the invite i made :

so busy!

so today is my 26th birthday. I was asked by tanner's brother if i felt old...my answer was no. i don't feel any different. however, on april 3rd i will feel older. my precious son will be ONE. i did have a wonderful birthday weekend/days. it was quite a long birthday for me! thursday we went to abuelos (a totally yummy mexican restaraunt) with tanner's family for dinner. i got a gorgeous handmade frame with a sweet <3 picutre of me and caleb in it. plus a new cartridge for my cricut and a date to get my nails did! :) oh, and the muse cd and the newest beyonce cd. saturday i got a new makeup case (TOTALLY LOVE IT) and twilight and went to see the confession of a shopaholic movie (pretty good for a remake of the book). on sunday we went to my parents house for stuffed bell peppers (my fav) and carrot cake! i got lots of money (i asked for gift cards, lol) and an appointment to get my matching tat from my sister (she got hers from me and now i'm getting mine from hers...i'll post pics). then today i had lunch at red robin with my mommy (yum, nikki!) and tanner and caleb got me a coach ring (love it!!) and a coach scarf (love it!!- i have one of those watches that you use a small scarf with) and tanners best friend, jim, made dinner and served me even! so i got totally spoiled! plus wednesday i get my hair done (yay for a new cut and some new color!) and then wednesday i have my birthday lunch with suzanne from my old office. .... oh i got a new job! lol, this is actually my 5th week. :) love it. more money, closer and virtually 0 drama!

and this week is totally busy! saturday is caleb's first birthday party!! it's land before time themed at the park! yay! i'll be back this coming weekend to post a ton of pictures of all the latest happenings in our lives :)

Miss Alora!

My mom's friends daughter is a Senior this year and they asked me to take some shots of her...she's a sweetheart and we had fun :)

a new play...

in lightroom & cs4

i wanted to removed the heel prick but i was not satisfied with the darn cloning it just looked off because of the newborn skin & shadows...anyways, here's a color & a b&w. i focused more on the composition & trying to get a good exposure on the skin tone. she is still very red so it was kind of hard :)

happy st pattys day!

love, the zimmermans :)

My new niece!

Well, I have a ton to update but only a split second for now so I will announce the birth of my gorgeous niece, Miss Berkley Ryann (said like Ryan). She was born Monday at 9:35am weighing 7lbs 5oz and 20inches long. She's a doll! We dropped off Caleb's cradle last night for her to use and I snapped some pictures of her quick. The lighting wasn't the best and I played in Photoshop with them for a while so they're fairly decent. :)