Carston is 2!! - Hull, Iowa Photography

I had the pleasure of taking this little cuties 2 year portraits! We may or may not have bribed him with candy ;)

Baby Seth's One Year Portraits!! - Photography in Hull, IA

Baby Seth is actually a whole year old...time flies!!! And I don't care if he is one year..he will always be "Baby" Seth to me!! His party is later today, I can't wait to post the present that the Farmer and I got him!! Until then, enjoy his one year portraits by Southern Belle Portraiture! I also got a few shots of big brother, Asher, and even a couple of the little cuties together!!! In case you didn't get the memo, these are my newest nephews! The Farmer's brother and sister-in-laws boys! :)

Precious Baby Ryan!! Hull, Iowa Photographer

Do you remember this fun shoot of adorable Emily and Lincoln?
http://thefarmerandthesouthernbelle.blogspot.com/2009/10/southern-belle-portraiture.html
Hehe..like I've done soo many shoots you can't remember :)


Well Baby Ryan is their cousin!! He is soo precious!! The little baby elf hat I bought was too small, but I brought along some other fun props! I think they turned out super cute!! Thanks so much Courtney, for letting me get some great baby practice!! Let me clarify, I mean great baby practice with photography...don't need any rumors getting started, hehehe!! ;)


These are some of my faves...I wasn't sure why everything he had was orange, until I realized Courtney's husband is a football coach and orange is their school's color...duh! I should have guessed that :)

Another Shoot!!! - Hull, Iowa Photographer

It finally cleared up!!! Today was gorgeous (it has been raining ALL month!) so I took some pics of my neighbors over my lunch break...before it starts to rain again tomorrow!! Ugghhh!!

They are such cuties..it was too fun :) I even got to use two of my new chairs!! Here are some of my faves!!

Just in case you are wondering what i've been up to, I'll give you a re-cap!!! On Saturday I had my first 4-H club meeting as a leader!! It was really fun!! I am one of three leaders for the club and we have around thirty kids signed up! We were supposed to "walk ditches" which means walk along the highway and pick up trash..as a community project. I had no idea what walking ditches was, so as soon as I figured it out, I began to panic!!! I was all dressed up to head to Sioux Falls right after the meeting to meet up with my good friend Tracey, for a day of shopping fun!! I was not aware of the "activity" that had been scheduled, or I would have dressed accordingly! Apparently none of the kids were aware either because they weren't dressed to walk in the mud (see above regarding aforementioned month of rain) and it was cold! Anyway I gently nudged the other leaders to reschedule this little project, and it worked..I didn't even have to go all drama queen on them!! :) After the meeting I met up with Tracey and we had an A-MAZING lunch at Johnny Carinos!! MMMMMMmmmmmmm! Then we shopped the day away!! Soo fun!! It is nice that Sioux Falls is sort of a mid point for both of us, so we can meet up from time to time!

I also had my first Discover 4-H class today! This is an after-school program for 2nd and 3rd graders to get them interested in 4-H. I will help with this twice a month...so it's just enough to get my fill without going insane!! I kept thinking that I was a pretty mellow kid at that age and it wouldn't be that big a deal...boy was I wrong!! I should have compared it to my niece, then I would have remembered how that age really acts!! They weren't terrors, but they weren't angels either!! It will be interesting :)

The only other big thing going on is HARVEST!!! It has been at a stand still because of the weather but got jump started again today!! I have only seen my Farmer for about 20 minutes all day!! He had to get up (which means he woke me up!) at 3:00 this morning because they got a load of calves in from Montana, then the Harvest madness began!! Sine the rain is coming back again tomorrow...I guess I will have a husband again for a few days :)

Southern Belle Portraiture!!! - Hull, Iowa Photographer

I had my first official "non-relative" photo shoot this afternoon!!! I am soo excited!! I think the pics turned out great!!

My sister-in-law's (Brandi) sister in-law (Megan) was in town visiting her parents, who go to our church, and she had heard I was looking for "subject matter" for my photography, so she gladly offered up her two precious kids, Emily and Lincoln! I'm hoping to get to photograph their newborn cousin sometime soon...tiny precious baby photography!! swoon!!! :)

I figured I needed a name for my budding hobby and decided on Southern Belle Portraiture...mainly because Southern Belle Photography is already taken!! I am going to start work on a website at the end of the month so stay tuned!!!

These are some of my faves from the shoot!! Enjoy :)