{05.09.2008} Welcome Miss Lulani!

CONGRATULATIONS needs to also be yelled out to Gennelia and Bill who welcomed their daughter Lulani Paula Schaeffer the evening of May 8th at only 26 weeks. Gennel and Bill were to be wed on August 31 in Stevensville, MI. The celebration the end of August will not only be to celebrate their vows said at Bronson Hospital a few weeks ago but to celebrate the birth of their daughter. At just over a pound Lulani has since day one beat all odds. Currently in NICU, she is continuing to prove she is a fighter and is doing great. My prayers are with you sweetie! I can't wait to meet you!

{05.09.2008} Welcome Kendall Rae!

Today at 12:44pm our friends, Dena and Gabe, welcomed their little girl, Kendall Rae. Since I was in Grand Rapids tonight for an engagement shoot (I promise to have a sneak peek up soon!), and am working Saturday, I took the opportunity to head to the hospital this evening.

Kendall is absolutely beautiful. She is perfect...and oh so very sweet. We snuggled.


Congratulations Fisk family!

{05.08.2008} Blueberry Wine

The REAL part of having kids. You can play your day out in your head exactly the way you see it happening. Kids to school, grocery shopping, home to finish uploading a wedding and unpack, pick kids up, take them to McDonald's for lunch, leave McDonald's...yeah that leave part is where the day becomes theirs. [note: a tantruming child can tripple their body weight during a battle] With that said, neither of my kids wanted to leave. We were there for two hours and fourty-five minutes. I deserve a "Mom of the Year" award just for that! Okay, other moms joined us for the festivities so we talked politics...where we shopped, kindergarten teachers for next year, preschool parties.*giggles* THEN it was time to leave. Tyler wanted to loosen his shoe strings, but I had done it to make his life easier. His shoes then flew across the restaurant. Nyla then chose not to leave by bee-lining it right back into the climbing area screeching at the top of her lungs. Both kids were carried individually over my left shoulder kicking and screaming out to the car. BOTH kids are napping. I'm having this one glass of wine and thinking about what to make for dinner. The life of a mom with a camera.

{05.07.2008} Purse Fabulous!

Yes, today I'm a cheater...but with good reason.=) Last night Lynell invited ladies over for a purse party that was basically a girls night out. As a thank you for wedding referrals this year she said she'd cover my purse. Who was I to say no? I absolutely LOVE it!

And yes, I did take some pictures last night. A big three whopping pictures. All of a first time sushi bite. Lighting was bad, not much creativity...I'd rather just show off my new fabulous purse!

{05.06.2008} finding the perfect dandelion

I took the day off today to be with my kids. The morning was spent on the annual spring preschool field trip to Kent Theater in Cedar Springs to watch a Winne the Pooh movie, painting with kool-aid after lunch, then outside to hunt for the perfect dandelion, and pick as many as we could find to make the perfect bouquet.