so big.

My daugther is getting so big!! You'll have to excuse this post b/c it's just a reason for me to show her off to you!!! She spent her first weekend away from mommy and daddy at her grandparents house as my husband and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary, so when we got her back, I just couldn't help but snap away at how fast she's growing up!!! I hope you enjoy some of my favorites of her:)

Chad K. Haynes

Last Friday, I had the honor of capturing lots of special moments at the 3rd annual Chad K. Haynes memorial golf tournament in Asheville, NC. My husband's family puts on a fabulous event every year, and this year was no exception! The weather was gorgeous and the golfers had a blast! Enjoy a slide show I put together to remember the day...

captivated by the light!

So I'm participating in this online workshop all about natural lighting and it is AWESOME!! I'm learning so much and getting to practice some really cool things! I wanted to post a couple of pictures of my way-too-handsome nephew (really he's my husband's nephew, but who cares!) that I took this weekend for one of my assignments! He's such a cutie!!





Here's a couple pictures from our mountain trip last weekend...

my BABY is a BIG GIRL!!!

Wow, what a day! My baby girl turned ONE today!! I can't even believe it. All day long I was reminiscing to last year--just holding her in my arms, dreaming of what her first year would look like. I had NO idea that I would love her so much, that she would make me laugh so much, and that she would bring such joy to so many people. Wow, how blessed we are by our little angel. We had an amazing day with her today! Her daddy stayed home from work to have breakfast with her and he even made her a pancake in the shape of a #1! She even got to have syrup for the first time:) My mom and I had way too much fun with pictures today--capturing every moment of this milestone birthday!! The love I have for her is immeasurable, and to think it is truly just a glimpse of how much my Heavenly Father loves ME....wow.

10 months old...

I can't even believe that we're only two months away from my daughter's first birthday!!! I took some pics of her that I wanted to share. You can get a good laugh at her teeth! Yes, she does have four teeth already, but the funny thing is that she got one of the middle teeth on the top and then, instead of getting the other middle tooth, she got one on the side!! We've had good laughs about it and have said that it kinda looks like "bubba teeth"! Hopefully that other middle tooth will come down soon and help fill in her smile:) enjoy!

8 sweet months...

My baby girl is 8 months old! Already! I can't even believe how fast she is growing. She is more than I ever dreamed or imagine and brings me more joy than I thought possible!

natural light

I've been playing around with natural light by taking some pictures of my daughter in our backyard...

great grands...

Reilly and I took our first trip WITHOUT Daddy--we went to see her great-grandparents down at Ocean Isle Beach. They just eat her up when we're with them. Here are some pictures from our visit...

the pumpkin patch

we took reilly to a real pumpkin patch...where the pumpkins are actually in the field on the vine! she wasn't too sure about these big, round orange things all over the place...but I got some cute pics anyway!