Long time-- no posts!

So we have been gone for such a long time! We drove to Chicago (see some pics here), Then I went to G.G.'s to visit and help her with her house. J had fun and stayed in Chicago with Babcia and Dziadek while Uncle Peter was visiting from Poland. (see those pics here! :-) ) Then I came back and took some pics of some sweet families, see here and here. I'll try to post a better update soon. I just wanted to let you all know we are all good and back under the same roof!

That was.....?

Today, my friend called and as soon as I hung up, J said, "That was......?", asking who I talked to! It was so funny, like a parent asking a teenager who was calling! :-) She also ate a half of a cinnamon raisin bagel with cream cheese for breakfast! Who knew she would like it so much! Today we are off to Mainly Music with some friends. Next week, we are driving to Chicago for the fun of the road trip with my two sisters, J and L. J's uncle Peter is visiting from Krakow so it will be good to see him. J will stay in Chi-town for a bit to have a longer visit and I will go to Lubbock to visit my grandma with my mom. Busy times for us, not to mention, I'm in the process of editing over 3000 images from this weekend, from senior pics, to baby births, to a wedding! I'm busy!

I love this job!

Monday, I had the wonderful opportunity to spend some time with a sweet, sweet family as they welcomed their 2nd child into the world. Here is Brayden with his parents and sister. Congratulations!

Pictures of our daughter!!!

Yay! Check here for some photos of little J. Here is a sneak peek: I also had the wonderful opportunity to photograph a sweet family of 3+1 on the way! Little Brayden will be here tomorrow! Here are a few pics from last weekend, as we walked around campus and enjoyed this nice spring weather!

Fun Senior Photo Session

So, as many of you know, I have been busy with my photography business. This weekend I had the pleasure of spending some time with Elyssa and her brother Nick and sister Molly. Here are a few shots from that sweet family! And if you want to see even more, click here: www.jessicaklimaphotography.com/Elyssa

Busy as a Bee!

I have been so busy lately, taking photos left and right. Here are some of my recent shoots:

Baby Hadlee 7 Months old - Girly Girl!!!
Jamie and Mindy Engagement session 1 - Downtown
Jamie and Mindy Engagement session 2 - At the Park
Plus, I have tons of cute pics of J that I need to share. Like today, she helped me scrub the crayon off of the kitchen floor and then I painted her nails for the first time and she kept asking, "Do I look nice?". She is a little sweetie!

I also got some of the coolest business cards in the mail. I'll have to share some pics of those as well.

We all enjoyed L's mom's visit over the past week. She kept us full of good cooking! We look forward to seeing her again soon!

More updates to come! Happy weekend everybody!

P is also for...

POOP!!! Today J pooped in her potty for the first time. She was just so excited and said, "I did it! Wanna do it again?!?!?!". It was so cute. Here she is a few weeks ago but I just love this picture. Have a great weekend!

Another cute picture

J having fun at the mall

Happy Heart Day!

I just had to share a quick pic of J before she goes to school today:

From Julia V Day outfit

She is holding her new favorite little black sheep. More updates soon! Happy Valentines Day!

Party for V-Day!

J had her school party today for Valentine's Day! It looks like the Valentine's aisle exploded on our counter top this afternoon when we came home. Here are a few pics from today:

Peanut positive

This is what J's skin test looked like. She is allergic to peanuts! The purple mark is the letter "P" for peanut to show where he pricked her with the peanut extract. We will see how it goes and we are getting her epi-pen prescription filled as we speak.

Git Along Lil' Doggie.... er... ummm... Cow?

Last week J's school celebrated "Western Week". They had snacks like smores, trail mix, beef jerky, and beans, yum! I volunteered to take photos of all the classes on the cute little display they put together. I ended up with almost 100 kiddos photos! I'm working on editing them now and they are turning out so cute! Here are a few of J in her favorite jacket, her "Cow Jacket". She also wore it to school this week, evidently she likes being stared at on the playground and addressed as "Moo! Moo!" by all the kids. (The teachers informed me this was what went down on the playground that day.) Here she is, a "cow" riding a "horse". Now you've seen everything!

From 2009-01-30 Western Week at STA

I love the little tail hanging in back:

From 2009-01-30 Western Week at STA

Our little cow girl:

From 2009-01-30 Western Week at STA

Is she comfortable on that saddle or what!

From 2009-01-30 Western Week at STA

Let me know what you think of the editing. Should I change anything or does it say "Western" enough to you? Shoot me an email or leave a comment! Thanks and I promise a bigger, better update soon! We've been busy!

T-R-O-U-B-L-E

This weekend, we went to visit Aunt Emily and Uncle Vance to celebrate their new house. J got to spend some time at my parent's house too (where this photo was snapped). We all had a good weekend despite a scare of J breaking out in hives on Saturday night. Some benadryl helped to clear it up and we have an appointment with an allergist coming up. So we will see! I am just hoping it is not peanut allergies or antibiotic allergies. We will keep you updated. Hope you all had a good weekend. -J

J's favorite place

Is HEB! She asks to go there about 3-4 times a day. Here she is on our
latest trip sporting her sunglasses on which she received numerous
compliments.

Jingle January

Today on the way back from the park, L asked J what she wanted for dinner and she said, "I could eat some spaghetti." And L laughed and repeated what she said and she replied, "I could." Very nonchalantly the whole time. Too Funny! Speaking of, J's class sang Jingle Bells at the Christmas Program and she is just now singing it all the time around the house, especially when she has the little silk boquet she carried in Aunt E's wedding. See here, password is "silly":
Julia Sings Jingle Bells from Jess K on Vimeo.

Obama day

Happy inauguration day everyone!

More Holiday Photos

As promised, here are more photos from the holidays. Some are redundant, but enjoy! Also, just some recent things: J loves to point out our shadows on the wall when we are changing her. I started making a rabbit shadow and then showed her how, so now she makes one too! So cute. She can also count to 10 with very little prompting and knows the ABC song, although, some of the letters in her version sound a little off. She is really enjoying Kindermusik and sang "Bom bom" by repeating the teacher in front of class today. She loves to dance to any music! If you are eating something she wants, she says, "I want a bite of that!" At least she doesn't beat around the bush!

Tea anyone???

Today, J and I went to a little tea room in Temple with Hillary, Mom, and two of her friends and their moms. It was good catching up time and I had fun snapping their goofy and cute pictures. They have got to be some of the most photographed girls in the world!

A few holiday photos

Here are a few holiday photos taken around Christmas. The first 2 are of J eating her first ice cream cone and throughly enjoying it! :) The next couple are from her holiday program at her preschool. Then comes our Christmas time spent at my parent's house in Belton with G.G. visiting from Lubbock! Enjoy! I have more to come, it's just taking me some time to wade through them all.