A Photo Shoot {the Werych family}

Hi friends! Happy Thanksgiving Eve to you. I have a family photo shoot to share with you this evening. Meet the Werychs! We took these pictures at my home not too long ago and I had the wonderful pleasure of capturing snapshots of these sweet little people for their mom and dad to cherish forever. One of my absolute favorite things. But I'm sure you already know that. :)

Much love to you Taryn and to your precious family!

These Kids

And am so blessed! That is all. :)

Mama Style {to the movies!}

Hello friends! We had such a wonderfully relaxing weekend and the highlight for me was seeing Catching Fire. Don't get to the movies too much so I was a little giddy for that reason alone. But we loved reading the books and so have been eager to see the films. This one does not disappoint ... it's soooo good. This is what I wore on that particular day, a casual weekend look. I love winter whites (or in this case creams) but feel like it looks best on me when broken up with a few darks. Slims my lines a little.

Oh yeah! The glitter is out for the holidays. Takes my mind off of the cold just a bit. (uh!) 

{sweater - Gap, t shirt, sunnies and beanie - Target, pants - Anthropologie, boots - Kelsi Dagger}

The Butterfly is 6 Months Old

I don't know how we got to 6 months so soon but it's here! It's really, truly here and well ... I'm just a tiny bit sad because you're growing up and far too quickly. In a matter of days, literally days, you have begun to do new things. You turned 6 months only 3 days ago and you're suddenly ploughing through milestones like they're cake pops. (Peppermint chocolate cake pops, the kind we both eyeballed today at the Starbucks counter but did not end up devouring on account of the nagging feeling I had, the same one that often accompanies a $4.25-ish cup of coffee). Anyway, I'm off track. This is what you've been up to of late.

* You're sitting quite well, even gave your cousin Letta a show yesterday for the longest series of seconds of your sitting life. Ultra impressive!
* You're eating rice cereal (you think it's disgusting and we all agree), oatmeal cereal (much, much better thanks), sweet potatoes (getting used to it though did lots of dry heaving faces for a while), regular ol' potatoes (loved), pears (way to tart thanks), and Baby Mums (love it - can't get enough of it).
* You're drinking from a sippy cup like a pro, no help needed. And I can tell it makes you feel very important (as it should).
* You're starting to love your rag dolls, looking deep into their faces and then attacking them. But I can tell you think they're sweetest when up against another toy.
* You've started grabbing my face and bringing yourself to me for a kiss of sorts. We're still figuring that out. And you still look at me (and your Aunty Daena said the same thing!) when you're on my hip and inches from my face. I can feel your eyes on me and when I turn my head to look, there we are, nose to nose. It's awesome.
* You're a quiet babe, like Jude. Sometimes you'll blow raspberries for us but generally you listen. I wonder who you'll be most like. I often think Parker but I don't know. I have one of each kind of personality so far, with each child a little more "life of the party" than the one before. Don't know if it's possible to outdo Elliot on that one though. Surely he's as much of a party animal as is possible to be. Let's hope so.

I love you little girl. You are too wonderful for words and your daddy and I thank God for your life every single day. Mwa!

Red Dress

Thought I'd share a couple of the (unsubmitted) shots we snapped yesterday for the mag. This stunning red dress is what I hope to wear for Christmas this year and well, I had to share it here with you because it was such an incredible deal. $19.95 at H&M and 30% off of all women's wear until tomorrow. Isn't that fabulous?