Update

It is so heartbreaking to report, but the little two year old girl, Tuesday, I posted about yesterday has passed away. I can't even imagine what her family is going through. Please be in prayer for them all through the seconds, minutes, days, weeks, months, and years of pain they will be experiencing ahead.

Very Important, Urgent Prayer Request!!

I ran across this story from a friend's blog. Tuesday is a precious little two year old baby girl who has cancer. The tumor doubled after a week, and is resistant to the treatment she was receiving. The dr.'s have sent her home to just spend with her family in the very little time she has left. She has two big brothers, her twin sister and two loving parents. They ALL have to be hurting more than I can even come close to understanding! It's very possible that it is God's will to take this little one from this earth, and if that happens, this family will need so many prayers to survive through it. I also love the fact that God is still in the miracle business, and that may just be what is in store for little Tuesday! Either way Tuesday and her family need so many prayer from all of us prayer warriors!! Please start now, and keep her in the forefront of your prayers for as long as the need be (I'm talking to myself here too of course)! All of you moms out there... just put yourself in that mom's shoes for a split second, and you'll immediately want to devote yourself to prayer for them all!

Follow her story here (the first post alone will have you on your knees in prayer, and thankful for all your blessings). http://half12.blogspot.com/

If nothing else, just please say a prayer!!

Babies EVERYWHERE!!

I had spent over two years watching lady after lady, and what felt like EVERYONE I knew having babies when I couldn't get pregnant! I kept seeing my friends having babies and sharing the experience together. WELL... God has His plan, and boy does He know how to implement it just right!! There are so many reasons why now is so much better than any time before that we are finally expecting! Although I had tried hard during that time to stay positive, and never resentful, I had my moments in that department!! BUT, not only has God provided us our second little miracle, he's also giving me the chance to experience it with two very close friends (not to mention TONS of other ladies in my life right now)! Here is one of those close friends!

Heather has always been the backbone of most all of my friend's relationship. We're always SO glad to have her on our side! :) If Heather can't get the tough stuff taken care of, no one can. Example... we all went to the movies last weekend and when we found a group of ladies sitting in our reserved seats, she took care of it for us! :) Although she's our "tough one", she is SO deserving of her own little miracle! I won't get into the tear jerking details, and the last 14-15 years of ups and downs in her life, but Heather has time after time proven her strength and has made it through so much coming out more beautiful inside each time... the outside beauty is a given!

Here is Heather and her sweet family! While you're looking, say a prayer for Miss Amidy Cole awaiting inside.... it appears as though she's anxious to make her debut, but really needs to bake in her oven at least a couple more months!!!

Hang in there Amidy!!!! We can't wait to meet you, but like we had to do with big brother, we don't want to do that in the NICU!!!

SUCH a Doll!!

I simply couldn't narrow my favorites down to any less than this!!! This precious baby girl is not only a little miracle, but proves herself to be an angel every single time I photograph her! I LOVE to see her name on the books, because I know what a special blessing she is going to add to my day!

Usually babies at this age give me a run for my money. Although she showed a little more personality than she ever has, she amazed me at how easy it was to capture all of that sweetness!!

Thanks Mom and Dad for trusting me with these important memories!!

POOD-IN!

This is how I found Maclain when I got home from choir practice tonight!!! I said "WHAT did Daddy give you???" In his sweet little "why are you asking face/tone" he said "POOD-IN" (pudding)!

Guess tonight requires two sets of pj's!

Abbie's One!

I started taking pictures of this little one when she first made her debut! She's been nothing but smiles and sweetness ever since!

Happy Birthday, Abbie! I'm enjoying watching you grow!

Same Category!

These two little guys don't even know each other, but I'm putting their posts together! WHY?!? They DEFINITELY fit into the same category of clients! Their ages are 1, and 2. This typically means a tough job for me! BUT, I've been photographing one of these guys since they were born, and the other since very shortly after birth!! And, I must say, I have YET to have a tough session with either of them! Yes, they are much more active and mobile now, but are SO easy to get to smile, and so easy to bribe! :) They have truly been two of my easiest and most fun clients to work with! They are SUCH sweethearts, and I hope to photograph them both all the way up to their weddings... then their kiddos too! :)

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY and HAPPY SECOND BIRTHDAY!!! :)

Baby Update!

Yes... I'm like 5 sessions behind in posting... but this is more exciting!!! :)

I went for my 16 week check-up yesterday!! (I will be 16 weeks tomorrow) The baby's heart rate was 153. I am now just a few pounds from my starting weight... because until the last few weeks I've slowly lost weight. I am now a bottomless pit, so I'm afraid I may grow quite quickly!! Everything they test for routinely was fine yesterday! I am still about 4 weeks from where I starting complications with Maclain, so we'll see!!

