2 years ago....

.....at 4:52 pm Mia was born. She was 7lb. 2.8 ozs. and 20 inches long. I can't believe it has already been 2 whole years, but on the other hand it seems like she has ALWAYS been with us. It's hard to remember our family without her. Mia has always been a very busy kid. As a photographer I have learned that taking pictures during the first two weeks of life is best because the newborn will still curl up and snuggle. Not Mia! We tried to take her pictures at exactly 1 week and she wiggled so much we only got 1 good one! She was already pushing with her feet trying to move forward. She started crawling at 4 1/2 months and pulling up at 7months. Mia took her first steps at 9 1/2 months and she hasn't stopped moving since. I tried VERY hard to get a picture of her this morning and she was NOT happy about it at all. I got one decent one but might try again later. She runs from me everytime she sees the camera now. Maybe I'll get a great birthday pic next year!

Here she is on her birthday less than an hour old.


Mia on her 1st birthday........Queen for a day.


This morning........The big TWO!


We are off tomorrow to visit my parents. Have a Great NEW YEAR.

An early Christmas present......

Remember the family that I took maternity portraits of last month???? Well, here is the newest member of their beautiful family. He is just the sweetest baby. I know they are really excited to see a some of the pictures since they are going to have to wait until after Christmas to see all their pictures so here are just a few.......

Dad and baby........one of my favorites :) Ha ha.

Mom and baby by the tree

The whole family snuggling.....

and the one we waited, and waited and held our breath and were oh so still and quite until WE GOT IT!!!!!

Totally worth it!!!!!

There are so many more that they are just going to LOVE, but I can't show them all. It will give the family something to look forward to after the wrapping paper and bows have all been thrown away.

And since I have a few minutes to share.........here are some of my little one (who is not so little anymore) These are from last weekend, but I haven't gotten a chance to post these until today.

Getting the tree

at our church Christmas party.......Mia getting her first tattoo....aaahhh!

Mia waiting patiently to see Santa

meeting Santa......still happy.

but when it came down to it, Mia was not all that happy to meet Santa this year!! This one is priceless!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

Run, Rachel, Run.......

My college roommate came to visit us this past weekend. She was here to run in the White Rock Lake Half Marathon. I had the honor of taking her and documenting the day for her and her friend Lauren. I am SO proud of Rachel for doing this. She really makes me want to run it with her. The beginning of the race was really exciting, with confetti and the national anthem complete with a jet fly over. Here are some pictures from the day. Way to go Rachel and Lauren!!!

Synchronize your IPODS

Just minutes before the start of the race

Crossing the finish line.....in under 2 1/2 hours. Great job!!

The medals. Don't they look great for having just run 14 miles?