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Down for the count...

WoW!  am I behind of blogging.  I promise I will catch up soon.  As you know I am about 27 weeks pregnant and with all the hysteria of H1N1 and seasonal flu, I did my best to try and stay clear of the bugs going around. I did receive my seasonal flu vaccine but was unable to get H1N1 to date. So despite my great efforts I was unable to fully escape the wrath of this year's flu.

Last week the flu hit me.  Not sure from where but I have never been sick for that long in my life.  I was out of work for a week and simply laying in bed (which isn't fun when you are sick but even worse when pregnant).  My doctor was monitoring me to make sure I was recovering quickly and I was able to take Tamiflu which must have helped.

Was it H1N1 or seasonal?  Who knows, I was not hospitalized (thank God) so we will never know.  But my son thought it was so cool that I had to wear a mask around the house.  Although after a few days he was getting a lil frustrated that I couldn't play.

The good news is I made it out the other side; I am not 100% yet but in the clear (I hope).  So thank you for everyone's good thoughts and patience.

So now on to catching up on the blog...

Stay healthy everyone...

kjp

Point Loma on a Sunday...

Point Loma is beautiful, especially the day I drove out to do a portrait session with Laura's family.  Their house is high up and you can see the ocean.  The view was great, the sky was blue and the sun was shining.

I met the cutest little girl, Maggie. 

 

and her new baby brother Sam.

 

With a little coercing we got some fun shots.  Here is one of my favorites of Maggie with her older brothers.

 

Here are some more fun shots:

 

 

 

They were so much fun and so cute.

Happy Wednesday everyone.

kjp

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REMINDER: If you would like to book session this holiday season please e-mail me at kjpinfo@gmail.com with the dates you are interested in.  You can check my calendar on my website for available dates.

I will not be doing any sessions after December 6th (date could change depending on pregnancy) until Spring 2010.

www.katejamesphotography.com

 

 

and baby makes four...

A few weeks ago I met a great family.  Their daughter is so wonderful and their son is just adorable.  He was a good sport seeing as it was evening and he was the main attraction for pics.

Baby Angelo just wanted to sleep and we kept waking him up.  But he sure was a cute lil tiger.  Here see what I mean:

I wanted to bite his cheeks, but we were trying to get everything in before we completely lost the sun and he was tired, so he slipped by with out even a cheek nibble.  With  a little hard work from his funny looking uncle we got some great little laughs.

 

He even posed for some family shots:

 

While Baby was taking a break we did some shots of the 3 girl cousins, they are all gorgeous and so fun:

 

Look how cute father and daughter are:

After all his hard work Angelo got his wish and he took some Zzz's.

I was exhausted myself.  Being pregnant and rolling around on the ground is not as easy these days.

But looking at the portraits after I am done makes it all worthwhile. 

Stay tuned - more to come...

kjp

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REMINDER: If you would like to book family session this season please e-mail me at kjpinfo@gmail.com with the dates you are interested in.  You can check my calendar on my website for available dates.

www.katejamesphotography.com

 

Setting a date...

As most, if not all, of you know I am pregnant and expecting another baby boy this January.  I wanted to let everyoone know who is interested in holiday shots that I will begin my pregnancy hiatus Dec 15th.  So that means only 11 weeks to go...dates are filling up quick.  So if you are interested in getting family portraits done to use this holiday season for holiday cards your session will need to be completed before Dec 6th.

E-mail me at kjpinfo@gmail.com for availabilty.  As an additional resource, my website calendar will be update by Friday with dates that have been reserved and available dates.

Happy Wednesday everyone...

kjp

Jessica & Brian

 Coronado is so beautiful.  I had the pleasure of meeting a wonderful couple a few weeks ago.  We ventured out to Coronado to take some engagement shots.  It was a hot day and even though the fog rolled in and stole our sunset at one point we managed to squeeze in a  few nice shots.

 We started by the ferry landing, which has a wondeful back drop of the downtown skyline.

Then we headed over to the beach were Jessica and Brian actually got engaged.

Congrats to both of you.  It was a lot of fun, my pregnant body was exhausted after all the walking but it was wonderful getting to know you both.  I am so excited to witness your vows in just a few weeks. 

See you soon, Enjoy!

kjp

So much fun and sooooo cute...

So a few weeks ago I met a beautiful little girl who was 4 months old.  She was such a  happy baby and was the pride of the entire family.  Her parents were given a  gift certificate to have some photographs of their new baby. We had so much fun.  We took a few hours to just play and have some fun.  Then we went outside to grandma's lovely garden to get some family shots as well.

Take a peak:

 

It was so lovely meeting every one in the family.  Thank you again for letting me capture a few hours of your lives.

kjp

17wks 4days exactly...

Yesterday was my big ultrasound.  Everything went very well.  We brought James with us and he absolutely loved it.  He was so excited to see the baby on the screen.  He got to see arms, legs, hands the head.  He just loved it and loves the pictures.  So BabyG2 looks great and weighs approx 7 oz.  Which makes me think where did the other 20 pounds I am carrying come from???

Anyhoo, yes we are finding out the sex (we did not with our first).  BUT  the results are in an envelope, at home, sealed, on our bookshelf.  We have not opened it yet to find out.  We are planning on having a  party to tell everyone but not sure when.  I will let you know when we all know.  (wink)

Here is BabyG2 in all his or her glory:

Top pic:  Profile

Bottom pic:  Flexing his/her muscle just like mama and James do.

 

Enjoy!

Stay tuned for baby Reese sneak peek in a  few days.

First day of School

So my son started preschool this year. He is 3.5 years old and was really excited, until....

The first few days we had tears (mostly by me) and they still linger every now and again (me again), but overall he is doing so well and I think secretly loves it.  I know he misses his Licha, but she is waiting for him every day at noon after school.

He has already made two art projects in his first week and also got to see "where jesus lives."  LOL

Too cute.

So here is a picture of him on his first day.  Looking so handsome and big.

 

We are so proud of you big boy.  I love hearing how each day went when I get home.

You get to see your Tia, Fita and Papa every day at school, what a special treat.  I must admit I am jealous that I am stuck at the office.

Keep up the good work.

Baby Jack is 3 months old

I need to do a  little catch up today.  Let's start with Baby Jack; who is getting so big.  I photographed his mommy when he was still in the belly.  I photographed him when he was just a  few days old and  I have had the pleasure of seeing this little boy get cuter and cuter each month.  His smile will light up a room.  He is just so much fun.  I was smiling the whole time I processed his pictures.

Check out this smiley boy:

Don't you just want to eat him up.

Stay tuned for more posts.

Back in Action!

OK so I have been away for some time and I really do have a great explanation.  I am 14 weeks pregnant and have been pretty sick.  In fact, the computer was making me sick just looking at it.  I think I am past that part, although still a bit sick, I can finally sit in front of the computer again for longer than 10 minutes.

Not only had I taken time off from blogging but from everything photography.  So hopefully now I am back and ready to go.  LOL

Back in June, :)  I had the pleasure of photographing a lovely family from Northern California in town for some vacation time.  This was no ordinary family either.  Becky, the mommy, and I have known eachother since we were 3 years old.  Trust me when I tell you we have been friends for a very long time.  No need to blurt out how long exactly....

They have the most beautiful family and even though we live far apart now whenever we are togther we do not skip a beat.

We met in Coronado for some sunset beach shots.  Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you guys had a wonderful vacation and it was so nice to hang out for a few days.

See you soon.

kjp