tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532994875208215412024-03-13T21:52:08.323-07:00The Hicks HeadlinesMoments, events and photos from one crazy happy family of 3!Kara Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326281508034231685noreply@blogger.comBlogger173125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453299487520821541.post-14335800241735851702011-09-04T09:51:00.001-07:002011-09-04T14:53:48.635-07:00Summer Photo Love...<div>It's been an amazing summer. I have had so many fun shoots with so many amazing people. I feel so blessed. Here is just a small handful of my absolute favorite images from some of my favorite clients! I really am so thankful for each and every person that allows me the privilege of capturing them and their loved ones with my camera to create images that they will hold onto forever. It brings me so much joy...</div><div>Thank you to each and every one of my clients, past, present and future...</div><div>
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<br />Kara Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326281508034231685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453299487520821541.post-56742924636936881212011-08-02T20:57:00.000-07:002011-08-02T21:24:02.475-07:00A Momma & Her Little Love...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPzXhuLBHEDoVgWbLbH4sr1F3aLzqYo4ZX601diI7hmwt6x_P9uTezRsureJe6B_iNDIg0jjqrBvm6HBBV6p4SGLtxRwsJACsYrx3nhI5BSlYkuTdxZQcRjZaDwqwjvYW5ZvGyLsMHF9g/s1600/karahicksphotogrpahyblog_003.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 339px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPzXhuLBHEDoVgWbLbH4sr1F3aLzqYo4ZX601diI7hmwt6x_P9uTezRsureJe6B_iNDIg0jjqrBvm6HBBV6p4SGLtxRwsJACsYrx3nhI5BSlYkuTdxZQcRjZaDwqwjvYW5ZvGyLsMHF9g/s400/karahicksphotogrpahyblog_003.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636474794867913282" /></a>This is a super exciting post for me! Why? First, I had so much fun with this "A Momma & Her Little Love" session! I got to photograph this sweet little guy as a newborn and I just can't believe how big he is getting! Heather is such a sweet and loving momma and I just L.O.V.E.D. getting to spend a fun afternoon with her and her sweet little man at the beautiful <a href="http://www.delillecellars.com/">DeLILLE CELLARS</a>! Heather requested that we do our top secret session at DeLILLE as a surprise anniversary gift to her hubby. (how romantic and thoughtful is she?!?) They tied the knot there a few years ago and it was the perfect spot for this special little session. I simply LOVE it when clients have fun requests like that! It just makes the session that much more fun and special!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQZhlcuQE0nx7A3ClKfP6I2z7Xz9BhyphenhyphenGJGiTMpVTo9tTHkS1gElYapqaXhM0KfLV53MQAMXMt42MBeYMDk7U2L50P1ik9tV-rszKd3GzV6s3lHWcH3iyB2_yrnaZta1iYnfQggE1cYgg/s1600/karahicksphotogrpahyblog_004.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQZhlcuQE0nx7A3ClKfP6I2z7Xz9BhyphenhyphenGJGiTMpVTo9tTHkS1gElYapqaXhM0KfLV53MQAMXMt42MBeYMDk7U2L50P1ik9tV-rszKd3GzV6s3lHWcH3iyB2_yrnaZta1iYnfQggE1cYgg/s400/karahicksphotogrpahyblog_004.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636474792601221506" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheXmtzkfB7c8UAeliUXaKHn8b4Fsda8OApkTpen0sg0aJmMBBrw3O_1SEPJCdmjb7gtdhr2fpD9EI8Ye0XMldI8nAjJjX6QlPW0cPcT4jfENpzLkX7-GV8XOIOqNiEGaFNIFEwl3PQ52E/s1600/karahicksphotogrpahyblog_006.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 332px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheXmtzkfB7c8UAeliUXaKHn8b4Fsda8OApkTpen0sg0aJmMBBrw3O_1SEPJCdmjb7gtdhr2fpD9EI8Ye0XMldI8nAjJjX6QlPW0cPcT4jfENpzLkX7-GV8XOIOqNiEGaFNIFEwl3PQ52E/s400/karahicksphotogrpahyblog_006.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636474788519757218" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9yNe9vr9M19968Py8SMZRDjrnbFtF4_d9iB1_6jqA6wbmLdiBkPLYX-hJqkqQXKeN80XF-HbQvgg_CVtoFbC5TIrFdt2hixeEduftt_wSHWngc-sGIPnMIi244nYmjsssav_RYoJcbYg/s1600/karahicksphotogrpahyblog_007.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9yNe9vr9M19968Py8SMZRDjrnbFtF4_d9iB1_6jqA6wbmLdiBkPLYX-hJqkqQXKeN80XF-HbQvgg_CVtoFbC5TIrFdt2hixeEduftt_wSHWngc-sGIPnMIi244nYmjsssav_RYoJcbYg/s400/karahicksphotogrpahyblog_007.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636474786085872994" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEvF_Mx7_G_z003kEcEo27v6JHkT1Q-rEunTr6lHfhIT4Bw6VxrU7NkMmdAkPelTIihXf1IFj7mKjd3eOxP5VaF5gwuh9qGnjakGZLrgx6Q5VsR4slIMOH5t4JYh0-0_lEYj80TO0ZxU0/s1600/karahicksphotogrpahyblog_005.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 332px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEvF_Mx7_G_z003kEcEo27v6JHkT1Q-rEunTr6lHfhIT4Bw6VxrU7NkMmdAkPelTIihXf1IFj7mKjd3eOxP5VaF5gwuh9qGnjakGZLrgx6Q5VsR4slIMOH5t4JYh0-0_lEYj80TO0ZxU0/s400/karahicksphotogrpahyblog_005.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636474781173691106" /></a>So you may have already noticed the second reason this is a super special post for me. It's a little preview of what I have been working on! My brand new "Kara Hicks Photography" blog will be launching soon and this post should give you a little taste of some changes that you will see there! I LOVE my new logo! Thanks to the crazy talented Greg Swinehart, I finally have a logo that I feel fits me! It has been a long time in the making but it was WELL wroth the wait! We are still a little ways away from the launch of the site but I promise we are getting closer by the day! :) In the mean time, you can still follow along here on my personal blog and shoot me an email if you are interested in your own "A Momma & Her Loves" session or any other special session as well! <div>karahicksphotography@gmail.com </div>Kara Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326281508034231685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453299487520821541.post-30405074591302634192011-06-13T12:33:00.001-07:002011-06-13T17:17:48.732-07:00{KHP} a little Kara Hicks Photography Update...