THE CUPCAKE-INATOR!!!

Here is another cute one from the other day. Lauren is "my little cupcake".......so sweet and girlie! This shot is Lauren is showing off her muscles....whoa baby!

Together we go!

Here is another from my mini shoot the other day! The sun was beginning to set over the ridge. My girls are walking off together hand in hand! Cute huh?

Everyone loves flowers!

Spring has arrived and the flowers are blooming everywhere. The other day my friend Alex and I went to a local park to play with our cameras. The hillside was overflowing with yellow flowers and I couldn't resist taking my girls back later for a mini-shoot. Miss Maddie was "not in the mood" to have her portraits taken. I was bummed since I wanted pictures of them together. Well I gave in to Maddie's refusal since my Lauren was up for the shoot. As you can see they turned out lovely and I can't wait to frame them. The funny thing is that half way through Maddie got jealous of Lauren and wanted to be in the pictures too. Its great when that reverse psychology works. I'll share more of them later!

Little Cupid!

Here is one from my latest shoot. This little angel was born on Valentines day! It's very fitting that she is wearing wings, she was hitting everyones heart strings with her "Cupid" arrows. Gotta love that delicious deep red these roses have going!

The beauty of nature!

My husband and I went for a hike this last weekend. The weather was amazing and everything was so lush and green. ME.....Not wanting to miss an opportunity and LOVING to take pictures..... I had to bring my camera along! I wanted to share one of my favorites from the day. I like the haunting beauty of it!!

Make a wish!

Here she is, the birthday girl, blowing out her candles! We had a small party just family except two friends. Lauren chose a cosmic bowling birthday party....hence the blue glow! We had pizza, cake, bowling, and dancing...very fun! Everyone had a great time!

101 Dalmatians!!!!!

Disney re-released the original 101 Dalmatians Movie this month. They had a special showing at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood. Seeing as I live in a house with "Dalmatian lovers" this movie was a huge hit. It was Lauren's 4th birthday so after the movie we celebrated at the Disney Soda Fountain. Everyone sang her "happy birthday" and they gave her a special birthday button to wear. My Lauren, who loves attention, was very happy!!!

The Birthday Girl!!!

My little Lauren turns 4 years old tomorrow! Here she is with her cupcakes for school! As you see Maddie loves her little sister and will be happy to assist in any "cuppycake" eating!

OK just one more favorite!!!

I LOVED doing this session! A great family with a stunning little girl! I cannot wait to meet the new addition!

Beautiful Bellies!!!!

Heres are some more beautiful bellies to share!

Bellies everywhere!!!!!!

Yes, the preggo women are coming out of the wood work and I am very happy to be doing their portraits. I love the fun and spontaneous type of portraits that can come from a relax couple. I love to see how people interact with one another! The chemistry that is unique unto them. On this story board you see him trying to make her laugh and she is trying to keep a serious expression. Then she can't hold in her laughter any longer! Of course we have an adorable belly shot with both mommy's and daddy's hand on the baby belly. We will be seeing the little cherub baby next month. I cannot wait to meet her!

Silent Night!

Here is a shot of our Christmas Tree with all the gifts from Santa. We had a fantastic Christmas!! The kids were in absolute"gift-getting" heaven and their excitement never stopped. I received some wonderful gifts and so did Michael. All in all was another wonderful Christmas!

Anticipation is making me wait!!!

Anticipation is the best and worst part of Christmas. The kids are dying for Santa to come and they are getting antsy. Michael and I are on the other end and we can't wait to watch them open their gifts. Today due to freezing wind we were cooped up in the house. We broke down and gave the kids one of the DVDs we had bought them. Its was "Underdog" and Maddie was so excited she kissed the case...lol. Here is pic of the kids being silly by the tree today!

The Gingerbread House!

We have a annual tradition of making a gingerbread house. We don't do it from scratch but instead buy the kits from Costco. I love how each year the kids become more and more creative. This was the first year that Lauren was really able to put her own style into the house. She was all into decorating the gingerbread man and woman. She really did such a great job. Maddie is semi-pro at this and did great with her roof design. It was lotsa fun and I'm sorry to say pieces are already disappearing from the house...I wonder what little people could be nibbling on our house.....tee hee!!!

9 more Sleeps till Santa

Yeah we are counting down till the big happy guy comes. This is Maddies facial response when I told her how many days were left. She looks giddy in the photo and she was...lol!! Gotta love this age when they are totally into it Santa and you get to go along for the ride like your a kid again. Notice her new million dollar smile? Well it didn't cost a million but around 6 grand in dental work. They pulled out four teeth and did a bunch of work on the rest of her teeth. This is our reward for having a child who was very sick at birth. Illness and tons of medication effected her teeth. Yeah I know...with Maddie everything is always 10 times harder but YIKES!!

My Turkey Man!!!

For all who have been to our place for Thanksgiving you KNOW my Husband cooks up on heck of a turkey! It was so delicious and juicy...so good in fact that there were ZERO left overs. Not even some scrap for a sandwich. I wanted to share some pics from our turkey day!

A peek from my last shoot!

Love this little girls eyes. She reminds me of Brooke Shields when she was little...what a cutie!!!

Turkey Day is coming!!!!

Yes Turkey day is coming and we are gearing up for all the guests coming to our home. So far it will be a party of 13. It is about half the number from last year due to babies being born and Michael's family all living so far away. My Michael has his turkey fryer ready and I am creating my Gooey good Pumpkin Cake!! YUMMMY!!!!! Here is a shot of my baby girl Lauren looking very "fall"! She is quit the bowl of sunshine right now and keeps me laughing constantly!! For those of you who have had not tasted the delicious gooey pumpkin cake here is the link to the recipe. However my secret is to cut the sugar in half. It makes it not so rich and lets you taste the pumpkin more. click here........Gooey Pumpkin Cake!

Gotta Love this face!!!

This is Ms. Emma and she is quite the little thing. She is extremely shy and doesn't make much eye contact with the camera. At the same time "very firm" about what she wanted to do and didn't want to do. Also Ms. Emma was unwilling to give into the pleas and demands of her parents to "smile"........lol! I admire that she is her own person and has a strong personality. I love how this shot turned out. She chose the spot and I guided her to relax where she was. She is looking at me (finally) being all herself and doing the pictures on her own terms. Gotta love a strong lil woman!

My New favorite!!

Did a shoot recently with one my foxycropper friends Colleen and her beautiful daughter. This ones is my favorite so I had to share!!! Isn't she just stunning!!!