What is up with that??

So, something is going really weird with my blog - I just posted "Oh Tiddlywinks" and for some reason it will show up on my editor but not on the actual blog. If you click on the title the blog will appear but when you are on the home page there is nothing posted. SO. WEIRD. It has 2 videos in it so maybe that is why it's all jacked up?? I don't know!  But, you really should see these videos - they are too cute! So, if you want to see the post, click on the title in the post below or click here: OH TIDDLYWINKS!

And yes, I have found the irony in the one post that won't work is the one that makes me want to actually say "Oh, Tiddlywinks" :)

Oh Tiddlywinks!!

Guess How Much I Love You?

So this morning at breakfast Jorja got something on her and I leaned over to wipe it off - while I was reaching over she reached out her arms to give me a giant hug and then proceeds to say: 

"I love you SO much. To the moon and back"

Oh man! Be still my beating heart. I think I literally melted into a big puddle of goo right then and there. I can not tell you how much this sweet little girl melts my heart every. single. day. 

 I am the most blessed momma around! :)

Ready? Set. BOWL!

A few weeks ago our play group decided we would take the kiddos bowling. Now, I have to tell you, I was EXTREMELY excited about this because not only do I love to bowl now but my own childhood memories are chalked full of nights spent at the bowling alley! My parents were in a bowling league when I was growing up and I have many memories of hanging out at the very smokey and (ahem!) white trash Brunswick Bowling Alley in Lubbock, TX. I spent many nights in the day care and just hanging out talking with my parents friends - I learned magic tricks from their friends and I even remember some nights learning cheers from one of my parent's friends who eventually became my cheer leading coach in HS. She says I even did cartwheels down the lanes but I'm not sure I totally remember that! (wink, wink)! :) I also remember when I was in early elementary I actually joined a bowling league for the summer. The first day I was the only one who scored a... wait for it... big fat ZERO! How does someone grow up in the bowling alley and the first day of your own bowling league only throw gutter balls?!? Seriously?? That incident only scarred me for a little bit because I still have a quite a bit of white trash love for the sport of bowling! :) But, enough about me - you are here to read about Jorja...

 

Jorja was really excited to bowl and couldn't wait to get started. In fact, she really never even wanted to take turns with her friends - she couldn't understand why she got to bowl twice then wait forever to do it again. However, I do actually think more than the rolling the ball down the lane and knocking over the pins, she was really excited about carrying around the bowling balls. The balls we played with were 5lb balls and while it scared me the whole time that she would drop it on her foot, she did awesome picking it up and bowling with it! 

Of course, in the beginning, I had to help her just a bit to share my vast knowledge of & enthusiasm for the sport but she quickly got the hang of things! ;)

Towards about the 7th frame I think Jorja was a bit over bowling and ready to go play in the game area. Therefore, I had to help her get re-focused so we could go out with a bang. So, in the 10th frame, we decided that Bear (Jorja's lovey that goes everywhere with her) should help her bowl. And would you believe that in the 10th frame Jorja got her first SPARE?!? I'm thinking Bear may be lucky! (and sure, I was in like 4th grade and only bowling gutter balls and she's 2 1/2 and bowling spares - go figure) :)

And it wouldn't be a play date if Jorja and her BFF, Cole didn't have some quality time together!
 They followed each other around the game area for a while and my favorite was their motorcycle ride: I'm thinking maybe Cole was driving that motorcycle a bit too fast for Jorja?! HA!

 

(How adorable is Cole in this picture?? He so loves Jorja and while you can't tell from this picture, she really does love him too!) :)

 

And I just had to post this because I couldn't get over how stinkin adorable Jorja was in these itty bitty {not-so-little size 9} bowling shoes!!! 

I'm thinking our first bowling experience was a success and I can't wait to make even more fun bowling memories but now with Jorja!

Quote of the Day by Jorja Mae

So, a few friends have mentioned to me how much they LOVE hearing all the crazy, random and hilarious things Jorja says and it got me thinking about how I SO do not want to forget the things she says. So, as I'm trying to make an effort to keep up my blog I thought I would begin a section called "Quote of the Day by Jorja Mae" (see, it rhymes and everything - cute, huh?) :) At this point there are SO many things I could write down but I guess I will just start with something she said today...

