a word about my watermark

my hubs brought it to my attention tonight that he isn't a fan of the big "do not copy" watermark on my photos.  please rest assured, it is there for a reason.  someday i would like to consider doing photography for profit - it's an expensive habit that to continue long term will need to start paying for itself (except for my little punk and any siblings and or cousins he may have).  as such, i want to make sure that all of my work is presented in the best possible light.  images pulled from my blog are sized for the internet and as such are small image files at low resolution, not the best example.  

so, images on this blog (and the 365 blog when i start that back up) will always be watermarked.  however, if you want a full resolution image to use or print, please let me know, i'll send it right out to you.

merry christmas

this punk is the only kid on this side of the family.  for this reason we all tend to get a little carried away in the gift department.  i think he likes it!

open it dad!

oh! a camera! payback's a comin for the auntarazzi

"i see it!  i see it!"

grandma & grandpa got him a train that spells out his name.

it was all over once he opened the tractor.  i think he's in love.

what? a box of clothes? can I PLEASE have my tractor back?!

shhhh, don't tell tommy i posted his picture for the world to see.

Merry Christmas a few days early

today we went to a family christmas party. we had a great time. thanks E & J for inviting us to your home. since we were at the punk's house the auntarazzi came out to take some pictures.

we love him

what are they pointing at you ask?

the life of the party decided to take a little nap.  

no punk, don't be surprised that the auntarazzi has the camera out!

m! it needs batteries.  fix it!

did i mention that he's cute?

showing grandpa that the noise maker needs batteries.

oh yeah!

did i mention that he's cute?

Happy Birthday Punk

Our favorite (only!) punk nephew turned two last week.  As the auntarazzi, I brought my camera along and took some pictures of said punk kid and his cousins.  

Deep down, he's really excited that it's his birthday.

Here's his cousin J.

Birthday dude was a little tired.

He was VERY excited when he opened this one.  "Oh!" He exclaimed.

M., another of Punk's cousins.

N. had the job of ferrying gifts to the table.

labor day - hang time

labor day weekend around here means one thing.  we get the privilege of spending a whole day with my favorite punk kid in the world.  frank doesn't spend a whole lotta time with kids.  this weekend was a huge landmark.  he almost changed his first diaper, at least he got to the point where he had the diaper between punk's legs - while punk ran around tooting gleefully.  made me laugh hard.  frank and the punk had a ton of fun together, everything from mowing the lawn with the maow maow, to rock throwing, to picking up fire wood.  it was a great day!