Once again, I am a terrible Blogger!!!  I have had a super busy few weeks….I’ll get into why in another post…but for now, here are my big boy’s 3 year birthday pictures! Enjoy!

I wanted to share my boys’ Valentine’s Day card. It is always so difficult to shoot my own children, as most photographers know!! This day was no less stressful than usual, but I was very happy with the outcome! Here are my special little valentines!

Our family vacation to my hometown was amazing!! The kiddos got to see fall colors and jump in the leaves, which they enjoyed more than I could have ever imagined! It felt so nice to feel the cold…though my Florida thinned blood was shivering at 40 degree temps! LOL. It was also great to be in NY to watch the Yankees win the World Series…even if we didn’t get to go to the game. And although I know my husband would have loved to go to the parade, along with the other 1 million people who were there…it was probably more enjoyable watching it from the couch! Poor guy! Sorry honey….I promise next series win…you are there!!! Well, here are just some of the shots that I was able to capture of our trip. Enjoy!

Here are the boys playing with cousin Emma in the leaves. Look at CJ…he had just landed in the leaves after leaping and catching air…look at that face! He was full on laughing the whole time!!! Pure Joy!!!!

This is Maxine, my canine “sister”. Max is 12 years old, and one of the smartest dogs you will ever meet!!!! She opens the microwave, closes doors on command, and will fetch just about anything you ask her to get! I love you girl, and I miss you like crazy! Thank you for being so patient with JT & CJ!

My beautiful sister in law, and her gorgeous daughter! Wish it wasn’t so cold out this day, as “E” was too cold to continue shooting! It was the coldest day of our trip!!

Finally, I saw these flags lined up and knew that I just had to stop to photograph them. My kiddos had such a great time running through them. My youngest is a wee bit obsessed with flags, and has to scream out “FLAG” every time we drive past one! So, you can only imagine how in awe of this sight he was! LOL

Please allow me to introduce my 13, yes that is right, 13 year old niece, Victoria.  She has the most amazing personality, and I can’t remember the last time I had so much fun!  She is from NY and was staying with us for the past week, and my only regret is that I didn’t have a chance to take her to the beach for a photo shoot, but we were just too busy!  Thank you Vicky for being such an amazing model for me!!  I had a realy great time having you stay with us!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!!  I know this is a bit late, but I decided to take my children for a {post Easter}…Easter Session!  They are of course my favorite subjects, but the most uncooperative, so it is always a fun challenge for me. JT, a former complete ham, has turned into a typical 4 year old with a strong dislike for Mom with ‘that camera’.  Perhaps if someone else were taking the pictures, it might be a little easier to get him to stop making silly faces. Or maybe even to look at the camera at all!!  The good news is in between all the silly faces, I catch a few ‘cracking up laughing’ smiles!  He sure does like to have fun, and that surely shows! Fortunately CJ is still too young to know how annoying Mom can be with her camera! Give him time, and he’ll be running away from me just like JT!

And last but certainly not least, CJ took his first 3 steps on Friday. YAHHHHH!
My little man is trying so hard to walk and wave at the same time.

Here are some random pictures of my kiddos…

Meet JT.  He is incredibly handsome (a little biased, I know, but he is handsome isn’t he?)  He has one heck of a personality and is very funny and charming. He loves Thomas the Tank, riding his jeep, and playing with his little brother!

Meet CJ.  He is just too precious for words.  CJ is so sweet and just adores his big brother.  Right now, he is just about the only willing subject, in my household, for my ‘paparazzi’ like picture taking.  Poor little guy.  He has the most beautiful long eyelashes and is a spitting image of his Great Grandma!  How lucky he is!