NEW LOGO

If you have picked up your September issue of the Denton Connection, or the DFW Kids Directory, you have already met my new love, so now it's time to introduce her to the blogging world.

Meet the new face of Birdseye.

She has inspired change around here. Big things are in the works! In the coming weeks, we'll reveal our new blog and website. Stay tuned...

Catch Me

This shot cracks me up, from the session below. And ironically enough, this shot was taken in the EXACT location as my last blooper I posted. I suppose by the time we reach that locale, the kiddos are d.o.n.e.!

German Parts

After having to reschedule 3 times, the heavens finally opened up and allowed us to meet! (Well, ironically, one of the reschedulings was actually due to the heavens opening up...), but other than that, with the kiddos being sick, and Mom taking a pretty serious fall in the back yard, (she is healing perfectly now), two months from the time we booked the session, I was anxious to get to meet my new friends whom I talked with so much on the phone!

And look at the precious family who greeted me...

I look over, and while settling down with their boys, Mom & Dad start snuggling. That's how much love is there. Random snuggles at random moments.

Happy toes.

10-month-old L is a giddy little guy! He would just stare at me and smile.

And then turn to Momma and give her big, wet kisses!

M needed a snack break to feel like himself again before the tickle monster could come out to play.

And when she (the tickle monster) did, he was all smiles!

Daddy's nuzzles look so good on L.

I think...pure speculation here....that M may have an affinity for trains. Just guessing.

Can you crawl like a bear?

Daddy is a native of Germany, so these little guys were "made in the USA, with German parts".
:)

I had a wonderful time getting to meet you all! Thank you for that sweet invitation to stay for dinner, I'm sorry I had to miss out!

Pinkie Performance

Another sweet Chickadee planner has hatched, and at 6 days old here, what a precious, fresh little chick he is.

Unless my memory is failing me, I think he is my first newborn with cloth diapers, and can I tell you, I have ALWAYS thought this is such a smart idea for so many reasons, and after chatting long & hard with baby N's momma, I am sold. There are so many positive aspects - saving money, the Earth, and your baby's soft hiney, to name a few - that (while it's easy for me to say now - the child-free woman that I am), the inconvenience of it is a small price to pay. (Not to mention how they're so cute & colorful!)
Yes, I know, we shall see though.
:)

He already knows who Daddy is, looking him straight in the eye.

Baby N's "rogue pinkie" - according to his father.

That little pinkie showed up several times during our shoot. And it didn't matter which hand, right or left, both of them made several solo performances.

Big yawn. Poor guy. He fought so hard to stay awake, while we tried so hard to lull him to sleep. His momma said he later crashed hard the rest of the day. I'm sure we wore him out!

Um, I think the sweetness level of this image is about all I can take without physically driving over to him right now, and scooping up and cuddling his beautiful, little self.

Dusting Off the Santa Hat

I have a feeling that Alyssa may be receiving some thank you calls after this Christmas season from all of the delighted grandmothers who received what's inside of this box from their grandloves.

So.....(building suspense)...... what joys may a little, obscure, dark box contain?

Let's peek inside...



Birdseye is now offering albums!

(And might I add, I would be just as satisfied with this swanky box it's coupled with...)

Who am I kidding, look at this plush, leather album! (And the sweeties it contains!)

*I love that it has a little window in the front, just to give you a nibble of the goodness inside.

The smooth leather texture lets you know you are holding something delicious.

(But, forgive me my green friends, I am still one of you! It's just that if you saw the joy this display of kiddos' smiles brings their mom, you would want her to have it, too. Promise.)

This particular album, at 20 pages thick (holding 40 pictures), is the big brother of the bunch. That is the most one album can hold! The smaller albums include either 20, or 30 prints.

The size of the pictures can either be a 4x6, 5x5 or 5x7.

The images are secured in the album with a sturdy black mat, making each capture like its own little work of art.

(It's like he is peeking out of the album....)

Please contact us for pricing on all of our album options.
And, this is a warning, have your tap-dancing shoes on hand when you see how easy it is to have your grandparent Christmas list complete!

This is just one of the fun, new happenings around the Birdseye office!
Stay tuned - in September we will reveal our new logo, which to me, every time I look at it, it reminds me of a spa. It just has a relaxing, modern feel to it, (though how I equate a logo on a computer screen to the spa, I don't know. Maybe it's because I have not seen a spa in years, from working behind the computer so much. So much so that staring at a good design is evidently now the way I relax!)

I Don't Wanna

This outtake, from the session below, makes me laugh out loud!
I just had to post it.

(click on the image to see that pouty lip in all its cuteness)

Grandparents to the Greath Degree

Miss Personality, R, was the star of our show a few weeks back when we photographed her whole paternal side of the family.

She looked at me with her hands up like this, and I was puzzled for a minute as to what she was doing, until I realized she was mimicking me! A little photographer-in-the-making! Cute, imaginative, 2-yr.-old!

Daddy is proud to show off his 3-month-old boy, D, along with Daddy's grandfather, and father, making that D's great-grandfather and grandfather! 4 generations of men in this family.

D instantly snuggled into Pop's chest.

(Gotta love a precious, baby faux-hawk!)

Mommy got some one-on-one time with her little man. Poor D needed his batteries re-charged from all of the action!

Why does every toddler know how to perfect that innocent expression?

But, judging from these pictures....


....you cannot get much sweeter than this.

Later, after photographing R & D with their mommy and daddy, we walked up the stairs to find the two great-grandmothers just chatting away and giggling like they were hanging out a soda shop after high school! It was adorable.

What do you think R is deep in thought about? The ponderings of a little one.

R was fun entertainment for everyone, watching her toss change into the fountain.
All together, there was Daddy, great-grandfather, the two great-grandmothers (one holding D), grandfather & grandmother, uncle, aunt, R, & Mommy.
R & D are blessed kiddos to have so much love surrounding them.

Open-Mouth Smiles

Last week I got to play with J who is now almost 6 years old!
When I first walked up and said "Hi, J!", he said, "I didn't think you'd recognize me." (because he had grown so much. Stinker.)

And those eyelashes? Turns out I'm still obsessed.




I love how he can turn on the cool guy charm, and then....




....snap back in to the silly 5-almost-6-yr.-old he is.




Oh, and look who decided to join us since the last time we met!

HAPPY brother F ! You just give a hint of a grin to this 4-month-old sweetheart and *instant* smiles are all over him.

It's so cute when babies have those big, open-mouth smiles and their whole body just decides to follow suit. Like his happiness just takes him over!

Big brother is quite the happy guy himself.




But I just can't get over 'em lashes.