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In the 4 years Ive been in business, one of the biggest rewards for me has been the consistent flow of repeat clients.   I love how I have photographed some as newborns, only to photograph their siblings as newborns and them as toddlers and then also in that time developed an amazing friendship with the parents.   Ask any photographer and they will tell you that the biggest compliment as a photographer is when the client comes back again and then sends their friends as well.   I just love my
This weeks specialin honor of those special clients:
*1/2 off the session fee for any repeat client for any session booked in 2009!*   This special will last until next monday!
and some of my wonderful (I have more but these are ones I have handy so I wanted to share.

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The NHL suspended hockey's most hated player, Sean Avery, for talking trash to the new player dating his ex girlfriend Elisha Cuthbert.

Here's the deal -- Cuthbert's new boyfriend, Dion Phaneuf, plays for the Calgary Flames -- and during a practice session in Calgary today, Avery got the media's attention and said the following:

"I just want to comment on how it's become like a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in love with my sloppy seconds. I don't know what that's about. Enjoy the game tonight."

Avery is out pending a hearing with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman.

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purple couch is also getting a face lift for 2009. Im even more excited about that one, but youll just have to wait and see
Okay, so this past weekend, my mom took T for his weekend away and so we could have alone time with L. I was really looking forward to hanging out and snuggling with my little guy, but wow! Who took my sweet little snuggle bug and replaced him with a moody, whining, temperamental boy?? I dont know if its his natural progression or perhaps hes sensing the big changes about to take place in our family, but this is breaking my heart. I had us all lined up to see The Very Hungry Caterpillar on stage followed by a carriage ride downtown, but he wanted NO part of it. You can tell how thrilled he was in the above pic. It was so bad, we had to leave the theater. You may have actually seen the two of us sitting on the curb of Congress Avenue on Sunday bawling together. It was a sight Im sure. I just dont know if I can take losing my little boy like thishow do I reassure him that even though he wont be the of our family, I will love him for all that he is no matter what? Its hard to type this, actually
Moving on
Can I also tell you that its KILLING me that I cant show you my latest batch of cards and announcements, yet?!!! Oh, weve had some amazingly fun and beautiful designs this year featuring some equally wonderful images. The first of the year, maybe Ill do a card parade.
Okay, Im going to get back to basting my little turkey now.

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I thought Michelle Obama gave a very nice, stirring speech at the convention last night. I found it quite moving at times. I thought the beginning was a bit too much about her brother (who cares?) but she wove it all in by the end. It was a little awkward at the beginning, too, before she warmed up. I also think it was a little silly with the girls talking to Daddy on the monitor at the end as he said goodnight from some other city. (Why are they doing that? It's unnecessary and silly. Get him to Denver already, and he can say goodnight to his girls in person and some other person can tell the "everyday stories" if that's what he's doing from wherever that was.) And it was a little too much "God bless America" for my tastes, because I don't think God-if-there-is-a-God does the blessing individual nations thing. But I understand she had to sound both patriotic and religious because of the charges that have been leveled against her and Barack. And perhaps she is both that patriotic and that religious. It wasn't at a very offensive level for me, because, after all, you'd hear the same thing from just about any politician.

About patriotism, as she was talking, it was connecting me back to this Time article on "The War Over Patriotism" I read about patriotism recently. I haven't called myself patriotic in at least eight years, maybe longer, maybe never. This article helped me reconnect to the idea of patriotism. I think the Obama campaign, too, has given me more hope for the future, and as my patriotism is the dream of who we can be as a nation, the more that dream is awakened and kept alive, the more patriotic I feel. So I would say that this campaign has made me feel patriotic again, or perhaps patriotic for the first time.

Here's Michelle's speech, if you missed it, part one. You'll need to link to part 2.

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If you are a faithful Miskin family blog follower, then you will remember me mentioning my OB (baby) doctor, Dr. Gordon. I have mentioned in a few posts that he was really sick with something, then I found out it was Lou Gehrigs disease. Anyway, I found out at my appointment on Tuesday  that he had passed away on Monday.
Any woman who has had a child knows that you get a little attached to your Doctor. They are there for the 9 months of pregnancy, and they are the ones who bring out your little baby. Doctor Gordon was even more special because he has been here through Tanner and Natalyas pregnancies and births. So, I was really bummed about the news, even though I knew he wouldnt be delivering this next baby, I just hoped he would be there for my post natal care and everything.
I was blessed to have had one last appointment with him 3 weeks ago. He stayed and talked with me for more than 10 minutes (which is highly unusual). He told me about his son coming home from his mission the following week, asked about my kids, my family, and other personal things we usually wouldnt have talked about. I thought it was a neat thing that he was able to do that. Last week, I was told he wasnt able to make it in, so I knew he must not be doing well.
My heart goes out to his family. I believe he was diagnosed less than a year ago, and it went to quickly. He has 8 kids, and I think he still has a few that live at home. I hope that they are receiving the comfort that they need right now. Also, I think it is great that he was able to see his son home from his mission just a few weeks before he died.
I know I am probably more sad about this than usual because I am pregnant, but I just wanted to write a post so that I would have a record of it for myself. I wanted to write a few memories that I have, for posterity sake. When I was pregnant with Natalya, Dr. Gordon would always play this game with him. He would take out his measuring tape, pull it out a little and tell Tanner to blow on it, and he would make it go back up. Tanner loved it, and even remembered when I started going to appointments for this baby. The other things is when I was having my c-section for Natalya, him and Dr. Judd (who will be delivering this baby), were talking about baseball, having arguments about how to sew me back up, and hiding things from the nurses. When Dr. Gordon was called into to do Tanners c-section, he came into the room, and said You guys paged me during sacrament meeting and I didnt have it on vibrate! Then, when they were trying to get a hold of him to release me from the hospital after Natalyas birth, they couldnt get a hold of him, and found out it was because he was giving a talk in sacrament meeting, and they had paged him 3 times! I believe that everything with Dr. Gordon was something to experience, nothing was ever just ordinary.
Anyway, I may have more at some point, but he was a great guy, so funny and friednly, I am sure he will be missed by many.

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