First Getty Sale

I currently have 25 of my images up for sale at Getty Images. Getty chooses the images that they want to add to their collection of stock photography, and then the public can purchase rights to use these images for all different kinds of media. Getty takes a pretty big cut of the sale, but depending on the size of the image, as well as the exclusivity the buyer would like, it can be a fairly easy way to make some dough from photos that otherwise would gather dust on my hard drive. From what I've heard, it usually takes about 6 months for your images to start selling. It has been 5 months and I just made my first sale. The shot that sold was this one I made for Leap Day 2 years ago. Funny, huh? It sold for commercial web use in the beauty / personal care industry.

You can see my entire Getty collection here.

Afternoon snack

Bathtime shenanigans

Sending cheer to a special person who needs it.

Extreme Baby Tossing

Please don't call CPS on us.

Ham

"Pardon me, can you tell me where I might find the CHEEEEEEEEEEESE?"




This smile is so fake. She was being really crabby so her daddy tried to get her to laugh and this is what she did for about three seconds before continuing on with the crankiness.

This morning

Last night, Lily took FOREVER to fall asleep, she kept fighting and fighting it. When she finally fell asleep, she slept like a log. Corey and I slept quite soundly too, as we'd had a pretty exciting weekend - his family was visiting and I went to a really fun "green girls night" at a friend's house (it was an Eco St. Patricks Day party).

First, I need to mention that Lily's crib is right beside our bed. Corey and I take turns sleeping on her side of the bed and when it is your night, you get to do the late night pacifier popping or bottle making. Anyhoo, I was peacefully slumbering on my back when at 4:45 am, my eyes open and in the darkness I can just barely make out her round little face peering down at me from above. Her pacifier was in her mouth and she was standing in her crib, face directly above mine, looking at me. How sweet is that? I gave her a bottle and got her back down so her daddy could get more sleep while I got ready for work.

Corey told me that she never woke. He gently picked her up and while he was changing her diaper, her eyes stayed shut and she was holding onto toes softly uttering "uh-oh.....uh-oh......uh-oh".

Cleaning out the inbox

I have been going back through my old emails and printing off all of the sweet emails we got from friends, family and total strangers when Lily first came into our lives. I want to save them so I can read them to Lily when she is old enough.
I came across this one, it made me teary and then laugh out loud. I have to preface it to say that Jennifer and Jeremy had been with us through the thick and thin of the adoption process. They had delivered a car seat to me at work just in time for us to drive down to North Carolina to meet a birthmother, only for her to change her mind and pick another couple. Living close and having lots of outgrown baby items at their disposal, they were the ones we contacted when we had "maybe babies". They suffered through our disappointments just as we did. They were the ones who drove us to the airport and kept our car while we flew to California for yet another "maybe baby".
Here is the email I received:

"I just got the pictures!! She's beautiful! You two look radiant holding her. She is right where she belongs, with her MOM & DAD!! When I saw the pics, it just hit me like a ton of bricks, so happy and somewhat relieved, will be totally relieved when you all are home with her. Glad no one is here (I'm at work) to see me blubbering like fool! Whoooooopeeeeeeeee!
BTW - the Prius does great burnouts! ;)
Jennifer".


Jennifer and I think way too much alike. Case in point: this post on her blog.