Toledo Baby Photographer, Toledo Children's Photographer, Toledo Newborn Photographer, Southeast Baby Photographer, Southeast Children's Photographer, Southeast Newborn Photographer, Northwest Ohio Newborn Photographer, Northwest Ohio Children's Photographer, Northwest Ohio Baby Photographer

There are many of you emailing and asking to see photos of our booth at the Toledo Baby Expo….if you are a fan on facebook, you have already seen these, if not…here they are.  Make sure to fan me if you’re not already!!

The Expo was a HUGE success and I am so very pleased with how it all came together.  We got a fantastic response from booth visitors and fellow vendors, yay!

I have a few giveaways coming up soon, I’m still trying to get it all together.  So stay tuned!  Thank you again Toledo and to all my FABUOUSLY awesome and beautiful clients! <3

So I know I promised more blog posts but I promise you, I have been so busy….but it’s all good things.  Here is another blog post that I owe you, and it makes me so happy to share these images with you.  This beautiful, petite little mama is Jen.  Jen and I have known each other for a few years now, so I was elated when she contacted me to do her maternity and newborn photos.  She said she hadn’t had any photos taken at all while she’d been pregnant and I didn’t understand why….isn’t she just beautiful?  She looks AMAZING pregnant and these photos show off that sweet belly so well.  I get to meet her baby boy on SATURDAY already, since he was born just a couple of days ago…I am so excited.

Enough talking….meet Jen

And one more…..just because ?

Isn’t she GORGEOUS????

On another note….have you heard?  Chixie and Honey is going to be at the Toledo Baby Expo on Sunday, April 25.  We are the presenting sponsor and will have a booth right near registration, so come and check it out!  YOUR photo just may be featured there  Also come to pick up a coupon for something free and register your email and enter to win a free session in 2010!!!  There will be tons of exhibitors there and lots of stuff to see and do, so bring the kids!  It’s a free event

For more information, check out their website:

www.toledobaby.com

and friend them on facebook!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Toledo-OH/Toledo-Baby-Child-Family-Expo/279323458736?ref=ts

I hope to see you there!!

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. ?

Hello to all my awesome readers!  Today is a good day.  Today is my birthday, and normally (well, since having children at least) it feels like “just another day”.  Today has not been, “just another day”.  

I have so much to be thankful for….beautiful children who insist on coming into our bed in the middle of the night, kicking me in the face, pushing me out of bed, and then insisting on getting up at the crack of dawn, wanting to watch Elmo.  

A handsome and generous husband who wrote “Happy 31st Birthday” on a stack of paperplates, along with some pretty darn good illustrations of presents and balloons. (By the way, seeing that 31 actually written down made me feel a little old).  

One of my best friends coming over at 9:00 this morning with Starbucks and Tim Hortons donuts….and a pretty bracelet letting me know how important our friendship is to her.  Having a chat on the couch while the kids screamed and played was also priceless.

My other best friend’s husband, who drove in (I had no idea who he was when he drove in), knocked on my door, came in and handed me a dozen pink roses.  You couldn’t wipe the smile off my face, it was such an awesome and welcome surprise.  Even when he said “They’re kinda dead, but…hey”  He and his wife (my other best friend) live almost  2 hours away but he “was in the area” and thought enough of me to do that for me.  

*Yes I had to call my husband and let him know that my boyfriend delivered me flowers….and I loved to hear the shock in the silence, trying to figure out if *he* was the one that the flowers were supposed to be from…ha!*  He informed me that Chad is now making him look bad, hehehehe*

The TONS of Facebook “Happy Birthday’s”, and the phone calls from loved ones….it’s all so awesome and makes me feel so special.  Yes, I really do have a lot to be thankful for.  

I’m also thankful for the opportunity I recently had with the clothing company “Matilda Jane”.  A select group of photographers were chosen to photograph an unreleased little girls’ dress and then a contest would ensue.  

I need YOUR help by voting for me!

Please go to My Entry and simply click “add to bag”  It will then take through a voting process.  You can vote as many times as you’d like..but it must be from different computers (IP addresses)  So help a birthday girl out, will ya?  Get your mom, your sister, your grandma, your dog, your dog’s grandma  hehehe to vote for me.  I would SO appreciate it!

Please leave me a comment and let me know if you voted, I’d love to hear from you!!!

The photo entry of my beautiful, precious girl….

Our oldest child, Ava, will be 5 in just a little over a month.  How in the heck did that happen?  Ava is truly one of the sweetest children I have ever met…she amazes us every day.  She is such a mother hen to Britton, always clucking around him keeping him in line.  Ava also happens to be the FUNNIEST child…EVER!  The things that come out of her mouth has us rolling daily.  

Today she spied this laying on the counter….

Now…to you and me, it looks like a regular old shotgun shell.

Well not to Ava.  She informed Justin that it is a gun battery.  I giggled for a good 15 minutes after that one.  I just *had* to share a glimpse into her funniness.  

And here is my sweet, sweet girl.  Oh I just adore her.

What an honor it is, to be a featured photographer on the Photographer Cafe…a new blog geared totally for photographer’s!  I was blown away when Mary emailed me asking for information so that she could feature me on her blog, and completely humbled.

So PLEASE, head on over there and check it out! Photographer Cafe.

And lastly…what is a post, without a picture?

Come one, come all….I’m hosting a Matilda Jane trunk show in my home tomorrow tonight!  All the goods will be here to see, touch, smell   hehehe…..AND, you will be entered into a drawing for a FREE photo session with me when you come!  There will also be second and third prizes (hint…$$$ off a session!) so get your fashion selves over here!

Also…be on the lookout in the next few days!  Lots of stuff coming up, including a model search!  Yeah!

My niece….Lillian Mae. Isn’t she a DOLL!? What a personality this little peanut has! Always smiling…well, as long as she is attached to her mama! She is a mama’s girl, through and through. She has got to be one of the sweetest and funniest baby I have ever met. Did I mention Britton doesn’t care for her much? Well…he doesn’t. Lily is a baby that wants to be all up in your space, and my little boy doesn’t like his space invaded, LOL! I just love these pictures, and have more to share but wanted to put these up to show my sister(inlaw) asap!

If you haven’t heard of tuberous sclerosis, you can read about it here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberous_sclerosis This disease is very near and dear to my heart, all because of a beautiful little boy named Remy.

Remy is 9 months old. Remy has tuberous sclerosis. Remy is the son of one of my very best friend’s, Alicia. At 3 months of age, Remy was diagnosed with this terrible disease. He and his parents have spent many a night in the children’s hospital trying to get answers and to get his seizures under control that are caused by the tumors in Remy’s brain. They have traveled to Canada to get seizure medication to try and help their little boy because it was not available in the United States.

A week ago today Remy underwent brain surgery where the surgeon’s removed 40% of the right hemisphere of his brain. This is where the tumors were that were causing the seizures that were causing Remy to be developmentally delayed. The surgeon’s told Alicia and Matt to expect major left sided weakness and different seizures from the trauma to the brain. Remy has been seizure free since the surgery. Right after surgery he was kicking his left leg and waving his left arm. Isn’t it amazing? God is so good.

Alicia is taking part in a Tuberous Sclerosis walk on Saturday. She is raising money for the event so that we can hopefully find a cure for this disease. Please, if you find it in your heart, donate any little bit that you can and support Alicia and Remy! You can read about Remy and see some pictures of his pretty little face…

https://ecommunity.tsalliance.org/NETCOMMUNITY/SSLPage.aspx?pid=579&srcid=581&frsid=1529

We love you Matt, Alicia, Brody, Matai and Remy!