First things first, my chunky monkey Tyler is now 8 weeks old, 24 inches and 14.2 lbs! He is doing great, smiling and cooing, and still a great baby. Madison on the other hand is giving us a run for our money. Or just making us want to run away. Yeah...the latter. We are having some behavior problems with her like we always have, but it seems to be so much worse now that she has the attitude of a 16 year old but the intelligence of a 5 year old. We feel really out of control with her sometimes, we have got to figure out something. A few people don't know what I am talking about, because when they keep Madison she is so well behaved, a perfect angel for them...but of course children are always worse with their own parents. I am hoping starting school in August will help her a lot. She will be busier, have more of a routine, friends, and I think the structure at school will be really helpful. She has no impulse control whatsoever and doesn't care about rules until she is in trouble for breaking them, then she is very apologetic. I don't know how much impulse control a 4 year old is supposed to have, I really don't know if she is normal or "bad". It doesn't matter how many times she gets in trouble for the same thing, she keeps doing it. Just one very minor example... several times a week (sometimes every single day) she gets into my photography closet- and she is constantly reminded she is not allowed in there, that is my stuff, don't open those doors, you will be in trouble, ect. ect., so I put a child lock on it and she asked me what it was. I told her it was to keep her out of there. So later while I am cooking she figures how to get it off and gets something out and brings it in the living room saying "I don't know how your closet got open!" She thinks whatever her reason is justifies breaking the rule..."But I just wanted this"...so having rules doesn't do us any good because her reason will always be good enough in her head to break it. How do I get through that extra thick head of hers???
So on a lighter note...I have decided to kick start my photography business early- but I want to use that term loosely. We need the money, and I love doing it, I just wanted to wait until Madison was in school and Tyler was older. But for now I will only do shoots when someone can watch the kids, which means saturdays and occassionaly during the week. I have also decided to only do babies under 1 year old and I really want to try shooting seniors on location only. I think I would love that. The reason for just shooting babies (why do I always feel weird saying that lol) is that I don't have to worry so much about my small studio space and don't need so many props and backgrounds. When I have a larger space I would love to start doing more. By the way- this is my DREAM studio...http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=102651-57658-183348&lpage=none located in my backyard next to my pond and house with land that is also in my dream. Is it gorgeous or what??? I painted my studio room white this weekend, to cover up Madison's old purple and put the desk behind my backdrop, so you can't tell it's there YAY, it looks much nicer in there. I still need some things, some posing stools (for when mom and dad are in the pic), a few baby things like cute hats and new fabrics and some nice frames and to hang up my fav prints and such...and new lights before I am good to go but hopefully soon. When I can order some business cards I will be putting them out at kids resale shops and wherever else I can think of. So if you know anyone around here with a baby, send them my way! Don't forget to check out my website http://www.brandilacey.com/ - I have changed it a lot since most of you have been to it. And now, for what you have all been waiting for...
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