Halloween Styled Mini Sessions!

The first of the Pixelbug Memories Holiday deals of 2012! Starting with some cute pre-styled Halloween pictures. Dress your adorable little ones up and come get a quick photo shoot of them in their Halloween Costumes! Email me so I can get your sessions booked for you! I can't wait to get together with you and your kiddos and have some fun while capturing these cute moments for you.

Xoxo,

Rowan

In my Daddy's Boots

I know I already posted once today.. But considering what today stands for, I thought it would be appropriate to honor the day with a patriotic shoot. This was originally shot for Fathers Day. Some of my favorite sessions come from dressing kids up in their parents military uniforms, waving flags in the air, and playing with dog tags. Such a great way to show our soldiers that we're thinking about them and that we appreciate the things that they do for us.

Thoughts of their families, their spouses and their children are what help them to get through these multiple long and grueling deployments. Pictures of smiling faces, tracings of hands, drawings of daddy holding his babies hands. These are the things that they hold onto, because they give them thoughts of homecoming and thoughts of scooping those babies and spouses and family members in their arms. They give them hope. Hope that these adorable faces and tiny hands will make wonderful changes in tomorrow.

As their Mom watched, she looked at her oldest and commented at how she felt as though she was looking at his future as he sat there in his Dads ACU coat and hat. I am so blessed to be able to capture these images. Our soldiers were once children too, dreaming of being heroes. Back then they dreamed of wearing a different type of cape, maybe with a big huge letter on the front of their shirts with fantastic super powers. To us and our kids, they are the best super heroes. Seeing the way they look up at their parents as they are in their uniforms makes my heart smile. :O)

So to all our Heroes, especially on this very important day; September 11th, I want to say thank you, for fighting for our country.. You are all the reasons for our freedoms.

Xoxo

Rowan

The same day I photographed Lucas playing in the rain, Chloe and I took a walk once the rain stopped. We ended up walking to the park close to our house. Just to have some Mom and Chloe time. I wish more than anything that I could just freeze her at this age. So sweet, thoughtful, kind, giggly, innocent. I sat here the other day and realized that when we moved to Fort Irwin, we moved here with a 5 year old and a 15 month old. Now my 5 year old is about to turn 9 and my 15 month old is 4 with another 21 month old. Such precious time that flys by. I am so thankful that I created a career that allows me to spend as much time with my babies as I want to.

Chloe is so full of life and love. The world is at her feet and I know that she will succeed in anything she puts her mind too.

My wish for youIs that this life becomes all that you want it toYour dreams stay big, your worries stay smallYou never carry more than you can hold~Rascal Flatts

I sit here and look at the smile on her face, the same smile that is sprawled across her face all day long, and I can't help but think about what her life holds in store for her. I hope her smile never fades.

She's my tiny dancer and dances on my heart strings every single day. She and her brothers all bring me such endless joy. These pictures are definitely a glimpse into her soul.

I hope she teaches her own children to dance in rain puddles, have tea parties with all of their stuffed animal and their Daddy, and love as whole heartily as she does.

Until Next time

Xoxo,

Rowan

Pixelbug Reaches 200 Facebook Fans!!!

Once you have completed the rules for the contest and posted your comment on my Facebook wall that you are interested, your name will be entered into the drawing. The contest ends on September 9th at 7pm Pacific Standard Time, and the drawing will take place on September 10th!

Good Luck to you all! I can't wait for our photo session!!

Xoxo,

Rowan

A Little Bit of Cali Swag...

...Fort Irwin Style....

In June the base held their annual car show. It isn't as big as most car shows are, but it was fun to see what they did have there. My oldest son and I rarely get to have time with just him and I, so I brought him a long with me. Let me tell you, it was HOT.. The triple digits are normal thing around here, but we are still not used to it. The car above was my particular favorite. My Granddaddy had one just like it in teal, so it got a lot of attention from me, from the inside out

The older cars are definitely my favorite, and I wish there had been more to photograph.. Aiden's favorite was the car that shoot fire out of its pipes.. We got the treat of the owner revving its engine and making the fire shoot out. It was loud and Aiden covered his ears, but he would not budge, not to mention it was RED, which is Aiden's favorite color, made it that much better. Then he found the ones that had flames painted on them and decided that when he gets older he wants one like the black on with the orange flames..

The truck below was just flat out AWESOM

E.. It is painted to commemorate 9/11, If you look at the front of the hood between its head lights you will see a piece of glass that was recovered from the wreckage. Being a military spouse with a husband who's deployed, and countless friends who have husbands still there, and knowing how many gave the ultimate sacrifice, the images on the truck pulls at the heart strings in a big way. Takes you right back as if it were yesterday and it reminds you to not take a single moment fore granted.

A Snowball break was more than necessary on this crazy hot day. He was so happy to be able to have it to himself and not have to share it with his baby brother. It so important to make sure that each kid feels special.. Aiden is the oldest of three, and a lot of the time, he doesnt get much special "Mom and Me Time" I am so happy he came along with me and we get some extra special bonding. He was my rock when his Daddy was deployed, at that time it was just me and him, and we had lunch and dinner dates all the time. I'm happy that he enjoyed himself.

We took one last stroll around the car show to make sure that there wasn't anything that we missed, and headed home.

Until next time,

xoxo,

Rowan

Hmmm....

Xoxo

Rowan

Love those RAINY Days of Summer!

I know I have mentioned before how RARE a rainy day is, here at Fort Irwin. Well guess what!! It FINALLY RAINED!! YAY!! So many people thought I was crazy for getting so excited about rain.. The people in the community here always make comments like. "Hey whats that liquid stuff falling from the sky?" Or when some one moves back to what we call "The Normal Part of the Country" and they post pictures we say "Hey what are all those tall green things in your pictures?" Brown is what we get out here, and plenty of it. :O) So as soon as I looked outside and say the rain, I grabbed my camera and who ever would go outside to play with me.. Of course my Little, is always all about going outside. He and my Hunny were all about going outside with me. The two bigger kids, were too busy playing and didn't really care at that moment. So I took Lucas and out we went, followed by Daddy to come out and play with us.

"Mommy, I just want to be naked and free." I love being about to let him run around in his diaper on hot days, just enjoying life.. Today was no different, even though it was raining, it was still just as hot.

Daddy came out to join us just as the rain was stopping and went and found a great big puddle to jump around and splash in.

He even grabbed the camera from me and snapped a shot of mine and the babies feet. Thanks Daddy!!

He found an awesome perfect Lucas size place to sit and stomp his feet in the water. This and the picture below are my favoites. :O) I love just capturing his littleness.

His little giggles and squeals just brighten my day. He had so much fun. We found a tennis ball and he played catch with us and ran around playing chase with Daddy. he got made when the ground started to dry up, which didn't take long, so we turned on the out door faucet and he started giggling all over again. I love this age.. I just want to freeze him here, for just a little while longer.

Thanks for coming and reading. Until next time!

Xoxo,

Ro