Today is my Birthday. The big 3-0. Wow. Yikes!

Okay, now that we have that out of the way….. Lets move on to a few of my favorite recent pictures of Bristol…

I actually had the idea to take pictures of myself holding a sign that said ”30!” with a look of disbelief on my face, (because really, I can hardly believe I am thirty!) but of course I never got around to it. Then I was also going to hold a sign that said “8 weeks to go!” to document the fact that we only have eight weeks left till our baby’s due date. Which is exciting. Which is also one of the reasons I love these pictures of Bristol. She is in her room - the ‘nursery’ - which she will soon be moved out of. And I love the fact that right now she is my ‘baby’ and these shots were taken in her room, on her changing table. I got her dressed one day and just decided to grab my camera for a few random shots. No plans. No expectations. And I love what I got. First she was playing “Peek-a-pie” (that is how she says it, and I love it!) Then she was just being silly, and as I’ve mentioned before, I love laughter, especially my girls

Happy Birthday to me - and anyone else who might be celebrating a Birthday today, and Happy Monday to the rest of ya!

You may remember this little sweetie from a sneak peek I posted awhile back:

Sullivan was born back in December and he is absolutely precious!

Logan is a proud big brother

We got some great shots of Logan by himself too…

They have a huge piece of art hanging over his crib – I always love seeing art on a huge scale, so of course I loved his

And now, the whole family…

Love these next two!

But this one could be my favorite of all four of them…

Chris and Jennifer, Thank you for asking me to capture this special time in your lives…

Got up this morning with a pregnacy headache and not a clue what I was going to blog. So, almost lunchtime, I sit down to go through a few folders and come across these random shots. And since this is “Miscellanous Monday” I thought it would be a good time to blog them. I love random shots of people/things. I think they tell a good story.

I adore this shot of Bristol…while there were other ‘favorites’ from this little series, this one still stood out for some reason.

(Bristol is watching me right now and said “Look! There’s Bistol Bee…me!”)

My “To Do” list… for some reason I felt the need to photograph it one day (picture me shrugging right now, but I do like the random-ness of it)

Art. Create. I love it.

Kennedy, my girly-girl…I finally broke down and bought her some nail polish, and she is so pleased!

Thanks for looking and have a fab Monday!

Another short and sweet Christmas shoot We did this one at the same time we did Emerson’s (see post below this one…) and I have to say, I just love how these turned out!

Have a great weekend

A short and sweet Christmas shoot for my friend Julie’s little guy

Yes, she made the adorable sign…

Today just happens to be Julie’s Birthday…so Happy Birthday to you Julie!

Thanks for looking

Dance like nobody’s watching.

Or, like Bristol, dance even when someone is watching….Happy Monday

Seriously, I loved spending an hour or so with this sweet boy. He was sitting up, but had not quite learned to crawl yet, and that is often my favorite time to shoot because they can’t get away!

When I got to his house he was all ready for his shoot:

I love chunky babies (well, I love babies of any size really!) but I couldn’t help snapping a few shots of his hands…because they lose this baby fat so fast…

When his Mom stuck this hat on him, I swooned

We let him play on the tractor for awhile, and I love the light and the overall feel of these….

I love this one in both color and sepia, so I decided to just post both

While shooting the one above, his Mom got to laughing and warned me that she sometimes has a ‘different’ sense of humor, then held up this sign and suggested we use it as a prop…I love it! haha!

Emily, he is adorable! Thanks for trusting me to capture him and all his cuteness/sweetness… XoXo

Oh the day of hearts and romance and pink and red and way to expensive flowers I am not a huge Valentines Day girl, don’t get me wrong, I like it. I like the excuse to give cards and candy and have a nice dinner with your significant other, make a special dessert, etc. I even love Valentines Day parties. But, I have never really thought that you should have to go ‘all out’. Even when we were dating (Stu and I) I would tell him “Please do not send me flowers on Valentines Day!” I would much rather him send them any random day of the year, and spend a whole lot less money and they would be so much more special…because it was not ‘expected’. He scored big points one year when he showed up with a cute little Valentines Day bag, a few long stemed roses he picked up at the grocery store, and a few of his old Tshirts for me to sleep in… in my opinion, it was the perfect gift

Another thing I really like about Valentines Day now that we have kids is making cards with Kennedy. And this year, we waited till the last minute to do it (yesterday)! I had good intentions of making some cute Valentines Day decor too, but that didn’t happen

Happy Valentines Day to you all. However you are spending it, I hope it is wonderful!

A couple of things that made me happy this weekend….

Walking into the living room and seeing my girls sitting together, one still in her PJ’s, both dressed as ‘Princesses” (did I spell that right?):

Making punch together:

Kennedy, when she tells me a good story:

Cute tootsies:

Fresh flowers:

I bought those at the grocery store after seeing this post from Young House Love, and honestly, I love how they look sitting on my kitchen table so much that I don’t know why I don’t buy fresh flowers more often!

It was a pretty good weekend… I hope yours was
Happy Monday!

My niece Mya. Ah, she is so precious, but she gave me a fit trying to get newborn pictures of her! In all honesty, I sometimes struggle when shooting newborns. I feel that they are a ‘special’ subject to shoot and I don’t have a lot of the props and other things that come along with getting some of the more unique shots. And when they wiggle and cry scream like Mya did, well, that makes me struggle even more! But, I walked away (two times) wondering “did I get anything?” to come home and find that I did indeed… and that makes me happy

First, a few shots of her sweet nursery:

Our cousin, Katie, made these booties for her…

That cute diaper bag? Made by Monica…

Adorable hat, also made by Monica…

The art is by Julie…

And now, Mya Nicole:

I got her totally settled at one point (unfortunately with clothes I didn’t want her in and blankets too) but since she was so relaxed, I snapped a few pictures anyway.

Then I attempted to get her undressed and into blankets/positions that I wanted…and this is what I got right away:

It is like she is say “Ohhhh, I don’t like this!” So in went the paci…

I think this is my favorite shot:

then we were back to this:

Whew.

Baby Mya (or as Bristol says “Baby I”) we love you sweet girl, hopefully one day you’ll love my camera