<div style="text-align: center;">I know, I am WAY overdue for a little blog update. Both work and personal. Let's start with a little update on some of the photo shoots I have had recently, then stay tuned for a little personal update too!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A little while ago, on a *rare* sunny evening I got to steal my dear (and GORGEOUS) friend Sadie and her two little loves for a quick shoot. I LOVE photographing mommas and their little ones so Sadie and the boys happily obliged and let me have a little fun!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbPL9qUwYdzwGEwvDw7ct3P8fJQjwRa4ipnDkpEptoJk0Ow4WaB_YEkAXEE4gv_G8IzDwp5iBvq2_pNVQTLGEGa8p7v0uAjmX3p2w6gKa38e7qcsVsmyJFDabfepMXAlMbLh5VTTqF9QI/s1600/SadietheBoysKHP11+3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbPL9qUwYdzwGEwvDw7ct3P8fJQjwRa4ipnDkpEptoJk0Ow4WaB_YEkAXEE4gv_G8IzDwp5iBvq2_pNVQTLGEGa8p7v0uAjmX3p2w6gKa38e7qcsVsmyJFDabfepMXAlMbLh5VTTqF9QI/s400/SadietheBoysKHP11+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617843671611213650" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">As always, I had a BLAST with these three and came away with some great examples of what "A Momma & her loves" mini session looks like! If you are interested in purchasing "A Momma & her loves" mini session, please email me at karahicksphotography@gmail.com.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaFsPcPzEl3Fci8DIPNvks08T7VAHKGNIDJGBPlzqlcOUuilss-W5xcdbuoM-kV0X34cfNUUpdPaWLwpHZmcYdcdICIOzrZ9ot39Q5_fpciZ0mU_HjpWyStAyiLx0ceWwBRhNSOgI1WAo/s1600/sadie%2526theboyskhp%252711WM.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaFsPcPzEl3Fci8DIPNvks08T7VAHKGNIDJGBPlzqlcOUuilss-W5xcdbuoM-kV0X34cfNUUpdPaWLwpHZmcYdcdICIOzrZ9ot39Q5_fpciZ0mU_HjpWyStAyiLx0ceWwBRhNSOgI1WAo/s400/sadie%2526theboyskhp%252711WM.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617842402382668690" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><br /></u></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbemTH4eIvngRSkqmZpXB-UGakZGeT92tQ13dkgPx-BUxRoC7cODROD5nZeY1yXUelVsrqYEXer4S_k9f4Lh1c5kCzUg6pnUazxs98Xxzo9fQvPSW_48HpIfRHZXTTW-pAQ7U5jA8GFQ/s1600/AdelynSP+3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbemTH4eIvngRSkqmZpXB-UGakZGeT92tQ13dkgPx-BUxRoC7cODROD5nZeY1yXUelVsrqYEXer4S_k9f4Lh1c5kCzUg6pnUazxs98Xxzo9fQvPSW_48HpIfRHZXTTW-pAQ7U5jA8GFQ/s400/AdelynSP+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617793443033956994" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I am working on making a huge transition to my little photography business. I have a really cool person working on some branding and visual identity for me and hope to see the launch of my official website and photography blog before the end of the summer! Eeeek (insert a HUGE amount of excitement here!) I am BEYOND excited for this phase of my little business! I can't believe that it has taken me this long, but I feel like the timing is just perfect. Perfect because I finally feel like I know what I love to photograph and I have a WAY better idea of what I want my business to look like now than when I started a few years ago. Heck, when I first "started" I didn't even really know that it was going to turn into a business!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">With that, I know that newborns will be a big focus of the new launch. Why? Because I absolutely ADORE photographing newborns! AHHH-DORE! Exhibit "A"...baby Adelyn, that is. :)</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfdS4J2nPZ5Ij775PiQ_e3oJ7Bnk8LTH74hOq0Qptnum3IQZ3_T0CHI__pA_Ad5bnYPF0b77AvU6wV6SHGJaDUPIwVLpg7jjj54o54Jbw0EOYsSVjvkY2zfiGTlpJ-4n0x1_jpA0X6MXg/s1600/AdelynSP+1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfdS4J2nPZ5Ij775PiQ_e3oJ7Bnk8LTH74hOq0Qptnum3IQZ3_T0CHI__pA_Ad5bnYPF0b77AvU6wV6SHGJaDUPIwVLpg7jjj54o54Jbw0EOYsSVjvkY2zfiGTlpJ-4n0x1_jpA0X6MXg/s400/AdelynSP+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617793438717988850" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">There is something that is so precious, perfect and positively divine about a newborn. The overwhelming love and awe of the beautiful miracle that God chooses to bless mommies and daddies with is just un-real. UN-REAL. It's such a wild time as a new parent, but looking back on when Grady was a newborn, I sure wish I could just bottle everything about those first few weeks and take a little sip here and there. SO - my love of photographing newborns is two-fold. ONE - I get a little taste of the sweet little new lives during the shoots. TWO - I get to capture that special time and those precious moments for these new parents to hold on to for their own for the years to come when it is oh so hard to ever remember your sweet little one having ever been so small...and fitting into daddy's hand so perfectly...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzPmBtTO5yw814VdNCesRHDBGP-AZm0QekK6MEO220Mav6KYFk_nF69KeiXTQdbPwO_Y7G0s1OcWuzi-68lLDjayCVRu_R0RO65RUJfQFe9ZF6i_mngVY5eHXlub6vobb76MHmvHN0XkA/s1600/AdelynSP+4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzPmBtTO5yw814VdNCesRHDBGP-AZm0QekK6MEO220Mav6KYFk_nF69KeiXTQdbPwO_Y7G0s1OcWuzi-68lLDjayCVRu_R0RO65RUJfQFe9ZF6i_mngVY5eHXlub6vobb76MHmvHN0XkA/s400/AdelynSP+4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617793272181729682" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Another one of my absolute favorite things to photograph is the sweet love and awe that the new parents have for their precious new little love...Sara and Justin were not lacking in this area! I just love how you can see the joy and love that they have in their smiles...