PREFACE: 

If you've ever seen Jorja you know she has the most BEAUTIFUL curls I've ever seen on a kid (maybe I'm biased) and we get comments on them ALL. THE. TIME! Well, those bad boys aren't the easiest thing to manage and when she wakes in the morning she has the biggest mess of tangles! So, naturally, I have to spend a good amount of time each morning wetting down the curls, spraying them with de-tangler, combing it out very gently and then topping them off with some moose and a lot of scrunching... Also, it should be noted that Jorja is OBSESSED and I mean, OBSESSED with Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. She wears the shirts, plays with the toys, has the stuffed Characters, has the Characters for the bath tub, has the coloring books and markers, has the band-aids, has the fruit snacks, has the plates & cups and place mats and watches {several} episodes a day - I swear, her favorite episodes she has memorized. :) If it has anything to do with Mickey and the Sensational Six, she is ALL about it!!

SETTING: 

Jorja is sitting in her booster seat and I am fixing her hair: 

CONVO:

J: "Ouch, that hurts"

Me: "Oh, baby! I'm so sorry. Mommy's trying to be as gentle as I can. Your curls are just SO tangled"

J: "We probably need to get a Mousekatool to help comb it out - OH, TOODLES!"

For those of you that don't actually watch MMC I suppose I should explain that a Mousekatool is a "tool" that will help Mickey while on his various adventures and Toodles is what brings the Mousekatools to Mickey! (Toodles is in the pic w/ Mickey)

Happy Noon Year!!

I know, I know! Shocker of all Shockers - I'm actually posting a blog! I won't bore you with any excuses as to why I took an unintentional hiatus nor will I promise that I'm back in full swing! :) We'll just take this one post at a time and see how it goes, okay? I am overwhelmed with all the catching up I must do so in order to help myself out, I'm just starting with the New Year and will post moving forward and when I have time, I will back track! So, here ya go:

happy NOON year

Jorja & I, along with about 20 other moms and kiddos, were invited to our first NOON year party on New Year's Eve. There was utter chaos happening in that place but it was OH. SO. FUN! I can't wait to make it a tradition every New Year's Eve. Since all of our sweet kiddos wouldn't make until midnight to ring in the New Year, we decided 12 noon would work just as great. So, we counted down and when the clock struck noon we blew our horns and partied like it was 1999. I'm pretty sure Jorja was completely oblivious as to WHY we were celebrating but any excuse for her to wear a "crown" and any excuse for me to hang out with super fun moms - we'll take it! :) Of course, ringing in the New Year just wouldn't be the same if Jorja didn't spend it with her BFF, Cole. Here are a few pics of how they rung in the New Year together...

It all started out very cordial:
(check out Cole with his hand on J's leg) :)


and very quickly turned into this:


we aren't really sure what happened to Cole but something got him VERY upset.
Which, of course, then led to
THIS:

I'm sorry - but THAT is funny!! Every time I see these pictures I CRACK. UP. LAUGHING.

And here is the best group shot I could find:

(notice Jorja has calmed down but is now sucking her thumb and holding Bear. Apparently the meltdown & all the excitement was just TOO much for her to handle on her own)

Will this bring me back to life?

I realize I have been gone from the blogging world for an embarrassing amount of time. I think a lot of it has to do with my time management skills - some of it has to do with how extremely busy Jorja and I really have been and since I take pictures of EVERYTHING we do, I begin to get overwhelmed when I think about blogging - and a lot of it has to do with how frustrating Blogger can be in trying to upload pictures and what not.

I have some friends that have amazing blogs and I'm always so envious of what they do. I really do want to be better at this - especially so I won't forget ANY of this precious time I've had with Jorja. So, in order to help me out - I discovered a new blogging tool called Blogo. It is a program designed for Mac users to help make blogging simple. This is my first time to use it. Let's see how it works out for me... will this be what pulls me out of my blogging slump and bring me back to life??? We shall see... ;)

oh, and just because I need to see how easy it is to upload pics and so you can see the CUTEST girl alive... here are some pics as well...

You be the Judge

Alright, people. I want to hear from you! :) You saw a "sneak peek" earlier of Jorja's portrait session with my friend Jennifer... now, you can see all of them here: Portraits by Jenn (at the bottom click the "enter site" picture - then click on "clients" at the bottom - password: jones. then click on "Jorja Easter" - although feel free to look at her others as well if you want). I am having a hard time picking which pictures I want (because, clearly, I want them ALL). So, take a look for yourself and let me know what YOUR faves are!

