Drea Wood

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I was one

Written on 02/03/2012 by Dreawood in friends, photography

How many of you were thumb suckers as babies/children?

Or, have thumb suckers? :)

I was one.

& so any time I see a photo of a baby sucking their thumb, I think its just precious!

That adorable baby is Mercy, my friend Nicholes youngest. She was one of my models today for Boba & I just had to post this photo of her & her thumb.

Even tho I remember the challenges my mother faced with breaking me from my thumb (nasty tasting nail polish, bribes, who knows what else HAHA) I still think its cute to see :) – I btw eventually stop sucking my thumb… ;-) – it just was way past the norm, hehe.

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Lots of pulling

Written on 01/30/2012 by Dreawood in babywearing, caleb, friends, Owen, photography, Taite

I got a lot pulling my attention lately…
So I feel as if my blog is being neglected :) – which really is fine. Since I post way to often any way.

This morning was filled with 2 more babywearing sessions for Boba.

One featuring Amber (Heavenly Hold Shop Owner) oldest little girl…

& another one featuring a long time blogger reader of mine Laura and her little boy Owen.

The sessions went great! Lots of smiles and great sun. The temps here in GA were so nice too.

Afterwards I got to eat lunch with my friend Coleen.

I hope to slow down after this coming week… Hoping this warmer weather allows me time and sun – to finish up a lot of work for Boba… and a few other sessions I have lined up. Then I can maybe focus a bit more on schooling the boys. Although since Travis isn’t working its worked out well for him to take the reigns there. He has really enjoyed it… and it has actually had an impact on how we may school next year. We hope to change curriculum… maybe some time soon I can write about why and what :)

Hope everyone else is enjoying the warm weather!

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Owen & Talking Tom

Written on 01/26/2012 by Dreawood in friends, Owen

Anyone ever hear of Talking Tom – the App? – I found out about it through Casey.

& I just got to say, all 3 of our boys love it.

Today Owen was playing with it (with me close by, since I don’t trust him alone with my ipad) – and he was just so cute interacting with it, that I had to take a quick video.

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My personal Boba model Taite :)

Written on 01/25/2012 by Dreawood in babywearing, friends, photography, Taite

With my Boba work in the works… one of the things I had to begin shooting is their new Kid Carrier line. Theres more info on their website in regards to these & their release date.

Let me just say… THEY ARE SO CUTE!

I needed a boy model for some of the colors and immediately thought to use Taite.

He after all has been a Boba Model since birth ;-)

He did a fantastic job… I look forward to sharing lots from the session, but for now just a couple.

I did treat him to frozen yogurt afterwards for doing such a great job too :) – he was very excited about that.

& For those who may not be familiar with Boba.
They offer so many great options for babywearing. If you are curious to learn more feel free to comment or e-mail me.

& To end… a few babywearing behind the scene photos from yet another session I had last week – Thanks Coleen for taking these.

& Thanks Jessica for modeling again – you can see more of her on the Boba website. She is featured on the home page – 3rd splash image.

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Every Day

Written on 01/22/2012 by Dreawood in family, friends

This weekend has been very busy and its not even over yet :)
Thursday I had to work doing Boba Sessions, Friday I had more & Then Saturday I attended a workshop called Click Workshops. Its a series of workshops offered by a couple photographers here, as well as a few other states… and there is a very high possibility I may begin teaching for this workshop in the near future. So I wanted to attend one to kind of get a feel for what it was about and if I was a “click” for the group or not :)

The class was a very basic Digital Photography 101 style course… and 99% of the people in the class were just people who had really nice SLR cameras, yet had no clue how to use them properly. This class taught them how to shoot in manual, explained all about ISO, Aperture, bllluuu bleee blahhh and all that other camera jazz talk. I think the way they had it laid out was really good for a beginner. It wasn’t so advance that it confused everyone :) – yet enough to really give them a solid foundation of their gear.

What I found to be the best part, was once the students got to actually USE what they had learn on a few models… You see before your very eyes light bulbs go off in their heads :) – I loved how this one guy Joe was so excited. Saying “Look at that! Thats just amazing & no flash!” He really made my day.

Add into the mix of all this photo work, we also had a birthday party, where Owen tore up the dance floor :) – and this evening a large celebration for the 1st graders at our church…

Caleb is so excited about this… so heres hoping I can take some pictures tonight. :)

All that being said.

My working has been different. Its weird being the one to leave home dressed for work and my husband stay behind to watch the kids. Its strange not having the responsibility to school the kids on a daily basis any more. I miss it some days… some not as much ;-) – but really, this is how it has to be right now. We know its a season we are in… and we know that this season will not last.

I am just so thankful for Gods provision for our family.

How he has provided for my business so quickly after moving 2 states away from where I was based. I am thankful that my husband has adjusted well to the changes… and that throughout all of this we are both growing in so many ways.

This afternoon I came across some scripture in Ecclesiastics 3.

It says…

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:

a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.

So even though this season is different & at times up in the air :)

I would not change it.

It has been a blessing in so many ways.

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