It's Been too Long!

Well sorry for the long absence on the blog, I have had a lot going on. I actually have not been very busy with photography lately because I took a little break after I found out that I was pregnant.......I got pretty sick and was quite miserable for several months. Most of my blog readers already know that I am pregnant, so it's not news, but for those of you that don't...I am 24 weeks pregnant. I have been feeling pretty good for awhile now but about 4 weeks ago we recieved some devastating news. The sweet little boy that I am carrying has a condition called Trisomy 18. This is a chromosomal defect that means he has one too many chromosomes in the 18th spot and it basically affects his whole body. We have been told that I will not likely make it to full term and that if I do, there is a very big chance that he will be born still. If by some miracle he does make it full term and is born alive, he will probably not survive more than a few days. My husband and I have been struggling with the news, but know that this sweet baby boy must be a very special spirit indeed as his main purpose must be to get a body and return to his father in heaven. We are still taking things a day at a time and can only hope that we get to spend a little bit of time with our baby boy, but trust that our Heavenly Father knows best and we will understand in due time why he won't be able to stay with us. I thought I would just explain to everyone out there, that didn't know, what was going on in my life.

I have been avoiding life and work for awhile now, but realize that I need to stay busy and happy. So now I am back to work and wanting to have lots of photography sessions, because next to family, photography just makes me happy :) So for any of you that are out there that are wanting a photography session shoot me an email as I would love to capture some wonderful memories for you.

Like I said I haven't been very busy over these last few months, but wanted to share a few of the sessions I did do. Enjoy and have a happy weekend!!

Can I Keep him??! PRETTY PLEASE!!

This is my AWESOME friend Tami's little guy, and can I just tell you how stinking cute he is!! He is not only absolutely adorable, but he also seriously has the sweetest temperament!! I seriously want to keep him! Anyway, I guess it's a good thing I am friends with his mommy so I can snuggle him every now and then :)

Seriously, could they be any more ADORABLE?!

These are the sweet angles of a good friend of mine and I just think they are the cutest kids EVER, of course next to mine;) !! Their Momma happens to be a great photographer as well, but is very modest and would never say so herself! I have been dying to get these kids in front of my camera for awhile and when their mom was game I jumped on the opportunity!! We had so much fun talking about photography and laughing as the sun was going down. We even had a little incident with some aggressive cows.....yikes!! Needless to say, I could have taken pictures of these beauties ALL night if the sun would have let me! Thanks Misti for indulging me and having your kids be my models for an evening!!

The Dockstaders

Awhile Back I went out to shoot the awesome D family. It was actually a little hot that day and by the end of the shoot I was actually sweating EEEWWW!! But I had a lot of fun with these guys trying to get Carson to just look at me and Grant to smile at me. The kids were troopers and I got some great shots of them! Thanks for letting me hang out for a little while!

The very next week I got to go take a few pics of Dalila's extended family (the Ortiz family). And as you can see they are a really fun family that doesn't take things too seriously.....my kind of people ;)

My not so baby, baby :)

The other day I was playing my new camera to test it's low light abilities, which by the way are AMAZING, and I was using my Claire as the test subject. She was being absolutely adorable and giving me some pretty cute pictures when it hit me like a ton of bricks. My baby is NOT so much a baby anymore! When and how did she grow up so fast?! All I know is that I just LOVE her to pieces. I just thought I would post a few of our little impromptu photo session. Her hair was not done and I didn't dress her up, but I just LOVE these!!

A Long Time Coming

Well this post has been a very long time coming and for that I apologize to Jen. These darlings are my nephew and nieces. The only bad thing is that they live so far away and we see them not nearly enough =( On a good note they will be moving back soon!
I decided to do something a little different with these. I kind of went for a little buttery vintage look and I really like it! I hope you do. Hope you all have a HAPPY weekend!!

These next two pictures of some of my all time favorites!! Beautiful light, beautiful little girl, beautiful picture!!

Hello Beautiful Eyes.......

This little handsome guy is Noah. I had the pleasure of going out to take his pics awhile back, and lets just say that I got my workout for the day. He did NOT want to sit still. His momma even tried to bribe him with marshmallows which eventually got him to smile because he was using them to throw at me.....which he thought was pretty hilarious! When he did his big smile his dimples came out, which was ADORABLE. Oh and did I forget to mention his beautiful eyes. I think his parents are headed for a lot of girls knocking at the door for this little guy. I really had a lot of fun with this one and he kept me on my toes the whole time. Hope you enjoy!!