If you have been following the blog, you might remember Baby Sarah.

Well, it is hard to believe, but she is already a year old! I can’t believe it! It is so much fun to watch families grow…. as a matter of fact, Sarah is going to be a big sister this coming August! So here she is… walking around like a big girl!

Love her big blue eyes! 

Such a cutie pie!!

Who would have thought that standing in a basket would be so much fun…..

and delicious!

Love how kiddos sit…. so stinkin’ cute

This might be one of my favorites of the day… Love those eyes… and the pudding on her lips….  ;)

This was Sarah’s tutu that she wore for her birthday party. We worked hard to try and get her attention for this series, but she was very into Baltimore Style Magazine…. A little fashionista in training….

And, just to see how much Sarah has grown, I have thrown in some images from her other sessions…

Starting with maternity. To view the entire session click here.

A pic from her newborn session. To view the entire session click here.

Sarah at 3 Months…. To view more of the session click here.

And this is from her 6 month session….

So, so fun!!! Thanks Beth, Ted, and Sarah for allowing me to document this wonderful journey!!!

m.e.

So it has been a long time coming, but I thought I would finally share some photos of our Ainsley Grace. As you may or may not know, we had our first baby August 20, 2010. I can’t even begin to express how much joy she brings into our lives. 6 days after having our baby, we had a fire at our house… our oven malfunctioned… and we spent the next 3 1/2 months living at the Residence Inn. The bottom line is that it could have been worse. Yes, it was scary…and at times it was really hard, but my family is safe, and that is all that I could ask for. The things that we lost are exactly that…”things”  They are meaningless and replaceable….

So all of that to say… apologies for the blogging hiatus. I am hoping to blog much more regularly again, but with a new baby, a fire, moving in right before Christmas, a website crash, and then enjoying the holidays we are finally resuming some normalcy. We had grandparents here almost every other week, which was great and we feel so blessed by their love and support, but we are really enjoying some time together as our new little family…

And with that being said, I am excited to get back to the world of blogging.

So, here is our little peanut. August 20, 2010. 6 lbs, 4 oz, born at 5:46pm.

She was due September 5th… so she was ready to meet the world a little bit early.

This is my favorite pic of her….

She takes after her daddy…. and is a MARVELOUS sleeper! Really. She has been sleeping though the night practically since birth. I mean it. We had to wake her up to feed her for her first month every 4-6 hours otherwise she would just sleep…. I could count on my hands the number of nights that I didn’t get much sleep… Not going to lie… it has always driven me bonkers that Josh could sleep so  much, but I am now very thankful for his sleeping habits…

We feel so blessed, and think it is God’s funny way of convincing us to have another…. but I am pretty sure we will not have another easy baby like her. She is truly an amazing blessing from God.

Love this just because of the ridiculous size of the bow and the skirt… they make her look like such a teeny peanut…

See?!? The petti skirt is huge… but so, so cute! And the blanket that she is laying on is Ahhh-mazing! My mom crocheted it, and I promise that it is the softest blanket you have ever felt.

Have I mentioned that she likes to sleep?

So, I know there are a lot of Raven’s fans out there…. but we had to get a photo of Baby Girl with some kind of Steeler theme… Don’t mind the Superbowl Patch in the corner.  Baby Girl and Big Snack…  

So these last photos are actually at the hotel… There were a million more photos that I wanted to take of Ainsley, but with our situation it just wasn’t possible… So here are a just a few more…

So much more to share with you…. but this will do it for today….

m.e.

Meet Baby Julianna…. Such a cutie! She is about 5 months old for her session….. and she made her appearance 5 weeks early!  She was ready to come into the big ole’ world…..

Kim (mommy) was telling me that she was at Home Depot…getting some things to work on some house projects, and labor started…and her precious baby was here!

So cute! Love her expression!

Here is the sweet family… Joey, Kim, and Julianna…

Loves little toesies….

Love Kim’s face…. Such a sweet moment of mom and daughter.

It was a long day for Julianna…and I we tuckered her out.

Thanks Joey, Kim, and Julianna!!! Such a sweet, sweet family!

m.e.

There is a family that has taken care of my husband for the past 5 years… and I am so grateful for them. When my husband Josh moved to Maryland, he met Randall at work… and they became great friends. Every Wednesday night Randall’s wife, Stephanie, hosts “movie night,” and my husband heads over to their house to spend time with Randall, and a few of their buddies….

Stephanie is the other (often better) wife that I am referring to. Not only does Josh head over there for some much needed man time, Stephanie makes dinner for the boys every week! So, generally speaking I am off duty on Wednesday evenings…..and quite honestly, I am terrible in the kitchen to begin with. Wednesday is the day that I have always known my husband would be fed well… no thanks to me. For his sake I wish every day was Wednesday… He did not marry a domestic goddess, and I am the very first to admit that!

Stephanie and Randall, thank you for being so wonderful to Josh all of these years and taking care of him…. and being so kind and generous in every way. We appreciate you more than you know!

I did a family session with this family about a week ago… and we headed over to the local park… Randall and Stephanie have 3 boys… Caleb (the oldest), Ian (the middle guy), and Lucas (the teeny guy)…

They are gorgeous children!!!

Super sweet kiddos…. but Stephanie and Randall’s hands sure are full with 3 boys!

Stephanie and Lucas…

This might be one of my favorites of the day…. Here is Ian!

And the whole family…

This little guy is BRAVE!!! He was 100% fearless, and would have climbed anything if he were just tall enough…

Caleb….

The future football star… Maybe he will play for the Steelers?!

Thanks Randall and Stephanie! We love you guys!

m.e.

I met Alex and Therol about 2 years ago. A great client of mine who has referred so much business (Thank you Judy) recommended they contact me for some photographs… and I am so glad that they did! We did a session at Centennial Park… You can view their session here. They were super cute and so much fun to photograph… so I was THRILLED with Therol contacted me about photographs with their new addition, Ethan!

He is just a little charmer! He will be turning 1 shortly…and he did such a great job, especially considering the heat that day that we shot.

Ethan and daddy!

I have to say that this is my favorite photo of the session. It is so much fun to spend time with new parents… I think I love it because I am about to head into that journey myself and I am excited, but also frightened… The photo below of Therol and Ethan honestly makes me tear up. I look at it and it makes me feel selfish for the parts of our pregnancy journey that I wanted to turn back… I just look at that image and see the  P.U.R.E.   J.O.Y.  that Therol has on her face because she loves being a mom so much. I adore it, and it is a reminder that the new chapter of our life will be scary, yes, but also the most amazing journey that Josh and I will ever take. Thank you Therol for showing me how amazing parenthood is by your simple interaction with Ethan.

He is getting ready to walk…. needs a little help right now, but I am sure that he will be cruising around in no time!

The Happy Family…

Love, love his eyes!!!!

The sign clearly said, “No Wading,” but it was hot…. and it looked fun….

Thank you Alex, Therol, and Ethan! I had such a great time with you guys. It is such a blessing to watch my clients lives grow and change. It is such a privilege to document!

m.e.