Little Jordan was born only two days before his mother’s scheduled maternity photoshoot which we have had organised in February already.  He was 2 months premature and weighed in at only 1.9kgs.  Now, even though he is still small you can see his little cheeks are already getting fat So we decided to swop their professional maternity photoshoot for a professional newborn photoshoot, problem solved.  Jordan now weighs in at almost 3 kgs and is the picture of health.  His eyes were a little sensitive to the lights and so I had to turn them down even more to make sure his eyes wouldn’t be all teary.  As you can see we really make the photoshoot all about your little angel  Jordan is almost three months old and so he decided he was going to stay awake througout the entire newborn photoshoot.  He is a very talkative little man and looks like his dadI find that some father’s of newborn babies are quite shy and prefer not to take their shirt off for these precious photos, but I think women are more relaxed and can see the picture clearly in their minds.No effort was wasted and they didn’t mind trying all the “poses” I had worked out for little Jordan.  I think a maternity photoshoot gift voucher makes the ideal unique babyshower present, its different and personal.  And buying a voucher like this makes sure the whole family will be included Look at this little face, how can you resist not falling in love with this beautiful baby boy?  Jordan has big brown eyes and I’m sure his mom is going to have her hands full with all the girls running after him…In our photographic studio we specialise in maternity photography, newborn and baby photography and also family photography.  (Basically and kind of portrait photography)  I love the fact that lots of families keep coming back to our studio as their kids get older, it’s amazing to see how much children grow and develop in 8 months time!? This always keeps reminding me how time flies, I used to think people were crazy whenever they mentioned how much I had grown, and I find that now I do the same thing with small kids. Even though Jordan was a premature baby, he is determined not to let it show, look at how strong he is holding his head up like that (if you know baby stage’s, you have an idea what I’m talking about) In this photo we have Hayden who is Jordan’s cousin.  Hayden is absolutely mad about his little cousin, when we started dressing Jordan and he started to cry, Hayden went and sat next to him, held his little hand (kissed it) and kept trying to comfort Jordan.  It was one of the sweetest thing’s I’ve seen. Photography is our passion and we would truly love capturing some of your life’s memories…!

“Like it or not, babies have a hold on your life like nothing else. They can send you into a tizzy with their incessant bawling, or they can tug at your heartstrings with their soft cooing. A baby can make you forget your worries, or add to them if she so desires. However, you can’t help falling in love with your baby, notwithstanding the smelly diapers. Here are some baby quotes to bring all those beautiful feelings flooding back. If you love babies, you will love these baby quotes.”

“As a mother, my job is to take care of what is possible and trust God with the impossible.”Ruth Bell Graham

“Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.”Ed Howe

“Before I got married I had a few theories about bringing up children; now I have a few children and no theories.”John Wilmot

“It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn’t.”Barbara Kingsolver

“Getting down on all fours and imitating a rhinoceros stops babies from crying. (Put an empty cigarette pack on your nose for a horn and make loud “snort” noises.) I don’t know why parents don’t do this more often. Usually it makes the kid laugh. Sometimes it sends him into shock. Either way it quiets him down. If you’re a parent, acting like a rhino has another advantage. Keep it up until the kid is a teenager and he definitely won’t have his friends hanging around your house all the time.”P. J. O’Rourke   You just gotta love this one!

“When babies look beyond you and giggle, maybe they’re seeing angels.”Eileen Elias Freeman
“It was the tiniest thing I ever decided to put my whole life into.”Terri Guillemets

The arrival of a new baby is indeed good news to any family. Coming with the news is the expected baby shower. It is very regular that you would want to host the just right baby shower, when a friend is expecting , with gifts that are both sensible and mark the incident in a way that Mom will keep in mind . While teeny newborn t-shirts, towels and washcloths and sleepers are surely needed things, it is so tempting to have as a minimum one hand made item that baby won’t outgrow in the first three months. If this is what you too have in mind then you need not look any further. We could propose you a baby shower present idea that will become a valuable family heirloom. handmade baby pullovers are the best prize to suit this purpose. A handmade baby blanket need not be very big in size and could in turn become a group project for all you friends who can sit jointly and help in making one. You can exchange squares in pastel shades, embroidering a particular message on each square, with all seamstress signing her name. You could go on further and beautify the corners with a trimming of tie. The most crucial thing that you need to remain in mind while making a handmade baby blanket is that it should be completely fire proof.

