Sneak Peak for Sam, Davis and Davis!

This post is for Sam... because I know she is dying to see some of these. There are more to come, but this is some initial shots that caught my eye. You guys are the dearest, some of our closest friends, so glad you let me shoot you. Um, there has to be a better way to say that. Some are funny, some are serious...I think this sums this family up quite well.

pool time

here are some cell phone pics of our afternoon yesterday... we met my friend, susie, and her cute kids, bobby and molly, for an afternoon dip. somehow i forgot to email the pics of all three of them and my phone is in the other room...so, you just get p :)



loves his pirates bootie.



getting a little wind blown... you'll see the effects of that as you scroll down.





taking a rest after lots of swimming (porter darting across the baby pool and me trying to keep up with him, porter climbing out of the baby pool and me trying to keep up with him, porter climbing back in the baby pool... you get the picture) we were both tired.



sun hat.



wind blown and tired on the way home.



eating dinner and showing off his new do!

Box Wedding

So, I shot my first wedding a couple weeks ago and thought I would share a sampling of the night. I know that the bride and groom and their families are hankering to see a few so I am sharing them here... Ben and Jennifer were both so chill the entire day of the wedding and their families were a joy to be around. Jennifer did so much of the decor herself and created such an inviting and beautiful space. I couldn't have asked for a more perfect couple to allow me to learn by just jumping in head first. I still have so much to learn and desperately wish I had a photo site and blog up already so I could share these in a more interesting and organized way... but until then, here is the ol' family blog :)

July and the best news ever!

Yikes, so bad at posting during these summer days. I wish I could say its because I just don't have time, but that probably isn't true. I'm just loving life... hanging out with friends, having play dates, swimming, taking pictures for friends, and watching P grow so fast. We are really having such a fun summer so far.

Things he's currently doing:
-saying lots of new words and phrases... his newest addition being 'up'. he comes and looks at you wherever you are sitting and just holds out his arms and says 'up'...with a really hard p. so hard that he actually usually spits a little. so its probably spelled 'uppppppp' or even 'uuuuuuuuppppppppuuhh'. its so cute.
-getting into EVERYTHING. cabinets are now rubber banded closed, all doors except his stay closed during the day, living room decor has been moved upppppppp.
-having minor toddler tantrums. ha, those are neat.
-started going to time out. yikes! its so sad, but something's gotta give, right? and I don't think its supposed to be mom :)
-loves swimming in the baby pool. we discovered this today! runs, jumps, splashes, drops in head first. its actually really scary. we tried it today thinking he would care about as much about the baby pool as he did the big pool... WRONG. new flotation devices are in order. this kid is fearless in the shallow water.
-nodding 'YES' with his whole body. this is hard to explain... trying to catch it on video.
-loving to DANCE! he has one dance with his arms and another with fast...really fast... feet.

here are some pics from today - these are as recent as they get.















and ... drum roll please... the best news ever is that Porter does NOT have VonWillebrand's Disease. we had him tested last week knowing there was a 50% chance he would have it and the results are in. He is normal! (well, maybe his blood is normal;) We are just elated that he isn't going to have to deal with this annoying disease. Thank you, Lord!