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIvc4ZPHeRKsRoCtd_9cOa9gdNZAE1OHK03xTl4FEtC8HJ8t5aXVDiW9eIPPtWeCldhLhNjhPOE2e7T7S6LZT78RvrZ9JESBGR-kiWLVFprKcKfOexBK1QMq4UGmGB5iQG9nvyoQMcLTM/s1600/Adelyn+SP+5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIvc4ZPHeRKsRoCtd_9cOa9gdNZAE1OHK03xTl4FEtC8HJ8t5aXVDiW9eIPPtWeCldhLhNjhPOE2e7T7S6LZT78RvrZ9JESBGR-kiWLVFprKcKfOexBK1QMq4UGmGB5iQG9nvyoQMcLTM/s400/Adelyn+SP+5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617793261824956770" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Just.Perfect.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I also love to photograph families, and MY family is no exception. Greg and I were down South over Memorial Day Weekend and it was time to do some family photos for my sister and brother in law and their two little loves, Karis and Kellen... </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5qEBbWA6G5HNd37ZYCquUKS749j46vRpzdsP7cTi-S9wrLNl0Bg8V7zcWqgfEi1m4pMkG6JUNiprFDo_LZf16T28ymxuMM2r5N91SH51Og_VnZHtheiKtMN_OKobaaLIA90yx-kD-IoI/s1600/Bowmans+SP+1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5qEBbWA6G5HNd37ZYCquUKS749j46vRpzdsP7cTi-S9wrLNl0Bg8V7zcWqgfEi1m4pMkG6JUNiprFDo_LZf16T28ymxuMM2r5N91SH51Og_VnZHtheiKtMN_OKobaaLIA90yx-kD-IoI/s400/Bowmans+SP+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617791525259902514" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Ok, so photographing your family *might* be a little more challenging than they average family?? But I think we got a few good ones... :)</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIj1xX1a6p2CEol-3s6v-hr4ZpEV40KIFSPn2uW6oA_WcEIYysj7faQEShvslX19J-FgLeCjOkmSVg4SmZXtbpTpfh7n1lf6ZfF2rQurlaKmBZEc3dGqdAJwWq0uf_yTFcAtyzR50iC2Q/s1600/Bowmans+SP+2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIj1xX1a6p2CEol-3s6v-hr4ZpEV40KIFSPn2uW6oA_WcEIYysj7faQEShvslX19J-FgLeCjOkmSVg4SmZXtbpTpfh7n1lf6ZfF2rQurlaKmBZEc3dGqdAJwWq0uf_yTFcAtyzR50iC2Q/s400/Bowmans+SP+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617791521404088610" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Love this moment between daddy & daughter...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvF8eZoKGYeIAfxcuE__p5MCwp6cQGJZh5DZuh2OfKGElVhvBz5rMYMIs8uTOGBiq1yDH-oPVf0kgtI6DwsXQjmmZKoXt_M97NqLrRdKiOwZUFizej5Ip4UNcIZcSEEiDJ70Lh09RiktE/s1600/Bowmans+SP+3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvF8eZoKGYeIAfxcuE__p5MCwp6cQGJZh5DZuh2OfKGElVhvBz5rMYMIs8uTOGBiq1yDH-oPVf0kgtI6DwsXQjmmZKoXt_M97NqLrRdKiOwZUFizej5Ip4UNcIZcSEEiDJ70Lh09RiktE/s400/Bowmans+SP+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617791517000418562" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The kids patience was quickly coming to an end at this point of the shoot (and mommy & daddy's patience may have been shot too)...but there is something about this photo that I love. We were 0/4 on smiles and eye contact with the camera, but I think this is WAY better than smiles and eye contact...</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's them, it's real and it's life. :) And THAT is perfect. :)</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ikK5LAdbneiTNbEJGYzHLYankQkeq_oNIY2ZD-vtlhO3buSj9AHCvkOSb5abgqtPlDCBRVs3CRD7_fauOEAesA8Iwko3GG_NMM64cjbSZKT6tVsg1QcqlR4YG3BTK8m4xQuu598rgQQ/s1600/Bowmans+SP+4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ikK5LAdbneiTNbEJGYzHLYankQkeq_oNIY2ZD-vtlhO3buSj9AHCvkOSb5abgqtPlDCBRVs3CRD7_fauOEAesA8Iwko3GG_NMM64cjbSZKT6tVsg1QcqlR4YG3BTK8m4xQuu598rgQQ/s400/Bowmans+SP+4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617791512159697618" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although I love the "little ones", I also photograph "older ones" too. :) I had the privilege of capturing this wonderful family this weekend. Meet the Boyes Fam. Sara, the youngest is graduating from High School this week, and mom wanted to take the opportunity to get some family photos of everyone while big sis, Laura and her hubby were in town from sunny CA for the big event. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJv8DiPjOB46CtiU_2DOkMUEtPGva3qfda4WrreRq2GMR3Eja86z2jZcYjVses2yjimdiX3JKTKjIO_m52FS9rwRalkko8J6glz65WJxpGPu95qIDVae81RVBQTxM8k5DcXln64UBg_A/s1600/KHP11-BoyesSPWM+-+1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJv8DiPjOB46CtiU_2DOkMUEtPGva3qfda4WrreRq2GMR3Eja86z2jZcYjVses2yjimdiX3JKTKjIO_m52FS9rwRalkko8J6glz65WJxpGPu95qIDVae81RVBQTxM8k5DcXln64UBg_A/s400/KHP11-BoyesSPWM+-+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617790288333220162" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Although Laura & Larry were not able to bring the sunny California weather with them, we still had a great shoot!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiUzc3BO69Fzxof9qKk-2EpwpFIsA5sQvL3lC4Ty7zhhkA96UnhYh0KW5KACfFQ0pDe-ypizh7eGKLjVw6HkIUA6jp1PwsmocOd3rpkYqtdK5efqwzGu7N5G4DkxIspGD87edNeTxvmp8/s1600/KHP11-BoyesSPWM+-+3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiUzc3BO69Fzxof9qKk-2EpwpFIsA5sQvL3lC4Ty7zhhkA96UnhYh0KW5KACfFQ0pDe-ypizh7eGKLjVw6HkIUA6jp1PwsmocOd3rpkYqtdK5efqwzGu7N5G4DkxIspGD87edNeTxvmp8/s400/KHP11-BoyesSPWM+-+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617790280100138546" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Don't you think these 3 are just gorgeous?!?</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghT_CLcgSrWg9rzD2jF8k9-o5_MWuvNOHOgVxRwU3_ai-Jgaf5IsPwpfwjfYA9x8Jn8wUtKC55MxGD6bmsPo7TszEv_4-dVLBY3pIWCn1AbkW74wAlvQRv1OrCpO_10DrbofDAS4e7uLQ/s1600/KHP11-BoyesSPWM+-+4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghT_CLcgSrWg9rzD2jF8k9-o5_MWuvNOHOgVxRwU3_ai-Jgaf5IsPwpfwjfYA9x8Jn8wUtKC55MxGD6bmsPo7TszEv_4-dVLBY3pIWCn1AbkW74wAlvQRv1OrCpO_10DrbofDAS4e7uLQ/s400/KHP11-BoyesSPWM+-+4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617790273380880722" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">...and don't you think these 3 are just...well...tough guys?!? :)</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhtkpMpBR_fh4kdMGm914iuGXJqfj-GXyGldGGEBlPAE_oIHt_esS9Lh7O3_tpXbsncw8rqBTU3jXVE3ZdOieW2nqe2mYLSHNlG0-19TZHSBpb490QhFjbZCQgrQjpNL0C7ZuaiEPSWDg/s1600/KHP11-BoyesSPWM+-+5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhtkpMpBR_fh4kdMGm914iuGXJqfj-GXyGldGGEBlPAE_oIHt_esS9Lh7O3_tpXbsncw8rqBTU3jXVE3ZdOieW2nqe2mYLSHNlG0-19TZHSBpb490QhFjbZCQgrQjpNL0C7ZuaiEPSWDg/s400/KHP11-BoyesSPWM+-+5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617790264150567778" /></a><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you SO much to ALL my amazing and fun clients! I have so much fun and feel SO privileged getting to capture you and those that you love...