Michelle & Gabriel - Maternity Round Two

I feel so blessed for this friendship. You meet friends at work, at we-have-the-same-interest clubs, at church, etc. I met Michelle at a country bar. :) I can't even remember the exact moment I met her, or even exactly how, but it's was before Al came along so it's got to be at least 6 or 7 years now. It was before weddings and babies, I know that. We've done a lot of country line dancing and country concerts and we still do that, but Disneyland play dates come before country bar play dates lately. :) Sometimes we've seen each other a couple times a month and sometimes it's months before we see each other, but it's one of those friendships that picks up where it left off and there's no awkwardness of what to talk about. I love that about this friendship. I feel so blessed for 'random' friendships.

Michelle and Gabriel were my first maternity session a little over 3 years ago. I cannot thank them enough for giving us (Al and I were starting out together at the time) a chance with their maternity photos then AND now. Especially when I have an 'off' day and I told her a few times that this felt like one for me. :/ Even so, here are a few of her maternity...second time around. :)



I love this - this is so their family. I almost deleted it because it's not perfect but saved it because it's just a moment of 'them' before new baby arrives. :) I love this family.






Sweet little guy.




...and pretty soon there will be a LITTLE GIRL trotting along with her brother - holding her PINK :) balloons. I. CANNOT. WAIT.


...and a fun little outtake - no big editing here, just kept it for their memories. :)


...and pulling from the old school archives - here's a snippit of my wedding and with some of my country friends doing the "M.I.B" line dance to Will Smith's "Miami". Michelle is in the floral dress. :)

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Tuesday Afternoon

Looking for bugs with her fancy-schmancy toilet paper binoculars (craft from library story time):






Daddy and Riley's artwork:


Our stray kitty that is part of our little family:


"Feed me"

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Shadows - iheartfaces Photo Challenge

This week's iheartfaces photo challenge deals with shadows. I chose an image from Brandi and Eddie's engagement session. I love how he is holding her and that those are hearts that she drew in the sand.



Off to a family session...Happy Sunday!

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They grow up so fast...

I have plenty of sessions that need posting (and editing) but as you know, I'm having a love/hate relationship with my blog (or blogging right now) so I'm only posting when the mood hits me. ;)

I didn't take ANY 'real' pictures of my baby girl last month. :/ That really bummed me out. I suppose it was bound to happen at some point in her life, but I was two years in already! I made it a point to take her out and get some pictures today - maybe send a couple to relatives for Easter.

I came back and edited one I loved and I decided to look back on last year. I knew exactly what type of picture we took last year and that plastic eggs were involved and I remember exactly where we did it. What I couldn't believe was the difference in my baby girl after only one year! I still can't believe it. She's a little girl now. Well, toddler, I suppose...but looks like a little girl. As silly as that cliche is, they really do grow up so fast. Wow.



I looked back at her monthly post and it said that she was understanding things and started or was trying to say things. When she saw a dog in a book, she was saying "ruff ruff". Now she says, "There's a doggy!" or "I see a doggy!" or the like. She was also learning body parts and saying elbow and now she says sooooo much more. Today when we were in the truck she told me she wanted her Minnie ring that was in her toy box. I asked her where it was and she told me she didn't know. I looked through the toy box and found it and she said, "Thank you for fineing it." ;) I couldn't believe she put that together and said it. I was so touched and I told her how nice that was and thanked her for saying something so nice and she said, "You're welcome." It was one of those moments that I know that I'll remember forever when I look back on today's photos.

My mom and stepdad took her to dinner tonight and when I dropped her off I told her that maybe she could get a balloon when she was finished with dinner. She said, "I want a blue balloon." I told her to tell them she wanted a blue balloon. When my parents dropped her off, there she was...with a blue balloon. :)

I love you, love you, love you baby girl.

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