The other good idea to consider for a baby gifts is to provide the mother with a baby magazine subscription. Whether this is her first baby or she’s already got a brood of children , baby magazines provide interesting, educational and latest articles on the latest in baby care. A baby subscription magazine will be useful and remembered as a considerate gift, years into the future. Baby magazines provide all she needs to maintain on top of baby’s needs. Today’s baby magazines cover just about every nervousness a new Mom might have. Advice on sleeping positions vary, as new research reveals ahead of unidentified facts. After all, they can give Mom all of their facts of experience . On the other hand, with a gift subscription to all of the baby magazines, you’re giving Mom a assets of the latest knowledge on the subject.

The other outstanding and be suitable item which could be eligible on your list to suit a baby shower is a kids and babies gift basket . Baby gift basket can be beautiful, filled with supportive things that, while reasonably priced; Mom may not have or have thought to purchase herself. A nicely decorated basket can become a keepsake with a practical use in the nursery too. What can make the task a little difficult is when you need to do so on a tight shoe string budget. Crafts stores are full of cute, pretty things, such as strings of hearts, little faux birdies, dried flowers and baby bracelet alphabet strings you can fix on the basket with a glue gun. This will give you ample ideas to use and put to task. So now you have lots of ideas on how to fill and beautify a baby gift basket on a shoestring. Yet another wonderful adding to your baby gift basket is an envelope full of coupons.

With these ideas there is no doubt in the fact that your present for the baby shower will not only be special but will also be practical!

It doesn’t take a scientist to tell you that almost every woman on this planet thinks about their wedding day (gathering ideas and colour schemes) long before the day she actually gets engaged.  So right after this I would put Matric Farewell, also a once in a lifetime day for most of us and truly special.  It’s all about finding the perfect dress, shoes
and accessories (and of course the gorgeous date    ).  Firstly everyone wants to look different, so since the beginning of the year every matric girl pages through magazines and surfs the internet to find ideas for their magical matric farewell dress and whole outfit actually…

You can either have your matric dance dress made (and design it yourself by combining other ideas and creating your own masterpiece), or you can go to hundreds of shops and look
for THE dress…

Samantha ’s mom D.ann contacted Ryan (Louise’s husband, they’re cousins) to photograph her daugter’s matric farewell, and being professional photographers we made sure we reserved the date for this special lady. On arriving at the house I was introduced to their 7 dogs and 10 birds (from parrots to love birds and even a beautiful bird called
an Eclectis)

Samantha is a dancer, she does Latin-American, Hip-Hop and Freestyle (and others that I can’t remember off the top of my head)  So she has a great physique and her professional make-up artist ( who also does her make-up for dancing competitions) knew exactly how to apply her make-up, eyelash extensions and bronzer . He even had a “gold) spray for Samantha’s hair, to darken her hair almost the same as bronzer you put on your skin, but just for your hair.  He also had Sam stand with her head bent over and sprayed a product onto her hair and let it
“set” to make sure the volume in the curls would stay there the whole night long (probably the next day too…    )

After taking some posed family photos to add to her matric dance photo album we left for Eagle Canyon Golf Estate just off Beyers Naude to meet the stretch Hummer Limousine. I just had to take a few fun “girl” photos in the car, leaning against the car etc…   Sam and Daniel was so impressed with the limo that they insisted that I take a few
pics inside as well.

I had a great time with you guys and I’m sure your evening was fun-filled!  Can’t wait to photograph your dance competitions…
Riani

“If you saw a man drowning and you could either save him or photograph the event…what kind of film would you use?” – Anonymous

“The quickest way to make money at photography is to sell your camera.” – Anonymous

“The rarest thing in the world is a woman who is pleased with photograph of herself.” – Elizabeth Metcalf  

“Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don’t have film.” – Stephen Wright

“While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see.”  ~Dorothea Lange

“Often while traveling with a camera we arrive just as the sun slips over the horizon of a moment, too late to expose film, only time enough to expose our hearts.”  ~Minor White

Well Mikey is finally 6 years old and he is so chuffed!! He says that now he and Jamie are really twins as they are both 6 years old today!!! We were up at 5:20am of course (who can sleep late on their birthday??) and Mikey was absolutely delighted with his presents.