</div></div>Kara Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326281508034231685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453299487520821541.post-12440957241820214942011-03-31T15:07:00.000-07:002011-03-31T17:43:10.027-07:00{Grady} Bana-na-na-NOOOO & other news...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvRgngXiydYibFzQHrL_T8w2CYfek4A4hR-Z2IMVx9ke3G3uuM27AH5MybzD-hXzKVc3cR4l1QwHmZANbvlqc7jxwOBM7oxWpgfJ14bkkIT0kWsqmykNaxA8FTa_GDejLXoG-lEztvAHA/s1600/GEH3.31.11-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvRgngXiydYibFzQHrL_T8w2CYfek4A4hR-Z2IMVx9ke3G3uuM27AH5MybzD-hXzKVc3cR4l1QwHmZANbvlqc7jxwOBM7oxWpgfJ14bkkIT0kWsqmykNaxA8FTa_GDejLXoG-lEztvAHA/s400/GEH3.31.11-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590380743451075106" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">"Well hello! I've missed you"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It has been quite a while since I have done an update on our sweet little Grady. Well, this morning we had a new "first". Not your typical "record-it-in-the-baby-book" kind of first, but it was kind of funny so I thought I would share...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Grady has done amazing since we started solids. He pretty much gobbles up whatever it is that I make for him. The only 2 things he has not enjoyed are avocados and banana. Well, all the books say that it can take up to 10 times for some babies to catch on to liking some foods, so I thought this morning would be a good morning to try banana again. I fed him about 3/4 of his bowl of oatmeal cereal, then I mashed up 2 super tiny (like pea sized) pieces of banana into the remaining oatmeal. First bite: he gagged then threw up his ENTIRE breakfast. Awesome. Is it horrible that I giggled a little after he threw up for the very first time in his life?? I kind of feel like a horrible mom, but honestly the look on his face after it happened was just priceless. It read something along the lines of, "Seriously mom. I'm NOT kidding when I tell you that I DON'T LIKE BANANAS. Next time you try this it's gonna be projectile vomit all over you, not the nice regular kind like I just did."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And here is his face shortly after:</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Well, after I stripped his vomit covered onesie off him and grabbed my camera)</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1UWZZc3-uHEScJQ0E6tKPvWwWGIarmZ5GZV2ICTyfoekBMcAtUsBADzuH2RemDyOr2bglD_NHfB2pt05rIezB3z7fESuI_a-ngNhFGdVBg12zI5LGLdWsd_ofmjVNtxyXY8TeCoxzwE/s1600/GEH3.31.11-2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1UWZZc3-uHEScJQ0E6tKPvWwWGIarmZ5GZV2ICTyfoekBMcAtUsBADzuH2RemDyOr2bglD_NHfB2pt05rIezB3z7fESuI_a-ngNhFGdVBg12zI5LGLdWsd_ofmjVNtxyXY8TeCoxzwE/s400/GEH3.31.11-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590380487696561746" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">In other news....</div><div style="text-align: center;">Grady is on the move as of a few weeks ago! He is rolling, scooting and semi-crawling all over the place! Life has totally changed. Gone are the days of lying out a blanket and a few toys while I get stuff done around the house! I knew this was coming soon, but oh man...what happened to my little baby?!?! :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As of now his favorite things to "scooch" or roll to are...</div><div style="text-align: center;">- Red (his favorite)</div><div style="text-align: center;">- The leavers on our recliner and couch</div><div style="text-align: center;">- My books on the bookshelf</div><div style="text-align: center;">- The basket with blankets and his football</div><div style="text-align: center;">- The cool shinny legs of the desk</div><div style="text-align: center;">- Cords (currently working on getting those out of reach)</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5VoUKFATlHDDGjLIDfRNksHiUfuQ4Tfjh2I13cT6vy2HUQtWAOt-rBMB-ZrzV7V2DcYPMspof5qdIaX1YHB2NvMrUquhDvsZigGvjgjDphq4IYuao9KV1serQsCNYcdZxrDlQ5sl8xrA/s1600/GEH3.31.11-9.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5VoUKFATlHDDGjLIDfRNksHiUfuQ4Tfjh2I13cT6vy2HUQtWAOt-rBMB-ZrzV7V2DcYPMspof5qdIaX1YHB2NvMrUquhDvsZigGvjgjDphq4IYuao9KV1serQsCNYcdZxrDlQ5sl8xrA/s400/GEH3.31.11-9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590380282920099650" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">My silly, wiggly, smiley guy...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsurAw-obWSoPj4Kf7gzD-NpT1KnkBnQvCqPTMn4B61m06HZ4V7eV_4bCEj6S7J8C0CmMFnBZSSQl0d80Vm8g3u6CGb9eHJuqWdl6xx8QG9CI4xZj05sm19-ksGeIgEQLdHn5Q2vGWieA/s1600/GEH-TRIP-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 137px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsurAw-obWSoPj4Kf7gzD-NpT1KnkBnQvCqPTMn4B61m06HZ4V7eV_4bCEj6S7J8C0CmMFnBZSSQl0d80Vm8g3u6CGb9eHJuqWdl6xx8QG9CI4xZj05sm19-ksGeIgEQLdHn5Q2vGWieA/s400/GEH-TRIP-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590375010730256882" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">He also LOVES to grab for my camera when I am taking pics of him. Poor guy has already had more pictures taken of him in 7 months than most people have taken in their entire lifetime! :)</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTL8LBcY7tVRgMj2bkqNmXJUv6VnLg3oWbCNDnGcpoitm4t0NwCstOS2Ba4Dwhc9Cw2RkZtBJvJvbS3ijw8s_EI4PYjH8mTvoUqYYX2nWmKvVW5mkVNEShrxHAgt3m66QF-9cHs37M_8M/s1600/GEH+Reach+-+2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTL8LBcY7tVRgMj2bkqNmXJUv6VnLg3oWbCNDnGcpoitm4t0NwCstOS2Ba4Dwhc9Cw2RkZtBJvJvbS3ijw8s_EI4PYjH8mTvoUqYYX2nWmKvVW5mkVNEShrxHAgt3m66QF-9cHs37M_8M/s400/GEH+Reach+-+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590374935933781906" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Words can't describe how much Greg and I love this little guy...