Happy Easter...

...He has Risen! Well it's officially spring...I can tell by the gross layer of pollen that I'm greeted with every morning when I go out side. This is my first spring in North Carolina and all I want to know is where in the world does all this pollen come from?!? Seriously, one day it was gorgeous and cool, 65 and sunshine, no bugs...then BAM...the next day there was a covering of light green dust on EVERYTHING and with that pollen came all the bugs!! Spring in Dallas did not have this, so you can understand my perplexity of this situation.

ANYWAY, sorry about the tangent. With spring also comes a freshness of new life and discovery and that is even more prevalent raising a two year old. I seeing all the flowers bloom and hearing kids playing in the streets now with the warmer weather. But my FAVORITE thing is watching Graydon play and discover...so I thought I would share with you all a bit of my joy in watching him.

I'm hoping that you all can push your spring time allergies aside, (as I have to), and enjoy the freshness and new life of spring. This Easter Sunday, or at least maybe sometime this week, take a walk with your spouse, be sure to hold hands, or grab an ice creme cone with a good friend and take in all the flowers and enjoy watching the neighborhoods come to life with children playing...it'll do you good! Trust me! Happy Easter to you all, and happy Spring!




















This was Graydon's first Easter Egg Hunt! My sister's church, Faith Alliance puts on one for the community every year...Here are a couple of my favorites, including two with his cousin Jordan!







So sassy...this is totally Jordan! I love it!





LOVE these next two!!!





Hope you all are having a GREAT Easter weekend!!!

Graydon is TWO

...I can't believe how time fly's!! I realize that's a bit cliche and we hear it often, but man...just two short years ago I was holding a tiny little baby and crying at how overwhelmed I was to have the honor and responsibility of caring for something so precious.

We take time for granted way too often and it is such a gift. Most of us don't make time for the stuff that lasts, the stuff that matters. Everyone is always sooOOoo busy. The truth is there will ALWAYS be something that needs to get done, another dish to wash, or two more hours of overtime we could squeeze in. But time passes and you CAN'T get it back. My father-in-law always says "you make time to do the things you really want to do"....and he's right! If I really want to watch the new episode of the Office, then I'm going to make a point of watching it. If I really want to check out the sale at Old Navy then I'm going to try and find a way to squeeze it in while I'm running errands.
I realize having said that, sometimes I need to re-prioritize day.

I have a TON of work I should be doing on the computer. I have a new web-site and new (way improved) blog that I have been trying to work on, as well as family photos I've been meaning to process and organize. But those things are not more important than my son. So I work on client's photos and blog when I can and choose to laugh with my son while rolling around on the floor in a tickle fight instead...I can always work on that other stuff later, but tickling, laughing, and cuddling Graydon is something that in a few more short years from now I won't be able to do...mostly because it won't be cool to snuggle with your mom when your 10 or 12.

My point is that we could all stand to take some time to do the things that are important to us...reading more, journaling, catching up with old friends, turning the TV off and talking with your spouse, exercising, or tickling your two year old before more birthdays pass and your wondering again, where did the time go?

We spent Graydon's birthday weekend in Myrtle Beach with my family...it was nice to get away. I hope you enjoy these pictures from the beach and of him enjoying his strawberry cake. AFTER you take a look at them :) stop surfing the net, log off facebook, close down your e-mail, turn your computer off and go take the time to do something that matters!









This was the view from our balcony...not bad eh?













Jeremy took this one of me in "action"!





My sister and her friend goofing around.





Thanks to Venessa (my other sister...the one with the baby just above) for taking this picture of my beautiful family...I am so blessed! Have a great Wednesday!

Baby Belly

How cute is this girl with her precious pregnant tummy?!! I was happy to do this session because, truth be told, it's been a little while since I've done maternity photos for a couple. This couple was very easy going and fun to photograph so we had a good time (thanks again you guys!)...Here are a handful of my favorites from yesterday's session. Hope you all enjoy!!!





BELLY LOVE





Can this girl take a picture or what! I told you you were very photogenic! Beautiful.









Can't wait to see your little girl when she comes!

Happy Valentines Day

We hope you all have a wonderful Valentines Day! Enjoy these pics taken this morning from the crazy snow we got last night! Oh, and stay tuned for another "sneak peek" coming up on Monday the 22nd!

Let me first say...

...how wonderful my internet family is!!! (E'hemm, that's YOU). After my last post I got a wonderful and unexpected response from so many of you who had either experienced what we have recently gone through, or just wanted to express your sympathies and let us know you were praying and thinking of us.

I can't tell you how much I appreciated that. We have felt your prayers and are moving on, not forgetting of course, but trusting God and enjoying and delighting in one of the many blessings He has given us in our amazing son Graydon. So with that, here are some recent pictures our our little guy along with a couple of his cousins...

So my dad has a set of rather large cooking pots that were dug out of storage recently for my mother to use. Two days ago the weather was a bit gloomy so we stayed inside the whole day at Grandmas and Graydon decided to get a little creative. My sister came over for a bit with her two kids and they had some fun with the pots too. They were just too cute to leave my camera alone! Hope you enjoy these "just for fun" pictures and thank you once again!





HOW CUTE IS THIS KID!!!







Let me tell you why I LOVE this photo...When ever Graydon hears people laughing he likes to join in the fun too and "laughs" along with everyone as if he knew exactly what was so funny. What cracks me up about this is that it's a fake laugh and every time he does it he squints his eyes and covers his mouth and then "laughs" very loudly. It is so cute! So that's what you see here in this picture.



I love how big my nephews eyes are...he is such a sweet heart so I had to include these last two as well.





Have a great Wednesday and check back again in a few days for another post!