Happy Birthday, Gabriel Aaron!

This morning our littlest man woke up early...I heard him cry at about 5:15am. It's his birthday. I went and got him, brought him to our bed and held him tight. He's one year old. He's not a cuddler. He's always moving but this morning he laid there and let me hold him tight. He's getting so big. He didn't go back to sleep, he was just still. At 5:46am, the time of his birth, I sang Happy Birthday while I held him in my arms and Justin and I both just laid there looking at him. They grow too fast.

Lucas and Gabriel before cake...


Waiting for cake...he's tasted the icing and he's getting impatient!








Happy Birthday, Gabriel! My forever baby.

My Baby Boy...

turns ONE tomorrow.



and this is how I feel about it.

He was born on August 13, 2007, my Granny's birthday, at 5:46am via C-Section. I don't plan on having any more so this is it for me. Justin took this picture since I was still laying on the operating table. This is my sweet newborn baby boy. It seems like just a few days ago. I want to hold him like this again...with his head full of brown curly hair like mine, with his soft wrinkly skin. I want to rock him and nurse him, his greatest comfort then - and mine. It was a hard year. Waiting seven years between children I thought would make it easier but it was quite an adjustment for us all. I wouldn't trade any of it..well maybe some of it. LOL

Family Fotos

I worked for Dr. K for three years. This is his beautiful family. Him, His Wife and their five kids.












And just for laughs...this was just a snapshot. It's totally them tho.

Kiehl & Maria

Last Tuesday I had the honor of shooting Kiehl and Maria's engagement portraits. They are a really great couple. I had a lot of fun.

Here are a few of my favorites.
















Maria's Bridals will follow later this year and they are getting married in January, upon his return from Iraq.

I'm sorry...

It's been way too long since I've updated my blog. I'll be making some changes and adding new entries very soon I promise!

For now here's a new favorite picture of mine.

Sunset on Greers Ferry Lake