Not-So-Wordless Wednesday

As much as I hate Winter, I am kind of loving the low key weekends and evenings lately that we're having. Our summer was so much fun, but it was busy. I'm really loving being able to just relax at home with my kiddos. :-)

(I love the way she is looking at him in this picture. I hope they are always the best of friends.)

Avery's Valentines Day Mini Photo Session

Over the weekend, my sister came over and we took Avery's Valentines Day pictures. I had been planning for it for a little while and couldn't wait to see it all come together. I ordered her headband from Sassy Sweet Pea Designs and found the idea to make the kissing booth here on Pinterest. Where else? :-) I bought a piece of wainscoting from Home Depot for my back drop and already had the faux wood paper for the flooring. The banner is from Target.

So here are a few of my favorites. ♥

52 Project 2015: Week 3

"A portrait of each of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015."

 Jackson: Actually giving me a smile for once. :-)

 

 Avery: She is getting more teeth and I think she feels them coming in because she has been sticking her tongue out all the time lately. LOL.

(Linking up here at Practising Simplicity)

Five on Friday

 After some thought, I decided to go ahead and make a website for my Storybook Photography Business. I really wanted to have it done for the first of the year and I was able to get it done last week. I'm really happy with the way it turned out. If you get a second, go check it out here. 

 Speaking of Storybook Photography, I'm super excited to have 2 maternity sessions this weekend and I'm also excited that the weather is going to be decent for a change. It's been so cold here lately but the temps. are supposed to get into the 50's this weekend!! Yay.

 I ordered this headband from Sassy Sweet Pea Designs for Avery for Valentines Day and I plan to do a mini Valentines Photo Session with her. I am a brand rep for them and she actually got a pink V-Day headband, but the little leg warmers I have for her are red and white and I needed a red headband. So when I saw this one, I knew it would be perfect. I can't wait to take her pictures in it. 

  Two weeks from today exactly, we'll be at the happiest place on earth... Disneyland!!! I am so excited I can hardly stand it! We are taking Jackson for the first time and I literally can't wait!

 I'm also super excited because yesterday I was able to get tickets for my Mom, Myself and my Mother-In-Law to see Rodgers and Hammersteins Cinderella at the Fox Theater here in St. Louis for next Wed. night. My Mom and MIL grew up watching it and I can remember my Mom renting it for my Sister and I to watch when we were little. I've watched it a few times since then and Cinderella is my very favorite Disney character and movie, so I'm so excited to be going to see it!

Have a GREAT weekend!!!

Storybook Photography Family Session - The Millers

Back in September, while Tim and Jen were in town visiting the Stanfields (close friends of ours) they wanted to get some family photos of them and their daughter Harper. So we met up on a Saturday morning and got some really cute shots in New Town in St. Charles.

Here are a few of my favorites.

Wordless Wednesday

There are truly no words for how much I love this picture! ♥

Jackson's First School Christmas Program

I know, I know, it's January 13th and I'm just now getting around to posting this from December 14th, but I did want to at least make mention of Jackson's first Christmas Program at school.  

I had been really talking up this Christmas Program because I knew there was a chance he would be shy and not want to go on stage. Lately he's been telling us before we go somewhere "my gonna be shy" or "my not gonna be shy" Ha! So since he's always shy to go into his class, I knew he might be too shy to sing on stage in front of a very packed church.

Well, it was worse than I thought. The church was full and when I say full, I mean there were people having to stand because all the seats were taken! Then they made the kids walk down the center aisle to get up on the stage. As soon as Jackson saw me, it was over. He started crying and wanted to sit with me. :-( Poor buddy. I did manage to get him to go up on the stage, but he just sat there and cried (along with several other of his classmates). So needless to say, the teacher eventually brought him down with her and after a little while, Jake went up there to try and convince Jackson to head back up onto the stage. Jake said he promised him all kinds of stuff but Jackson had made up his mind... he was DONE!!

(I felt so bad for him up there.)

So Jackson's first School Christmas Program didn't quite go as we had hoped, but here's to hoping he's NOT shy next year. ;-)