</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is mid-chatter. He chit-chats all the time with me, or just himself. Sometime to Red too. It's just too cute. CrAzY cute...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLeHbjUYNuOEB49Rm6gl6nwk_qJqeYvtwVzCcorjSEj4tbZiLbTLPYUq5jZhCKGfCWjh5n4XU7ZnHWkinTiiok5G3E1CwAHJwuhQNGswE3Bs1sYRgByJrzqE5skBEwFN33UGxbcieYH8M/s1600/GEH3.31.11-5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLeHbjUYNuOEB49Rm6gl6nwk_qJqeYvtwVzCcorjSEj4tbZiLbTLPYUq5jZhCKGfCWjh5n4XU7ZnHWkinTiiok5G3E1CwAHJwuhQNGswE3Bs1sYRgByJrzqE5skBEwFN33UGxbcieYH8M/s400/GEH3.31.11-5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590374758332968754" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Grady's "determined" look when he spots something he must have...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zoebrz4dhfrIJ1g2QFNMcMqs-lXrEUY4jYyFDkhyphenhyphen09qBrsQowB40Q27CstoC2tE-LXOGFAgYPC1AsJSHlegoo4G9OefxZwbXSUsQF7YRRRNgW3dSF5calKW-EidfLbKTnOVU2LlzYJM/s1600/GEH3.31.11-6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zoebrz4dhfrIJ1g2QFNMcMqs-lXrEUY4jYyFDkhyphenhyphen09qBrsQowB40Q27CstoC2tE-LXOGFAgYPC1AsJSHlegoo4G9OefxZwbXSUsQF7YRRRNgW3dSF5calKW-EidfLbKTnOVU2LlzYJM/s400/GEH3.31.11-6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590374582776712562" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And for my new favorite phrase I have to say multiple times a day:</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Grady, lets not eat Red please. Thank you."</div><div style="text-align: center;">(wow...do I sounds like a mom or what?!? yikes...when did that happen??)</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2hZ8RrHOFoRWEGMwQ-gr9R2HNPVU5n9NfI45Tufd-6uPznehcGsBalKIYwrJ-GHrko7Lvy-GpOinzZ0nd7YEPrLMV_iHOCbPh1tE9sdSN-pUXFshtPjtyMCVIuYOiBsV7Bx_t6rarNbQ/s1600/GEH3.31.11-3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2hZ8RrHOFoRWEGMwQ-gr9R2HNPVU5n9NfI45Tufd-6uPznehcGsBalKIYwrJ-GHrko7Lvy-GpOinzZ0nd7YEPrLMV_iHOCbPh1tE9sdSN-pUXFshtPjtyMCVIuYOiBsV7Bx_t6rarNbQ/s400/GEH3.31.11-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590374342573383346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I honestly never imagined mommy-hood to be this wonderful...</div>Kara Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326281508034231685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453299487520821541.post-74223989870294014912011-03-11T21:31:00.000-08:002011-03-11T21:53:06.069-08:00sweet baby {brooklyne} - 2 weeks old<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6JWQGye_kkGipPd-nBUnUIZd7hQU9EqcsCMNlGNxNRHan15P4lcgRsHJNBTbwXnyaRrf0dlPAoSdQNjUpl7mIzsN1e8PrKHnfPyFtfsTlV44heVnc1TWQzxpF-2gHSNxlWOS9mFGreE/s1600/Brooklyne4+-+kara+hicks+photography+2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6JWQGye_kkGipPd-nBUnUIZd7hQU9EqcsCMNlGNxNRHan15P4lcgRsHJNBTbwXnyaRrf0dlPAoSdQNjUpl7mIzsN1e8PrKHnfPyFtfsTlV44heVnc1TWQzxpF-2gHSNxlWOS9mFGreE/s400/Brooklyne4+-+kara+hicks+photography+2011.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583062745736990722" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I can't believe she is already 4 week old now, but I had the privilege of taking photos of sweet baby Brooklyne a few short weeks ago! I am just LOVING that I have been able to capture so many newborns lately...keep sending them my way! :) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAPUifk7irsS3ChC7ULb1gt6es2JGJfuIm2H5g4F6gAd9aDachC5dLEBGRShg0lma_O1hkkrcNRO0iJF6RB_fa3Ip5XYFmQ6bif208QcpSVT2l4jMSbzj3He12HMsk5-iBuroqOgxS5_I/s1600/Brooklyne1+-+kara+hicks+photography+2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAPUifk7irsS3ChC7ULb1gt6es2JGJfuIm2H5g4F6gAd9aDachC5dLEBGRShg0lma_O1hkkrcNRO0iJF6RB_fa3Ip5XYFmQ6bif208QcpSVT2l4jMSbzj3He12HMsk5-iBuroqOgxS5_I/s400/Brooklyne1+-+kara+hicks+photography+2011.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583062675124298866" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Layne is just so sweet with her lovable little baby girl! I think they are just perfect together, don't you??</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It took till then end of the 3 hour shoot, but Brooklyne finally decided to do some deep sleeping for us! It was TOTALLY worth the wait! :)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeAKuOJK8g-4x5fu58lUUJhMoL4gxSkW-sIUhIPrq4QE9-IaBCreEHnw18D3I3_8b6x7T5pHwSOlAWSTKm8Gv78MTcJthYlIstDvnnzjD9_8MhZUvqpiELEDBlmpy4LMS1eiMsxusNlg/s1600/Brooklyne2+-+kara+hicks+photography+2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeAKuOJK8g-4x5fu58lUUJhMoL4gxSkW-sIUhIPrq4QE9-IaBCreEHnw18D3I3_8b6x7T5pHwSOlAWSTKm8Gv78MTcJthYlIstDvnnzjD9_8MhZUvqpiELEDBlmpy4LMS1eiMsxusNlg/s400/Brooklyne2+-+kara+hicks+photography+2011.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583062613788242690" /></a><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;">I just love this...</div><div style="text-align: center;">This was a basin that Layne's mom bathed her in when she was a baby! How wonderful is that?? I love being able to incorporate special props into shoots! </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizM_wotu8Fz_dcMxmPPlmg-XB-1SI0dxrSXgSKIxCrCbYzlvil31fZZxZUKuxAF8Qan7_dutVpQIwQKwxE-d6WoT2JMEWnwGiOaeId1pIWl0E4_XD1ttk8gD6qvc-yaVFRxgjhQvY3Wsg/s1600/Brooklyne3+-+kara+hicks+photography+2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizM_wotu8Fz_dcMxmPPlmg-XB-1SI0dxrSXgSKIxCrCbYzlvil31fZZxZUKuxAF8Qan7_dutVpQIwQKwxE-d6WoT2JMEWnwGiOaeId1pIWl0E4_XD1ttk8gD6qvc-yaVFRxgjhQvY3Wsg/s400/Brooklyne3+-+kara+hicks+photography+2011.