Still Friends

As the season is changing, I am constantly reminded of the absence of my very good friend Nancy. Wednesday March 27th marked 6 months since her tragic & unexpected death. Not a day goes by that I don't think of her & her girls. As we all know good friends are hard to come by, & I've felt a little lost without her. I wonder if I've changed since her death & if she is with me, knows me & is still my friend. I believe she is. I talk to her & look forward to when I can see Nancy again, & catch up on things, as if she's just away for awhile.



Just a short year ago, my husband Josh, me, Nancy & her husband Bryan took an awesome weekend trip to Galveston. We left the kids & worries behind, and had a blast! Here's me & Nancy from the trip.

I put together a slideshow for Nancy's funeral & got to keep a copy of all the pictures. This is by far my most favorite of all of them. This is who Nancy was, she took time to be with her kids, they were everything to her. She treated my kids as if they were her own. Abby, who's 5 colored her a picture that we took to her grave, Caleb who is 2, still calls her name when he sees a car like hers. When we mentioned going to her grave, he got excited thinking we were going to her house to see her. Bless their hearts :)

This picture brings tears to my eyes everytime I see it. I think all moms have similar pictures with their children, just being together.

Nancy passed away from complications of a stroke. The most health conscience person I knew, always in her running shoes from a several mile jog (with the family) or on her way to the gym where we all worked out together. I have learned a thing or two about the signs of a stroke.

Please see here for signs of a stroke, and information about what to do if you think you or someone around you may be having a stroke.

Thanks for letting me share a good memory from a great friend. I'll be back to blog about something a little more cheery soon :)

A Bun in {and out of} the Oven

This was so awesome! These maternity shots were taken on a Friday evening, & just one week later I got to go back & spend some time shooting the baby.

Hard to believe he was in that little belly!

I teased her about her small belly (which I think looks bigger in these pictures.) She was so tiny, although I imagine she didn't feel 'tiny', she had a healthy 8 pounder in there!

Here are a couple of my favorites of Baby R

A healthy & gorgeous little boy who has so much character in his features it is unreal!

I'll be seeing Baby R quite a bit in the near future, so keep checking back to watch him grow!

what's in a name? {Dallas/Fort Woth Photographer Shantell Wyatt}

One of my best friends in the world gave me the honor of photographing the birth of her second baby girl. It was an awesome experience to say the least. Here she is just 6 weeks later. This special little girl has an awesome middle name. She was named after her Uncly Jay. When you ask her sister where Uncle Jay is, or her cousin Jailynn where daddy is, they both answer "In Heben" As soon as she starts talking she'll say the same thing, maybe even be telling us about herUncle Jay, afterall he got to know Halle before any of us did.

Here is big sister, the eyes on this girl are amazing!