status to directly send people to my page so they can enter the contest too.) Then again, come back here and tell me that you have done this! (on separate entry)
For each step, it is considered a separate entry into the contest. Make sure you complete each step and note on the blog separately so it will count for your full three entries. I will verify each of the entries and then use random.org to select a winner. The winner will be announced 24 hours after contest ending at 11:59pm on March 20th, 2011.
***Please note in your blog entries if you are NOT local and would NOT like to be entered into the contest to win the photography package. I will do TWO separate drawings, one for the mailable prizes, and one for the local photography discount. Local people will be entered into both drawings, out of town entries will be entered into only the drawing for the following prize including the gifts from the following companies: Warm Fuzzies By Cortney, Maple Tree Knits, Announce With Style, and Mommy & Mia.***
Additional fine print:
M.E.V. Photography image discount of 50% (up to $100 value) must be used between April 1st, 2011 and December 31st, 2011. Cannot be combined with any other specials or discounts being offered by the photographer. "Local" is described as 30 miles from zip code 43081 or a mileage fee may apply.
Warm Fuzzies by Cortney is a free hat up to a $25 value. Does not apply to her "One of a Kind" pieces. She is however covering the cost additionally to ship within the USA. Pieces are made to order, time line will follow their current order processing time.
Maple Tree Knits are mainly made to order pieces. When using the winning gift certificate, the current order processing time of the store will apply.
Announce with Style are printed on demand and winning gift certificate will follow their standard order processing time.
Mommy & Mia does on hand and special order requests. Special order requests will be shipped within 7 days of placing your order.
Click on the RED comment link directly below to enter!
Click on the RED comment link directly below to enter!
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Mommy, your eyeballs are like Zeros
Well, I guess, this is my new "thing", my new trial, my new time taker, my new necessity. Welcome to my blog. That's right, "MY" blog. 6 months ago, as technical as I can be and as much knowledge as I have about social networking and the like, I was not even sure of what a blog was...let alone the point of it.
Times have changed, well I guess it is a new month and all, so yes, onward to March, but then I guess I am late...
Since it is "MY" blog, I guess it will include all sorts of things that are important to me. My kids are important, and goodness do I have some stories about them. My businesses are important, yes business is plural. I technically have 3. Oh my, three. I like to do lots of things, and I always have ideas of more things to do, but really, how many can a girl have?? I am a professional photographer, I make little girl hair accessories, and I run a day care out of my home. Oh, and I am the resident Nanny, Cook, Maid and Chauffeur among other things, your classic Mommy. My husband is important, and I will have to be careful about the stories I share not to embarrass him, because sometimes the things he does....O.M.G. My friends are important, and my Family is important too, as dysfunctional as we are, I love them all.
Well, a little about me. I am the middle child of sort-of 5 children...depends on who you are asking and what part of the family I am with (keep in my dysfunctional) I have two step siblings that I have known, well, for a really long time. I have 2 full siblings, that I am also smack in the middle of. Either way you cut it, I am still the middle child. I am your classic Middle Child. I like to feel important, I'm a bit of an over achiever, I get a little over emotional sometimes, I'm more independent, I like to play the peacemaker, and I am creative.
Children are my creative outlet, so is my photography, and my little bows. I had a little handsome boy come first, but quickly learned that you can't really play dress up with them. Their clothes consist of sports, sharks and dinosaurs and your occasional additional animal until you get into the cartoon idol phase. Three years later, I was graced with a little girl, I myself am not a girlie girl, but I like to dress up and get "prettied" every now and then, but I was so excited for this little girl to dress up and put pretty things on. That is when I started making my hair bows. She came out with a full head of dark beautiful hair so I quickly learned how to make clips and bows and ties and all sorts of fun adornments. And as quick as I learned to make all these beautiful pieces was as quick as she learned how to rip them out of her hair. So since I had learned all those techniques, I decided I would share them, and that was the start of my Hair Accessory Company, Mommy&Mia.
