New Blog Location!

Hello All!
Yup a new blog! The old one I had to pay for and that just seemed a little ridiculous and unnecessary. So here is the new one! I like it a lot more. I can customize it a lot! I'm sure I'll be switching up the design whenever I get bored. =) I even was able to import my old blog posts from a different blog, from when Todd and I were first married! It was fun to read the old posts. A lot has changed!

Life has been a little crazy. Christmas got me a little behind on blogging. It was kind of a nightmare with the business side of boldboudoir so I was in crazy rush mode for clients. I don't know how I got through it but somehow it happened. Prayer, Coffee, all nighter photo editing, and hiring a friendsisstant (assistant/friend) to help me.....I think that did the trick and helped get me through a lot. But yeah it was nuts. I told myself I wanted to be done with all work by the middle of December, but there I was on Christmas Eve dropping off a piece of product to a boudoir client at 11pm on our way to Todd's parents. Yeah... not very fun. As soon as that was done I was able to relax and enjoy a great Christmas with our families!

We spent Christmas Eve with my Mom & Carlos. Christmas Day with Todd's family and new years at our good friends Gabe and Kalli's! It was so much fun being with family and it held a new excitement with having a little one to share it with, even though he wont remember. =) We had more fun than him I'm sure. We dressed him up in Christmas pj's, a silly Santa hat and had a blast seeing him be more interactive with us and his cousins! I have lots of pics to go up and promise to do that soon.

Our newest family news is that we are selling our home. It was a very hard decision, but a necessary one. We simply can't afford it. We have taken a huge paycut since we bought our home in 2008. I was working at the time and Austin lived with us. We manage to get by but it's not without faith. We're planning on downsizing in the same area, but are not sure what we are going to do about a studio space. Losing the studio is my biggest sadness. I've worked very hard to create my studio. But I think that God has something else in mind so I'm praying for an open mind and faith in the unknown.

We have had a ton of wedding inquiries after the holiday. More people get engaged around the holidays more than any other time of year. We've booked several but we're praying to book even more. That would help us greatly with finances.

Jax is growing so fast. He is now starting to sit up and and will start eating solids soon. I love being his mommy more than anything in the world. He is a huge joy to his daddy and me. He's napping right now so I am clicking away at my keyboard. It's been a rough day. He's recently started taking a bottle more often and he is going on a little nursing strike this week. I have had a lot of trouble nursing him (supply issues) but I continue to nurse him, pump and supplement if I don't have a supply stocked. It was a hard decision to make but him getting fed is most important and he is still getting 75% breastmilk over formula so I know he is getting the nutrients.

I better get some actual work done while he continues to nap so I am off.

Have a great day!

Katie