For Aunt Laura and Uncle Chuck;

Thank you so much for the Christmas gifts!! The kids both love them and they are going back and forth between the train and the dollhouse. And of course we love the foodie gifts too :) I took a couple videos of them opening them.

sigh of relief

Camryn had a visit with her dermatologist today to try to figure out what the spots all over her are. He diagnosed her with urticaria pigmentosa. Which is basically a bunch of  masses of histamines in her skin. it can get irritated and itch, but it isn't cancerous, life threatening, or dangerous. And, it should be gone by the time she is five. I was really worried about it. I wasn't sure what it was and after Carter's eye appointment (I'll explain that in a minute) I was worried about what it could be. So, huge relief there!

Now, on to Carter. He went to the eye doctor on Friday. He was diagnosed with Duane's Syndrome. That is where the outside nerve of his left eye is missing. He can not turn his left eye towards his ear. We thought he just had lazy eye. I don't think I was quite prepared to hear that he wasn't fixable. However, it isn't life threatening, or anything that is going to have a major effect on his life. He has to turn his head a bit more to the left to see things on that side, but other than that, it isn't too big of a deal. It was kind of a shock to my system to hear that there really isn't anyway to fix it, as I was expecting them to just tell us he needed to wear a patch for a couple hours a day and he'd be as good as new in a few months. I'm also pretty sure Camryn has the same thing. She has an appointment scheduled in july for an evaluation as well. The doctor said it isn't hereditary, but Google says it can be. So I guess we will find out then if I don't know how to make a baby with a 6th cranial nerve ;)

Happy 1st Birthday Camryn

Today is camryn first birthday! we're having a party this afternoon for her. I can't hardly believe it has been a year already. it goes by soooo fast!!

here is a picture of the cake I made her...




and here is a few from her cake smash session:

There are more pics on facebook too ;)

Easter Pictures for Angie

here ya go! I uploaded these through blogger so the don't look as crisp as they really are.
ps-there is a new post on www.junedalephotography.blogspot.com

Taking a leap!

I've decided to take a leap into the photography world. I'm branching out and offering to photograph some friend's kids/families to grow my portfolio. it is my hope to someday be a "professional". Wow that word scares me!! I don't think I'm anywhere near the caliber of a professional photographer, but the only way to get there is to keep on practicing. I feel like I have SO much more to learn. I'm constantly researching and reading everything I can get my hands on to learn all I can. I'm excited to be given the opportunity to do something I have fallen in love with.
I signed up on a photo lab website a month or so ago and had to have a business name to make an acct. SHH! don't tell them I didn't really have a business yet! lol But they were offering a free print for new account holders, and i couldn't resist. So anyways, I've been thinking about what I want to call my far-off-in-the-future business. Do I want to use my own name? not really. it isn't a common name and I don't want people to wonder "how do you say that?" or "I'm going with Sally Sue photography, because i can't pronounce this one". Well I think, after a few weeks of contemplating in the back of my mind, I have settled on a name. JuneDale Photography. It incorporates both of my kid's middle names and is sort of a tribute to them. After all, everything I do now is for them. SO they should get some credit ;) Get ready to see this on all my photos:

I know I haven't been good at blogging lately. (you can thank facebook. I post everything over there!) So while this blog doesn't get much attention from me anymore, I am hoping that my new blog, JuneDale Photography, will have tons of new posts as I begin to photograph people other than my kids! They run when they see my camera now anyways, so I HAVE to find new people to take pictures of if I'm going to grow :)

here are a few from Easter:

Camryn 9 months and Carter 3 years

Just a quick share!

I took some pictures of my cousin Kerri's 2.5 month old baby boy, Donovan, a few weeks ago and just wanted to share. i'll be posting Carter's 3 year old pictures soon...