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583062491021924210" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Congrats Jason & Layne on your sweet little baby "B". She is just precious! Enjoy every little moment with her!</div>Kara Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326281508034231685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453299487520821541.post-26763525167196004932011-02-17T21:19:00.000-08:002011-02-17T22:00:13.156-08:00sweet little {espen} - 11 days new<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkTiaV04BZjfSTt5yVI6xrD8YUVXd8O2-T-jVsnJL01ZeuS_tZ_lmF08de3CczDXncFYeWkFFZ4Ca0DM_7DaTT9ClnibwlREUCY2Y00RLSRqzpanSFDTtQY12g-MhxcstOITP8QqHBBUY/s1600/EspenSP2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkTiaV04BZjfSTt5yVI6xrD8YUVXd8O2-T-jVsnJL01ZeuS_tZ_lmF08de3CczDXncFYeWkFFZ4Ca0DM_7DaTT9ClnibwlREUCY2Y00RLSRqzpanSFDTtQY12g-MhxcstOITP8QqHBBUY/s400/EspenSP2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574903287475120706" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Ok, seriously. How lucky am I? Two newborns in two weeks (and another next week!). I am in heaven! I was so excited that Heather contacted me to do sweet little Espen's newborn photos! He was one amazing sleeper and we got to do some pretty fun photos with him!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji2S2aKHDg8MXVA1kV85KF0nxoS9v-miVzcd5ANyHdyH-Uj93kL2jUw5TSVf6lYnxUA2SoK58seovds9N_5yYGLLPFw_wHK-yURs2O_jbENGIx7dT13iPNdchwCjaAQTvdtTcTYaZ77m8/s1600/EspenSP1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji2S2aKHDg8MXVA1kV85KF0nxoS9v-miVzcd5ANyHdyH-Uj93kL2jUw5TSVf6lYnxUA2SoK58seovds9N_5yYGLLPFw_wHK-yURs2O_jbENGIx7dT13iPNdchwCjaAQTvdtTcTYaZ77m8/s400/EspenSP1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574903273349200482" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFOokDWKs-RL217tNkNjYqLjdgAj23fr9GavXCjZEHIo-t_EbvUSeThZzIOtlKRu_AhkurTO0ID78SCkCKVh6TqJnijm0RDAzNFegfO6TEwQt2Lw4_nQLTdwApG5WY0ZbTRl0kEYilTk/s1600/EspenSP3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFOokDWKs-RL217tNkNjYqLjdgAj23fr9GavXCjZEHIo-t_EbvUSeThZzIOtlKRu_AhkurTO0ID78SCkCKVh6TqJnijm0RDAzNFegfO6TEwQt2Lw4_nQLTdwApG5WY0ZbTRl0kEYilTk/s400/EspenSP3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574902992319056578" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggKTrXv3yIuci9Ys3ohwzTSGZbx02nvlXzG_vBDOP6iUiCgF3pJs9yf3cd3R8eZDzja5J3qN_bexSVbm7wNsTnJ-3k5_HHXLgVlChivF1f1l1JOCHwSqOqrjiVtRhbzoYJXStPjUe45CU/s1600/EspenSP4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggKTrXv3yIuci9Ys3ohwzTSGZbx02nvlXzG_vBDOP6iUiCgF3pJs9yf3cd3R8eZDzja5J3qN_bexSVbm7wNsTnJ-3k5_HHXLgVlChivF1f1l1JOCHwSqOqrjiVtRhbzoYJXStPjUe45CU/s400/EspenSP4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574902990069621858" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyx6ZWBREPFaPsejJoGkyVBsB6bJzyY2i8flRGTf5ICnDET3tYRT-NVHMv7pbRbpr0CTQU6vait5rS9fLQNNNVMz1F_VXQ4tG6jBDSl18PlxpWdCPy6jTutfgFLURwnJbxQDw3MIcgGm8/s1600/EspenSP5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyx6ZWBREPFaPsejJoGkyVBsB6bJzyY2i8flRGTf5ICnDET3tYRT-NVHMv7pbRbpr0CTQU6vait5rS9fLQNNNVMz1F_VXQ4tG6jBDSl18PlxpWdCPy6jTutfgFLURwnJbxQDw3MIcgGm8/s400/EspenSP5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574902987569716930" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I just can't resist the yawning! Melts me every time! :)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Zi-wdmJntSHCufJxc7WiqDXFcOYSGsbf45I1o6rmJAgPwdy5MJt35bnsskuQeCle70xeNN0S5dLBf-Q16VJVZHODDKF9xx3WX8gNzZM4UwNfw0TNv60FqsdfalvzKlwCTyDtt7hRQr0/s1600/EspenSP6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Zi-wdmJntSHCufJxc7WiqDXFcOYSGsbf45I1o6rmJAgPwdy5MJt35bnsskuQeCle70xeNN0S5dLBf-Q16VJVZHODDKF9xx3WX8gNzZM4UwNfw0TNv60FqsdfalvzKlwCTyDtt7hRQr0/s400/EspenSP6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574902982102886146" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvEZgqJ6x4Z02l6XGWYaf9onsT5XMmRH10I_h3rYBh5a6veQMUP6CUUDwHAQFif1fYMwoT2Y4R3vM-QpGuCFUOen0N_amixGJ-pbXw2taYqqQyaAsJL9AixZxJN4jJ9amVaLOyxCq8LdE/s1600/EspenSP7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvEZgqJ6x4Z02l6XGWYaf9onsT5XMmRH10I_h3rYBh5a6veQMUP6CUUDwHAQFif1fYMwoT2Y4R3vM-QpGuCFUOen0N_amixGJ-pbXw2taYqqQyaAsJL9AixZxJN4jJ9amVaLOyxCq8LdE/s400/EspenSP7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574902974341574578" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Heather & Scott - thank you SO much for contacting me to "fill in". :) What an honor to photograph your sweet little guy! He was SO fun and SO easy to photograph! Congrats to you guys. He is just perfect in every way! </div><div style="text-align: center;">(oh - did you get the giraffe??)</div>Kara Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326281508034231685noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453299487520821541.post-57357837305704034132011-02-04T11:51:00.000-08:002011-02-04T12:11:06.143-08:00sweet little baby {aria} - 11 days new<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKhJd9oGXD_DoDdhWbDbCZtMyAGHqLJJbI9CQt9Gx9ods-scNlUyJFB2wcZUejPc8eYUPPGjOnEEorEDcXCqtJrS5Uwcb5gW2nEq_32F4Hqyn3NWEw5JxwM2cdKaDr_aR-0j1cCIRerE/s1600/Aria%2527s+SP+Group-5.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKhJd9oGXD_DoDdhWbDbCZtMyAGHqLJJbI9CQt9Gx9ods-scNlUyJFB2wcZUejPc8eYUPPGjOnEEorEDcXCqtJrS5Uwcb5gW2nEq_32F4Hqyn3NWEw5JxwM2cdKaDr_aR-0j1cCIRerE/s400/Aria%2527s+SP+Group-5.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569925109421759714" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">What a special day last Sunday was! Not only did I get to see a dear old co-worker of mine but I got to do my very first {fresh} newborn photo shoot! Sweet little Aria was just 11 days old! What could be more fun?!?