And just because I haven't posted a picture of my OWN in a while... here's a little sneak peek at one of the posts I'm working on...


Don't you just want to eat her up?! :)

Ridiculous

Okay - so since I am RIDICULOUS and can't ever seem to post my OWN photos of Jorja... maybe this will suffice for those of you who have been bugging me for a month to POST SOMETHING NEW! :) My best friend, Jennifer {an AMAZING photographer, by the way} came and spent a few days with me and, of course, I put her to "work" while she was here and had her take some pics of Jorja in her Easter outfit. You can take a sneak peek here: Portraits by Jenn

You can also see, on Jenn's personal blog site, some really cute pics of her daughter, Hadleigh and Jorja playing together while they were here : The Lankford Family. As you can see, they are already Besties! :)

Trust me, I AM working on posts and even have some ready to publish! But for some reason I just keep thinking that I want to get ALL my posts done before I publish - which is apparently a ridiculous line of thinking since it will take me a decade to finish. {sigh} Jorja and I have been VERY busy and I have a TON to blog about... but finding the time has been difficult. Sorry friends. Updates ARE coming... and hopefully SOON! :)

The Bunny, The Bunny - Oh, I love The Bunny!

Dearest Easter Bunny,

It is with great regret and sadness that I write this letter to you today as I know I have crushed your spirit and I'm willing to face the fact that you may never again hop with that extra bounce after our encounter today. I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me (after all, isn't that what Easter is really all about - the forgiveness of sins?) The truth is - I love to talk about "Bunny", wave to "Bunny", look at pictures of "Bunny" and I even love to twirl when the "Bunny Song" comes on but for some reason, to see you SO large and up close and standing on two feet kind of freaked me out a little and I just couldn't bear the thought of sitting next to you all by myself. I know I made quite the scene today in the mall when we met and I realize how much it must have hurt your feelings when I put the death-grip hold on my mom and yelled over and over and over "No! No bunny"! But, despite what you think I did get all dressed up cute JUST for you and really thought we would be the best of friends! I guess I realized that I'm just not quite ready to make that step yet... but maybe next year Big Guy! Oh, and I hope you don't mind that I made my mom sit with us for our picture - luckily she showered today or the picture could have been a REAL disaster! And I'm really hoping you heard me AS SOON as we walked away from you say "Sorry Bunny, Bye Bye". I really didn't want to hurt your feelings today and I really hope you know how sorry I am. Hey, you should at least look on the bright side - I do like you better than that fat guy with the long beard and red suit...

Here's hoping you will still fill my Easter Basket full of goodies,
Jorja Mae

Top O' the Mornin to You!

I think it's funny how a holiday like St. Patrick's Day was once a holiday I could care less about to now being a holiday I spent weeks trying to plan for! Jorja makes all the little things so much bigger and better! :) I searched for the most festive shirt I could find for Jorja, went to a million stores before finding a shamrock cookie cutter, made Shane help me make sugar cookies from scratch that took 2 days to make, cut & cook, made up my very own spinach dip recipe, put on my own green shirt and headed over to Playgroup full of {green} food, friends and fun! Some of the girls I met through an online playgroup have joined together to make our own Playgroup that meets EVERY Tuesday and as the luck of the Irish would have it, St. Patty's Day landed on Tuesday! Whoot Whoo! Jorja & I brought cookies for all the kids to decorate & spinach dip for everyone to eat. The kids played & the moms talked and fun was had by all - if only we would have discovered a pot of gold, now THAT would have been lucky! :)

My sweet little Lassie and her "cheese" face! Someone Kiss this girl, she IS {part} Irish!! :)

The Group in our Green! Notice all the moms are looking at the camera but all the kids are looking up at the TV screen on the wall. We had to do something to get them to all sit still! :)




I made all the kids Green Shamrock Cookies to decorate and I think it was a hit... at least with Jorja anyway! :) She loved sneaking tastes of the icing, shaking on the sprinkles and then of course eating the actual cookie! So fun!

Mom & Jorja having fun decorating cookies and celebrating St. Patty's Day!

And it wouldn't be a play date without a picture of the "love birds"! Jorja was apparently wanting to snuggle and Cole was more interested in his truck. And so it begins... Boys!

