Sky Diving and 3 Months!!!

Lots has been going on lately...I went SKY DIVING!!!! It was amazing! That will take an entire post itself, I still have to get my hands on the pictures that were taken as well as receive the video in the mail!!! I could go on for hours about that experience, so I will save it for another day!

I have also been very busy with photo shoots! Yay! I am excited to have booked several shoots, some even being people I do not know very well, friends of friends sort of thing!! But of course my favorite model turned 3 months the other day so I took her pictures as well! Here is a sneak peek at a few I have tweaked!! I will post many more once the family has received and seen them first!!

Oh My.....What a WONDERFUL day!!!!

Payton and I did a walk in our neighborhood Saturday morning for Infant and Pregnancy loss. It was beautiful and AMAZING!!!! So very emotional. I am so very glad to have met the people I met and am so glad they shared their stories with me. I will post more on the stories later. This day was such a celebration for Payton and I, baby girl has no idea, but will as she grows older, about the little cousin she will not meet until we all go to Heaven. I was hoping to capture the day to one day share with her.

Tara, the lady shown below, organized the entire day. My hats off to you Tara, you are wonderful! What a gift from God! The fun jump, tents of awesome activities, down to the logo on the shirts were all Tara in celebration of her 2 miscarriages and daughter Rebbecca born still at 6 months. We did not have anything like this in Lafayette, much less Youngsville, but Tara made it all possible!!! For her first year, she did absolutely amazing!!!! I would guess more than 200 people!!! All affected in some way from infant or pregnancy loss.

Below are some pictures from the day.

The main event, Balloon release in remembrance of those we have lost.

Payton waited and waited but had to take a nap before the walk even began.

I can't imagine the pain this woman is remembering. I thank God for this event for her, hopefully it helped in some way.

This little guy was releasing balloons in memory of his lost siblings. My heart ached for his sad little face :(

After the release I captured some moments that broke my heart. As the song " You Raise Me Up" played as all of our balloons were released.

Tara, on the left, was releasing balloons for her 2 miscarriages and 1 stillborn child, Rebbecca. Again, Thank you Tara, thank you for making an environment where no one felt weird for talking about or crying about their losses...we all shared the same pain.

Oh Samuel, how I wish I knew you. I am excited to meet you one day in Heaven. Save a place for us here who are missing you.

Thank you Ranch Outlet for sponsoring the Balloon release.

The start line. 1 lap for those we have lost, and 1 lap for those who need the encouragement to keep going....I love you Sara!!!!

Absolutely amazing how many people came!!!!!

This sweet family, seen from afar, I pray for you...

I am so thankful for Tara. I have been reading her blog and had emailed her before the race. She is an amazingly strong women, what an example of Faith!!! I am so thankful we met at the race, thank you for embracing me while I unexpectedly cried in your arms. Thank you for acknowledging Samuel on your remembrance wall, thank you for the kind words you wish for my cousin and dear friend, Sara, from one mom to another, you are awesome and I appreciate everything on Saturday you did to remember our loved ones.

So PROUD!!!!

I am so proud of these pictures!! I was so thankful that my sister-in-law let me take my nieces 1 year pictures!! I had a blast! I was able to use my new program to edit them, I never had so much fun!! Aubrey is beautiful!! She made it easy to take the pictures because she actually smiled and at some points acted like a little model!!! It was so cute! Nice change of pace from taking Payton's pictures, she just lays there and most of the time crys, making it difficult to capture any good ones :)

Hope you all enjoy!!!!

Best Friends!!

1 good one of P!!

A little frightened!!

Ok, now are you ready to see the cutest almost 1 year old?!?!?!

Precious!

So patient with us messing with her and making her do things all day!

Pretty eyes

Big girl!!!

Awww she loves her mama and daddy!!

My absolute favorite!!!!!

Sweet Baby Girl!!

This was the picture I used for her announcements that I am just getting to send out!! She did great at her first photo shoot!! I love taking pictures and really enjoyed taking them of my precious daughter!!

Where was this overwhelming feeling of love before I met her?!?! I cannot express how much I love this little girl. For such a small little thing, she has changed my life in such a big way. I look at so many things in such a new light, God, life, family and love. I am so blessed that God chose ME to be her mom...wow, I am so lucky!!! I cannot wait to tell her just that as she grows. My prayer is that she may always feel loved and know what a blessing to my life she is!

Introducing Payton Lane!!!!!

6 lbs and 5 oz, 19 3/8 in

Pretty Girl!!! Born 7/9/10

Proud Papa!!!

Proud Daddy!!

Proud Mommy!!

The best doctor EVER!!! Dr. Taylor

Welcome Home Sweet P!!!

Belly mold!!

Ok, so I officially hate how you have to load pictures to make sure they are in order!!! Oh well, this is the finished product!! It took me a while to decide how to paint it, but since Payton's room has cherry blossom tree branches on the wall, I decided to paint that on the mold that will eventually hang in her room.

Thanks to my friend Brandi who came over to help me with the mold, we were able to capture my belly at 36 weeks and 5 days! She had done hers and her sisters so I was not dealing with an amateur!! We had fun! and many laughs were shared!!!

Bedding and Belly Molds!!

FINALLY!!! Finished with my task of making Payton's bedding!! I had someone ask me when I was going to post pictures of the bedding I was making, I laughed inside because they like me in the beginning thought I could whip that up no big deal...ummm quiet a task my friends! Especially when you taught yourself how to sew and the only thing you have sewn is curtains! Ha well between working full time and exhaustion from pregnancy, I was starting to doubt my enthusiasm for this project. It took a while to find just the right fabrics to put together and lots of studying online to figure out just how to sew baby bedding. I am so proud of her bed skirt, it is my favorite fabric, it has a vintage look and is so pretty! Thanks to Brandi who explained the trick of bunching, I was able to start with the skirt!!

The crib skirt-I wish you could see the print of this fabric, its so pretty!

The comforter. Thanks to Ms. Jody who was very patient with me, she explained to me how to make my first blanket! I wouldn't even let her pin the fabrics, batting or backing! I made it clear I wanted to learn and do this on my own!! She would just laugh and tell me what to do and answer any questions I had during the process.

The bumpers. This is the second set of bumpers I made! Haha I figured I knew how to put these together with only light reading online....ummm after the second set was complete, there was Ms. Jody teaching me the slip stitch move to close the ends, well that is after we figured out a much better way to make them look!

Finished product!

Yes, I will be purchasing my next child's bedding!!! Haha

I learned so much during this process and I am very proud of the outcome, it was just very typical of me to think I can do something and then it end up so much bigger of a project than I thought. Thanks to my understanding husband who always supports my efforts and letting me transform our dinning room into a sweat shop for my sewing!!!

I will be posting the rest of her room soon, that whole room was a project of my own therefore still a work in progress!! haha