The Cotton Fields

Since baby girl was born 5 years ago I have wanted to grab my camera and head out into the cotton fields. 

Honestly, the fall is SOOO busy for us we have never made the time. 

On our way to Lowe's the other day, hubby said "Do you have your camera? If so here is some cotton, don't put it off, let's just do it!"

So we did. and honestly... I am pretty pleased with the fun pics we got. 

They so perfectly capture each of my children at their current ages!

yes, c was running and trying to keep up! 

poor fella

and this sums up his whole personality. 

a flirt, stinker, and always making us laugh!

chubby little bunny.

Newborn Photography Session

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First off thank you all sweet readers for your emails and comments of encouragement concerning my heart and health after baby was born. As of right now things are continuing to repair and my resting heart rate is holding around 48-49 bpm. Thats a heck of a lot better than 29 bpm!! The faster hr means I feel a ton better and can keep up with these babies better!!!

Now, onto the real reason of the post!! Newborn pics!

Once again our awesome photographer outdid herself. 

She is a nurse by trade and instructed me to immediately go to the ER once we finished pictures so although i am extremely swollen I am thankful to have a picture now to see just how much better I looked 36 hours later. 

Most of the session was a fog for me and I just let Jamie do her thing!

Without further Adeau!

Crazy to think I lost 22 pounds in fluid just a few hours after this picture!

Camera woes

Soo my charger to my camera has gone AWOL!

I feel so naked to not have my camera go everywhere with me!!

(HENCE THE LACK OF POSTS!)

Just wanted to stop in and tell yall the minute i get a new charger i am going to sign up to take my first online class with Shoot Fly Shoot.

(click the tab to the right to head straight to their site)

(or click the image above)

If you don't know anything about Shoot Fly Shoot one of the guys who runs the site is Kevin, 

as in.. Kevin and Layla 

from the blog the Lettered Cottage.

I have clicked through some of the demo info on the site and let me say I am fired up about learning more about shooting specifically interiors to bring yall some more high quality photography on the blog! 

They are currently offering photo 101 and intro to photoshop elements!

I must say the photography classes I took in college were geared toward fashion and lights and blowing hair, etc so I am ready to brush up on my skills!

Plus my Photoshop emphasis was on Illustrator so this is a great excuse to learn elements!

Click over at the link on the right and check em out! You wont be disappointed!!

Did I mention you can NOT beat the price!

Southern Weddings Part 2

Some of my favorite things to do are surrounded around the joining of a man and woman in marriage.

1. picking out flowers
2. finding wedding dressesokay just a little side note here, this is/was my dream wedding gown, seeing as we planned our wedding in exacly 7 weeks there was no time for Monique Lhuiller to make this beauty,soooo i wore this... and i still love it,
3. I also think one of the neatest stages in wedding planning is deciding which traditions will be incorporated in the ceremony. I knew that since Casey and I had no grandparents attending (casey has a grandmother living, everyone else is deceased) we thought we would have the mothers lay a special pink rose in honor of the grandmother's not with us.
4. GIFT REGISTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hello, need i say anymore, i was excited, mom was excited, and casey went crazy with that gun they give you, SCAN IT!!!! Most of the items on my registry were very practical. I think that is really becoming the trend, most of my friends have registered for really practical things, I have only had 4 friends register for china, and they are my traditional, "girly"friends.

1. childrens clothes for the wedding. Just see below. One day i hope to own a store that rents french hand sewn children'a clothing, noone wants to pay the price for such fine work but i know if there was a store that charged a deposit (for incidentals) and a rental fee, people would be all over that for children's portraits, weddings, in Mobile, (for the coronation ball)

below, these are the two sweet girls in my wedding, even though i had yet to walk down the aisle, the lady who sat up the ribbon tied a knot in it and the girls had quite a time figuring it out, (the car in the background really irks me.... whatev, small garden wedding i keep telling myself) needless to say it brought all the guests a little chuckle to get their minds of the incredibly aweful heat they were sitting in......
the dresses the girls are wearing have a really neat story to them... my mom made both of them for my sister and i to wear in our babysitters wedding when we were Allie Marie, and Mary Ira's age. It was really special for me to share that with two little girls that i had the privledge to keep. Are they not the cutest things ever???

this pic is from my friend Anna's wedding, are these not the most breathtaking wedding gown and french hand sewn {flower girls} dresses ever?? uhh just gorgeous......

and this is my sweet friend Kara's nephew London, uhh he is going to be a heartbreaker, and look at the lace both of the girls have in their dresses, (I LOVE LACE)

Sidenote: Most of the photo's shown in this post were taken by Josh Malahy Photography.
This is Josh
basically he rocks. His photography skills are amazing, and he has a true talent for photo-journalism. He IS the best! Here is a picture from my friend Haley's wedding. Josh has such an incredible way to capture a sweet moment.

What was your wedding like? Did you incorporate any neat traditions??

Where do i hang this picture??

Recently we had some pictures done of the family by a local family photographer.

Now i have these great pics and have no idea where to hang them in my home. Usually i like a little bit more posed of a picture but i mean come on.... we spent the whole time trying to get baby to cooperate and then casey and i wouldnt cooperate.... too funny if you ask me.

AC's Baby Dedication Pics

My mom's neighbor Mrs. Diane has a beautiful backyard. She graciously shared it with us to shoot baby girls sweet pics for her dedication at church!