This is Jorja hanging w/ the boys - Nathan, Cole & Keagan! Sweet little Nathan was wanting to snuggle with her but I'm not sure she was all that excited about it - maybe she was still upset that Cole didn't return the snuggle first! HA!



Just wanted to show you her adorable St. Patty's Day shirt!! Deep down she knows Daddy is the ONLY guy for her! :)

I mean, seriously - how adorable is she?!?! LOVE.HER!

I'd like to thank the Academy...

I hardly ever win anything so I am thrilled that I have been awarded with the Kreativ Blogger Award!! Now, I realize the 3 of you that actually read my blog are SHOCKED by this as I never seem to post blogs and when I do post them they are rarely creative - but, I am happily accepting the award nonetheless! :) I was awarded this award by my wonderful friend Katie! I know you've read many posts about Jorja and her son Cole as they are BEST BUDS - in fact, just today, I was telling Jorja we were going to play with Cole and immediately Jorja started walking around the house saying "friend Cole" in sheer anticipation of their time together! :) I feel so blessed to have Katie in my life (and Cole in Jorja's) and always look forward to our time together EVERY week! I don't know a single person that has met her that didn't instantly love her. She is a joy to be around and a great friend. I would give this award right back to her if I could! :)

Now, for the rules... List 7 things that you love and then pass the award along to 7 creative people:

1. Jesus is my homeboy! He is my everything and the only reason I get out of bed each morning. He saved my life in more ways than you could ever imagine and continues to change my life everyday!
2. Shane: I love him because he first loved me (and if you've ever heard our story you know that is the absolute truth -HA!) Best husband, friend and dad in the world. My life would suck without him for sure!
3. Jorja: oh my! How do I love her... let me count the gazillion ways!! I've never known love like being a mom to the most amazing little girl in the world. She simply makes life better and challenges me in ways no one ever has! I am a better (and a LOT less selfish) person because she came into my life.
4. My family: my family & in-laws are the.BEST.ever!!! I'm the most blessed girl in the world to have such a giving, caring, loving, godly, funny, at times a little crazy but overall wonderful family!
5. My friends: I am so blessed to have so many WONDERFUL friends from all seasons of my life. I have 3 friends that I have known since I was a little girl and have spent {literally} my ENTIRE life with and I know will ALWAYS be there no matter how old or crazy I become. Girlfriennnddds forever! My college friends - these girls walked with me through such a life-changing season of my life and stuck with me through it all. We have laughed together, cried together and still remain the best of friends. My WOF/Revolve friends - my goodness these girls make life SO stinkin fun and brought me so close to the Lord. They were my prayer warriors, accountability partners, comic relief, cheerleaders, & shoulders to lean on. My Mommy friends - these are all the new friends in my life and the ones I can't imagine my life without. I look forward to our kids growing up together and all that we will experience together in this season of motherhood!
6. Staying at home with Jorja and how each day is a new & exciting adventure: I am incredibly grateful that I am able to stay home with Jorja. I absolutely LOVE.IT! Jorja makes me laugh like no one else in the world and each day she is sure to give me a {healthy} dose of the giggles! Each day with her is a joy and I'm the luckiest girl in the world! I pray each day she finds her time with me as sweet as I do and that she will always want her Momma as her best friend!
7. Dr. Pepper, Fezzik & Chocolate: My addiction to Dr. Pepper is quite ridiculous - I have the most adorable Yorkie in the world and claim him as my first born - and I'm not really sure life can be lived to it's fullest without a little bit of chocolate consumed each day! (and yes, I realize I just broke "the rules" by combining these 3 into 1 - that's just how I roll).

These ladies deserve the Kreativ Blogger Award for various reasons:
(in no particular order)

1. This girl has been with me through the good times and the bad times and is the most loyal friend I have ever known. She is completely selfless, giving, loving and is ubber talented. I would have no {amazing} documentation of my daughters life without her. :) She is my go-to person with any questions about photography, photoshop, kids (did I mention she has 2 adopted kids that are 1 month apart in age and she's had them since they were each 10 days old?) & life in general! You must check out her family's blog as well as her business blog. JENNIFER, I don't know how you handle all that life has brought your way. You are truly Super Woman to me!
2. I have known this girl practically since she was born (she's a year younger than me - lol!) We have gone through so many walks of life together - puberty, high school, college, marriage and now babies! I admire what an amazing woman and momma she has turned out to be and am amazed at how she handles work, baby, husband, church, & life. You must check out her blog to read about her sweet little man, Hunter! KRISTEN, I have never known life without you and I don't ever want to!
   
