This is a tale of 2 photographers, very much lacking in sleep, and their exciting trip to the ER at 5:30 in the morning.

After staying up working until about 2 am, Matt’s left ear decided that it wanted to become inflamed and cause Matt a great deal of pain at about 4 am. At 5:15, after searching WebMD for a diagnosis and google for an Urgent Care facility that would be open that early, Matt decides to wake Ashley up and say “I think I need to go to the emergency room.” So off they went at 5:30 to Bethesda North. When they arrived, there was only 1 other patient there, leaving them to believe that this trip might be faster than they originally thought. Little did they know… Within about 20 minutes of their arrival, 8 other patients walked in, 3 of which had far more serious conditions that Matt’s. So they waited, and waited, and waited, and waited (you get the idea.) Finally around 7:30, they are called back to room, only to wait a little longer for a doctor to come in, look into Matt’s ear for about 0.06 seconds and say “Yep! You have an ear infection.” Total time spent with the doctor: approx. 3 minutes. Total amount paid between the “copay” and prescriptions: $130. Wow! What an adventure.

And as a side note, does anyone else find it odd that the doctor prescribed Vicodin for the pain of an inner ear infection? The Johnson’s sure did!

Hope you enjoyed my story…and I hope your day started off a little better than ours!

Just wanted to let everyone know that our foster pup, Jada, has been adopted. She is now living with a nice family in the Colrain area. They have a very excitable basset hound and two kids that absolutely love her. She has a fenced in back yard to run in and I’m fairly certain that she is going to be spoiled rotten! I’m not gonna lie and say that it was easy. I started to cry as we backed out of the driveway and I’m a little emotional right now while I’m writing this. But I know that this is what’s best for her and now we can save another animal from a kill shelter and foster it as well.

So for now, it’s just the 5 of us…Matt, Me, Ivy, Addi, and Wolfy. That is until next week when the next foster moves in. I will post photos and a personality assessment once I have them.

I’m feeling really accomplished today. Do you ever have those days? You make out the ungodly “to-do” list thinking you’ll never even get close to getting everything done…and then you get it all done and more? Yeah, I had one of those days. So I’m feeling pretty good. I even got it done fast enough that when I was watching CSI: NY, I wasn’t doing anything else. That’s unusual for me. Usually I only get to watch my TV shows while doing about 8 other things. So I know I’m patting myself on the back a little bit here…but I feel I deserve it today.

It’s all been about the kids here recently. Here is a small sampling of some recent photo sessions.

First, my favorite twins…Wyatt and Lillian. This was their 9 month session. They are such an adorable pair…and they couldn’t be any more different. But they are tons of fun to photograph. They are very adventurous and very, very giggly!!!

Second, new clients to me…Avery and Camryn. Again, adorable pair…and polar opposites. They had fun feeding the ducks and running around like…well…like kids. And did I mention how absolutely beautiful they are? They are both so photogenic. Which makes my job a lot easier.