He got a Manchester United T-shirt with Ronaldo on the back (can you believe his dad actually allowed us to buy it for him!!!) but the look on his face when he saw it was all worth it…. And we got him a small fuusball which just made his day! Jamie was also so excited that he ran up to me and gave me a huge hug and said: “Thank you, thank you mommy!” It was so precious….

Florence made Mikey a beautiful birthday cake which he decided to keep for this afternoon because Demi was still sleeping and he wanted her to see him blow the candles out again (I think he just likes all the attention he gets when he is blowing out the candles…) But Demi just loves parties so she will enjoy all the fuss later on…..

The boys have just left for school now – Mikey has karate this afternoon and Jamie has chess but after that, we will be going to Spur for our usual birthday celebration dinner of course! The boys are so excited!!!

Mikey’s party was on Saturday afternoon at the Action Soccer Arena in Meyersdal and they had a fantastic time!! All his school friends and family friends were there and they managed to play 2 serious games of soccer while the little ones (and some of the girls) played on the field next door….. Mikey and Jamie both scored a few goals and had a wonderful time. Mikey was given a trophy for being the birthday boy which was just the cherry on top!

The thing about having a photography business is that we always have a professional photographer on hand to take professional photos at all our events and birthday parties! Thank you Riani for taking such lovely pics for us – a birthday party is so special and they make memories which you will treasure forever so the photos really mean a lot to me… But then again, I really am passionate about photographs and about capturing life’s memories…. Now all I need is to make a personalised dvd of all the photos as the kids just love to see themselves on the TV (and that way we can post it on the net for Granny and Grandad to see)

Back to the party: Even though it was a soccer party, we had to have a Ben 10 cake and Ben 10 party packs which Mikey planned very diligently before the time…. It was a wonderful party and the kids had lots and lots of fun! Even Demi had a ball (no pun intended) – she really does think she is 6 years old and wants to do exactly what the boys do! She of course discovered the sweet table and like her brother had way too many sweets for a little one…. oh well, your brother only turns 6 once I suppose!!!

Thank you to all our friends and family for making it a special party! It means a lot to us to have all of you there! We missed Granny and Grandad but we will make up for it when we see you guys in a few weeks time….

To my special birthday boy Mikey, mommy loves you more than you can imagine! You fill our home with so much joy and we are so grateful to have you as part of our family…. I hope that your year as a 6 year old is filled with health and growth and learning and fun!!! May all your 6 year old dreams come true!!! Happy Birthday Mikey!!! Mwah!!!

When Geting a Men’s Wedding Ring a person would only want the highest quality and nothing less. A person might not know what different options they have when Geting a men’s wedding ring,the first thoughts that may come into mind would inevitably be the traditional custom metals. The highest way to go in Geting a men’s wedding ring would be what precisely suits your needs the most. The simple thought of Geting a men’s wedding ring could turn into a great struggle. When searching for the highest metals for a men’s wedding ring one can often turn to the tungsten carbide rings, titanium rings and stainless steel rings. These specific men’s wedding rings are slowly but surely rising in and have proven to be the highest metals for men’s wedding rings.

When choosing an exact[/spin] ring one must be knowledgeable about all the qualities it has to offer. For instance the tungsten carbide ring is scratch resistent. This precise men’s wedding ring can perpetuately be polished, and are referred to as the perpetuately polished ring. If a individual were to be interested in the tungsten ring with out the carbide composition a stainless steel ring would be the best men’s wedding ring. The titanium Mens Wedding Bands are very lightweight, but is a very hard ring as well. It offers abundant amounts of designs that allows for diversity. Many of the other steel rings do not have this option. If one does not want to worry about their ring oxidizing, stainless steel or titanium would be the best choice! Each of these various metals have various characteristics that make them unique in many ways.

Unlike things in life, with Mens Weddings Rings one does not have to sacrifice any of the ambitions to get precisely what one has in mind. Every man is unique in his own way, and the wedding ring should reflect that. This prefect day in a man’s life is very significant and the ring should be a memory of that prefect day. A wedding is a great gift in life and every aspect of it should be perfect. After spending numerous hours deciding on the type of music that will be played, the flavor of the cake, the color of the flowers, who should sit where, and numerous other aspects that go into planning a wedding it is nice to know that there are many options when choosing a men’s wedding ring so everyone is satisfied at the end of the day.