My sister is a ROCK STAR – she’s lost over 100 pounds in SEVEN MONTHS!

She was home over Thanksgiving and we took some pictures to show off her new bod!

Fitzy had to join in too!

OH MY HEART!

HANDSOME! OH SO HANDSOME!

Baby boy – you hold my heart!

Samm – I am SO proud of you!

And we can’t forget to add one of Fitzy and Gramma!

ONE HUNDRED POUNDS GONE! SO PROUD OF YOU! She’s got quite a bit more to lose to reach her goal! Pray for her with me! Encourage her! Uplift her! I’m afraid to say that she will probably be skinnier than me when she reaches her goal! I better step it up too!

I met Stephanie in 2009. She was looking for a wedding photographer! I didn’t have a date open – but after meeting her – I made an opening! She is sweet and caring and kindhearted and gorgeous and has such a heart for Jesus!

We did two bridal sessions and became friends – the BEST kind of clients! I photographed her wedding in June of 2010 and have done a few sessions here and there with her family since then!

She had asked me to pray for them – they wanted a baby!

My mom made that quilt for our wedding! The squares with the black yarn were crocheted when she was pregnant with me!

Pregnancy looks GREAT on you Stephanie!

They are due right after Christmas – so this picture was perfect!

OH MY WORD!

SERIOUSLY – so beautiful!

Thank you SO much for letting me capture one more BEAUTIFUL moment in your life!

I cannot WAIT to see the pictures of your new family!

I met Libby a few years ago when I took some 5th generation photos for her! We have a lot of mutual friends and stayed in touch on FACEBOOK. Then she started dating Dan. Dan is one of Fitzy’s namesakes – and we LOVE him.

She wanted some photos of her little guy *E* and Dan – well – just because. Libby’s house was one of those that got hit hard with the flooding last year – she lost EVERYTHING on the first floor. She needs some smiles on her new walls!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE those shots!

I know I’ve done this pose a lot lately – but I just can’t get enough of it!

Throw a cute baby boy in there – and it’s even BETTER!

SERIOUSLY!

MELT MY HEART!

How to get the best shots of a little boy? Let him climb a dirt mound –  WORKS EVERY TIME!

Seriously – a photographer’s DREAM!

*E* threw his head back on that last shot – PERFECTION!

Libby & Dan – we just LOVE you guys so much! Thanks for asking me to capture THIS moment in your lives!

I love this family! I cannot believe that little *B* is 6 months old already!

OH MY WORD!

I just cannot get over her MANY expressions! She is such a happy baby!

I LOVE that outfit!

Jessica – thanks SO much for having me! I love seeing your sweet kids!

I am SO behind on this blog – getting caught up slowly – but this was written a little over a month ago!

On October 28th – Fitzy officially turned a year and a half – 18 months. It’s crazy!

It’s gone SO fast overall and sometimes so slowly day by day. Looking through his month pictures – I can’t believe he was ever so tiny.

He is such a little toddler now – it’s hard to imagine that at one time he didn’t walk – didn’t babble – didn’t give kisses.

He loves farm animals. He can moo like a cow – bock bock like a chicken – cock a doo like a rooster – roar like a lion and dinosaur. He moves his head out when you ask him what an elephant says. He loves to read. He loves to cook and clean. He loves Barney and Fraggle Rock. He understands SO much but doesn’t say a whole lot of words. He babbles almost constantly – repeating himself quite a bit. He has said I LOVE YOU – 3 times – and only to my sister. He LOVES his grandpas and grandmas. He eats a TON and weighs 31 lbs. He is in 24 month to 3T clothing. He has one bottle at night about an hour before bed. I still rock him to sleep and sing Silent Night – every night. He hates socks. He loves to throw balls. He brings it up by his eye and looks at the ball and looks at you and then the ball again and aims – he’s a pretty good shot! He is beautiful and wonderful and such a miracle.

I love his little belly in that shot! I was kinda sad – it’s 18 months – that’s a big one – and I was only able to get pictures of him in his jammies – around the house in our horrible lighting. It’s been raining all day – so no handsome little man pictures today.

He LOVES his dadda!

I got him this little cow on a shopping trip. He dances and does a split. Within 30 seconds of having his chubby little fingers on him – he now ONLY does splits.

ROAR – like a lion!

I got this picture in the attic and planned on giving it to my friend Belinda. Fitzy took one look at it and has been carrying it around mooing. He is so cute about it – it’s his new favorite.

Fitzy – I love you SO much. You’ve changed our lives and our hearts. Happy half birthday baby boy!

Jenna and her family have been in front of my lens since *E* was a little guy!