Next, on to the photography thing. My son was just the cutest baby, so I bought a nice camera. I like to take pictures. A lot of pictures. I annoy the heck out of my siblings with my camera. I don't think I am ever with out my camera...its kind of like an arm or something. It really might just be permanently attached. I have thousands of pictures of my children and my nieces and nephews and my siblings, and my parents, and Christmas mornings, and Sunday dinners and trips to the park. I don't think any one else even brings their camera any more because they are certain that I will have mine! When my son was born, I realized that the true meaning of "Time flies when you are having fun" was meant to be used when you are speaking about how fast your children grow. My first born will be 5 this summer. 5. Not sure right now how I feel about that. I still remember the first time I held him in my arms, like it was yesterday. I was meant to have children, I love every second of the time I spend with my babies, even the minutes where one of them is on the floor face down throwing a major tantrum, because it makes me choose to be strong, and be that Mommy that they need to nurture them, teach them right from wrong, and about respect. I have pictures of them on that floor, screaming (thank goodness pictures don't have sound) kicking and flailing about with tears streaming because I wouldn't let them have that "one more cookie." I have pictures of that because that is part of what makes them who they are. Its the pieces that us Mom's hold on to. I have pictures of the good stuff too, the times that it took my kids to be strong, like my sons first day of preschool. I think I have one-hundred-and-eight-five pictures from that morning. He was so proud of himself, he was so brave. I had to be brave too, brave for him, and brave for me. My son has peanut allergies, and preschool would be the first time that I was trusting another adult outside of my family to care for him while eating. I was scared for him, but I saw that he wasn't. He showed me that what I had taught him, was instilled in him. I knew he was ready, so I took another picture.
Now please understand, just because I am a professional photographer, this doesn't mean that I don't still take snap shots of my kids. Most days, snap shots are the way of life as I am running around with playdoh in one hand and camera in other, so yes, some that I post on here will be "snapshots" of my children. Please don't judge my camera abilities based on a shot that I took, standing on one foot to sneak in on my kid to "catch them in the act" I plan on posting some professional pictures, and then pictures of my children, and then there will be professional pictures of my children.
Here is my sweet pea, M
Here is one of those pictures I was talking about, again, thankfully there is no sound to photo's...
My daughter is a Diva. She is dramatic, stubborn, bossy, demanding but sometimes reserved. But I tell you, no one loves like that girl. She may be all those things at a mere 20 months old, but she lets you know how much she loves you. She loves hugs and kisses and to tickle because she loves to giggle and hear people giggle. She has a huge heart.
Here is my son, J
And other one of "those" photos
My son is a total ham, a lover and snuggler, overly sensitive some days, playful and is a total social butterfly. I think he might be one of the funniest kids I know (not that I am biased.) Today he came home from preschool, so excited to tell me what he learned today. Got a very serious look on his face and said "Mommy, your eyeballs are like zeros." All I could do was giggle. He makes me giggle, maybe I should have taken a picture.
Times have changed, well I guess it is a new month and all, so yes, onward to March, but then I guess I am late...
Since it is "MY" blog, I guess it will include all sorts of things that are important to me. My kids are important, and goodness do I have some stories about them. My businesses are important, yes business is plural. I technically have 3. Oh my, three. I like to do lots of things, and I always have ideas of more things to do, but really, how many can a girl have?? I am a professional photographer, I make little girl hair accessories, and I run a day care out of my home. Oh, and I am the resident Nanny, Cook, Maid and Chauffeur among other things, your classic Mommy. My husband is important, and I will have to be careful about the stories I share not to embarrass him, because sometimes the things he does....O.M.G. My friends are important, and my Family is important too, as dysfunctional as we are, I love them all.
Well, a little about me. I am the middle child of sort-of 5 children...depends on who you are asking and what part of the family I am with (keep in my dysfunctional) I have two step siblings that I have known, well, for a really long time. I have 2 full siblings, that I am also smack in the middle of. Either way you cut it, I am still the middle child. I am your classic Middle Child. I like to feel important, I'm a bit of an over achiever, I get a little over emotional sometimes, I'm more independent, I like to play the peacemaker, and I am creative.
