We coordinate! Happy Fourth of July, friends! Today is one of my favorite holidays. I hope you are out participating in traditional summertime activities and feasting on delicious bbq. Let's remember those who came before us and worked hard and sacrificed so that we could bask in our freedom today. Let's also pray we don't lose that freedom anytime soon... :) (Also, this is my first post from my phone. Yay!)
Beautiful Moments
Unedited (except the b&w processing) pictures of quiet, beautiful moments... these take my breath away. I love these two so much.
The wind storm of 2012
In case you have been living under a rock, the Governor of Virginia has declared Virginia in a State of Emergency. I guess this is the largest non-hurricane-related power outage in history? Don't quote me on that. We are one of the very few and very blessed houses that did not lose power. So we've become a little mini shelter for some of our friends and we're having a pretty good time! This time last week we thought we'd be in an RV driving cross-country today... but plans changed and we are glad to be where we are right now.
Sunday, however... she's a little confused. Entertaining (for us), entertained (by all the activity going on), but still confused. She's so cute. :)
My job.
Last Saturday I was doing my usual browsing of social media on my phone while Tommy was driving us someplace. Saturday evenings are the time of the week when I miss my career the most. I have lots of photographer friends on Facebook and they all share pictures of the weddings that they shoot. All day long. A reception shot here, a cake shot there… details and kisses and smiling bridesmaids galore! And I long for that environment. So much. I really miss shooting weddings. So I have to work to redirect my thoughts. Back to my sweet little girl who is cooing in her car seat and my husband who is drumming on the steering wheel. This is where I am meant to be. Loving him, raising her... creating memories with my family.
I pray for a fresh perspective and it comes. I have a job I love and long for (so many people don't have that), I have a supportive and caring husband, and a sweet, sweet girl that wants me more than anything in the world right now.
So I take a deep breath and I say a prayer of thanks. Thank you, God… that today my only job is to create and capture our memories.
Here are a few pictures of our activities last Saturday. Sunday is LOVING the pool. How could I give this up? I couldn't.
That last picture is of her saying "Okay! All done!"
The last 7 months...
The other day Tommy and I were looking through old photos of Sunday. Of course this is something we will be doing for the rest of our lives. But we really got a kick out of these comparisons:
Sunday as a newborn:
Sunday at 3 months:
Sunday now:
Call us "new parents," but we really got a kick out of that middle picture and how it was the exact mix of the earlier and later photos. So fun!