The New Year… a bit late!

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year’s and all the other things that I missed in my hiatus from blogging!

Our house has been as busy as ever and we’ve been enjoying the fact that the weather has been SO nice. The biggest change around here is that our little Miss is not so little anymore! She is now 4.5 months and although she is pretty little, she is certainly chubby!

And of course no picture of Aubrey is complete without a brother squeezing in with her!

Baby Parker…

Baby Parker isn’t a baby anymore! I chased him around this afternoon to get a few shots for special people in his life. Here’s a sneak of a few of them.

And here is what Q was doing while we were busy!

What a fine Mommy moment…instead of stopping him, I grabbed for the camera!

The fine art of child photography…

Sometimes the images that I see in my head never quite make it into reality. During my last session I had all three of my monkeys with me and I thought it would be great to get a shot of the three of them for our family Christmas card. The thought turned out to be easier than the actual picture! Sometime child photography can be challenging…lol

It wasn’t going too bad til we added the little Miss into the picture….then the crying monster (as the boys like to call her) took over the picture and that was the end of things!

And we’re done…

Jake

As I take and edit pictures of my own boys it doesn’t take much reminiscing to remember the other little boy that was in my life. I was 13 when my little brother was born, so I can vividly remember everything about him right from the get-go. BUT…he’s not so little anymore! He is now taller than I am (and I am not a small person) and has bigger hands and feet.

When we went home for Thanksgiving recently I headed out with Mom and Jake to take advantage of the great fall colours.

No colour in this one…but it is one of my favorites of him.

Fall fun…

I haven’t had the opportunity to spend a lot of time taking pictures of anyone but my immediate family in a while. So when everything worked out perfectly (weather included) to get together with a friend and her daughter for a few fall shots, I was pretty excited. We had a great time, which included a bit of dumpster climbing and laying on the ground with my little Miss in the sling trying to get good angles. We also had my boys along for the fun, so in all it was a pretty big group of us!

Here’s a little peak…

And here is Quinn with his twin (from another mother…lol) S. Although there is 18 months difference between them, they could easily be twins. Miss S definitely rules the relationship though!

The wait is over…

When you find out that you are pregnant it seems like it will be an eternity until they are born…but for me, this third pregnancy flew by. Most of the time we were so busy that I would forget that I was even pregnant. For a final pregnancy it was great.

On September 2nd the pregnancy came to a natural end and Aubrey Elizabeth joined our family. There were a few complications with the delivery and the recovery, leaving me stuck in the hospital a little longer than my over-planning personality wanted. But from that we ended up with a perfect little girl. She has such a relaxed personality and a squishy little face. She may be destined to follow in Hudson’s chubby little footsteps, as she is a big eater and regained her birth weight by week 2. Now at week 3 she is a pound over birth weight and a whole inch taller!

As much as I absolutely love the cuddly, newborn stage, I really can’t wait to see the little person she grows into.

The super cute hat was made by Michelle

Six Days old…

{Love it…}

…enough said

Look at that face!

Just because….he is so cute…even though he hardly ever gives me a normal face…lol. But it wouldn’t be Huddy if he was posing and not growling!

The countdown is on here….less than 3 weeks to go til we meet our newest family member….so much to do, so little time!

Amber & Trevor

This past July I got the pleasure of shooting and attending Amber and Trevor’s wedding. It was a sketchy day for weather, but somehow the rain disappeared just in time for the ceremony and it turned out beautifully. Here are a few detail shots of the moments leading up to the big event.

Amber was watching the rain fall on the skylight…

Bright Baby Blues…

I have been busy in the background around here, trying to organize my life and get ready for the arrival of Monster #3. Part of that is getting through all my outstanding projects. Miss S is one of those and I just had to share these ones because she is so cute!

And I may be a bit strange….lol…but this next shot is one of my recent favorites. I just love details…