:: B + K .Save the Date. ::

This shoot had been planned for weeks. I was excited to see what Kim had come up with. She has this creative jean I would cut my pinky toe off for (maybe). For a moment I though this shoot wasn’t going to happen, due to my dog going into labor a couple hours before their shoot, I started to panic. Getting these two people off on the same day, along with my schedule isn't the easiest thing. I did some praying and a lot of letting go, and all is well.. who would have thought!

Kim and l, both had the same idea for a location, we just didn’t realize we would have so much fun. There was a scavenger hunt involved, Heavy lifting, a kangaroo rat, a breeze we didn’t anticipate and to finish it off railroad track grease, everywhere!  Sounds fun right!?! It totally was, and what made it even better was to be with two great people. There are no words for Brian and Kim besides happiness. These two people are perfect for each other, end.of.story. I could go on and on but that would just embarrass Brian, and who wants to embarrass the guy who just bowled a 300 annnd got a bad a$$ ring for it. . . Not me!

Keep your eyes open for more of these two later this year!

 

     

These are the memories. . .

A new week is coming and I am thrilled. This last week was rough with little Miss Bailey Boo … My almost two year old is teething, and it hasn’t been fun. I have a love hate relationship with teething. It sucks to see your kids in pain and miserable. At times you feel helpless, because let’s face it there isn’t a whole lot you can do. And you might think you kid is bi-polar while teething, one minute they are happy playing all alone and the next, it is like a living monster trying to climb your leg just so you’ll hold them. Which brings me to the love, and then love-hate again. I LOVE, love, love, the cuddles. Oh my! When they just want to lay there on your chest like a limp piece of lettuce and not move.. It’s like a little piece of heaven is here on earth. And then to look down and see they have fallen asleep.. ahhhh It’s that moment you dreamt about as a little girl. It’s what you thought parenthood would be all about, the love, the cuddles, laying on the couch not doing a thing but making your child feel better every second of the day….. AND THEN.. reality hits when they start squirming to get comfortable, crying in-between each move, and you remember you have laundry in piles everywhere, dishes and in the sick, dust multiplying by the second OHHH, and another child that hasn’t had lunch yet and is currently yelling on the toilet for you to wipe his behind! Yes. this is life with a teething child. I wish I could say I won’t miss these days, but I WILL miss these days.  Knowing Bailey is the last, I want to savor each little moment  of these times. Any minute my kids want to cuddle I’ll take. Logan is just now entering the ‘I wipe off all your kisses’ stage and I have to pretend it’s not killing me….. so here’s to hoping that will end soon.  And here’s to hoping for a better week, with no teething issues.

Happy Sunday from the Sons…

      

They are my EVERYTHING.

:: Liam is ONE ::

When I think of Liam, I think of the biggest piercing blue eyes that can light up a room. A smile that is contagious and a little boy I have watched grow for a year now! A WHOLE YEAR I have watched this kid grow and change every three months. It’s been pretty awesome. And over the course of that year I have also gained a good friend in his mom. We have also learned that Liam does not take good pictures unless his dad is there to make him smile! Hey! It happens. ;)
I cannot wait to watch this little guy grow in the years to come. I'm sure he will be a stud and have to beat woman off. Some people are just lucky like that!

   

    

 

 

:: My Oldest Client::

As I was editing today I totally got side tracked and had to search for all of the pictures I have taken of this little girl. She is my oldest client! Oldest meaning longest, as in since the beginning!!! That’s right, I have been taking her pictures since Nov of 2009! Her family was one of my FIRST clients,  I am so thankful for them and their continued support throughout the years.

I love that I have been given this opportunity to watch this little girl grow. It has been such an honor to watch those little blonde ringlets get longer and those eyes sparkle brighter each time I see her. I know that each time we meet it will take at least fifteen minutes for her to warm up to fact we are taking pictures. And for me to get smiles and the real her, I need to be quick on my feet and pull out all of my game playing tricks. She isn’t an easy one at times, but hard work is worth the reward. She is gorgeous and so full of life! Last year Miss J welcomed a brother. So now we have started another chapter with another kid and started at newborn with this one. I cannot wait to see what’s to come with this family.

I just wanted to give Miss Jolee and her family a special THANKS! Thank you for having me capture your family for the last 2.5 years.