The Sperry's

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Our new site is 

http://seanandbrookesperry.blogspot.com/

nieces

These are my super cute nieces.  Aren't they beautiful.

 

 

cheerios

What do you give a chubby baby when you are trying to test out your new studio lighting to keep him in one place??

 

His favorite snack, of course!

mr. mischievous

E is into anything he can put in his mouth.  He has started walking now as well, so we have to be much more cautious!  When he is quiet, I usually know he is into something.  It's hard to get mad at him though because I just want to laugh.  This is what Sean found this morning...

 I guess it is better than the toilet!!  And this is what I found the other day (It is a terrible picture.  I took it with my iphone!)....

It was seriously everywhere.  But, this is why I LOVE being a mom!  He keeps me laughing!

headstone

It turned out beautifully!  Thanks to all involved.

 

easter

Baby's first Easter!  I got E and Sean an Easter basket to share.  Easton loved it.  I gave it to him and he wouldn't even look up long enough for me to take a picture.  He played with all the candy.  We gave him a marshmallow and chocolate bunny and he wouldn't eat it.  He kept spitting it out.  I don't think he liked the marshmallow! 

 

Later in the day, we went over to Sean's uncle's house.  All of E's cousins were there and we had an Easter egg hunt. 

 

 
 This is Sean's sister and her baby.  Whenever you tell her baby  to smile, he pulls this face.  It is so funny.  You have to snap two pictures so you can get him with a smiley face after the funny one!  

  

goose egg

E got his first goose egg.  He was sitting on the bathroom floor and fell forward and smacked his head on the ground.  He screamed for a minute and then was over it. What a sad little face!

 
 

chicago

What did we do on our girls weekend in chicago?

That's right!  We shopped until our dogs were barkin'!  We had such a great time.  My mom, sister, sister-in-law and my bestie all flew to Chicago just to play and have a break.  Our dear, loving husbands stayed home with the babies  so we could get some girl time!  We ate yummy food, went to Beauty and the Beast, stayed up all night and laughed till we cried.  Here are some pictures!  Thanks again mom.  You are always so fun to be with and I grateful for you!  Love you! 

 

 

 

 

And we did manage to stop by the hairshow where my instructor and students competed in mannequin mania with Tabetha and took first place two days in a row.  Whoot! Whoot!

 And  isn't Chicago a beautiful city!  I love it!  Such cool buildings.

 

 
 

 

   

jake garn workshop

Last weekend, I took an awesome photography workshop with a local photographer, Jake Garn.  He does mostly fashion photography.  I took the class because I wanted to know more about studio lighting.  I am setting up a little studio in my basement and wanted to know how it all worked.  I have really enjoyed this little photography hobby.  One day, maybe I will make something out of it but for right now, I just am enjoying learning.  Here is my favorite picture from the shoot.  I love this model.  

 

 

10 months

He is almost too big for this teapot!  He is spewing out of it.  I love his little chubby rolls that hang over the sides!  He hated this just as much as when I did it when he was a few weeks old!  Can't really blame him but this will probably be a pattern for the rest of his life...mom shooting pictures of him!