3. I'm not sure I've ever been around someone that has so much wit, sarcasm and is as down right hilarious as this person. I have known her since college and we have had our ups and downs and have come out as such great friends. I always look forward to her blog updates as I know they will either make me laugh, think or stop and be amazed! She is in the {extrememly long} process of adopting from China and I can't help but think how truly blessed that little girl is going to be!! You must check out their crazy and fun-filled life and while you are at it, you must support her business as well (http://baby-bobo.com) as well so she can actually afford to bring that little girl home from China! :) Jorja's favorite blanket was made by Ashley! ASHLEY, thanks for making me laugh and I can't wait to see you at Coldplay {again}! Although, we should get together sooner! :)
4. This girl is another one of my college friends. We were roommates, sorority sisters, and seemed to spend every waking moment together! I don't see her near as much as I'd like now but when we do see each other it's as if no time as passed! She is BEYOND creative in EVERYTHING she does - from the way she dresses, to her photography skills, to how she decorates - she simply bleeds creativity! She just recently quit her job at the adoption agency to work on her photography business full-time! You must check her out! RACHEL, you make life so much more fun and exciting! I adore you!!
5. This girl I have known since college but we didn't actually attend college together. In fact, we've never even lived in the same place together! We spent one A-MAZING and LIFE CHANGING summer together in China and had an instant bond & friendship! We recently reconnected through... drum roll please... our BLOGS! And I am SO incredibly grateful to have her back in my life. We just saw each other for the first time in YEARS and it was seriously as if NO time had passed. She has always been the one person in my life that I seem to have a connection with like none other - she is my kindred spirit! Her daughters are beautiful and she's another friend that has an extremely creative side to her. You must check out her blog to hear about her life and business! BETH, I couldn't be happier that we have reconnected and only live a few short hours away from each other. Let's hang out again SOON!
6. This girl is someone that I wish I spent more time with because every time I'm around her she makes me want to be a better person and always has me laughing my head off! Her hubby & Shane went to Texas Tech together and I have had the pleasure of getting to know her through their relationship. Her daughter is exactly a month younger than Jorja & is A-dorable!! She is such a sweet person who is ubber creative, talented and extremely organized! She also has her own Etsy business and is putting her creativity to work! She needs to blog a little bit more (wink, wink) as I love hearing about her and her sweet Anna Claire - so you must check them out as well! JENNY, if you could just pour out an ounce of your creativity and organization into my life I would be a MUCH better person! I miss hanging with you and AC, let's get together SOON!
7. This girl is so precious to me! She was one of my employees for Revolve and ended up becoming one of my dearest friends. We have been through {ultimate} fire together and stuck by each other's side the whole way through and came out stronger and closer in the end! Everywhere we went people always thought we were sisters and I think in my heart we are! She has 2 beautiful boys - Jaxson is only 4 months older than Jorja and Maddox is just a little over a month old. {WOW}! She is such a fun, loving, gracious & merciful person! You must check out her life as a boy mom and all the adventures that come with that title! MORGAN, you are such a beautiful person on the inside and out and I love having you in my life. If only we lived closer I know we would be inseparable!!

There are so many others I would love to pick for this award that have impacted my life in one way or another but maybe another time... oh, and I probably should apologize for being so long winded but this is my blog and I can do whatever I want! :)

These are a few of my favorite things...

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens?? Not quite Jorja's favorite things but close, I'm sure! :) My friend Jenn was having a fun little contest where we were supposed to submit pictures of our kids w/ their favorite things or doing their favorite things and here's just a FEW of Jorja's favorites that I submitted for the contest. I actually took SO many more pictures than this but I'm not all that Photoshop savvy yet and it was taking me forever to put things together so here's 5 of her favorite things in the list of MANY!

It is almost a daily occurrence that Jorja will go to the front door and look out the window and say over and over "oside" (outside). That girl loves to be outside - riding in the wagon {which I didn't put on here but she LOVES that thing}, sliding down slides, swinging, chasing Fezzik around and just running wild! Spring and summer can't get here soon enough!!

