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Grandmother's Day

A belated mother's day gift from the kids to their grandmothers.

Vote for me

Hey everyone - isn't that a lovely picture? It was taken in 2006 when my husband and I took our belated honeymoon trip to Italy (9-11 canceled our first honeymoon and we took a while to re-plan the trip). Civita is a  little hilltop town accessed by the footbridge you see in the picture and we took a day trip there while we were in Orvieto. It was a great day and admittedly we went there because of the Rick Steves guidebook - but it was really cool to see something that old and that remote - and the lunch we had was outstanding. I still think about that meal many years later.

 And why do I mention this? I am asking your for your help. I have entered this photo into a contest and awards are based on both a panel and popular vote... so I need your help.

Please go to this site  (do it in safari if you are running a mac or the slideshow won't show up) Take in all of the great travel photography. When you are done with that and vote for photo number 71  I would really appreciate it.

Check it out!

Finally, I am happy to announce that the new and improved Amy Jester Photography website went live last night. Check it out and tell me what you think. The AJP blog will still be alive and kicking, bringing you sneak peeks from sessions and other AJP relevant news, but it is now coupled with the newer and prettier home for my business.

Rainy days (well, sort of)

Mother's day was a pretty rainy day. I was actually not as bummed about this as my mother's day plans from prior years might have indicated (I have used the day the last several years to plant our herb garden). You see, this year I am not as on top of the garden as I have been in the past; however, several weeks ago I did purchase a cute umbrella anticipating a rainy spring day. And I needed a rainy spring day with a cooperative little boy and a wonderful photographers assistant (jrh) to play with my (I mean Ben's) new umbrella. It seemed as though the stars would were going to line up for me on mother's day. I woke up late to rain and I looked forward to Nora's morning nap to go outside with Ben to play.

Only one problem: it wasn't raining anymore.

However, the photographers assistant did a little dance

and then the rain appeared!

or maybe it was just the garden hose...

I like my story and I am sticking to it!

N-O-R-A

I grabbed my camera today to take a few pics of Nora smiling and cooing at her mobile. I took the first picture and noticed the letters behind her (they are sitting in her crib waiting to be put up on the wall). The second and third pics I took using the letters on purpose. I was pleased with how they turned out. I guess being slow getting things on the wall has its advantages

Yes, more nora pics

This blog has never had a lot of content, but lately it is pretty much just pictures of Nora. Right now other than playing with Ben when I can, taking pictures of Nora my only non-lactating activity. I don't have any great storeis to tell ya, but I hope that you enjoy the new pictures!

Oh wait, I guess I do have a little story to go with this picture. Ben still mostly calls Nora "baby" probably because for the last nine months this is how we referred to her. (I didn't want him to know her name because we were afraid he would spill the beans to eveyone else). Anyway, he does occasionally call her "Nora" or "baby sister", but the other day he called her "little burrito" - which is how we refer to her when she is swaddled. It was very cute.

a link to a new album

Wendy Christopher and Benjamin have some very sweet moments in their album. Here is a link

can't resist peeking

I really need to be finishing the edits from last weeks photoshoot (Christopher and Wendy it is the very next thing on my list, I promise) However, this morning I shot a bunch of pics of good friends who are visiting and I just could not resist peeking. Here are a few that jumped out at me.

Another sweet Ben

In this busy holiday season, I had the chance to photograph a totally sweet Benjamin and his equally sweet parents who were wonderful about letting an 8.5 month pregnant woman climb all over their furniture. Here are a few from a very quick peek through the pics.

Link to album

here is a link to the album of pictures from the previous post