family photos

my dear friend raya, featured our family photo session on her blog today. stop on by and check them out. she captured everything i envisioned. now the hard part is trying to choose which one for our family christmas card.

today i am incredibly grateful for...raya. thanks so much for all the years of friendship we have shared and you have endured. ;-) i am truly blessed by your love and support through it all. and we all are blessed by these amazing pictures. thank you!

one

hard to believe but my little girl turns one today. ive been quite sentimental the past few days thinking of what our day entailed before she arrived, "re-living" the night before her birth, thinking of labor and birth and then her beautiful face entering this world. this year has been quite a learning experience. motherhood sure is more amazing than i could have ever imagined it to be. such an amazing privilege to be a mom. i look forward to the many more years of rea mae's life...as well as each bundle of joy that we are blessed with.

today i am incredibly grateful for...my sweet rea mae!

i'm gonna be a big sister

...in early april!

pray for daisy love

this is daisy love. she is my pastor's precious little five year old daughter. this week they found out that she has a tumor inside that is about the size of an orange (that is pretty big for a little five year old body). the dr is eighty percent sure it is a wilm's tumor. this is a malignant tumor. it is cancer but highly curable. They will operate thursday and depending on the size of the tumor they will either take it all out or just some of it. daisy will have to have chemo therapy either way.

please pray that…

the tumor would shrink away from any organs and arteries

daisy would continue to be stable while awaiting surgery

the surgeon would be able to access and remove ALL of the tumor

continued peace for britt & kate

you can view her blog for more detailed prayer requests. http://prayfordaisy.tumblr.com/

today i am incredibly grateful for...the truth that we can always trust our God has a plan. in times like these it is easy to be anxious and hopeless but knowing that God is working and is in control gives us a true peace. to Him be the glory in this situation.

back to shooting::baby emma

meet baby emma. she is the little daughter of the lovely couple i just took prego shots of below. she is such a doll.

today i am incredibly grateful for...the five straight hours i got of sleep last night thanks to hubby. that is the most straight hours i have gotten in at least four months.

back to shooting::with baby

a few weeks back i had the pleasure of shooting this beautiful couple as they waited expectantly for their little baby girl to arrive. they were such a joy to shoot and spend the evening with. their baby girl is quite lucky to have them for parents.

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today i am incredibly grateful for...my new iphone the Lord restored back to me...
(its been a long ten days without one)

blabla doll

the brand of her is called bla bla but we think she needs a new name...if we can come up with a good one. help us out please.