GETTING READY FOR BABY

I am soooo excited!  New babies are so very wonderful.  I was privileged to photograph my best friend's baby shower as well as take some maternity and family photos for her.   I am still editing, but here is a sneak peek of a few of my faves...

and baby will make four

I just can't wait to meet baby M!!  Be sure you will see pics of him here in a few weeks :)

THE BIG 3-0

"Can you believe it?!?" is what me and all of my friends are saying this year as we all turn 30.  Thirty!

As each year passes, I realize just how blessed I am.  A wonderful husband and two healthy kids.  Who could ask for more?  Thank you to all of my friends and family for being so great!  We are really enjoying living so close to everyone again.  Spending time with you all is what makes life meaningful :) 

 

LITTLE MISS B

After shooting an outdoor maternity session with my best friend (sneak peeks to be posted later...), I had a few pics left on my camera.  And thankfully so!  Look what I would have missed if I had used them all!!  Little miss B is learning to walk.  What a cutie!  She will be running around with no help any day, but for now, Mama's hands guide her.  

One foot in front of the other...

Their hands need ours only for a short while.   Then off they go!!!   

THE KIDDOS

Well, the dust is beginning to settle.  We are all doing well and braving the *cold*.  Nothing compared to the rest of the country, but chilly nonetheless.  Reagan actually asked me to take her picture the other day (gasp!) so I took full advantage.  Today Luke and I rolled around the floor a bit to capture his big smile.  So here are the kiddos..

HOME SWEET HOME

We are finally settling in.  There is still tons to do, but we are trying to lower the number of boxes hanging around daily.

Our new address is:

925 Barkley Street

Pensacola, FL  32506

Our new number is:

850.332.7570

I will be open for business once I can get all of the boxes unpacked in the studio (or maybe I'll just move them into the garage...)

ALAS, I cannot get blogger to upload the photo I took of the house.  I will just have to try again later.  frustration.  (a word, by the way, that Reagan now knows the meaning of thanks to Sesame Street!)

I'll try to post pictures soon (blogger willing!!)

( a day later...)  Oh JOY!  Blogger worked!!  Here is a pic of our house.  The garage is still stacked with boxes so cars don't fit yet!  We are really enjoying the great weather here.  It is unreal to hear about all of the snow in Seattle and around the country!!  We wonder about all of our friends hope they are doing well and staying warm (except for the Hicks' in Guam...we're pretty sure they're nice and toasty warm).  If you have time, please shoot me an email to let us know what is going on with you.  Some snow pics would be great!  

OFF THE GRID

As soon as we stop getting the run-around (grrr) we will close on our new home and begin moving.  I don't anticipate any posts for the next few days, so 

HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE...

Two great creations smelted into one...

So here is your Friday smile

MOVIN' MOVIN' MOVIN' (PART 1)

Hooray!  I finally got my little camera back!  (I accidentally left it at a friend's house for a month.)  Here are some snapshots I took while we were in limbo in Washington.  

Although I was not a fan of the weather, I dearly loved my house.  Washington gave us a wonderful send off.  The weather was unbelievable the week we moved!!

This is where my babies were born...

The big ol' truck that took our things away

While our household goods were being packed, we stayed in a TLF on base (think, mini-apartment).  Here is Jake, Luke and Reagan just hanging out.  Look how little Luke was!  He was only 6 weeks old!!

It had a great playground just outside.  Not that we had tons of time for playing since we were at the house from 8 am until 6 pm most of the days, but when we had a chance little miss Reagan had a blast!  Luke of coarse was sleeping :)

The fall foliage was brilliant in October.  I couldn't resist snapping pics of the beautiful colors.

The leaves outside our house

The trees on base were vibrant as well. Check out these colors!

You just gotta play in them!

Now we are about to uproot again...although not so far this time.  Just across town.  Our house is nearing completion and we move in no later than next Friday!!!!  I will post pics when the dust settles!

IT'S SANTA, BABY

Here are my little ones with the Big Guy.  Reagan was so excited to see Santa, baby!  (For those of you not familiar, Reagan ends almost every sentence with "baby").  She was going to ask for a little Elmo and little Cookie Monster, but when I asked her what she asked for she said "Presents, Please".  How polite.  She has also been asking for a horse.  If anyone knows of this horse, please let me know!  I have no idea and have seen no commercials for any type of horse, but apparently I'm the only person.  I checked Little Tykes, but found nothing.  Not that she will be getting it since she already has a rocking horse, but I'm very curious now.

Also, we are about to move into our new house!  We do our walk-through on Friday and move in no later than next Friday.  A whole 6 days before Christmas!  Unpacked boxes and some resemblance of normal is all I am asking Santa for this year :)

Merry Christmas!!!!

GIVING THANKS

What a wonderful weekend!  We were fortunate enough to spend this Thanksgiving with our families, which Jake & I have not done since 2000.  We had a happy gathering of loved ones and a bountiful blessing of food.  

Helping hands setting the Thanksgiving tables.

Jo Ann's grandmother's butter knife dated 1897.

Reagan's Turkey Lurkey :)

A wonderful table of home cooked food.

Scrumptious bread pudding.  Mmmmm.



Robin's yummy pumpkin layer cake.

A quick snapshot of the whole family taken with the trusty tripod :)

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