Adalynn has been my life saver when it’s come to Mommy-hood! I have come to her numerous times with ridiculous questions and/or fears and she has talked me through each and every one of them with a smile on her face! I love her to death for being such a wonderful friend to me this year and have nooo idea where I would be without her! Yes I do. I would be rocking back and forth in a closet somewhere:P
Her children, Hailey and Cohen are just as great! Cohen always takes a while to warm up to me but I think I have grown to love the horns he gets over his eyebrows when he looks at me even more than his smile;) And Hailey is always sweet and energetic and well-behaved! Lily is in love with both of them!
Like I said in a previous post, Adalynn has been learning photography as well. She has grown leaps and bounds since she started out and I am very proud of her! Here are a few of my favorites of her and her children from our hectic morning in the botanical gardens:

He sure is precious when he smiles though!

Neither of them were happy with the idea of sitting still and posing for me! But look how care-free Adalynn looks! She’s super mom<3

The best Cohen would give me

But Hailey was a sweetie and worked with me the rest of the day!

My dear friend, Kassi was in North Carolina visiting her family while I was in town for Lily’s party. So we set up a shoot swap! Her husband had to stay back for work so she didn’t want family pictures and opted for a photo shoot for her parents with her son, Darin. Kassi is expecting her second child next spring. So, for right now Darin is the only grandchild on her side of the family. It was so special to get to work with The Miller’s and Darin at the beach! Here are a few of my favorites of them.

My sister, Haley and her boyfriend, Matt finallywelcomed a new member into their little family earlier this month! Mitzie has been dreamed about and wished for for a few years now! Matt finally found the perfect baby for my sister. And Haley is an amazing puppy mommy. It was a joy to see Mitzie bounce around my mom’s house playing with the cats and my daughter while we were all in town for Lily’s birthday party.
I asked them if I could do some “family” pictures while they were in town so I could take my new lens for a spin and they were nice enough to say yes!
No one got into town on time that day so it was too late for us to drive out to the beach like we had planned so we just went out into my mom’s backyard and snapped a few shots before the sun went down.

This funny one was taken the next day while we were setting everything up for Lily’s party! I had to buy 55 balloons and as soon as I walked in the door with them we all knew we had to try and float Ms. Mitzie!