{Faces Of Cash}

Really, are there any words?? I think not.

{"Winter" walk}

Upon returning from Maryland for a long holiday, we discovered some BEAUTIFUL weather!! Cash & I took this walk about two weeks ago and the temp this day was about 70 degrees and as you can see, beautiful skies!! I want to go on record and say that this is not typical Texas winter weather! It does actually get cold here. No really! I wasn't living here last year, but there was snow!

It was the perfect day for a walk with the boy and some photography!

There has been a MISTLETOE INVASION here!!! Amongst all the dead, brown, lifeless trees are patches of beautiful, green, vibrant mistletoe! Is this happening all over the country? I didn't do any research on this or anything, but I am a little curious why it randomly grows from these dead trees?!?! We actually discovered this a year or two ago when we were here visiting. Quite the phenomenon,.... or maybe not?? Do you have mistletoe growing near you?

kiss kiss ;)

We were surrounded by all kinds of cool things. It's not the first time we've taken this walk, but it's always different and I always find new things. (for some reason I must have a slight obsession with moss??? Weird)

I was finally able to get a bit of lens flare in the picture above! I LOVE it! I have struggled trying to get pictures with flare,.... I guess it has to do with where the sun is in the sky??? Anyone have any tricks for getting lens flare?? It's just pretty!

Speaking of the SUN, I am so thankful for the longer days!

Big blue eyes is 8 months old! TODAY! It's seriously been an entire 8 months since this little guy was born?!?!? He is, no lie, the size of a 1 year old! Such a big boy!

At 8 Months Cash is:

STILL teething!!! When are those things going to come IN!?!?

Crawling at warp speed all over the house

LOVING his animals. Just the sight of them makes him giggle

A bit of a mama's boy

Sleeping straight through the ENTIRE NIGHT!! 11 WHOLE hours!

Pulling himself up to standing on chairs & ottomans

clapping!!

He is so much fun!! (and so much work) The light of my life!! I wish I could just go back to 8 months ago, just for a minute, and hold my little tiny baby boy again!

Please pay no attention to the skeleton jammies he wore on our warm "winter" walk.

Sewing,... yes, there has been a very little bit of sewing going on right now. Cash was sick for a while, I've been kind of lazy since the holidays, then I was sick. I am hoping to get back into the groove and have some new things for the shop soon. I am even planning on a couple paper items! You know, to go with the "paper" part of Paper Box Quilt Co. :) Stay Tuned.

XOXO

{Ryan, Natalie & Weston}

Oh hi! :)

A couple weeks before the holidays I took some pictures of an old friend and her growing family! Natalie grew up next door to me in Texas, in fact, I used to BABYSIT HER! And now she's having a baby! I. Am. Old. Awesome.

OH, let's not forget Duncan & Lola, the pups!

Congrats to Ryan & Natalie and little baby Weston!

I mentioned that I had some holiday projects to post about, but I'm not entirely sure I took pictures of everything. So, here's the shortened run-down... New quilted stockings, handmade paper ornaments, lots of crocheting (it hits me every winter), old WIP's, new Etsy items, tactile baby blankets, a mini quilt... that's all I can think of for now. And even after all that (and even more new WIP's than I started with) the wish list of projects continues to grow. A car trash bag, tote bag, table runner, curtains, aprons, clothes,... and on, and on.....

And the husband wants me to fix pants and sleeves. Doesn't he know how BUSY I am???!! ;)

{Happy Day}

Nothing really interesting to share today but I thought I'd say hi. I took this picture the other day near where I live, on my way home from taking pictures of my Etsy items (yay). I kept seeing this super cute turquoise truck parked at this old fashioned gas station and, HELLO the red & aqua!!! Just perfect. I finally stopped to get a picture. Happy Day :)

I have real updates,.... a couple photo shoots, a 5 month old, some Etsy stuff, but I realized that I take WAY too many pictures and then can't narrow them down. Then I spend so long editing them,.... I need to come up with a new system. For now,... it's FRIDAY!!