Ever since Jorja was about a month old she has been a thumb sucker. Once she discovered her thumb she would no longer take a pacifier. I thought it was so great. A self soother! Perfect. And for the first year & a half of her life it was perfect as I was able to hold her off on sucking her thumb until it was "night night" time - and night night time only. But for some reason, just within the last month, she has begun to want to suck her thumb ALL THE TIME!! I remember thinking a few months ago how I wanted her to have a "lovey" that she slept with and cuddled with and found "security" in {cause I always thought that was just so cute}... and one day she discovered "Bear" {very original name, by they way} and from then on her, bear and that thumb have been BFF & inseparable! I'm sure I should be working harder at trying to break her of this habit {especially knowing how long her mom sucked her thumb - YIKES!} but, I just think she is too adorable. She sucks her thumb and grabs on to Bear's ear with the same hand while stroking it's fur with the other hand. It's just too darn cute so for now - we are breaking all the rules!

A few years ago Shane & I went to Disney World and bought a big Mickey doll not even realizing 3 years later we would have the most precious girl in the world fall in love with him. We've already had to have Nannie sew him up as she's played with him so much his stuffing started to come out! She loves her Mickey and mom and dad are just counting down the days until she's old enough to go with us to Disney World! ;) I blame her other obsession solely on the Lankfords. Before going to visit them in January, Jorja had never even seen an episode of Sesame Street nor did she really care about Elmo and she'd never even heard of Abby. Well, she spent 4 days with Hadleigh and Isaac {who watch SS every morning and have 4 Elmo dolls} and got completely hooked. Hadleigh & Isaac gave Jorja her very own Abby doll before we left and I went around town searching for a similar Elmo doll! Now guess what we do every morning? You got it - spend time watching Jorja's new BFF's - "Elmo & Abby"!

I love that Jorja already has a love for the "arts". She loves to draw on her doodle board and the crayons and coloring books are left out all the time now that Jorja has a table & chairs to sit at and color. {Look how great she holds the crayon - she's such a big girl}. But more than her love of drawing and coloring is her love of reading. Jorja LOVES to sit in her chair or in our laps and plop down with a good book or two. She even knows all her favorite books by name. I can tell her to go get a particular book off the shelf and she will go over and get the right one every time. She's such a little smarty! Her vocabulary is OUT OF THIS WORLD and I want to thank her love of reading for it all! I should also point out that her favorite book to read is The Bible {pictured} and there isn't anything that makes me happier than to know that already God is preparing my sweet little girl to love His Word and hide it in her heart!

And to save the best and most favorite thing for last - Jorja's most favorite is her DADDY!! She can't get enough of him. She gets giddy the second she hears the garage door go up at 5:30pm cause she knows the man of her dreams is about to walk through the door. She starts bouncing up and down, running around in circles and laughing all the while saying "dada". Once he gets home she hardly wants anything to do with me and it's all about "dada". She loves to cook with him, cuddle with him, play with his hats, play with his beard, give him kisses - if Daddy is involved she wants to be a part of it. They have definitely stolen eachother's hearts and she will forever and always be Daddy's Little Girl.

Falling off the face of the earth??

OKAY. WOW! I absolutely can't believe I haven't blogged in almost 2 months. I'm such a blog slacker... especially in comparison to some of the blogs that I spend way too much of my time stalking! HA! Seriously, though - I have almost 20 different sub folders of pictures & blog ideas on my computer that I've set apart specifically for the blog but somehow, life is going way too fast and I haven't had ANY time to actually sit down and write about the awesome things Jorja and I are experiencing nor have I been able to post the million pictures that I've taken! AHH!! Trust me, I'm just as frustrated as you are about the whole thing. I do realize some of you out there are probably curling up in the fetal position under your kitchen table right about now - simply because you can't go another day without an update of that precious Jorja Mae! I know. It hurts. But trust me - in a few short days {hopefully} all your worries will disappear and you will begin to come out of that comatose state of depression you have found yourself in! Posts and Pictures are on their way... stay strong, my friends, stay strong.

And in order to keep you from the straight jacket a little while longer here's a few pics:

{Note: these are taken with my new Canon EOS Rebel XSi that Shane got me for Christmas. I.AM.IN.LOVE! - and thank you to one of my dearest and bestest friends Jenn for teaching me a few tricks of the trade, although I am still a MAJOR work in progress, you rock! Check her out at portraitsbyjenn.com}