Jodie Otte, Baltimore Maryland Child and Baby Photographer

This is the third time I have photographed these siblings… all I can say is these are two of the happiest children you will ever meet!

Finally, we have some boys…. :)  Had to add a picture of their boy cat as well!

Will be back on Monday… have a nice weekend!

How sweet, my blog was JUST nominated… please go vote - there are only two days left to vote (wow, that was quick!  Hey, anything is possible… lolol!)

This year, I have been granted the experience of having a middle schooler, all to myself… my very own middle schooler.  Isn’t that exciting? 

I figured I would share this image - I’m sure there are plenty others who can relate.  This is my middle schooler’s 7-week old binder.  Yes, we are not even done the first quarter, and this is his binder.  How do you like the handy-dandy ruler holder?

Thought I would share some family stuff :)  My kids have been practicing hard for a fun show at the stables we board our horses at.  It’s a casual show, and believe me, it was sooo much fun to watch!   This was the first one we attended, and I am sure both my husband and me will be participating in next year’s.  There was even a couple with full-bred Percherons participating, and now my husband wants a fourth horse - a Percheron, for himself! ;)  We’ll see come spring if he makes a committment to our three horses now, we will go ahead and get another….

So here is my son, Barrett’s, first place win riding Stormy for the flag race.

Here’s my daughter, Erynn’s, first place win, riding Stormy in the Scurry Race… (and if you notice, Stormy jerks my arm up in excitement - she is a bit ring sour, so she gets way too exciteable/nervous at the gates).

and I have to post this… one of my mares, Willow - well, she’s a good horse, just hasn’t been in a show, so I wasn’t comfortable riding her because I hadn’t really practiced for this show… and I am one that doesn’t like to be put on the spot for something I don’t know quite how to do!  ;)  So one of the guy’s at the barn wanted to ride her… he’s sort of a daredevil I believe ;)  At any rate, Willow is used to being ridden gentle by myself or by my children.  She’s not used to a "cowboy" type of rider… what you can’t see in this video because of the angle is that she starts to zigzag her behind back and forth.  She has a drafty canter - very bouncy and collected - we are working on teaching her to extend that gait and smooth it out but she hasn’t gotten there yet…. so mix zigzagging her behind, an aggressive rider, and her bouncy gait, and this is disaster (two other guys rode her and did fine, so she isn’t a bad girl….;) )