MEET: EMILY

Okay, so I showed you a little preview of Emily a couple of days ago, I just couldn't wait! If you didn't check out the post a couple of days ago, you'll see for yourself why I couldn't wait. At 5' 6", blonde hair, green eyes, and killer legs, she made any background look great! Life is so not fair sometimes. :-P Not only is she gorgeous, but Emily babysits my son's best friend and she's super good to the kids... the kids go back and forth between the houses and she's always a sweetheart about taking Matthew with her when they go places. Well, on to the photos.... there are a lot because I can't pick favorites, they are ALL my favorites.

So for these last few photos I told Emily to give me "sexy", to which she replied, "I don't know how to do sexy!" Ummmmmmmmmm, I beg to differ... looks pretty spot on to me! :-P

Thank you, Emily, for having fun during the photo shoot, for our girl talk, and for everything you do for Matthew! :-) 

A LITTLE BIT OF EMILY

A little preview of the B-E-A-YOOOUUUTIFUL Emily... much more to come soon!

HELPFUL INFORMATION:

Georgetown bridal salon to give away dresses to military brides - Georgetown, MA - Georgetown Record

Hopefully, this will be of help to someone out there. A dress shop in Georgetown, MA is giving away free wedding dresses on a particular day to engaged women in the military. I'm not sure how it works, but you should definitely check it out if you are in fact, engaged, in the military, and of course, a woman ;-) A good friend of mine does meet these criteria, but she is currently in New Orleans right now helping out with oil spill disaster... so, if she can't benefit from it, maybe one (or hopefully a lot more) of you can! :-) Happy dress shopping!


Georgetown bridal salon to give away dresses to military brides - Georgetown, MA - Georgetown Record

MEET: LIZ AND RAFAEL

I met Liz and Rafael for the first time this past weekend when we met up to do their Engagement Photos. They are getting married this October and I truly cannot wait to photograph their wedding! They were SOOO laid-back throughout the entire Engagement session that I felt like I had known them forever and I get excited thinking about their wedding day because I know they will have that same energy then, and it makes for GREAT photos! They smiled, laughed, joked, and laughed some more and I think these pictures show how amazingly calm and relaxed they are as individuals and as a couple. Liz and I chatted about some wedding details and when I asked her if she was getting nervous or stressed, she just looked at me curiously and said, "No, not really." Hmmmm. Can you teach me how to be like that please, Liz? She has an amazing smile and laugh, and that's pretty much all I saw out of her all afternoon :-) And Rafael laughed almost as much as she did. It was a great afternoon! On to the photos......

I love the emotion here.... even though Liz claimed that she and Rafael aren't the "mushy" type. I think it looks really good on them. ;-)

The beautiful laugh I was telling you about....

Liz's GORGEOUS hand-cut diamond ring that has been in Raff's family for over a century.... things like that turn me into a big, soft, ball of mush... LOVE it.

They're so cute.

Probably Andrew

Meet.... Andrew. Probably. Most likely. It's about a 90% chance it will be Andrew. That's what his mom told me, anyway! ;-) Regardless of his name, this cherub was born into a loving family and his arrival was much anticipated by everyone including his two older brothers. I got to meet him in the hospital when he was just a day old, and I couldn't be more excited! Here are some photos of the peaceful, adorable, probably Andrew.

Welcome to the world, sweet little (okay, not so little at 9lbs. 7oz.) nephew! You are beautiful and loved. :-) 

Meet Andrew.... Andrew is the most adorable, calm, happy, and laid-back 6 month old baby I think I've ever met! As I sat and watched Andrew army-crawl across the floor, all I had to do was call his name and he gave me sweet little coos and giggles and happy baby smiles. :-) He's incredibly smart and cuddly, and I love this little guy to pieces! Here's some photos from our quick session....

How I keep sane...

To all you moms out there, I'm sure you understand when I say that some days are just tough. No matter what you do, nothing goes your way. It seems as though your patience, logic, and even your sanity are pushed to their breaking points. Naptime can't come soon enough, and it doesn't. The minutes seem like hours, and sometimes keeping our kids entertained is more difficult and more time-consuming than we can afford. Little Miss Olivia has oooodles of energy and I'm always trying to find new things to do and new ways of keeping her, how shall I say this...content. :-) So here I'll show you just a few note-worthy things we've done in the past week or so to keep busy :-) Please feel free to use some of our ideas as inspiration on your own kids when needed! LOL.

We watched Matthew's soccer game and chatted over coffee...

We rode the horse-y....

We stared in wild, wild wonder....

We ate the finest food....

We got some sun....

We went on some rides...

But as busy as we were, we never forgot to stop and smell the flowers...

Hope you all stay busy, and have a great rest of the week! :-)