So i’ve been thinking of offering a new service with photos. See what you think, and let me know if you might be interested.
Last week my sister and her husband welcomed in their second child. I was there to take pictures of him in the nursery, and then stayed for a while and took some more photos with the family, and his new big brother, etc. I took the approach of documenting the whole event. Not just taking a few portraits, but documenting the expressions, the moments they shared for the first time as a family of 4. It was really, really cool. I took these photos and turned them into a short slideshow that sort of told the story of how a family of 3 became a family of 4. I showed to them last night and i’m pretty sure we were all a little teary. Seeing the joy on the faces, and hearing big brother (age 2 1/2) describing every picture to mommy and daddy and new baby brother. It was really fun to watch, and made me really glad that I did it. So i thought, maybe i could do this for others if they are interested.
So if you are expecting, and think you would like some documentation of the event, let me know. Depending on circumstances, I would love to try and make it happen. Obviously if you have the baby in the middle of the night, i can’t come out there, or a sunday morning. But I would love to talk with you and see if i could make it happen. Or maybe you have some pictures of your own that you would like me to make a slideshow of. I can do that too. below is the sample video slideshow that I made. Let me know what you think. Hit me up on my facebook page and let me know if you have questions. The price is the same as a normal portrait session, which is $150.00 This includes a disc of all the images that i take and edit, as well as the slideshow video.
well my sister Tara, and her husband Scott had their latest edition this morning. His name is Parker Wren Anders. Last week i took a few pictures of this family while they were just 3. Now they are a family of 4, so i am including a few images i grabbed today at the hospital, so introducing Parker Wren Anders. Days like today make me exited for Emma to come in 8 weeks. it’s gonna be awesome. But for now…enjoy the Anders fam!
I don’t really have a lot to blog about, no funny stories that i can think of. Except today i spilled a Dr. Pepper they gave me after my nerve block all over the place. I think maybe i fell asleep (because of the meds) while i was holding it, or maybe it just slipped, i can’t remember…but it was cold. Anyway, heres a list of whats been going on.
Painted nursery
put together crib and changing table
used 4 cans of spray paint to cover a shelf for the nursery.
driveway is now a nice shade of pink
been working a lot, got a big project i was working on done. yes!
about to start another big web project at church that will be awesome for sure
that may be it.
ohhh. i still have changes planned for this blog, just still sorting through it in my head.
First, let me say that Wal-Mart is like going to another planet. I really don’t like to shop there, and its unfortunate that they have a monopoly it seems on “stuff”. However I, and we (Karla and I) seem to be shopping at the Dollar Store more, especially since it’s close to the house. I prefer going there anytime. The workers are nice, and kids don’t walk up to you and hit you. Yes that did happen at Wal – Mart. Kid walks us to me in the baby section while Karla and I are minding our own business and looking at a few things and he looks at me, then hits me on the arm. Now, these kids, a brother and sister, were running around like crazy in the store, we heard them as soon as we walked in. So i looked over at the mother of this child, she looked at me, then did absolutely nothing. i was in disbelief. Then today we had to pick up a shelf that we needed for our office/bedroom and while checking out the check out lady was shopping in her lane for a candy bar, but told me to come on through. So we did, but she kept shopping, until i finally asked her if she was indeed open. She said yes, then kept looking for a snack a bit longer. i was confused, then she scanned the shelf and said it was a good deal, and she should get one too. And she would pay me more than it costs to put hers together. hmm. anyway, this type of stuff only happens to me. Just ask around. I have a UNIVERSE CURSE. crazy things only happen to me. especially at the post office.
Second. I’m not satisfied in my blog. I have a lot of ideas that i want to implement, but i’m not sure yet how to implement them. I’m happy with my photography site, but thats not all i am. in fact, thats the least of what i am really. So i am going to be trying out a few things, so bare with me. there may be more changes, and i apologize. I’m not big on launching something that says come back when it’s finished. I’ve done already and i regret it, and i’ll probably do it again. But hopefully you’ll forgive me it. With that said, look for changes soon, nothing to major, but some changes are a comin’ and the ideas they are a churnin’
PS. i don’t like to capitalize in blogs when i type. i think it’s because i’m lazy.
so i’ve been laying in the bed since friday evening. literally. Thought i would clear the air and let everyone know what exactly is going on. On friday i was unloading a shopvac (of all things) out of the car when we got back to Tuscaloosa from bham and when i leaned over i went down with it. After waiting a while we decided that since Tara was at the ER, that we should go and be seen since i was in a lot of pain. Thankfully she was there and i was able to skip the 4 hour wait (i did feel bad for bypassing everyone, but i wasn’t ahead of any trauma patients or anything). So they did an MRI and found that i had a ruptured or herniated, or blown out, disc. whatever you want to call it, in my lower back. They asked if i wanted to be admitted to the hospital and that i could possibly get it operated on the next day. I said no, thinking i could man up and at least be ok through Sunday and take part in my worship duties at church. Turns out that was not happening and i spent the next 3 days in the bed in a lot of pain, but thanks to medication slept most of the time. So monday morning we were able to get an appointment to have a nerve block (essentially an epidural like pregnant women get during labor) to help ease the pain and try and shrink the herniation of the disc. When we got the appointment they told me not to eat or drink anything until after. That was rough because i hadn’t eaten since the evening before, and even then it was 1 sandwich. So between then and when i saw the doctor i almost fainted twice, so that was awesome. The Dr. told me that hopefully this block would last at least until Monday and that it would really help the pain and i should be ok for a while, but it really just pro-longs the inevitable, which is surgery. Now i’ll be the first to say that i don’t want to deal with that non-sense, but we are going to listen to see what the neurologist says next monday when we go and see him. I must say, i have made it a long time with this problem. They found that this disc was bulging out back in 2003, so i guess i’ve been lucky that i haven’t had more problems with it since then, just your run of the mill “man my back hurts today” kind of thing. So currently we are praying for healing and wisdom to know what the next decision will be. Obviously we want this taken care of before Emma comes along, and i’ll do whatever i have to do to fix my back so that i can lean over and pick up my little girl whenever i want to in the future and not wonder if my back is going to give way or not. So please join us in praying that things can be fixed and we will know what the right thing to do is. You all know how it is when 20 people tell you 20 different things and everyone thinks their solution is the best one. I love having opinions, but it sure makes it tough sometimes to know what to do next.
I do want to brag on my wife a little. Even though she’s pregnant and not feeling well all the time herself, she’s probably the best nurse i could ask for. She’s a natural care-giver who is going to be the best mom in the world to this little one below
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also, it was a little weird that my sister was the one who gave me the morphine shot in the butt at the ER, but i’m thankful for her being there and getting me in so fast and making me feel a lot better, even if i don’t remember half of what happened after that shot. So i got over the weirdness real fast, when all i wanted was to not hurt anymore.
below is the sample video slideshow that I made. Let me know what you think. Hit me up on my facebook page and let me know if you have questions. The price is the same as a normal portrait session, which is $150.00 This includes a disc of all the images that i take and edit, as well as the slideshow video.
