Yes… my baby is FIVE, count em’ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 years old this month!  I can hardly believe it myself.  She is a full fledged grade schooler in Kindergarten and everything.  She says things like ” Whatever”  which I REALLY hope she learned at school an not from me (I would just die if I heard that come out of my mouth at my age ~ LOL!)  My favorite is when she said” “You’re ruining my life”  I thought I would never recover from that one.  But she also melts my heart when she says things like “mama, you are the best mama” and “mama, you’re so pretty” and when she composes her own songs in the back seat while we are driving ~ she might be a pop star someday!  She has been an absolute dream since the day she was born.  After countless miscarriages and trips to the doctors we thought we’d NEVER be parents, but after about two years of heartache we were given our miracle  Hallebear.  I always joke that her strong personality wouldn’t have taken no for an answer, she was bound and determined to make it here and I am just SOOOOO glad that she did ~ I couldn’t possibly have imagined having any other baby girl.  So I thought it would be fun to take a look back on her first five years.  I could spend weeks going through pictures, but I can’t wait that long, so here goes…

Now, I know I have said that Halle was quite the chunker, but I’m not sure that does justice to the scale of her chunkiness…

Halle at 3 months:

at 6 months:

Now here is my baby 5 years later:

I HAD to add this pic of her cake ~ She had been drawing pictures of a birthday cake for weeks and they were always three or four tiers so I decided to actually get her a super fun cake.  The designer of this AWESOME cake is April Goff.  You GOTTA check out her cakes and get one, get two, you will not be sorry:)  Halle loved it ~ it was a show stopper an delicious to boot!!!

Also a HUGE thank you to Rebecca Propes of       for designing and making such perfect decorations for my little princess.  If I can pry her name banner from her hands for two seconds I will get a pic posted for everyone to see how adorable it is.  Thank you, thank you , thank you!

A BIG happy birthday to yet another of my very first clients, little “M”. It is soooooo fun to see all these babies hitting the 1 year mark! “M” was an itty bitty  baby born about 6 weeks premature, but she is a champ and doing spectacular!  I could have bet my camera that she’d have been a blondie like mama, but nope… she turned out to be a burnette and a beauty too!

I just love this last one… she was sooooo tired!  She almost fell asleep there at the end, it was so cute.  Poor thing, she was probably actually asleep with her eyes open at one point.  Happy Birthday baby girl!!!

It was so great to see little “M” and of course her Mama and I can’t forget my new favorite assistant ~ her Grami:)  Gotta get her on my payroll~ she was awesome!  But then, I realized just how darn fast this past year has gone.  I have a 3 month old for crying out loud. No scratch that… he is closer to 4 months now (sniff, sniff).  He is growing like a weed and he will be one too before I can possibly imagine (Whaaaaaaa!)

Introducing little “I”  This is my very dear friends newest daughter.  I had so much fun on our wilderness shoot…  coming very soon:)  I just HAD to post this one ~ it is definitely one of my new favorites. Congrats Hammy’s, she is PERFECT!

I just got home from Denver shooting another BFF’s baby girl too ~WOW, tow girls in one week.  Be on the lookout for her very soon too.  They were born one week from each other and they are both going to be GORGEOUS just like their mamas:)  I love you girls!

xoxoxox Auntie Jackie

aka… the crazy lady with the camera attached to my face

My first complaint is… Why the heck can’t I look like this when I’m prego?

Thank you so much for being so patient and waiting WAAAAYYYY too long to see a sneak peek of your beautiful belly session “K”  I had a heck of a time trying to pick favorites ~ You are just too dang gorgeous!  I can’t wait to meet Teagan:)

I got a bit carried away with the storyboards, but I just wanted to cram them all in!  Have a great Labor day and look for your slideshow soon mama.

I just came across this one too and had to share:)  Have a great weekend!

My Fall schedule is officially booked!  What??? I know, it’s crazy to think that people have given even an ounce of thought to the holidays already, but surprisingly ~ they have!  In addition to having super duper “on top of it” clients, I am taking on much less than I have in the past with an itty bitty baby this year.  Not to fear… I plan on being back to a full schedule again by spring, but for the rest of this year I am going to enjoy my new baby and my big babies and concentrate on making those who have booked sessions with me already amazing family photos and beautiful holiday cards.  I know this might be an inconvenience to my past and potential clients that did not get the chance to book holiday sessions this year, but I know everyone will understand. And just to show how much I appreciate all of your understanding and support, I’d like to offer 50 % off session fees and printing to the next two clients that snatch up my remaining two session dates for January ~ YUP, you heard it right…  HALF OFF!  So don’t wait, book now!!!  Email me for availability!

Also, I  have a wonderful network of photographer friends and I would be happy to refer you to a list of them if you are still in need of a fantastic photographer this Fall~ Please, don’t hesitate to email me and I will send you some great sites to view.

In other news…

My baby boy is THREE MONTHS OLD!!!

I have been agonizing over getting photos taken of my little guy now that he is 3 months.  I am always amazed even with him being my third baby at how fast they grow both physically and mentally.  I watch him get bigger and stronger each day and though I am constantly wanting to bring out Big Bertha (my camera) and capture each and every one of his little coo’s –  my house is so darn dark, it gets very frustrating not being able to get it “just right”.  Well, I finally got over that little photographer part of me and the Mama in me just grabbed the camera,  found a little patch of  light in my dungeon of a house and was ready to take some pics of  the big boy.  Then, just as I was getting started…  he fell asleep!  That NEVER happens, but he looked so peaceful, so I clicked away ~ he’s quite the chubby monkey too – notice the little roll on his upper arm and big OL’ cheeks:) Ha, I love it!

I finally got him awake and happy so I could show off his little smile and personality. He is such a sweet baby, and it’s so neat to see the difference between him and my other two munchkins. I never dreamed that I’d be a mother, let alone a mother to THREE beautiful, healthy children and I am just LOVING every second of it!!!!

Happy 3 months Bubba!