See you soon! XOXO

{Happy First Birthday Will}

Wow,... this has been a long time coming! I took these pictures at a first birthday party like 2 or 3 months ago! Falling behind much?? Have you seen any 5 month pictures yet?? No? Yeah.

Anyway, I digress, PARTY. WOW! Isn't it beautiful?? Right up my alley, from the COLOR (hello!) to the awesome 5 tier ombre cake to the candy "buffet", the BUNTING!,... I can go on and on! I was so lucky to photograph this party!

You might have noticed that I have kind of changed things up a little on my blog,... just a little. Lots of collages. So, I wanted to fit more pictures into my posts (as if I needed to put MORE pictures) without stringing them along,... one,... at,... a,... time. You know? I just have such a hard time narrowing them down. MORE pictures!!! :)

For instance,.... I took several angles of these treats,.... and I like them all, I couldn't decide, so here they ALL are!

Marshmallow pops, didn't have any, but HOW CUTE!? Banana whoopie pies (I ate two. To make up for not eating the marshmallow) Cake batter rice crispy treats?? YUM. YUM.

Everything was perfect. Down to the matching birthday outfit!!

CAKE SMASH!!!! (there is frosting on his leg,... I'd say that was a success!)

And to top it all off,.... cake-in-a-jar party favors! WHAAT?? I can't handle any more adorable-ness.

I hope you all had a great weekend! The weather here was BEAUTIFUL but it was still pretty lazy around here! Can't wait to take the little one out for some tricks and treats tomorrow! Pictures on that soon!

By the way,... it took me allllllllllll day to create this post, not entirely sure why. I fell asleep last night editing photos (at 8:30 I need to add, yes, 8:30. On a Saturday night. Lame). I worked on this post between a little sewing, a little grocery shopping, a semi-home-cooked dinner, some strained green beans which neither me nor Cash were too fond of, Scream 4 and Bridesmaids. Here I am finishing up over 24 hours later. Again, I don't know why. :)

XOXO

{1 Month}

This baby bird is a month old,.... ALREADY!?!?

He is such a beautiful blessing for both me & the Mr. Needless to say, we have been pretty caught up in this perfect little baby boy with not a lot of time for much else, but I do have more updates coming,... i really do,... :)

This is his superhero pose. Cashman. He is going to grow up to be amazing!

I'm not totally awesome with words,... which is sad for a blogger,... but being this little guy's mom is the most beautiful and important thing I will ever do and he makes every minute of raging heartburn and every extra pound totally worth it :)

{Whatever You Do, DON'T Smile!}

These beautiful children are my niece & nephew. We went out to a park/garden a couple weeks ago and it was like pulling teeth to get them to smile for the camera,... luckily, they are precious with or without smiles. :)

{Kristie, Rich & Lexi}

Snuck in a last photo shoot before leaving Baltimore one last time.

This is Kristie, Rich and their pup, Lexi. It was a fun shoot, but don't be fooled by the beautiful sunshine, it was pretty chilly out still!

Folks, let me tell you, since we got back to Dallas three weeks ago, I have been majorly pregnant, surrounded by mess and boxes, no television, no internet, no vehicle. I apologize for yet another disappearance, but we just got internet hooked up yesterday! I missed all of you and I have a few catch up posts to do! Talk soon :)

{Little Man Cameron}

OMG!!! LOOK at that FACE! I just love photographing newborns!

This is Cameron, he's about a month old!

He was so sweet to photograph. I can't WAIT to take pictures of my baby boy! I just know I am going to end up with hundreds and hundreds of pictures of him! (I have already gotten like eleventy hats for that little guy!)

For hats like the ones in these pictures, you can go to Etsy. Teddy hat from Studio514 and the elf hat is from MadAboutColour and comes in every color you can think of!

{Little Man Parker}

This little man is Parker. Isn't he sooo cute?? I did pictures with a friend of mine and her family for some Christmas gifts a month or so ago and Parker was a great subject!

Right in the middle of the shoot, he fell fast asleep on the rug on the floor. Hey, you gotta do what you gotta do. After his little power nap we were able to get some more fabulous smiles.

Congrats on your beautiful little boy Jen & Pete! :)