I LOVE seeing them every year – sometimes twice!

We scheduled a session then I needed to reschedule it – then the leaves changed too quick – so we rescheduled again! I love when a reschedule works out SO PERFECTLY! We couldn’t have asked for a better day!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE those shots! We had the sessions in my parents field! It was PERFECT!

I NEED to have a print of this on my wall! I LOVE little *S* – she is SO sweet!

LOOK AT THOSE COLORS! Seriously – perfect!

Jenna – it was SO great to see you guys! This has been my favorite session so far!

I put our Christmas tree up REALLY early – before Thanksgiving – I just had to!

LOOK AT THAT HAPPY FACE!

Fitzy is doing so awesome! He LOVES to play with his little kitchen! He loves to carry balls of yarn around and unroll them – much to my dismay! He carries around Jared’s striped shirt and says – daddy’s shirt! He points to himself and says – Fitzy’s shirt – but he says his name like – Itzy! SO CUTE!

He isn’t really running – just walking really fast. He LOVES cheese and marshmallows – the two words he says ALL DAY!

I cannot WAIT to experience Christmas with him!

For the month of December – we are doing a 25 days of kindness for Christmas!

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1. CHRISTMAS CARDS TO SOLDIERS

2. FOOD TO LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER – PLAY WITH ANIMALS

3. DONATE ITEMS TO PREGNANCY CENTERS

4. ANGEL TREE

5. DONATE CRAYONS AND COLORING BOOKS TO CHILDRENS HOSPITAL

6. DONATE ITEMS TO GOODWILL

7. DONATE ITEMS TO HOMELESS SHELTER

8. HOT CHOCOLATE TO BELL RINGERS

9. CHRISTMAS CARDS TO STRANGERS WITH $ IN THEM

10. HOT CHOCOLATE TO CROSSING GUARDS

11. COOKIES AND COFFEE TO POST OFFICE

12. COOKIES AND COFFEE TO MAIL DELIVERY

13. COOKIES TO GARBAGE MEN

14. PAY FOR SOMEONES MEAL

15. QUARTERS AT LAUNDROMAT

16. QUARTERS AT GUMBALL MACHINES

17. FOOD PANTRY

18. COUPONS AT GAS PUMPS

19. COOKIES FOR NEIGHBORS

20. DONUTS TO POLICE OFFICERS

21. VOLUNTEER AT NURSING HOME

22. LEAVE A TIP THAT EQUALS THE BILL

23. COOKIES TO LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT

24. LEAVE QUARTERS AT CAR WASH

25. $ AT GAS PUMPS

I am SO excited to start this tradition and waive gifts for Jared and I (which we normally do anyway) in place of sharing the LOVE and JOY of Jesus during the month of December!

I can’t wait to see the excitement on Fitzy’s face as he gets older and can really understand the season of giving and love!

Jared’s cousin Alyssa is a photographer in Florida! She was up visiting in October and took Fitzy out for some pictures!

(ALL the pictures in this blog post are taken by Alyssa Northcutt Photography)

I am so in love with ALL these pictures – but these three especially!

OH MY HEART! He is just the sweetest boy EVER!

I couldn’t pick between color and black and white – so you’ll get both!

Alyssa – thank you SO much!

It was so great to spend time with you and restore our friendship!

The weather here was HORRIBLE the week of Fitzy’s 18 month birthday so I didn’t get out to take any “real” pictures of him that day. I’m SO thankful you got these shots to mark that milestone for us!

These photos are so beautiful and precious to us! Thank you again! We love you!

I have to tell you something. When I found out we were having a boy – I was a little sad. For one main reason. Boys aren’t as fun to dress.

I was wrong.

I added the black and white shots because our lighting in this house is HORRID.

OH MY WORD! I am having SO MUCH FUN dressing Fitzy!

I found that the key is to not worry about anything matching! So many people told me he looks a like a little guy going off to college in this!

While I know that will happen much sooner than I’d like – he does look pretty handsome!

I met Ericka through FACEBOOK initially! We found out that we had some friends in common and then I started going to MOPS and we became great friends! Her daughter is the same age Enoch would have been – so I always get to imagine what he is like in heaven!

Last year I took pictures of just her daughter – this year she brought her husband along (he was *SO* excited) for a family session!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE those shots!

Oh wait – THOSE are my favorites!

I am LOVING the leaves this year!

I haven’t been editing many pictures into black & white this fall – just because the colors are SO fantastic – but I KNEW this one would be BEAUTIFUL!

I LOVE those ones!

Ericka & Jeff – we LOVE you guys! I am so thankful God has placed you in our lives – and in front of my camera!