Once I got settled in, we moved Marilena all around inside and outside of the house.  I loved their house!  I think I may just offer Kim a job as a stylist for my upcoming photo shoots! 

Anyway, Marilena did SO great!!  A natural model indeed!   Oh, I have to say that Rocky & Spunky (their dog & cat) did excellent as well…. as you will see!  They were so cute and just wanted to be near all of the photography action and, of course, be close to Marilena

Well, I hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed creating them!

A little side note about some of the props:  I recently purchased the pink tutu, the white tutu (that Marilena is lying on) and fairy wings here:  http://www.fionasfairys.com/.  This is a great new shop at The Piazza in Northern Liberties.  The owner, Karen, is extremely nice and they have an array of beautiful outfits and accessories for babies and older kids (including boys!).  Oh, and the designer of the white tutu is:  Kaiya Eve.  Very cool stuff!!

This next shot really did just happen all by itself!  Eventually, we did re-position Rocky just a little bit.  Even still, seriously, HOW CUTE!?

Sleeping fairy….. sigh….  (ps. she is sleeping on top of the 12 month tutu skirt)

Here is Rocky making sure not to be excluded from this family portrait. 

For now, we have our cat, Santucci (named after my favorite pizza parlor)!  Secretly, I think he loves this.    I took the time to set up his bed (which he loves!) in front of our tiny Christmas tree.  He eventually laid in it and I continued to add decorations on top of him until it was just too much.  Eventually he got spooked by something, jumped up quickly and broke 4 ornaments into tiny pieces.  Oh well!  Still worth it!  Here are some Toochy Christmas photos…..

Look, that’s me in the reflection!

I love this one because he actually looks like a statue or one of the figurines…