Happy Easter!

To celebrate that miracle so long ago, some newborn photos.

"A baby is God's opinion that life should go on." ~ Carl Sandberg

Tags: The Woodlands Newborn Photographer, The Woodlands Children's Photographer, Houston Newborn Photographer, Houston Children's Photographer, Houston Natural Light Photographer The Woodlands Natural Light Photographer

Red, White & Blue

I once saw a house in House Beautiful or HGTV or somewhere that was white with black shutters and a red door. Every since then I have wanted THAT HOUSE. Or rather, that color combination. We are finally getting around to painting the outside of our house, because 1) it is the color of baby poo currently, and 2) Some critter dug a hole into the side of our wood house and we have to get it repaired, so why not just paint the entire house? Good thing I am not squeamish and the thought of some critter running around my attic doesn't really freak me out. I say we should all live in peace with the critters of the world! Of course, that isn't stopping me from calling the exterminator, but I do hope that little critter, whatever it is, makes a clean getaway. I think my parents permanently scarred me by setting mousetraps in the house when I was growing up in Colorado. I tend to feel sorry for even the littlest bugs- which is why I can't go fishing... those poor little worms struggling on the hook... that's just SAD!

OK, so back to the house. Although my heart has been set for YEARS on a white house with black shutters and a red door, I was talked out of it this weekend. First of all, we don't have shutters on the house ("But whhhyyyyy can't we add them?" I whined, "Because it will double the cost of the paint job." Jesse replies. Darn.) Second, Jesse showed me a white house in the neighborhood that had gotten a little dingy. I have a hard enough time keeping the inside of the house clean, but adding an exterior pressure wash every 6 months to a white house (as our contractor told us white houses need)- no thank you!

So I think we decided on a bluish gray with white trim and of course my red door. So it will be red, white, and blue. Love that. It's about time we had some color after the long, hard winter we had. Those of us in Houston consider 5 nights in the 30's one LONG, HARD WINTER.

Speaking of color- love this family and all the COLOR from their session!

Big, BIG Contest!

So I am finally able to take a breather from my inaugural year and thought I would thank all my AMAZING clients with a chance to win BIG.

Below is one of my favorite images from each 2009 session. I tried to pick one picture from each family.  Some of these you may have seen before, some will be new to you.  Whichever picture gets the most votes wins BIG.

And what do I consider BIG?

A new 16x24 (or smaller) gallery wrapped canvas from a past OR future session, PLUS a $100 print credit good towards a 2010 session!

To vote, you must either:

- leave a comment WITH your email address visible (this is more fun IMHO :-)
- email tracy@doe-ee-bird.com with your vote

All comments and emails will be validated so no funny business please. One vote per human being :-)



One more thing... you'll notice some pictures of my own kiddos (because its my blog and I just can't resist putting my awesome kids all over it) or some kiddos I shot for free (for various reasons). Those images are not eligible to win the canvas or print credit, BUT will have eternal bragging rights.  If one of those pictures ends up coming in first place, the goods will go to the picture with the next highest vote.  Contest ends midnight February 10th- 2 days before I go to Mardi Gras New Orleans (where I may likely return just a little bit brain damaged and unable to tally the votes for a while).  Winner announced Feb 11.

SOOOOOOOOOO, go on with your bad self and tell your friends/coworkers/grammy and mailman to vote!!!  Post the contest on your facebook page, tweet about it and give me some love on your family blog.   Oh yeah, and each person that votes for the winning picture gets a $25 print credit to use on a 2010 session!!!!

Oh and did I mention my new referral program?!?

Here we go!

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{eleven}

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(twenty five}

{twenty six}

{twenty seven}

{twenty eight}

{twenty nine)

{thirty}

{thirty one}

{thirty two}

{thirty three}

{thirty four}

{thirty five}

{thirty six}

{thirty seven}

{thirty eight}

{thirty nine}

{forty}

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{forty two}

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{forty six}

{forty seven}

{forty eight}

{forty nine}

{fifty}

Phew!! And that's all folks!