1.  There are six days left to enter the nursery contest.  I have gotten several entries over the last few days, so I am getting more excited about it! AND the publisher of the Baby Guide was telling me that they are always looking for nurseries for the magazine so who knows!!

2.  In a fun and different direction for my business, I have been hired as the official photographer of the Zoo’s Education Department!  I’ll be taking pictures of fun things such as their zoomobile, afterschool programs, etc that they can use in their brochures and website.  I am excited!

3.  If you didn’t see it yesterday, I announced the date for a second Get Manual Workshop.  If you missed it first time around, be sure to check out the details.

4.  I have two beautiful flush mount albums in the works for orders for clients, and I am VERY excited!  They are such a gorgeous product…the perfect way to preserve your photographs from our session!

5.  It’s not too early to start thinking about spring and summer photos.  Mother’s Day and Father’s Day will be here before you know it as will Easter.  While things are slow calendar-wise now, they will definitely be picking up so don’t wait to schedule your photos for too long.

6.  One more from my teeny bean yesterday.  Her real sneak peek will be up tomorrow…  I just love this picture – makes me smile 🙂  And for reference, that hat usually is slightly tight on newborns!!

7.  We went to Brooklyn last weekend to visit my sister in her new place.  (She just moved there after years in DC)  And while we were there I got to go to Adorama’s store in Manhattan.  I know this would probably only really appeal to other photographers but it was AMAZING.  It was just huge with photography equipment everywhere you looked.  And while I was there I purchased a new lens for my collection – the Tamron 90mm micro.  This lens allows me to get really close up detail shots – it focuses at less than 11 inches away from the subject and allows me to get things like the eyelash picture I shared in my last sneek peek and shots of newborn baby parts like these.  I LOVE my new lens!!

8.  As a side note to the Brooklyn post, I am looking at a few different travel dates and cities for this coming year.  Some areas up in the air include North Carolina, Arizona and New York City along with the RI beaches, though those aren’t *really* travel sessions for me.  I am also open to suggestions for other cities!!  Especially if Southwest flies there  😉

9.  As of Monday night I am up to 349 fans on Facebook!  That is SO cool.  I didn’t think I’d ever make it to 300!!  Now I want 500 – yes I’m greedy.  😉

10.  The “How to Pick a Good Photographer” post is in its final stages!!  I expect to have it up tomorrow or Thursday of this week.  So be sure to check back!