i need :: one or two SIX month olds – who can sit fairly well.. and a non-walking NINE month old..  and a not walking, but can pull to standing ONE YEAR old ..

you get :: 30min to one hour session and one 8×10 or smaller of any image from the session

where :: my studio

when :: next week (march 1st-ish) and the week after..

who :: anyone .. current client, referral, just one of you who read the blog and cool with me capturing your little guy or gal!

working on some things and everyone on my calendar right now are a bit bigger than i am needing!

either call 276.791.1725 or send an email nicholle@nichollegoodnightphotography.com

Thank you!

last week was not great.. just not good – in fact i really thought i was going to lose my mind.  with the bad “weather” ..  we had only TWO days of school last week… i had sooo much work to do and just could not get it done – i try to just work on MWF during the school day so we have a balanced family life.. well, i am really quite busy and only having three work days in the past month - i was near insanity!!!  especially when MOST of the days the schools have been closed, a delay would have been more than appropriate.. and then random fever and sickness.. gosh.. finally I stayed up until 2am one night and got caught up and could relax about the kids being home and losing work days..

so, for most of the week ALL the kids were home – ALL DAY.. i tried to come up with non-tv/movie things to do.. we did potato stamp painting, made color wheels, played lots of dolls and legos, squeezed lots of oranges for fresh juice, lots of cooking – made potstickers one day – OMG sooo great.. recipe here… kids loved and helped with assembly..

here’s abby stamping away.. with the triangle.. which obviously Cooper is waiting patiently to steal..

my in-laws sent this AWESOME juicer.. here abby is juicing oranges while emily waits for her turn “emmies turrrrrn”..  we ran through the oranges by Wednesday, so we moved on to lemons for some yummy lemonade.. well the kids were like “um.. it’s not my favorite”.. i kept putting more sugar in.. and it really was pretty tart… finally i wrote my father-in-law and said “apparently I need a recipe for lemonade”.. his response.. “add water”.. OMG, freakin’ dork!!!   we had enough lemon starter for TWO pitchers of lemonade.. it was really good too!!!

then.. in search of some new recipes – i saw a potstickers recipe on rachel ray..  if you know me, you know letting go of control has always been an issue.. allowing the kids to help with this type of activity is hard for me because i want to have it done perfectly.. I’ve found, if i have my camera – it helps me deal with the situation like a normal non-control freak person!  here is abby getting ready to close her first wonton wrapper.. (note the pink tent in the background – see we tried everything to get through the week!!)

the finished product.. emily ate THREE.. the kids loved them.. and never would have eaten if they hadn’t been part of making them

now.. on to the nice weekend…

then on Saturday we took a spontaneous trip to South Carolina to hang out with my family.. what a gorgeous day.. 63 degrees.. we went to a park and just let all our kids run and play.. the sun felt soooo great.. the kids were just smiling from ear to ear..

the kite is nice and all, but there was no wind – so the kids just ran and pulled the kite along for a bit..

I LOVE THIS PICTURE..

here is hoping for more of the awesome weekend weather.. soooooon!

one year old – and such a boy!   he has the sweetest mom too – i swear i nearly talked her to death.  I’ve been trapped in my house on snow days with my 3 kids for weeks – sorry about that Alison!  Little Louis – man he is quick and so funny to watch.  As most one year olds who have just begun walking, louis is fast and crazy observant.  it’s as if they can sense when gates have been left open, when cabinets are left unlocked – and louis is NO exception.. i just loved watching him keep his mom on her toes.. he’s a sweet little boy with a wonderful family.. i just wanted to squeeze him – but at one, that may terrify him.. so i stuck behind the camera…

hope you enjoy the tiny peek

not sure who the lucky recipient of these pretties was.. but tiffany called and asked if i was up to photographing a quick duo for her.. how could i say no..

hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.. here’s hoping for a nice week of full school days and healthy children for all!

when mom, emily, told me how much jack had grown – well, you know all mom’s think their baby is amazing and grows like a weed.. but this little guy, ohmygosh.. he was huge – and so dang cute – and happy and solid and – OH that new baby smell.. you may remember lil’ jack and his adorable sister, emma, from here.. this is a mere 3 months later… yes, he is just 3 months old!  emma is a really sweet big sister – holding his little hands and tiny gentle kisses for him – oh.. love..

and one more of emma – we had fun being silly!

so.. i realize 50 is not a huge Facebook group… but i have been really slow on marketing it – and this never ending winter is sucking the life out of me!!!!  but we made it.. 50!!! WOOOT

and the prize… perfect for those of you who have wanted to try me out, but didn’t want to splurge on the $150 session fee..

$50 Session fee for any session reserved for February or March!!!!  session must be reserved by Saturday 2/13 to get the discount! Session fee is due at the time reservation is made.

email nicholle@nichollegoodnightphotography.com or call 276.791.1725..

Only taking 5 sessions at this… this is for a regular family full session at your home/location or a session at my studio… can not be applied to any program/package… and must be a “local” session as I am not traveling again until April.

****must be a member of the ngp facebook group (so join really quickly if you are not right here)****

Also – peeks to come – tomorrow at the latest – been sick and snowed in with the kids all week!

last night tom and i were chatting in the kitchen.. just enjoying a few minutes with no kids around and actually able to finish a sentence.. then we hear water.. and just the sink – odd.. normally at 10:30, you hear a flush followed by hand washing.. interesting.. then we look at each other and say “emily” at the same time.. she is such trouble.. constant.. so we make our way up the stairs to find emily on top of the vanity.. WIDE awake..

“i wash them all up”

and not even the slightest bit afraid, worried, concerned that she is totally supposed to be in bed asleep.. she knows – with all her heart that her daddy will see her and think she is cute and laugh at this..

Cooper started a new school this week – and is loving it.. abby and emily are so happy to be back to school to see their friends too.. I just can’t believe how many “snow” days we’ve had.  Very glad I’d scheduled vacation time in and didn’t have to shuffle too many things.  I’m headed to Augusta, GA on Friday (hoping to get out before we get hit with more snow!)..  I have a full weekend while I am there and can’t fit any more sessions in..  and then back to work on Monday.. very much looking forward to it..

Tom decided to take cooper on a guys weekend – he’d had a rough week.. they drove down Saturday morning to Greenville, SC to my parents house and all the guys went to a Monster Truck show!  Just what Coop needed!

remember what last Saturday morning looked like here – snow everywhere, ice everywhere in NC.. i was a nervous wreck until the arrived safely in SC..

pictures by Cooper!

from the show

he was soooo excited..

The girls and I stayed home – played a bunch of games, memory, pretty pretty princess, connect four… Emily, the two year old, killed Abby and I in pretty pretty princess AND connect four.. I was trying too!!

a couple from our days.. they are NOT allowed in my office.. busted!

lots of memory cards…

a tea party.. emily said “yust the custs”  and i interpreted it to be – “just the crusts” .. yep!

and .. abby got new shoes..