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Madison Elizabeth

Playdate and Photos

I hosted a play date yesterday with some Chelsea moms and a couple stragglers from Barrhaven (hehehe just kidding girls). It was a fun filled morning of babies and goodies and fun was had by all! Including Madison who basically slept through the entire thing! I prepared some yummy Chocolate Coconut Bars, which didn't exactly turn out like they were supposed to, but were delicious none the less. Here is the recipe for those who asked for it - it is super easy!:

Chocolate-Coconut Bars
Makes 20

* 3 cups finely ground cookies (12 ounces), such as graham crackers or chocolate wafers, or a combination
* 1/4 cup sugar
* 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
* 1 cup pecan pieces
* 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips or chunks
* 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
* 1 1/2 cups sweetened shredded coconut

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly splash a 15-by-10-inch rimmed baking sheet evenly with water, then line with parchment paper.
2. In a large bowl, stir together cookie crumbs, sugar, and butter until combined. Evenly press onto bottom and up sides of prepared baking sheet. Bake, rotating halfway through, until firm, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack; cool, about 20 minutes.
3. Sprinkle cooled crust evenly with pecans and chocolate. Pour condensed milk over the top, spreading to cover completely (do not let it drip over the edges). Sprinkle with coconut.
4. Bake until coconut is toasted, 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer to rack; cool completely. Trim edges, if desired, and cut into equal-size bars.

Tip: Before you pour the condensed milk over the top, place can in hot/boiling water for a few minutes to warm it up and it will pour better. I didn't do this so it didn't exactly "pour", so it came out clumpy.

The most relaxed mom of twins I've ever seen!

Cute little Selina

Loved Ava's onsie!

Andrew and his little dimple.

Cohen gives me the cutest smile!

Quinn tries to get Andrew to wake up. Trouble maker :)

The gang of babies! (I love how Meaghan is the only one looking
straight at the camera smiling - what a star!)

Once everyone left, I set up for my afternoon photo shoot with Jemelee, Lee and baby Hogan. Hogan was 15 days old and super cooperative! Here are a couple random sneek peaks, visit my blog later on for more shots from the session:

First Photo Shoot!

I set up the studio yesterday, and set out today to do Madison's first photo shoot! She was a little difficult to get to sleep, took a good couple of hours to get her asleep enough to pose her, and still she resisted in her slumber. Still I got some really cute shots and hope to get a few more tomorrow, if I have the energy! It's tough work being the Mom and the photographer all at once!

Here are the highlights so far:

Thought I'd try a little texture on these two and loved how they turned out!

I just love little feet!!

Easter Weekend - Newborn Shoot, Egg Hunt, Easter Monday

Last weekend was a long weekend, well for those of us who work and aren't retired - when every day is a long weekend really....

Anyway, Saturday I had the opportunity to do my first baby shoot, with Shawna's baby. Selena Marie was born on April 2nd after narrowly avoiding being an April fools baby. She was 8 days old when we did the shoot and unlike most newborns - didn't want to sleep. Perhaps there is some technique that newborn photographers use to get them to sleep, but clearly I didn't know what it was. To my defence, we spent the first hour of the "shoot" slurping up Pho and chatting, leaving me with only a short amount of time to take photos. One of my take home notes: leave yourself way more room to not be stressed out! Still with the 30 min or so to shoot I'm pleased with the outcome here is a sample:






Then it was Easter Egg Hunt day on Sunday. Abby was very into it this year and kept saying for days after - I want to go outside to find eggs, I want the Easter bunny to come back. Much fun and chocolate was had by all!





Eric was back to work on Monday, so I went for a visit with Beth.

I got to see her newly finished basement (very nice!!) and take a couple photos, of course!!





By the end of the weekend we were all pretty tired, especially Abby. I had my photography class on Monday - second to last one. But I couldn't stay the whole time, I really burnt out by the break so I went home. We've been working on Photoshop for the past 3 weeks and I've learned a few cool techniques. I've also realized that I know Photoshop well for some things, but for photography, I have loads to learn! But that is all part of the fun eh?