Nickerson News

I feel spoiled! Abel and I have been living at the pool ever since it opened a few weeks ago. He was a little suspicious at first, but now he loves it and especially if there are lots of children playing in the pool. I think he may have got a little heat rash (not chicken pox for all my church friends whose children were around Abel.) I thought at first it was chicken pox, but after talking to a nurse and some moms they think it is just a heat rash.

Abel’s friend Olivia come to swim and play with us the other week. Of course, Tara (Olivia’s mom) and I couldn’t resist talking their pictures in their cute swim suits and hats. These were taken with our cheap-o little camera so they aren’t the greatest, I wouldn’t DARE take our Cannon babies to the pool. Not to mention daddy Seth would probably disown us if we ever got it wet.

“So, I was wondering if you’re not doing anything and I’m not doing anything, we could maybe go for a swim?”

“Don’t even think about touching my hat!”

Abel was obsessed with his medicine syringe that day. He wouldn’t let me take it from him.

Olivia jumped right in.

Abel was not a fan of the floaty, so he preferred to just watch Olivia swim.

If you don’t know my dad, he is a bit over the top with safety. We call him Safety Officer Al. He is always telling us to be careful or watch out for that or don’t do that….yada, yada, yada (Love you daddy). He, of course, is even more cautious with his grandchildren. Concerned about Abel playing in the water, he picked him up a rather interesting floaty swim suit. I don’t really know what it is called. I wasn’t so sure about it, but I thought I would give it a shot since it really would keep him afloat. It obviously isn’t something the cool kids would wear, but safety first.

Things were ok at first.

He was trying to figure it out. This pictures cracks me up.

“Mom, a little help over here.”

Then he started getting annoyed since he couldn’t really move.

Trying to take it off himself.

I actually couldn’t stop laughing because he could barely walk in it. It was great entertainment.

Things quickly went downhill fast, but not without snapping a few photos first.

Needless to stay, I told my dad it didn’t look like the floaty swim suit-whatever you call it-thing wasn’t going to work out this year. But there is always next summer.

To my wonderful husband and father of my son: Seth Michael Nickerson

Thanks for being such a GREAT, FUN, ENERGETIC, CARING, SWEET, LOVING DADDY! We love you, babe!

And to the first man in my life….Happy Father’s Day, dad! I love you! Thanks for loving me and being such a wonderful dad!

We are anxiously awaiting for our new baby to arrive.

The Canon 5D is making its way to our humble home.

We currently are the proud owners of the Canon 30D, which we love, but it was time we needed 2 cameras. Seth and I are taking over Allison Morgan Photography while she is on maternity leave, so for a few months we will be shooting together. Plus, we have other events (like the photo you see below) that we do here and there that require 2 cameras and we have had to borrow another photographer’s camera.

We shot our first dance competitions 6 months ago and they liked our work so they are hiring us for their future competitions. We have our next dance off in less then 2 weeks. The dances they perform are amazing. Allison and I shot the owner of the Dance Studio’s wedding a few months ago (which is how we got the job in the first place, thanks Ally) and the dance floor was NEVER empty. Guests were dancing BEFORE cocktail hour!

This is the owner of the Dance Studio and his adorable new wife. They can rock it out on the dance floor.

Other pics from the competition.

Lately I have been doing a lot of children’s photography, but it is definitely harder then shooting a wedding. Do you know how hard it is to keep a 2 year old still for 5 seconds? Next to impossible. I also do maternity shoots and family shoots and, well any shoot you want I can try to do. I thought I would share with you a few photos from my children’s sessions. I hope to someday start a photography blog, and even a WEBSITE that I will post all my photography work on, but that is a “someday” project. For now, enjoy these ADORABLE little gifts from God!

This little one is Charlotte…still inside her mommy’s belly, but I just love this one.

Now that summer is here, I really want to take my studio outside! Drop me a line if you are interested.

I haven’t posted videos in awhile, so I have a bunch to show. If you are interested, grab some popcorn and your favorite drink and enjoy some cute Abel moments.

Abel can get very chatty sometimes, but it is in his own language. Seth and I joke that he can speak Chinese. He got a new firetruck for his birthday and really loves it. (Thanks Janice and Charlotte!)

Abel LOVES to dance. Both of these videos were taken a few weeks ago, so he is now a champ at standing on his own and walking.

And last, this was his Mass. Birthday celebration with Grandma and Grandpa. Watch as he starts trying to dance in the highchair as we are signing Happy Birthday.