Sooooo Sleepy...

I'm working on spreadsheets and resumes at work today. I'm taking a brief break because between the work and my sleep deprivation I've almost dozed off twice at my desk!

So, I mentioned meeting my friend Lisa's baby, Bea this past week. Here's a picture of her... definitely not one of my best, but I didn't get to their house until late, so I had to use the flash.

She is SO cute and so tiny! She's about 9.5 lbs. at 3 months which is less than many of the babies I've been around lately weighed at birth! Anyway, I wanted to do another shoot with her in the daylight hours, but alas, I never made it back up to their house due to my schedule in Sacramento... soon though Bea will be in my portfolio!

I was going to show pictures of the booth, but it's got my company name and honestly, I'm so sick of the thing right now I didn't want to put any pics of it up. It looked good. You'll just have to trust me. It was a lot of work and well, that's all I'm going to say.

Onto more pleasant topics... first, some pictures of the birthday shindig. First, the table in the dining room area:

Yes, those are lanterns and kits suspended from the ceiling. Yes, my mom does rock at party decor. Here's DH in the main party room:

Here's my grandma dishing up her dinner. We had chicken stir fry with lots of fresh veggies, beef teriyaki, a Asian glazed pork tenderloin and baked egg rolls. Almost all of the dinner was quite lowfat, but oh-so-tasty!

Here's my plate. YUMMY!

And now, to the first pics taken with the new lens. Here's one of mom:

Here's one of my cousin Amy wearing one of the hats my mom provided:

Here's Katie, my newly engaged cousin, at the table showing me her ring. She asked me to be a bridesmaid in her wedding next July... I'm so excited!

Here's a picture of me that Amy took:

And here's my current favorite of DH. He looks so handsome here... I love the lighting and the sign in the background.

All of these photos with the new lens were taken without a flash in a fairly averagely lit room. I like the golden glow, but just think how this lens will be in natural light with babies and kids! Woohoo!

I guess that's about it for now. The diet is going well, other than my lack of exercise since I returned from the tradeshow, but I hope to get some workouts in toward the end of the week. We're going to my SIL's wedding in Tijuana Friday and I'm taking the pictures. I'm a bit nervous about the whole thing, but I've been reading up in my new book and I'm going to do some practice work with the new lens and flash later this week, so hopefully I'll be all ready to go!

Hope everyone is well!