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This year I unfortunately got food poisoning somewhere on Christmas Eve and after being sick all night I slept through the entire Christmas Day and woke up sometime Saturday.
Thankfully I got to hang with my family and nephews Wednesday night before all that though.
Grady and Casey recently starred in their very own video on my blog, but here are a few photos:


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Grady tried to open a present by sitting on it:
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Grady also got a workbench for Christmas - he was occupied for the next 2 hours, even through changing his pajamas:
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Casey didn't get his two front teeth, but he's working on standing up:

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Grady is on the phone with Bob Villa about starting his own show:
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12.15.09
So incase you haven't heard, the new digital cameras like the Canon 7D and 5D Mark II shoot incredible video as well as photos. "Fusion" is a term those cool folks out in California have been throwing around that basically means photo + video together.
So here's my Family Fusion piece.  I used my awesome nephews Grady & Casey along with my sister and brother in law Aaron to try this out on - You've seen Grady & Casey on here before in photos - get ready to see them in live action - enjoy:





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bethany:

excellent. and funny. and those babies look like natalie.

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07.06.09
Collier turned 1 just a couple weeks ago.  After shooting his mom's baby shower a year before for my good friend Beth, it only seemed right that I tag along for the party.  It was such a blast and capturing moments with the family was priceless.

I don't consider myself a children's portrait photographer, there's plenty of folks in town that do that incredibly well, but when it comes to friends, and real moments with them, sign me up!

Here's Collier with his great grandmother -

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If you were at the party or part of the family, click here to see more.

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