Have Baby will Travel

So the first trip we took when Owen was 5 months was bad, REAL bad. Second one, not so bad. The difference is that he actually slept on this second trip and didn't scream in the cars when we traveled places. MAJOR improvement. We drove to Tucson to shoot a wedding last Saturday and the 5 hour drive was the longest he's been on and he did great... I did have to entertain him for the last hour of the ride, but otherwise, success!

8 months in 2 days... REALLY? Yes, really

Time for cuteness. Okay, I am NOT one of those people who dresses their baby is in their college Alma mater insignia left and right. Hey, if you are, more power to you, I'm just not that attached to the University of Georgia and I don't like to "brand" my child so much, nope--just not my particular style. HOWEVER, Aunt Collette hand knit this sweater without a pattern and well, it's pretty darn cute.

I remember the first time I was on campus with my pal Jon McKenna, we were actually in Athens for a mountain bike ride from the ATL and it went something like this...

JM: "Hey Cameron, stick your head out the window at those people and yell GO DAWGS and bark."

me: I am not barking at strangers out a car window.

JM: (sticks head out window) "GO DAWGS SICK 'EM WOOF WOOF WOOF!!"

me: slinking down in my seat, look-of-disbelief

strangers: hands in air, pumping fists, "WOOF WOOF WOOF"

The only UGA game I ever went to I was on the field photographing it for the Athens Banner-Herald. That was a joke, but for another blog post. Let's just say the editor said,

"I'll send you to games for features not sports, Cameron."

I mean who can pay attention to every first down, every play? it's exhausting and not to mention riddled with macho male shooters. You have to be the ULTIMATE fan to photograph football. Opinion mia.

Owen's daily grind

I thought I'd just post a few cute ones of the boy. Two are from regular bath time. We get in the bath with him and have fun. He likes to stand up and hold the edge now. Also he's "into" reading a book with little furry patches while I change his diaper. Middle image thanks to Daddy Clark. :)

Owen is 6 months & #95 - completed !

My little guy is six months old. Owen, just like Matt and I, loves to eat. I am making his baby food (#95 on my goals) after reading a great book Jamelle gave me, Super Baby Food. It's easy! You basically puree anything and then freeze it in an ice cube tray, pop the trays, put the food cubes in freezer storage bags and defrost when baby needs to eat. SUPER easy and way cheaper than jars. I thought, "nothing could be easier than the jars" but this truly is a great system. I highly recommend this book.

Cousins

On the way back from Athens to the Atlanta airport we spent the night with Matt's cousin Chris and his wife, Taylor and their daughter, Evy. Evy was very interested in holding the baby, feeding the baby and overall was a great big helper. I heard she cried a lot the day we left. I was at Chris and Taylor's house for a total of 5 hours before I went to sleep, 2 of which had natural light. We got up the next day and left. I promise to take more photos next time I see cute little Evelyn!

P.S Evy is HYPER camera aware. Many four to five year old suffer from this "affliction." It's hilarious-- she is like a little model; however, it does makes the documentary photos hard... see example below -- hee hee.

Summertime: vacation & Owen

If you are wondering where your June wedding photos are... they are coming THIS WEEK! I took a personal vacation for 10 days back East, so I'm about 10 days behind.

We weren't sure we'd make it for our annual trip to Cape Cod with my family this summer. I was very nervous about flying with a five month old. I really didn't want to be the lady on the plane with the crying baby. Turns out that was the least of my problems (he didn't make a peep on any flight). Mostly baby Owen didn't want to sleep in new places. But other than sleep, we had a blast visiting with my Mom & Dad, and my brother and sister-in-law and their two kids: Karolyna and Timmy. We ate lobsters, we walked on the beach... and I ended up napping a lot since Owen wasn't sleeping well. I wanted badly to document Cape Cod and do a photo safari around Harwich but alas, I didn't make much time for it. I did make time to ride Karla's road bike a couple of days and that felt great. In any free time I get, I like to exercise to maintain my sanity and my waistline :)

If you are wondering where the heck sister Kate is... well she is fighting forest fires all summer out West. We have to change our summer beach trip to hang out with Kate and Norm and we are working on it for next year.

lace hydrangeas
Trampolines (they were around when I was a little girl)
Karolyna
lob-STAH

Karla

My Dad with Owen

Karla and Matthew (my brother) with their kids

Owen laughs

good sunset light

Karolyna 5, Tim 2.5 years old

Karolyna on her 5th birthday

the drama of the cake

Matt with his son

Our boy

Camping in Hart Prairie | Flagstaff

It seems a tradition that each year we go out to the spot where we got married here in Flagstaff at Hart Prairie and camp out. This year we brought out the vans. D.Kish brought her gimpy arm (went boom boom on a climbing photo shoot) and Benson, Gomez and Erin-Kate brought their Westy (theirs is pretty sweet) and we brought the red stripe (our van). Have I mentioned that Matt is OBSESSED with the GoWesty.com site? He has given up (for now) his sports car addition and traded it for VW vanagon obsession. If Go Westy got a dime for every click Matt clicks on that site, they'd be RICH. Keep in mind an average GoWesty Vanagon costs like $45,000. Yes, I know. I know. Anyway, Owen was chillin' in his bear costume coupled with a cute ears hat that our friend Anne made for him. We hope Anne will make him another one as he outgrows this one and maybe a matching one for Mommy.

Maternity Leave | Owen update

I am still on "maternity leave" for four more weeks but album production is still going strong thanks to my lovely assistant, Jamelle Kelly. I am obviously still taking calls, emails and meetings, so don't hesitate to contact me. I have a lot of dates still available for 2008 because:

1) I'm not taking as many events this year so I can continue good customer service
2) It's been a slow booking season in general

Owen is growing like a weed and is already 8 weeks old. It's hard to believe that much time has elapsed but alas, it has. I will resume blogging now that the little guy finally naps with regularity, so check back with more frequency.

I have a Feb. wedding to post that I shot 7 days before I delivered baby Owen. I was 'scheduled' to edit/post it the following week. Mel and Ray, THANK YOU for being SOOOOOO patient and understanding. I have the best clients!

If you want to see more Owen photos you will have to check my baby business blog. I just figured if I posted it to this blog it would be TMI (too much information), so I created a separate blog just for the pregnancy and the baby. I will from time to time post a shot of the little guy on this blog, just for kicks.

Introducing my little man... Owen Wyatt Clark

Birthday!

Dr. Ron's Visit: Day 2

Day three: sunning to rid himself of bilirubin

So I haven't has a chance to update my laptop with a couple of programs, and it seems every time I get a chance to be on the computer it's on the laptop so click on these photos to see bigger. Next post about Owen will be larger photos.

I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy on March 1, 2008. We didn't find out the sex until the birth so that was exciting and we named him Owen Wyatt Clark. He was 8 lbs and born at home in the care of some incredible midwives. To read more about the birth, babies, pregnancy and more, please check my very liberal "baby blog."