A Year

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

A Year

A year ago today, I was typing out my first blog post for, “One More for Love”. A blog that was inspired by a newly discovered love I had found in being a mother to my little Addisyn Faith and a platform that would allow me to capture and share even an ounce of my love for her, my husband, and the people around me.

Of course the blog would have to involve my growth in photography, I thought, because not two weeks after I returned to work from maternity leave, I quit my corporate position with one hundred percent certainty that being a mommy and learning photography was what I was meant to do in life. And I am here, a year later, to tell you all…. That I was right! (Dang! It feels so good being right) Motherhood, photography, and blogging thrives in my soul like a baby thrives on her mother’s nutrients. I need it and want it, like, 126 times a day.

So here I am, a year later, telling you things are good. Things are GREAT actually. One year, 86 posts, 23,067 blog hits, 36 professional photo shoots, 362 Facebook fans, and 365 days more of loving on my baby girl, I am here to tell you this; follow your dreams, relish in the fact that you ARE here for a very specific purpose and that even the simplest of lives are worth LIVING to the fullest.

This weekend was nothing short of incredible. It was family and friend time to the MAX and this girl can get down with that any day of the week. I am pretty sure that I am currently coming out of a crab comatose, but I know that in this weekend I experienced these things: laughing with friends and family, smiling, relaxin, Part I to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows while crab pickin (umm…yeah) , bbq’ing, farmer's market, crab pickin’ again, pool time with my two favs, sleeping in, and pushing off everything on my things-to do list. Every part of this weekend defined my state in this life – BLESSED! (even my $452.00 broken a/c repair - because it reminds me that I am fortunate enough to have air conditioning).

First, there was the trip to the local farmer's market Fifer Orchards

Her first cup of icecream that she shared with mommy

Cutest icecream eater ever!

off to the parks...

Testing the waters at the pool

You know my girl needs to block the sun in any way she can...

I loved all these special moments with Addisyn

Posing with daddy!

Taking a break for a little bit :-)

Okay! Ready to go again, but first we have to test the waters.

First, with her finger...

...and then her foot

Who could blame the girl? I nibble on those cute piggies all day long!

Her running stance...

Baby got back! (Notice the regular water filled diaper in her bathing suit)

She loves her daddy time

This was Addisyn's patriotic outfit. I love it! Thank you, Nana :-)

I only have two pictures with her in it because she wore it for 2.5 seconds before it was covered with water from the pool at her friend's house.

Meet Demetri, aka MiMi (pronounced me-me) as Addisyn would say