pardon my mess

Please pardon my mess while I'm working on the blog.  I decided to give home sweet home a makeover last night.  I still have to play around with some of the settings so let's just say it's a work in progress.  So, what do you think?  Do you like this clean, simplified look better than the other one?  Scott is on the fence but is leaning toward liking the old, more colorful design better.  I'm currious to know what you think!

The pictures for my new header are from Addi's 1 year photos with Shannon Ho.  I know they are a little out dated, but they were just too beautiful not to use for a while.  Shannon graciously gave me permission to post them on my blog...thank you Shannon!  You'll remember from this post last November that Addi's eye was swollen in our retakes and she battled a nasty double ear infection in our first session.  Despite all of this, I'm still so in love with these images!  Shannon did such an amazing job!  Here are a few more: