San Antonio Photographer, Children and Families-moxie photography studio

One last thought...

 I just read through a few of my posts and I know it seems like I am OBSESSING over newborns.  AND I am...many of you probably feel the same aches that I have when you know you are not having any more children.  IT is one half relief and the other half of some sort of sadness.

SO, in order for me to satisfy my need to have another...I hope that you will keep sending this photographer... newborn babies.  Because not only are you going to get great photos, but you can have someone cuddle your child for a few hours and you just get to sit back and relax during the session ;-)

Oh no, I think I made a mistake ;-)...

and sold our CRIB!  I made an executive decision the other day to stop at 2.  One girl and one boy is really all we can handle in this type A family.

So why the remorse?  well you are about to see...

THE MOST AMAZING, CUDDLY, YUMMY, SWEET little 3 day old boy.  Seriously, I really tried not to touch him much.  He was so perfect in every way.  Which brings me to a point.  I know 3 days old seems to some...well a little early and maybe even extreme.  But if you already have children you can agree with me...the first few days..they sleep almost the entire time.  And so was the case with this little man.  I photographed him for about 3 hours and he only fussed when we changed his diaper.  I probably will blog some more pictures of this guy, but for tonight we will start with this one.

OH...and P.S.  Thanks SO much, Chrystie, you were such a great help, we were lucky to have you help us and I am sure Annie feels lucky to have a great friend.

Signing off...nikki

JUST gotta LOVE those Babies

Photographing babies or A baby...is something 10 years ago I would have NEVER thought of doing and now I can't imagine NOT doing it.  Having 2 young ones of my own probably helps...but on the other hand, I DO believe in karma (which is a whole story within itself), which has led me to this great career of being a "photographer."

Here is and adorable 8 month old...more on her and her family tomorrow, but as usual it is past midnight and I am needing to hit the sack, because I am taking the kids out to play tomorrow and being MOM is needs much more sleep than being PHOTOGRAPHER!

As many of you know I like SLOBBER!

BUT I know that some don't...so here is it WITHOUT! Dont you just love the magic of PS.

Twins...and my thoughts for this Friday.

More about this photo shoot tomorrow...oops, I mean today!

IT is 11:49 a.m. and I am actually posting...don't freak out!  Nothing is wrong with me, Grace is at Spanish camp, I am watching Devin be a super dare devil and I am thinking.

1. What happened to the precious little snuggler I gave birth to a couple of years ago? Although, he is fun watch in all his fury...I am thinking maybe I need an ER rider on my insurance policy.  YES...all of you that told me boys are different and I said...Oh...not mine...he is so laid back...well you were right...he is slowly becoming, "monkey boy!"
2. Today after dropping Grace off...I couldn't resist a Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit...hmm...but best of all the girl handing the bag to me smiled and said have a great day...like she really meant it.  It really is about customer service, right!
3. Thinking of that.  I know that many of my clients are small business owners and for some reason during all the help that has been handed out...we have been left out.  So what ever little thing I can do, I will.  So I will be creating a small business list on my blog...listing all my clients businesses.  So if you want a link...let me know.  Its only $5!  No..just kidding...its free!
4. OH NO...Devin found the play dough.  HOLD ON A MINUTE as I>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> OK I am back...WHEW almost a play dough mess.  If your kids are not old enough to play with it, I highly recommend, walking right past that aisle once they are old enough! And Grandparents, DONT EVEN THINK ABOUT ;-)
5. And on another note...I am going to be moving the studio.  WHAT????  Well with the growth and my need to be more available to the kids, I have two choices...one, to move closer to downtown or two have the studio up north or closer to me.  Well, option 1 was the idea...but trying to get the house on the market is harder than I thought.  AND I am wanting to move my office OUT of the house...so I need a space for the editing equipment and my lights, etc...if you see a space that looks like it gets a ton of daylight in it...let me know.

