Yippppeee! Miss Morgan is 3!

Wow...where did the time go??  3 years ago tomorrow morning my water broke and by noon we had the most beautiful blessing of all...Morgan Elizabeth.  She is a ray of sunlight and amazes me daily, from her chatter to her stories, to her leaping and bounding, her girly delight, how she plays and loves her sister "Gu-Gu" as she calls her and even her 'tude kills me.  (Side note: Morgan made up a nickname for Sydney..."Gu-Gu"...when Sydney was born she used to say Gu Gu Ga Ga to her all the time and now just walks around calling her Gu Gu.

She is a really sweet girl, with quite the imagination, and love for all things horsey.  Every horse right now is named Finn, no matter if it is her ride-on rocking horse, one of her many stuffed horses, or even the small horse figurines...they are all Finn.  She met Finn (pretty sure I blogged it...) a while back in November on a special trip with mommy and my long time friend Barb and hasn't stopped talking about him since.  I know what you are thinking....but we already have a horse named Lenny in the house...a pony is not in her near future!!  Even though like all mom's and dad's we would love to give her the moon.

I can't say enough about Morgan and how awesome she is.  (I'm beaming ear to ear) You hear a million times that you will never know how it feels to be a mom until you are and it is so true, it is the greatest gift you can ever be given.  

This weekend we had a family party...of course it was a western theme...wanted posters throughout the house with 8X10 vintage black and white images of Morgan at her cutest!  Her sister Miss Sydney, cousins and BFF Dominic..yup she tells me...Mom...he's my besssst friend.....wore cowboy hats and bandanas...even Daddy threw on a cowboy hat for the occasion (not quite Tim McGraw...but VERY close I assure you!).  Sydney loved the bandana...and what do you know it was the perfect catch all for all the food she was trying and making a mess with.  The pictures of Morgan were shot by yours truly....the weather last week was awesome and luckily enough we snuck out to my favorite farm to get a couple shots of Morgan in her best cowgirl outfit.  Complete with her birthday boots!  (Yes...they light up, which makes them even cooler.)

This is her tough cowgirl face!

The {K} Wedding Celebration

A beautiful day in February gleaned us a gorgeous view of Milwaukee from Blu at the Phister Hotel for this special wedding celebration.  John & Laurie were glowing and anyone could see how happy they are together, their families were glowing too!  They were married in fabulous Las Vegas and their pictures on display were unbelievable, I was happy to capture some candid moments of them with their closest family and friends back here in Milwaukee.  One more note....kudos to my bff Lisa on her first professional assisting she did awesome and it was so much fun to have her with me! (not to mention some of the great shots she took!!)

Best wishes for a long & happy marriage!

-Shelley

The Guys

Cooper. Just Saying His Name Puts a Smile on Your FACE!

I had perma grin editing these shots...something about Cooper just cracks me up.  He's a really cute kid, always with something funny to say or do and Miss Morgan loves him to pieces.  Hearing him yell CHEEEESEE and basically asking if we were done in typical boy fashion he breezed through the photo shoot.  The spiderman fruit snacks might have helped just a bit.....you tell me!

Hope you had a happy birthday Coop!

Shelley

Climbing is So much FUN when you are ONE...{B}

This blue eyed boy is as sweet as he is cute.  I had lots of fun watching him climb and smile and light up for his mom and dad, it is so easy to see how much fun they have as a family.  Watching {B} grow over this last year and seeing his smile get even bigger and brighter has been great...it seems like just yesterday I was taking a shot of his dad cradling him in one arm...you can still see him on my main photography site as a newborn!  

I know I say it all the time...so I hope my sincerity isn't lost...but honestly I am so lucky to have such fun adorable shoots, kids and clients that I consider friends :)  Miss Stacy...my sweet sweet girl is still romping around the house dressed to the hilt in her very fancy Repunzel dress...thank you again!  I have had to bust into "Mother Knows Best" a few times LOL.

On a looonnnngggg side note...my apologies to breaking my New Year's Resolutions....a couple of 'em...blogging weekly has fallen a little...but its tough!  The weeks fly by so quick!!  Time flies when you're having fun :).  I have been certainly having fun...planning a 3rd birthday HOE DOWN at my house..since my daughter not only likes to be a princess but also a rough and tough cowgirl that is obsessed with horses.  I decided to try to go a little "Martha" inspired by a client of mine...Christina....I made my own flag banner for the party...and have really gotten into the theme this year!  I hope all the WANTED posters come out cute...I'll share some pictures...........if I ever get caught up.  I can't believe I'm going to have to start thinking about Sydney's 1st birthday party next!!!