Children are my creative outlet, so is my photography, and my little bows. I had a little handsome boy come first, but quickly learned that you can't really play dress up with them. Their clothes consist of sports, sharks and dinosaurs and your occasional additional animal until you get into the cartoon idol phase. Three years later, I was graced with a little girl, I myself am not a girlie girl, but I like to dress up and get "prettied" every now and then, but I was so excited for this little girl to dress up and put pretty things on. That is when I started making my hair bows. She came out with a full head of dark beautiful hair so I quickly learned how to make clips and bows and ties and all sorts of fun adornments. And as quick as I learned to make all these beautiful pieces was as quick as she learned how to rip them out of her hair. So since I had learned all those techniques, I decided I would share them, and that was the start of my Hair Accessory Company, Mommy&Mia.
Next, on to the photography thing. My son was just the cutest baby, so I bought a nice camera. I like to take pictures. A lot of pictures. I annoy the heck out of my siblings with my camera. I don't think I am ever with out my camera...its kind of like an arm or something. It really might just be permanently attached. I have thousands of pictures of my children and my nieces and nephews and my siblings, and my parents, and Christmas mornings, and Sunday dinners and trips to the park. I don't think any one else even brings their camera any more because they are certain that I will have mine! When my son was born, I realized that the true meaning of "Time flies when you are having fun" was meant to be used when you are speaking about how fast your children grow. My first born will be 5 this summer. 5. Not sure right now how I feel about that. I still remember the first time I held him in my arms, like it was yesterday. I was meant to have children, I love every second of the time I spend with my babies, even the minutes where one of them is on the floor face down throwing a major tantrum, because it makes me choose to be strong, and be that Mommy that they need to nurture them, teach them right from wrong, and about respect. I have pictures of them on that floor, screaming (thank goodness pictures don't have sound) kicking and flailing about with tears streaming because I wouldn't let them have that "one more cookie." I have pictures of that because that is part of what makes them who they are. Its the pieces that us Mom's hold on to. I have pictures of the good stuff too, the times that it took my kids to be strong, like my sons first day of preschool. I think I have one-hundred-and-eight-five pictures from that morning. He was so proud of himself, he was so brave. I had to be brave too, brave for him, and brave for me. My son has peanut allergies, and preschool would be the first time that I was trusting another adult outside of my family to care for him while eating. I was scared for him, but I saw that he wasn't. He showed me that what I had taught him, was instilled in him. I knew he was ready, so I took another picture.
Now please understand, just because I am a professional photographer, this doesn't mean that I don't still take snap shots of my kids. Most days, snap shots are the way of life as I am running around with playdoh in one hand and camera in other, so yes, some that I post on here will be "snapshots" of my children. Please don't judge my camera abilities based on a shot that I took, standing on one foot to sneak in on my kid to "catch them in the act" I plan on posting some professional pictures, and then pictures of my children, and then there will be professional pictures of my children.
Here is my sweet pea, M
Here is one of those pictures I was talking about, again, thankfully there is no sound to photo's...
My daughter is a Diva. She is dramatic, stubborn, bossy, demanding but sometimes reserved. But I tell you, no one loves like that girl. She may be all those things at a mere 20 months old, but she lets you know how much she loves you. She loves hugs and kisses and to tickle because she loves to giggle and hear people giggle. She has a huge heart.
Here is my son, J
And other one of "those" photos
My son is a total ham, a lover and snuggler, overly sensitive some days, playful and is a total social butterfly. I think he might be one of the funniest kids I know (not that I am biased.) Today he came home from preschool, so excited to tell me what he learned today. Got a very serious look on his face and said "Mommy, your eyeballs are like zeros." All I could do was giggle. He makes me giggle, maybe I should have taken a picture.
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