And on to the picture below.  Thank you Anna and mario for your help yesterday, I could NOT have done it without you. After leaving this shoot I could only reminisce about when grace was that age.   OMG...these girls were just so cuddly and amazing.  I was so glad to hit the sack knowing it had been a great day.

Couldn't go to bed without...

posting this image.  Although I do now I have an alarm set for midnight that reminds me that I NEED to go to bed.

1. Things are looking up at the Loehr house as all my "sickies"  are getting better.
2. I am kicking myself for wasting all that water in the spring to keep my grass "green."  I thought this year I would be diligent on keeping up the yard...hmmm...crunch, crunch, crunch
3. I have been CRAVING ice cream.  Maybe it is all this NEWBORN photography I have been doing lately?  What is a lactose intolerant person to do?
4. I have lots of irons in the fire right now.  But I promise to do that "summer" special I promised some of you.

Gotta run...that is to bed...my midnight is now 1:32 a.m.

On to the picture post...Someone higher up is trying to cure my newborn wants! He was a little older than most newborns we photograph...but at 4 weeks he wasn't much bigger than mine straight out of the womb.  How crazy is that (on my part...both kids born early and weighted 8 and 9 lbs respectively!) 

Guess who is going to be up all night?

CROUP...its June...go figure. We have never had croup before this year...EVER...and now I think we are on our 4 or 5th case of it.  What is up San Antonio?  ...now back to being a mommy.  More on mother's intuition tomorrow.

The belated Father's Day photo!

Here is the picture I had planned to post on FATHER's DAY!  After taking this picture of the Van De Kieft Men, I was enlightened to the fact that My husbands Grandfather is still alive and kicking at 93 years old  (I think he might be one of the oldest people on facebook!!)...and SO I SHOULD Be thinking about taking a photo of the Loehr Men this summer.  I can't believe that I didn't even think of doing this until now.

The picture I am posting is from a family photo shoot and you might recognize the cute little guy in the middle.  Although this shoot never intended to be a "father's" day photo blog...it is just so fitting.

Thanks Van De Kieft's for allowing me to capture some really great moments...I hope you enjoyed San Antonio and you are probably thinking...thank god we didn't come during the heat wave!!

Honestly...

what is in the air?  My allergies have kicked up into high gear and well...I need to breathe again!

Welcoming a newborn and Happy Fathers day!

OK...first I want to wish all the dads out there...HAPPY Fathers DAY!  AND to let  you know that I really had planned this Special BLOG post.  BUT unfortunately the days slipped by and I never got to do it.  I do want to say this...IF you are like me...and still haven't bought that gift... RUN to your nearest electronics store and buy a digital picture frame for your guy.  I did this a few years ago and my hubby loves it.  He has it in his office and loves the fact he can display new pictures all the time without cluttering his office.  That said...if you run out and buy one and need digital files...well...I am out town for the next 5 days.  BUT I will and can get them to you when I get back.  Just ask for the father's day special ;-)

Now on to my newborn photo session from the other day.  I love this MOM and I just knew if I could get this post up before I left...she would be ecstatic (you will be, right, jenni!).  This is Jenni's first baby.  And if you are the the mother of more than one...or even just one...maybe you can leave a message on the blog, a funny story or just some simple advice.  B/C everyone of us struggle at first and it is always nice to know that we weren't the only ones. 

And really...here is why I love doing portraits vs commercial work (not to say I don't love the commercial work (wink) ) ...I think the picture says it all!

My Last Senior of '09...

and I will have to say this was probably one of the most exhausting shoots I have ever done.  BUT in a GOOD way!  With no assistant (yes, heather..I thought about calling you in the wee hours of sunday morning!!)...I embarked on an amazing shoot.  Meeting a few days before the shoot...Ashley, her mother, and I had come up with some great ideas...SO what made it so exhausting, was that I, yes I, shot about 580 images. But, I couldn't help myself, because we had so many cool ideas. So, narrowing these down to 40ish is going to be REAL hard. Thanks to mom and grandma...who were my "honorary" assistants that day.