Beautiful Pregnant Mama Sneak Peek

This beautiful gal I've known for almost 6 years now. She is my younger sister that I never had! Once my husband even sat down next to her at church thinking it was me!! I was honored to take some maternity shots of her for this pregnancy. She works as a sonographer, so I wanted to incorporate some ultrasound pictures she took.






You'll get meet her gorgeous little angel very soon!

My Princess goes to the Ball!

As my daughter was approaching her 16th birthday, she was SO excited that she would have her birthday about a month before the big formal dance this year. But as the deadline to buy tickets got closer and closer, she still hadn't been asked (even though several guys had told her they would ask her as soon as she turned 16!). So the DAY of the deadline, (which was ONLY 3 days before the big dance!!) she finally got asked!! So I went into a frenzy trying to find something for her to wear in just 3 days! We searched everywhere at the stores. (even had a gal open her shop later one night so we could look at her selection) I posted on facebook to see if anyone had anything we could borrow, cause we were failing epically at the stores. (Either immodest or out of the price range). So she got on the phone and called a friend. Her sister dropped the dress off just to see if it "might" work. Turns out if fit PERFECTLY! No alteration necessary. I couldn't believe what a miracle that turned out to be! Thanks so much Rachelle and Sarah! You really saved her!

So here is her date presenting her with her corsage! (He made sure he did it all right, even with the short notice!!)




Carissa wanted to be involved too, so she picked some "pretty yellow flowers" and handed them to them, and absolutely would NOT leave them alone until I took the picture of the "pretty flowers"!!


Here's a close up of the pretty corsage!!


She had a blast at the dance! I can't believe my little girl is all grown up and going to the ball! When did this happen?? I promise you, it was just yesterday that I braided her hair in 2 braids and put her on the Kindergarten bus!

A Tea Party for {H}

When I was asked to take this adorable 3 year old's pictures, I KNEW I wanted to do a tea party with beautiful flowering trees and lucious green grass. The biggest obstacle we ran into was it kept SNOWING! So about a month after her birthday, we finally managed to make it out on a beautiful day, with a tree in full bloom and let the magic happen!

Here's your sneak peak! I promise, we can do a tea party for you someday too!






You'd never know it, but this adorable mamma is 8 months pregnant and still wearing her regular jeans! (More belly shots to come!)

The Awesome {D} Family

I feel like the blog here has been neglected for a bit too long! Seems as though winter just drug on and on, and now that it is warming up a bit, it's time to get posting again!

Here's a quick peek for my friend, who is the cutest mamma to 4 sons! Never a dull moment for them!







Hope you like them! I'll have more for you soon!

The Adorable baby {L}

This little angel was only 9 days old when these were taken! She was SO alert, not wanting to miss anything! Here's a sneak peak for her cute mamma! Thanks for letting me come and meet your little angel!





I'll have more for you next week!

First Gymnastics "meet"

I've mentioned that we've started gymnastics around here a few times. And it really has been the VERY best thing for her! She was already a monkey on everything, but now she that is getting instruction on how to tumble properly, there is really no stopping her! In a very short period of time (like 4 months) she is doing cartwheels like a pro! (and don't be surprised if you see her doing them just about anywhere!) When she gets the urge to cartwheel, it must be done!

So throughout the class, the kids were preparing for their "routines", just like at a real meet. I couldn't believe that kids this young could really remember a "routine" but sure enough they did. They each did a bar, beam and floor routine. She's been a bit timid with the bars, so when the other girls were doing their routines, she got a bit intimidated since she's never been confident enough to transfer to the high bar. But by the time all the girls did theirs, she was ready to do hers. So proud of her for not giving up and doing the best she could do!

So after the tears at the bars, her teachers decided to let her go first on the beam (which is by far her favorite apparatus....which TERRIFIES her dad!) My favorite part was her dismount!

The floor routine was great! They started with a backwards roll, then went into a straddle roll, then into a cartwheel, then a "tabletop" (which is like a back bend), then they "galloped" over to do a handstand, then they each put their arms up when the finished! So cute!!





It took me awhile to find a gym that I really loved! I love that this is a "non-competitive" gym. They get "medals" at the end of the "meet" but there are no points or rankings. Which I felt was the best way to get the basic tumbling skills down! Plus there is plenty of time for "competition" if she decides to pursue this! But right now, it is the best thing for her! And I love seeing her excel! She was even invited to a special class that will help push her and help her confidence!

My baby is FIVE!

Even though this happened a few weeks ago, I'm just getting around to posting about her birthday and party! She was MUCH more aware of her approaching birthday, and as soon as we were finished with Christmas, she wanted to know if the next day was her birthday! It was a TOUGH 3 weeks to wait! (I guess that's the payback I can give her for making me wait 3 weeks for her to FINALLY arrive!)

She'd been talking about having an "Ariel" birthday all year long, so I thought I had the plan all ready to go. But then she threw me for a loop, when she told me she wanted to do "Princess Tiana" from the new movie "Princess and the Frog". I did a quick internet search, and found that I would need to order the party supplies, since none of the local stores carried them yet. I showed her a few "princess and the frog" cake ideas, but since most of them were "frog" cakes and NOT "Princess Tiana", she just wasn't buying what I was trying to sell. So off we went to the bakery hoping to find an option there. Sure enough we found a bakery that would do a lovely airbrushed cake with a "Princess Tiana" on the top! Score! (And it made it SO much easier for me!)


She even helped me plan the party games. We had lots of "frog" games to choose from, and it was tough incorporating the "princess" side of it into it, but with Nikelle's help, we found lots of fun games to play! And this was the first year that she participated and didn't throw a fit when she didn't win, or get to go first, etc...etc. (What a relief!)





When it was finally time to open her gifts, she was more than ready....in fact, she was ready before we were, and had one package almost unwrapped before I had turned around!! She's definitley figured out how to unwrap!





And here is a quick review of the past year of her!



There are days that I am just plain exhausted, and she wears me out, but I am so grateful she is a part of my life! Just wouldn't be the same without her!