Gray is two!

It has been a very long time since my last post.. life has been busy to say the least. I have had to put my photography on hold for some big changes happening in our lives. For starters we are expecting our second little one in august! (and we think life is busy now, HA).. and the biggest change.. we have moved to Canada. My husbands career has taken us away from our families and friends, and placed us 35 minutes from Toronto.
With all of that being said, I just had to write a post about another important event in our lives. Our little man, Gray, is now two years old! How did this happen already? I still remember very clearly the day I found out I was pregnant with him, and my husband laughing at me for taking a pregnancy test at 5:30am haha. I jumped on the bed, woke him up to tell him the good news, and I believe his exact words to me were "Richelle, its 5:30, its too early to be pregnant" haha. Then I blinked and he was born, before I knew it he was sitting up on his own, crawling, giving hugs and kisses, walking, and talking! And now, he is two years old! Where did the past two years go?? We are so proud of the little man that he is becoming, saying please and thank you, giving everyone hugs and kisses, and today he even put HIMSELF in time out for hitting before I even had to tell him to go there! This little guy is the reason I even bought my camera and decided to throw myself into photography, he is also my reason for living :)

And the Winner is!

Finally!! The pictures from the cutest baby contest!!! Over the summer I held a cutest baby contest though my facebook page, and I has quite a turn out! So many cute babies and kids! I am glad that I had the fans of my page vote, because there is no way I could have chosen just one!! While all of the kids were super adorable, the baby that was voted the cutest was Kylie, and for good reason! Just look at her!!! Kylie was hands down, the most relaxed and laid back baby I have ever seen! She didn't wine or cry for at all! She just went out her business of playing, smiling, and laughing, and let me capture it all on film! SOOOO CUTE!

Halloween 2010

This year has been very hectic.  We moved out of our house and into my parents the weekend of halloween.  We really wanted Gray to have a fun Halloween but we just were not sure if we would have time! The week of Halloween I decided that our crazy life was no excuse to not let Gray have a fun day, so we went to the costume store and he fell in love with the dinosaur costume. (I was set on him being Mickey mouse to match his future wife Elena) but when he saw the dinosaur he yelled RAWR and hugged the costume.  How could I say no to him?!

Needless to say, Gray and Elena still had a great time, even if they weren't matching.  Ayrin and Keith (our best friends and Gray's future inlaws) put together such a great halloween celebration! The kids went trick to treating, then we all went back to their house for some yummy snacks, apple dipping and pumpkin decorating!  We are so blessed to have such great friends, and Gray is going to be so happy marrying into that family :)

Ally Turns One!

Last Saturday I had the opportunity to photograph one of the most adorable little girls ever! Ally's parents warned me that she was in a terrible mood that day, but you would never be able to tell. She was so sweet and happy for the entire time I was with them (though she was being a total daddy's girl.) Ally was a trooper though costume and location changes and was in love with her balloons!!!

Terri's birthday

Terri is my second mom. I have been great friends with her daughter (Kelli) since we have been in 7th grade. All through middle school and high school, Kelli and I alternated who's house we would be at each weekend. Well, were all grown up now, with houses of our own, and last night Kelli had all the kids over for Terri's birthday. Included was Terri's grandson Dillan (what a cutie!) and my little one Gray. Here are some of the pictures from the gathering.

Kim and Lewy's wedding

I had such a great time shooting Kim and Lewy's wedding. What a great couple! They have been together since high school, and anyone who was in the room with them could easily see how much love was between them!