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8wpiovBa4Wtdy4jk3H-pPn31TaA3nxVaC1xOq2Nlny3-wAAusvHVXz15qnMD8_O0rvg_Eu4drL-dFafHdSazUrVwkWIlIiTj5T2ZRevBRrZhlRObOnz6Pmv5L_JUxYUQ-yiGSkYBWFgI/s1600/Aria%2527s+SP+Group-4.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8wpiovBa4Wtdy4jk3H-pPn31TaA3nxVaC1xOq2Nlny3-wAAusvHVXz15qnMD8_O0rvg_Eu4drL-dFafHdSazUrVwkWIlIiTj5T2ZRevBRrZhlRObOnz6Pmv5L_JUxYUQ-yiGSkYBWFgI/s400/Aria%2527s+SP+Group-4.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569925100844382498" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">What a joy getting to see Steph as a new mommy! I just loved getting to witness these new parents love on their perfect little one.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKn3RsfjBsiNqqjOYB8HhDU7TH3fyf6s51SDNSbNk9heGPzIPjaY48XL4mRNhsHpEFxPZD1-NE6ONN98I9HG7S_8QszFmTTU18hNe8U8qsxQfO2TWHA3Dhpn4W1K0AzQ_GK6nd8Z4vPeM/s1600/Aria%2527s+SP+Group-1.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 255px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKn3RsfjBsiNqqjOYB8HhDU7TH3fyf6s51SDNSbNk9heGPzIPjaY48XL4mRNhsHpEFxPZD1-NE6ONN98I9HG7S_8QszFmTTU18hNe8U8qsxQfO2TWHA3Dhpn4W1K0AzQ_GK6nd8Z4vPeM/s400/Aria%2527s+SP+Group-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569925095987511426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I found myself a few times just staring at Aria... overwhelmed by God's beautiful creation of a new little life. I was also reminded that it was not that long ago that Grady was that tiny. My goodness how time flies!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQy_hFKzGwyLskAQU2xiRiky_MBUQ8nnGMBh-A391TPQvvhs0Swzp_AtZzjTcvIBG6vjIdi4FztNBoFTTM9kKbayar-FS93GbiknjmppdAaOWZ5YJV-zxQ8l3DgShy_t4bhW8Tsmo4tQs/s1600/Aria%2527s+SP+Group-2.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQy_hFKzGwyLskAQU2xiRiky_MBUQ8nnGMBh-A391TPQvvhs0Swzp_AtZzjTcvIBG6vjIdi4FztNBoFTTM9kKbayar-FS93GbiknjmppdAaOWZ5YJV-zxQ8l3DgShy_t4bhW8Tsmo4tQs/s400/Aria%2527s+SP+Group-2.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569925087139685794" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Steph - you are SUCH a beautiful momma! Just stunning.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ozfcCY5Rt13KdJ-dkDKeZcBKssElIoRX5v4ZOjFUgsLZ1hJkAPVin4ZN6MrkWrkLpG88W42vWSbL1m31h186LcJ5kBCXspfihqx9c0wtDbxqASktkkP0TfqmT6IPd5G-RKNsyJb5eUw/s1600/Aria%2527s+SP+Group-3.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ozfcCY5Rt13KdJ-dkDKeZcBKssElIoRX5v4ZOjFUgsLZ1hJkAPVin4ZN6MrkWrkLpG88W42vWSbL1m31h186LcJ5kBCXspfihqx9c0wtDbxqASktkkP0TfqmT6IPd5G-RKNsyJb5eUw/s400/Aria%2527s+SP+Group-3.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569925090429556610" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Aria was just perfect. She even gave us a little yawn towards the end of the shoot! Being the perfect little model is hard work! :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Congrats to you two! Thanks so much for the privilege of capturing your sweet little love. It was SO wonderful to see you. Let's not wait as long for the next time we see each other! </div>Kara Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326281508034231685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453299487520821541.post-58362008776489275022011-01-27T19:25:00.001-08:002011-01-27T23:11:28.758-08:00{Testing, testing...}<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvcthw5drhLEfHRzefLK76xjZxt9k-YoIywdKaNAQ7S-NQqquB0M1Gfte_ZVm9wwtQOYt-GR0o2LvqDZTXIe-sQbu-CBCzcEdg4GP6deCrx1PQQrydOy6u9gTeVHx61Ey3iNmwDpOK5EU/s1600/NewBasketShotw-Border.jpg+2"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvcthw5drhLEfHRzefLK76xjZxt9k-YoIywdKaNAQ7S-NQqquB0M1Gfte_ZVm9wwtQOYt-GR0o2LvqDZTXIe-sQbu-CBCzcEdg4GP6deCrx1PQQrydOy6u9gTeVHx61Ey3iNmwDpOK5EU/s400/NewBasketShotw-Border.jpg+2" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567130727409973042" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I am super excited to be working on a little re-launch/re-brand/re-focus of my little photography business. I am still a little ways away from the launch, but till then Grady has the privilege of being my little model and guinea pig. He is quite patient with his mommy. </div><div style="text-align: center;">In this photo I was testing out a new basket that I got for a Newborn shoot that I have this Sunday. :) I am just giddy about that opportunity to photograph a newborn baby girl that will be just 11 days old! Part of my re-focus will be more of an emphasis on Newborns, babies and kids. I am so very excited about this! Get ready to start sending those prego mommas my way! :)</div>Kara Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326281508034231685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453299487520821541.post-34435223648152325752011-01-25T17:16:00.000-08:002011-01-25T18:44:40.298-08:00Adoption {ROCKS}<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX5R7hQX5C6TnOPYnx9TTy2meaTGHHCVrcEimDhTn-0l4e7lNa1-lscfLnJ5sjBEVhH9YJHIqVzUqVv-F76f6onxE21ybQWFJ2S1wMHjGnxgcLopA7gMaPX6v9KVgPa_XLjUEyH4JiDfo/s1600/AdoptionRocks+w%253AWM+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX5R7hQX5C6TnOPYnx9TTy2meaTGHHCVrcEimDhTn-0l4e7lNa1-lscfLnJ5sjBEVhH9YJHIqVzUqVv-F76f6onxE21ybQWFJ2S1wMHjGnxgcLopA7gMaPX6v9KVgPa_XLjUEyH4JiDfo/s400/AdoptionRocks+w%253AWM+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566299592821729762" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I happen to LOVE the fact that I see adoption happening everywhere! Here are just a few examples...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">{1}</span> Our church, <a href="http://www.occ.org/"><b>OCC</b></a> is a huge advocate and supporter of adoption. The 3 purposes of our church are "Love God, Love People, Serve the World" and within the "Serve the World" part, one of the major initiatives is <a href="http://www.occ.org/what-we-do/serve-the-world/"><b>Orphan Care</b></a>. I LOVE how this is at the heart of our church!