HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHERISH!

It's hard to believe my baby girl is 5 today! ok, not so hard ;)

What a wonderful 5 yrs it has been!

I still remember like it happened yesterday, after a year of trying to get pregnant finally finding out we had a keeper, and going to James work with a bag full of baby goodies and balloons to tell him the good news.
Then finding out we were expecting a girl (which I knew all along). And knowing that I wanted my girl to be named after my favorite Grandma Elsie. Then on a car drive looking through a baby name book and coming across Cherish. Cherish Elsie. So appropriate and so beautiful. Cherish it was.
Due on Halloween. Came on October 28th! at 10:31pm. Weighing 7lbs 9 oz. 19inches long.


Cherry you are so beautiful. I hope you know how much your presence in our family means to us. You are such a sweet girl with just the right amount of attitude(which mommy and daddy LOVE!) You are strong, and creative. Always coming up with artsy things to do. Saying the funniest things.You are such a joy! We love you so so much!

Survival

Has it seriously been 6 days since my last post? Cuz it feels a LOT longer!

These last few weeks have just been crazy! Lillie has been suffering from chronic ear infections for the last 6 months, and finally 2 weeks ago we got her tubes in! Yeah! After 24 hours of her not feeling well following the surgery, Damon got sick out of no where and spent 6 hours throwing up literally every 5 minutes! I have never seen anything like it in my life! It took 24 hours to pass and then we had one good day before Cherish came down with it. The poor girl took it harder. It took 2 days of puking and something else I won't mention ;) before she started to perk up. Then guess what? Yep, poor tiny Lillie got it worse! 2 days of cranky fevers and chills and day 3 the puking began. In the car on our way to Provo. I had to pull over a few times because these d@#& car seats don't let them lean forward enough so she is gagging and choking on i and can't breathe. I finally just got her out and had my mom hold her the rest of the way home. Then I got it. Somehow I managed to never ralph, but I did spend 2 days feeling like my bed and pillow were stabbing me to death! Of course James, mister immune to everything was fine. Until Monday! mwahahaha ( Iknow, how mean am I?!) :D

So as you can see, insanity for the last 2 weeks. But I have to say I survived! And I won't lie, this was the first time in my 5 years as a mom that I have been so tried and tested with patience and handling the fatigue. But I made it. So bring on the next conquest!

Funny Side Story: So in the midst of Cherry coming down with the flu. I completely forgot about a brand new voice student I had coming over. Until I heard the door knock. So I opened the door and apologized like crazy and wouldn't even let them in due to my germ phobia. In the background behind me picture this : the sound of Cherry in the bathroom puking and crying, Lillie on the living room floor screaming and Damon bouncing off the walls. ( I look sane huh?!) They leave and I get everyone settled down. I walk past a mirror and do a double take. Ya, um I had grabbed one of Cherry's hot pink fluffy bowed headbands to hold my hair back while I helped her puke in the toilet. REALLY? really.
Couldn't help but laugh and think "yep, it's a mom day!"

Happy (late) First Anniversary to Christa & Riley!

We were a tad late on getting these pictures in (thanks to our looong winter that made us skip spring)
But better late than never right?
Still newly weds by every meaning of the word :) Still happy and in love. Congrats guys!

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Making the most of what warm days are left

I know it's pathetic, but I realize I only have a few days left of nice weather to take my kids picts together! Ahh! Seriously, where did summer go???? It takes a few sessions for me to get what I want. There is just something about being a photographer that your kids look at the camera more as an accessory mom always has, rather than something they are supposed to smile and act super cute for!
But, I must say, this is the best my kids have ever done! All 3 of them were angels. And I got some fabulous shots! I am still going to attempt some more this week before the next slew of cold air comes in. But if I don't get it done, it's a-o-tay!
I love these one's!











and here are a few extra for fun :)

I did it. Finally

Ya know, once upon a few months ago I was AWESOME at keeping the blog constantly updated and digi pages flowing. I don't know what has happened. Ok, I do, my tiny girl has been fighting sickies off and on for the last 4 months!
Do you ever notice that when you don't do something for a while you really miss it?
So I made myself sit down after my Christmas Fireside practice and scrap 1 page. And I must say, I am quite proud of it! I put my heart into it. I need to keep this up!



Random thought: Is it just me or are you getting hardly any comments on your blogs anymore? I get almost non when I used to get tons! Sheesh! DO you all hate me that much? Or is it because of facebook???? That is what I think it is! LOL

GOod night all!

Fall Photo of The Day/Week

I have come to a conclusion that I need to challenge myself. So to do so I have decided I need to take more pictures (hush! I know what you are thinking!) I want to learn and try new techniques and things. So I am at least going to do a photo of the week. I'd like to do everyday, but lets be real, I have 3 tiny kids who demand every waking moment of my attention :)
But we shall see, at least once a week though!
So for my first post, I give you ORANGE. My favorite color! Which is why I love fall! These berries were so perfect! For this shot I was working on my Bokeh- the strong detail and the almost prism like effect in the background.

Tracy Aviary

Don't you just love free! We do!!

This weekend was free entry to the Tracy Aviary. And seeing as I and the kids had never been, we decided it was a must. After a week(ok, let's be honest, the last month!) of sick kids and sick mommy we just needed to get out of the house in a trip that didn't involve the doctors office or a pharmacy.



It was so much fun! Nothing like what I was expecting.












The kids were totally enthralled by all the kinds of birds. Cherry's favorites were the "pink lamingos"



Damons favorite was the owl with the cool eyes :)



James and I were in awe over the injured golden and bald eagles. The only thing around them was a chain link fence- nothing over head! Obviously because their injuries prevented flying :) They are just so majestic and breath taking!





These little guys were so adorable. They reminded me of my kids. They mostly stayed on the ground chasing each other and making these cute little squaks. I loved it!





Lillie was a little loopy from her meds, but she still seemed to enjoy being in the outdoors again.

So excited to Finally Share!

Finally! I have been dying to post these! But after finding out my calibration was waaaay off, I ordered my huey pro and started over on the editing. And I am soooo happy with these shots!

So, here is gorgeous baby Madelyn. She is an absolute perfect angel!

And these are not all of them. If you want to see more than you need to go to my photography blog. Feel free to leave me some love! The more comments I get the higher my rankings will go!
And once I get 100 comments I will be having a drawing for a free session!

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