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. ?

Happy February!  And Happy (almost) Valentine’s Day!  I hope each and every one of you are spending this weekend with the one’s you love most <3 <3 <3

We had a couple snow days this past week, and it sounds like most of the country has had the same!  YAY for snow!!!  Snow is GORGEOUS for outdoor pictures, so if you would like a snow session, please email me before it all melts.

Right now I am starting a Fresh Faces campaign for NEWBORNS!  I need some new newborn faces to update my portfolio so if you are expecting or have JUST had a baby, please contact me asap!    

What do you get?

A free newborn session and 8×10–a $140 value.  Baby must be 10 days old or younger and you must be willing to sign a model release.

I am also looking for twin newborns as well!

A post isn’t a post without a picture….so here are a few that I haven’t blogged yet of a sweet little newborn baby boy.

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!

I know I’ve already said it but I’ll say it again–WOW.  Some competitive people out there, LOL!

We have a winner folks!  I am so excited for everyone.

Here is the first prize winner: Miss Lena <3 with over 140 votes! :O  This wins her (or her mama ) a mounted 11×14 of this photo plus a complimentary session in 2010!  (value of $180!)

Second place goes to Mr Matthew with over 80 votes. I think this constitutes a prize as well.  $75 print credit  with full, regular session done in 2010.

And Third Place goes to the P family with over 40 votes.  They win a $25 Print Credit for a full, regular session in 2010.  

CONGRATS to you all!  And, because all of you guys are winners in my eyes…the rest of the contestants will receive 10% off your total print order when booking a full session in 2010.  Yay!

And one more giveaway–the random drawing.  

Taken from Random.Org

Assuming I counted right……

Susan Puffer said atshp01@live.com said:  Lovely pictures! I vote for # 19

Please contact me to claim your free session!!!

Thank you SO much for such awesome participation!  It was so much fun, hope you guys had fun as well!

Email me at chixieandhoney@hotmail.com

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

Helllooooo!  Remember me?  The chick that hasn’t updated her blog in EONS!?  **ducking head**

Yes, I have been a total blog slacker lately, but I promise I have still been working hard, just not as hard as I was this past summer.   I’m enjoying my family time and watching my babies grow up.

I did promise you newborn pics, yes?  I am absolutely INFATUATED with this baby girl.  And when I say infatuated, I mean in LOVE.  <3  This baby girl is my bestest and oldest friend’s first child.  Lori and I went to school together, and really didn’t like each other—at ALL.  Then one day, we were just together.  And we never seperated.  Just like that.  She knows everything about me, my deepest secrets, hopes and fears.  We have survived her moving to Seattle for 5 years and me being in the Navy on the East Coast.  We even survived living together—but barely.   We survived us both getting married, me having children, and her living in South Carolina.  But now she is back in Michigan, with her husband and her new baby, and I selfishly couldn’t be more happy.  Lori, I’m so glad you are back in my life.  I love you and your new little family.

The new family….Chad, Lori and Baby Avery….

Just a reminder…mini sessions are filling up, I only have a few more slots open!  Please contact me asap if you would like to schedule a time!

Coming soon….this beautiful mama and her precious baby girl.

Miss Amelia came allll the way from Boston to see me!  Yep that’s right…JUST me.  Well okay, maybe she had a LOT of family that was waiting to see her too, but I feel so honored to be a part of this families lives.  I LOVE this family!    Anyway…Baby Amelia was over 2 weeks old when I first met her, and boy oh boy, she was WIDE AWAKE.  Nope, she wasn’t going to sleep for anything!  We did what we could but then her mama brought her back to me when she was 4 weeks old (I know, right?!?!) and she was sooooo good, she slept most of the time!  Yippee!!  I can’t wait to see her again. <3  You might remember the Mama…she is the super hot mom holding the little boy with the balloons….remember?  That’s her.  Doesn’t she look awesome?  She does, believe me.  Ladies and Gentlemen….meet Amelia Piper.

Just a reminder**  Mini sessions are booking up FAST so please contact me ASAP if you would like to book a session!  They will be sold out soon!

I absolutely LOVE fall!  L-O-V-E it.  <3  It was an odd first day of fall though, right?  HOT!  I sent Ava to school in a sweater dress, tights, and a wool beret for school pictures (every mom has gotta have the traditional school head shots for the album…at least this mom does ) and felt like the worst mom as I was sweating my face off standing with her waiting for the bus.  Hey, she looked cute.

To celebrate the beginning of fall, I am announcing my Fall Mini-Session Event!  I don’t do specials often, so this is a GREAT deal, and I am SUPER excited about it!  The location is AWESOME, I can’t WAIT!  Can you tell I am excited?  :)  

Check out below for details…you don’t want to miss out on this great deal!!  Please email me at chixieandhoney@hotmail.com to schedule your time.  Remember…the first two bookings get a free 8×10 (a $28 value)  ***Session Fee IS included in your package price which starts at $150

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!