Busy.

So I'm a little behind on blogging my sessions...a little=a lot! This past month I've had 10 sessions and have one more tomorrow night, so 11 for the month of July (all the while I'm 8 months pregnant and running a little slower than usual :)! I can't believe how busy I've been but I've loved each and every session. I seriously think to myself while editing each one, "Oh this is definitely my favorite so far"...every time! I only have a few available dates left for September and October so if you're thinking about booking a session please check out this NOTE I put on my facebook fan page and then shoot me an email: mandajeaton@gmail.com

I wanted to mention that my prices will be going up effective January 1, 2011.  As of right now I can't give you a definite price but it will not be over $200 a session and will still include the disc of all the edited photos!  

Some exciting news!  I'm in the works to getting a "real" website!  This blog has been great but I am really bad at updating it and I can't wait to have a real site! I'll keep this blog to write about each session and there's always the facebook fan page too!

If you don't know already, I'm having a c-section in less than two weeks and will be taking the month of August off. Throughout the month of August I'll be posting some "Year in Review" posts that will show my favorite photos from every session I've had in my first year of business (September makes 1 year!), so that should be pretty fun looking back at those first sessions and every one since then! I can't believe it but I have done 42 sessions so far-and have 23 sessions and 3 weddings booked before the end of the year!!! Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who has used me this past year- I know that the winter months will be very slow so I'm going to enjoy every single session until then!  

I will get caught up soon with all the beautiful families I've done this past month, but here are a few favorites for now!

Lazy Days of Summer

Ok, so they aren't really lazy at all. In fact things have been crazy busy for me this summer. It seems like I have been doing tons of hair lately (which I love) and the photo sessions have really picked up!  (Which I really love).  I feel so blessed that God has given me two skills that I can use to make extra money, and still be a stay-at-home mom.  I had a fun session tonight with an adorable family.  I went into the shoot thinking it was going to be hard and a little stressful because there were three small children, but those kids acted like pros! I couldn't believe how many great shots I got and I'm really looking forward to starting the editing process tonight on them.
Last night we went out find the location for tonights shoot and my kids told me they would model for me...shame on me for believing them :)  I did manage to get a few cute shots of Riley (Rowan was too busy running away the whole time).  Oh well, pretty soon I'll be paying someone else to get good shots of my kids because they avoid me like crazy when my camera is in my hands!

Happiness Today.

These are just a few of the things that made me happy today...

News, News!

I don't know about you guys, but I love to look at blogs and and take a peak into peoples lives (that sounds creepy, but it's not, I promise! :)  I've decided to turn my photography blog into not only that, but also throw in a few personal posts in between the posts about my clients! I take a lot...A LOT of photos of my adorable children, so I'm sure that I'll have plenty to tell you about and keep it entertaining at the same time. So if you are a reader of the blog already...Thank You! And I hope to be updating a lot more!
I'll leave you with a few pics of our weekend...

We went to our local "downtown days" the other night...it was super humid and the kids were exhausted and of course we forgot a stroller..but I got my cotton candy so the night was a success :)

Riley loves picking up Hurley like this..and looks like he enjoys it too

Peeking out from the blueberry bushes

Rowan eating some of the "beauties" he picked from my dads garden...I guess one of them was pretty sour!

Eating a few raspberries...and getting them all over her angel face.