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Is this thing on? | Toledo Children’s Photographer

Chixie — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:58:43 +0000

Oh well hello hello. Yes, I am still here. I am way behind on my blogging too, so I hope to get all caught up here in the next week or so. YAY! Life has been good to us and I have been enjoying my kiddos and my husband while I can….although I must admit…last week I was not enjoying it so much. J was gone on business all week long to Houston and Ava was on spring break, which made for a strung out mama. But he came home on Friday, took me away to a wedding (someone else’s, not ours, hehe) on Saturday night child-free and we had an awesome time. So I am refreshed. For this week, HA!

Tom and Kristy brought Addie and Kara in 2 weeks ago for their birthday pictures. I LOVE to photograph these girls….they are such good girls, full of smiles and have gorgeous eyes. Happy Birthday A and K!!!

My Sweetpea and Company | Toledo Commercial Photographer

Chixie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:33:07 +0000

A few weeks ago Ava and I had the chance to work with Lisa, owner and creator of My Sweetpea and Company. I was so excited when she contacted us because we just love her bows and hats! She produces some VERY good quality stuff, and Ava was THRILLED to model Lisa’s new product—the bottlecap necklace!

Please head on over and check her out at http://www.mysweetpeaandcompany.com (sorry, the html code isn’t working tonight!) and let her know that I sent you!

And some photos just for me…..how did she get to be so big? Her beauty inside and outside just steals my breath away. ?

Catching Up | Toledo Children’s Photographer

Chixie — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:50:40 +0000

I still have a ton of sessions to blog from 2009 so I thought I’d take one off the list. Life is crazy, as usual, especially when you have two small kids. We have been battling the sickies and then pink eye, yuck! I have never had pink eye…that is until last week. It is the WORST! No contacts for a week for me! I’m completely blind and my best friend jokes that we could go and burn ants with my glasses with the sun. Except I don’t think she’s joking.

Anyway, we are all healthy now, so I think we’ll hole up here in the house until the weather warms up.

I have so much to share, including some new designs that my kiddos have modeled for a great clothing company, so stay tuned!

Until then…..meet the D family. You might recognize these pretty kids from an urban session we did last year.

The oldest here was telling me all about how his dad works on bones at work

Grandma and Grandpa wanted some family photos….and I love how they turned out. (Even if middle “N” was D-O-N-E at this point, LOL!)

He’s happier here

Little “L”…she was the big “1″!

We have LOTS of fun on our sessions!!!!!!

Pretty Baby

I puffy heart this one:

Thanks so much D family….love spending time with you all!

{ Family of 4 } | Michigan Family Photographer

Chixie — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:42:14 +0000

These are some of my favorite people in the world. Derrick is my cousin and is 2 years older than me. We were pretty inseparable while growing up and we are still pretty close. Our families of 4 spend a LOT of time together when we are back “home”. He and his wife Cari are some of our very closest friends and I love them. <3 <3

Here is their gorgeous family:

Ava and Britton just adore these boys……and I’m pretty sure the feeling is mutual

One of my fav’s….they are so good together

This is Chase…him and his mom are just alike and he is way too smart for his own good, LOL!

This is Tyler…he is very sweet and I swear has almost no teeth left in his head right now, I am truly amazed at how he even eats, LOL! The tooth fairy has been super busy lately, LOL!

Cari is so beautiful <3 <3 (and Derrick isn’t too bad either but that’s weird since he’s my cousin)

The boys were some of my easiest subjects, they did whatever I asked and even posed themselves at times.

We don’t see them nearly enough but I’m very excited because we’re headed north in two more days, and I’m hoping we can make time to spend with them!!! Love you guys so much!

Christmas Quads! | Toledo Children’s Photographer

Chixie — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:12:40 +0000

WOW! I am severely behind on my blogging, aren’t I? I am so sorry, I am going to attempt to getting caught up on posting pictures. I have been so busy that I wanted to make sure my clients needs were taken care of promptly and get those galleries up as soon as I could. So now I am going to post those galleries. :)

This mini session was the SWEETEST set of quadruplets I have ever met. Okay so I have never met quads before but I can bet they are really the sweetest. ;) Such nice and polite kids and mom is a saint. I met them through another client-turned-friend….Sara, thank you! I’m gong to keep each post short on words so that I can get to posting the important stuff. Enjoy!

