What a weekend!

Avery turned 2 and we celebrated her birthday with friends and family in Chicago.  She had a great time and we all enjoyed our visit.  While there I also *squeezed* in a maternity shoot and engagement shoot for friends.  My friend Amanda is pregnant with her second baby and looks GORGEOUS.  She has the perfect baby belly.  The weather just barely cooperated but our schedules were flexible so we were able to get a mixture of both indoor and outdoor shots!

p.s.  Pics from engagement shoot and Avery's birthday coming soon!!!

It's my birthday...

and I feel like it has been way too long since I've posted to my blog!  I decided to break out the camera and get some shots as the mood inspired me today.  First of Avery being cute... I really cannot believe she will be 2 years old in exactly one week.  Bye-bye baby :(
The second pic is of gorgeous flowers from Jay and my wedding ring.  Since my wedding photog never did a ring pic I figured I can just do my own now!  I also wanted to practice a little as I have my first engagement photo session coming up next week.  So this is it for now :D

Another Becky creation!

I wanted to do pictures to show off another one of Becky's great hats and wanted to step outside the bounds of my boring not-so-pretty backyard this time.  It was FREEZING cold but Avery was cooperative and we were done in a jiffy.  I love getting such cute expressions from kids but am finding it's even harder when they're your own! 

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!

I finally got to photograph Kenna and Kelsi!  The snow was non-stop today so I did Kelsi's inside first.  She has the most angelic expressions and I loved holding her.  Then we headed outside with the older girls to play in the snow and had a blast!  As you can see, Kenna loved catching snowflakes with her tongue :)  Avery and Ander had so much fun with their "cousins"... we all can't wait to come back in January!

We made it!

We are in Chicago!  I am all set up with my laptop and camera of course :)  As soon as we arrived I hopped in the car and headed over to shoot Samantha who was at home with her nanny.  I've been dying to do photos for all my Chicago people!  Sam was adorable of course and we got some great indoor shoots (have I mentioned how cold it is here :)).  Anyway, here are just a few.  Merry Christmas Eve everyone!!!

Handknits by becky!

It's been a busy holiday season but I just had to make time for a blog update to show off this awesome hat!  A friend of mine knits beautiful hats and the quality is amazing.  Thanks so much, Becky!  The pics turned out great and I am thinking the tushy one would be perfect for a canvas.  And he WILL hate me one day, this I know :)

A perfect beginning to the Christmas season

Last night we trimmed out Christmas tree (picked out by our one and only little perfectionist of course).  Avery may have confused the ornaments with "balls" and *may* have thrown one or two... including mine and Jay's 1st Christmas one but it was all good and she had a great time.  Then this morning we woke up to SNOW.  Not much but hey this is Alabama!  Avery is loving it.  Time to go out and play!