Our dog has done really well with Rachel. They are becoming best friends and love playing and chasing each other around the house. Rachel thinks she is absolutely hilarious and doesn't hesitate around her one bit. Most of the time, Zoe ends up getting her eyes poked, ears and tail pulled, hair jerked out, or drooled on (just to name a few). She lets Rachel do pretty much anything to her and just sits there (She does get a lick or two in. She can't really help herself there).

Since Rachel entered our family a little over a year ago, she obviously takes up most of our time at home now. We try to make sure Zoe is included, but I know she probably feels rejected a little.

So here's a few of the best dog in the world. These were taken in the back yard last week ago.

A few from various portrait sessions over the past couple of months. Portrait session information viewed here.

Since my last post, I've done several weddings, my first bar mitzvah, several senior portrait sessions, and of course all the things with Rachel and my family. I've even starting messing around a little with microstock photography. I'm not really making that much, but I didn't expect to. Just wanted to see what would happen. I've done the best on Shutterstock. In the past month, I think I've sold somewhere around 45 images. We'll see where it goes....

I'm starting pretty much where I left off with my last post. I'm posting a few from Rachel's Easter portraits.

Rachel was six months old Friday. Where did the time go? Seems like it was just last month when Rachel was born. She is definitely entering a more "fun" stage. Everything so far has been fun too, but I'm really enjoying all of the new things she can do. It's like she learns to do something new every day or she figures out how to do something better. The past month she has really gotten better at sitting up. It also makes it a whole lot easier to do photos that way.

These are a few of her six month photos. Lori made her a tutu, and we found an old necklace to put on her. She's really learning how to "turn it on" for the camera. One day I know she will get tired of it all and say "no more daddy." But until then....

We also took some Easter photos around the same time. I will post some of those later.

Here are a few shots from a senior portrait session I did a few weeks ago.

All of these were taken in the downtown area of Roanoke.

Check out my new website to see more of these and other images. Here's the link http://www.dustinmccollum.com

Rachel was three months old today. It's hard to believe it has already been that long. Everyone told me after we found out we were going to have a baby that the time flew and I believe them.

Now she is smiling, laughing, making talking noises, and today she rolled over for the first time. I was lucky enough to be taking photos when it happened and I was able to catch the sequence.

So we decided to do some more photos of my daughter in her Christmas dress. These seem to have better expressions from her. The last ones we did she wasn't smiling a whole lot. She wasn't being grumpy, but just wasn't smiling.

Rachel's Great-Grandmother gave her a Christmas dress to wear this year. Today we took some photos of her in it. She's holding her head up now and smiling all the time. It's amazing how fast they grow up. It's already been two months.