{Orchard Girls} | Toledo Children’s Photographer

Chixie — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:31:30 +0000

I recently had the absolutely awesome PLEASURE of meeting up with Nikki and her two girly girls. She had them dressed so stinkin cute, and we ran around the orchard stomping on rotten apples, slipping and sliding, and taking a moment or two here or there to snap a photo. By the time we were done, those girls smelled very strongly of fermented apples, LOL! I think they had a lot of fun though. Not sure if Mom was worried that we got any good ones…but I think we got our share

Nikki, thank you SO much for bringing your incredibly sweet and beautiful girls to me. I seriously had SUCH a hard time narrowing them all down…I hope you love them as much as I do. <3

{ Pretty Princesses } Toledo Children’s Photographer

Chixie — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:46:34 +0000

Little Brynn was my very first newborn that I photographed over a year ago, and now she is a big girl! Mom brought Brynn and big sister Ella to me and we had so much fun. Have I mentioned how much I love repeat clients? I love to see them all grow. <3 I seriously had a VERY hard time choosing which pictures to show, there are truly sooo many of them that are so sweet, these girls are so pretty and so photogenic. They look so much like their mama. Enjoy!

Little Brynn….

Ella….

Brynn’s special hat…

LOVE this!

I brought along some Matilda Jane

Mama and the girls taking a walk…

And just one more because she is so beautiful….

Sarah, thank you so much for coming to me again! There are many many more where these came from, coming soon!

{ Grace and the beach… } Toledo Children’s Photograner

Chixie — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:09:41 +0000

Whoo Hoo! It’s been awhile, hasn’t it? I have been SUPER busy (story of my LIFE!) wrapping up the end of summer with short vacations, sessions and my little girl starting kindergarten. I can’t believe my little girl is in school! That has been very for us. Pictures of THAT to come soon. BUT…first things first…

Meet Grace. Grace’s mama arranged for me to do pictures of Grace and her grandparents…all the way from England. I feel honored that she found me all the way over there! This time is so special for this little girl, getting spoiled by her grandma and grandpa. What an awesome family they are, you can see the love they have for each other and for Miss Grace, and hear it in their voices when they talked of Grace’s mama. I’m so glad I got to be a part of this brief time in their lives!

Look at that laugh!!

I {heart} this…

Grandma and Grandpa also got some shots of themselves….such a great looking couple! And TALL! I felt like a midget next to them, I’ve always wished I was taller!

This was the very first time little girl had touched the sand. <3 <3

The light was gorgeous that evening!

My fav <3

W family…thanks so much, I am so glad to finally have met you!!! There is MUCH MUCH more to come!

{ Sister Sweetly } Toledo Family Photographer

Chixie — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:40:08 +0000

I don’t see these girls as much as I wish I did….these three are my cousins that live up north, and we FINALLY got together to do a sister’s session as a surprise for their mom for her birthday. We drove back behind our grandparent’s house by the river and did the pictures there and I LOVE how they turned out, the lighting was just gorgeous, and so were my subjects.

C is going back to college this fall, H is starting college this fall and I can’t believe how big E is, she has grown up so much in the past year! As I was going through these photos I couldn’t believe how much H and E (the blondies) look like their mama!!! C looks just like her daddy!

Love you girls!!
Enjoy!

{ Party of 3 } Toledo Children’s Photographer

Chixie — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:01:21 +0000

I recently had a session with Miss Lauren, who toted along her mom and dad along for some family pictures. Meeting Lauren was SUCH a delight, she is one of THE most mature and precocious little 3 year olds I have ever met, she is just PRECIOUS!!!! I loved every minute of being with her!!! Mom and Dad were pretty awesome too Miss L told me when she met me exactly how she was going to smile, she had me cracking up the whole session.

Meet Lauren….isn’t she a DOLL!?!?

Her outfit was exactly my style!!! A hat and a TON of color, I LOVE!!!! (and a tutu )

And this is Lauren’s family….you can see how she got her good lucks, huh? Aren’t they all stunning?

Seriously….gor-GEOUS!

My fav…

I love this, little L was pretending like she was sleeping and it made such a sweet shot…

The light was AWESOME that night!!

Love this too! <3

Thanks for being patient with me guys!

**I have been on vacation for 10 days, so it is taking me a day or two to get my bearings back, LOL! We had a great time, we celebrated Britton’s 2nd birthday and my grandpa’s 80th birthday…all in the same week! I took a lot of pictures and will be back this week to share! It is so great to go and spend so much time with my family, but I did miss my hubby and am glad to be back in my own bed.