Maclain has nicknamed the baby Sammie! Cute, right!!?? This was a BIG improvement from the name "Frog" he had picked!!! Well... so I thought! Yesterday, he called the baby Sammie Starfish... so it hit me... he obviously got this name from something! Upon further questioning, Sammie Starfish is Oswald's friend (a cartoon)! So, there you go! I'm carrying Sammie Starfish... but we call him/her Sammie for short!!! :)

I know these pictures are a pitiful excuse for a photographer's pictures!!! BUT, I have NO idea where my tripod is, which means I can't really finagle my big camera to work for self portraits in the mirror... so I had to use the cheapo... and without a flash, with really weird lighting in the bathroom... for me SELF PORTRAIT! :) But... you get the idea!! I'm growing quickly! My uterus is right at my belly button as of yesterday... which means no belly button soon!

After my appointment I ran to Burlington Coat Factory for some home decor stuff, and they have a great baby depot. Walking around and looking at everything got me SOOOOOO excited... the most excited I think I've been with all the worry that has clouded my excitement for SO many weeks)! Now, I just need to know boy or girl and we can start with the really fun stuff!!!

How did I get so blessed???

Pierce is turning ONE!

I know it's been a while since I've posted sessions. I have several you haven't seen, but it looks like I just need to start from here or I'll never catch up! SO... starting this week, I'm back to work full time from the holidays, so where better to start than with this little guy!

You've all met Pierce before... I just know you have to remember his adorable face! Well I had the privilege of hanging out with his wonderful family yesterday while we captured his sweet little birthday pictures!!! Here's the birthday invite sample I just finished!

When no one's watching!

Just another little story of how the step stool came to Maclain's aid!

(You may want to click on the picture to enlarge it so that you can read the captions better)

Conversations from Maclain's bedroom!

This is the THIRD night in a row that Maclain is procrastinating going to sleep! Here is the conversation that took place between him and Jared (Clain in his bedroom laying down, Jared in the living room on the couch).

M: “Hey, Daddy”
J: “Yes, buddy”
M: “I need strawmerry milk” (a.k.a strawberry milk)
J: “No, buddy, it’s nighttime”
M: “Hey, Daddy”
J: “Yes, buddy”
M: “I don’t feel good” (Clain said this while on his antibiotic months ago, which would get him a bedtime snack to soothe his tummy ache from the irritation… he hasn’t forgotten… so we knew what was coming)
J:”Where do you not feel good”
M:”I just not feel good in my tummy”
J:”I’m sorry buddy”
M:”I just need to come talk about it with you in there”!!!

SOOO many new phrases he’s using every day!!! It's SO adorable to hear him use "big people phrases", even when he's trying to be manipulative!! :)

Sleepy Time!

This is how I found Maclain this morning! It appears he had a rough night! :)


This is what I found when I peeked in on Maclain at naptime a few minutes ago! :)

It just doesn't get any better than being a mom!!!

Notification!

On the Mike and Julliette show this morning they had a short segment were they were showing pics of celebrities and showing how to get their look for less… well… they showed a pic of Katie Holmes and her jeans (which happened to be $350) were TIGHT ROLLED!!!! That’s right!!! It’s comin’ back!!!!!!!

Just a note: She was wearing these with some pointy high heeled shoes (and in the pic I found above some cute little flats), so do not tight roll your jeans and then wear your old school Sebago’s or you will look out of style!!! :)

Enjoy, children of the 80's!!

Gatlinburg Trip!

Quick Update... Maclain's rash only lasted a total of about 2 hours and went away with the Benadryl!!! SO, for now, we don't think it was Fifth's (Dr. said the rash just doesn't do that), but we still have 2 more weeks before we'll know for sure if he got it this go round!

Okay.... so, we left the day after Christmas to spend some time in Gatlinburg with the Lawsons. Maclain and I had just gotten back from there with some of my family just two weeks before, so he was super excited! Especially about going to see the sharks, sting rays, and fish again at the "Quarium"! SO... off to "Quarium" we went! Here are some pictures of that day!


We love having Aunt Jamie with us! She's game to help Maclain with any task!

Just thought this was a cute pic. He's looking at little baby chics... yes, at the aquarium!

VERY realistic looking... especially with Maclain's hand wrapped around the side of the leg there!

I just thought these looked so cool!!

One of the "crawl inside" aquariums. Okay... so Daddy will tackle tasks with Clain too... maybe I just stay behind the camera!?

Another very realistic looking shot! Maclain sure thinks he's cute stuff here, though!!