For all you Facebook-ers

Go vote for Leyna in a Cutest Kid Contest! Simply “like” her photo found here, but first you will need to be a fan/like Kelly Ann Photography. It’s a little contest held by a local photographer here in Okinawa. The photo with the most "Likes" wins and entrant gets a free family photo session and portrait package. As you'll see, there's not that many entries, so Leyna has a great chance. What a nice treat that would be just before Leyna's birthday! Voting ends Monday, June 28 at 11:59pm (JST)...which means Sunday June 27 at 7:59am for you guys in Cali. Go vote and spread the word! Arigato! =D

Maybe Next Time...

Thanks to those who rated my designs...but bummer, I didn't make it to Round 2... But hey, I don't regret trying! Maybe I'll do better next time! You can still go see and rate the ones that are left for the final round here.

Holiday Card Design Competition

So I decided to enter a Holiday Photo Card design competition and would appreciate your vote! Finding the time away to design several cards in a short amount of time turned out to be much more difficult than I thought. I had too many concepts in mind and I just barely got three finished in time for the deadline..but thank goodness I got something done.

Aside from a one-time monetary prize, winning designs are then printed and sold via minted.com and designers receive a commission on sales. Best of all you receive recognition from high profile people in the design industry --magazine editors, authors, design directors, CEOs... Overall these design competitions will keep me on my feet and if I do well, it's a great opportunity to get noticed. So spread the word and wish me luck! Click on each photo and it will take you to the voting page where you can rate that card. Thanks for your support!

11 Months

Leyna is 11 months today. Her personality is blooming and it's a pleasant surprise to see all the little things she's picked up along the way that we never realized she was absorbing into her lil mind. Things like...brushing her own hair...putting on a hat...holding a phone up to her ear and talking...walking around with a purse...feeding us food...wiping our noses with tissue...the list goes on. She still loves books, even if it means just quickly fanning the pages of a novel or huge catalog. For some reason she loves boxes...not just picking them up or climbing on top of them, but most of all sitting in them and bringing in her toys into the lil space, trying to stay in it even as she reaches for toys far from her. She'll even move the box to another area and stand in it while she plays with whatever is surrounding her there. It's so peculiar..yet entertaining to watch! And by her huge smiles and shrieks it's obvious that being able to walk has made life so much more exciting for her. When she's outside she wants to touch everything...dirt, plants, rocks. She's more curious than ever, and it's so much fun. Anyways, we're happy she's just so happy all the time. We can't believe she'll be 1 years old already...our baby sure is growing up fast.