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">{2}</span> Our great friends, the Avery's are getting very close to the adoption of their little girl Zephina from Zambia. They have an amazing story about their journey to adoption on their <a href="http://averyposse.blogspot.com/"><b>BLOG</b></a>. They are holding a huge fundraiser THIS Saturday at Alder Ridge Winery in Woodinville. Greg and I will be there, and you too are welcome to join tons of friends that are coming together to help this wonderful family bring their baby girl home! :) You can find all the details <a href="http://averyposse.blogspot.com/2011/01/please-join-us-this-saturday.html"><b>HERE</b></a>!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">{3}</span> Our great friends, the <a href="http://mrssyrup.blogspot.com/"><b>Butterworth's</b></a> are also adopting! They are in the process of adopting a sweet baby girl from Ethiopia! Marisa and Jesse had these crazy awesome "Adoption Rocks" t-shrits made to raise funds for their adoption. I bought this shirt for Grady back when I was just a few months prego with him and I felt like he would NEVER be THAT big! :) HA! Here we are, at 5 1/2 months old, and it totally fits! :) They only have a few little people t-shirts left, so if you are interested, check out their <a href="http://mrssyrup.blogspot.com/"><b>blog</b></a> to find out what is left and help to support the homecoming of their little girl!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1DjTOYDX5gT_zC5MI7jp_cgqgC6ylhJfPV_R76h7XiSKMfq_IpodrJLvX43VV-UbgldPBftz9VPL5t0ssFFv4uOv6wgfsEbxrLoZAN30U0qvdJm-FHmU8I2c2kvetWVp-Ir94By-HRXw/s1600/Adoption+Rocks+w%253AWM+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1DjTOYDX5gT_zC5MI7jp_cgqgC6ylhJfPV_R76h7XiSKMfq_IpodrJLvX43VV-UbgldPBftz9VPL5t0ssFFv4uOv6wgfsEbxrLoZAN30U0qvdJm-FHmU8I2c2kvetWVp-Ir94By-HRXw/s400/Adoption+Rocks+w%253AWM+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566299582113576194" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And I just HAD to include this sweet little one too! This is little Miss Lydia, Marisa & Jesse's niece. She is not only CrAzY adorable, but she is also Grady's B-day buddy. She was born the day after Grady! How fun is that?!? Her mommy and I are also fellow photogs & friends from back in the day! You can check out her blog <a href="http://dolcefoto.blogspot.com/">HERE</a>!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1oV-HwW8y9ut2x6jRdpzWFWaD3Y4KyWznYD8SNEYH19_GXgGzSVSh3PFM8e6vUOi-4eSPS-1_jMsU_NU64tcFqqXhseZFpJ7lGLcG1fWzdDFTBdfmy5btuIMxvq9hyVec1uDxNoQtvlo/s1600/L+Adoption+Rocks+w%253AWM+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1oV-HwW8y9ut2x6jRdpzWFWaD3Y4KyWznYD8SNEYH19_GXgGzSVSh3PFM8e6vUOi-4eSPS-1_jMsU_NU64tcFqqXhseZFpJ7lGLcG1fWzdDFTBdfmy5btuIMxvq9hyVec1uDxNoQtvlo/s400/L+Adoption+Rocks+w%253AWM+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566299577148698242" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I also just found out a few months ago that one of my good friends from back in Coeur d' Alene are in the process of adopting! I'm so crazy excited for them! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Are YOU adopting or thinking about it? If you have a blog to document the journey, please let me know! I'd love to follow!</div>Kara Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326281508034231685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453299487520821541.post-72778659228046914122011-01-17T22:11:00.000-08:002011-01-17T22:47:03.399-08:00{Heart Stealer}<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdgiIOvGuXWauYjDF38mz3bml0Z_Dl6Sw7UTFDXyaIO6RDN2S9gp-5YW5ddIzpFujYYvq8QVglL125A2DXAXb7PkXtMM9pdPG3HWZQGbMQ5dLt-TEWHuw6IFkDKhVBQJprwBrRsIa9XtI/s1600/ExerSmile-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdgiIOvGuXWauYjDF38mz3bml0Z_Dl6Sw7UTFDXyaIO6RDN2S9gp-5YW5ddIzpFujYYvq8QVglL125A2DXAXb7PkXtMM9pdPG3HWZQGbMQ5dLt-TEWHuw6IFkDKhVBQJprwBrRsIa9XtI/s400/ExerSmile-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563405256006094562" /></a>Grady steals my heart on a daily basis. Actually, multiple times a day. Just when I don't think that I can love him anymore, he whips out another one of his crazy contagious smiles of his and he does it again. Heart. Stolen.Check!<div>One of my favorite hear-stealing-moments is our "first look of the day" in the morning. These days he wakes up around 6:15am or so. We start to hear him moving about in his crib (well, his pack-n-play...he doesn't have a crib yet) and then some cute "talking" follows. He chats with himself for a little while contently, and it then turns to a more intentional form of communication. It never turns into a cry, just a more serious tone of chatting. :) Time for some breakfast around 6:30am! :) </div><div>As soon as I get up I think he can sense that I am coming to his rescue. His movement get more rapid and as soon as he sees me his sweet little face just lights up like a Christmas tree! Ah, the Grady "Good Morning, Mommy" smile. Melts me. Most people that know me know I am NOT a morning person. BUT - when I get to wake up to the sweetest little guy and the most wonderful smile you have ever seen it somehow wakes me to a point I have never achieved via caffeine or any other form at that!</div><div>I just love my little Love Bug to pieces!</div><div><br /></div>Kara Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326281508034231685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453299487520821541.post-67430961873866906732011-01-09T23:26:00.000-08:002011-01-10T00:33:16.103-08:00{New Introductions}<div style="text-align: center;">It was finally time...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxYjILKbIeUkZJ4tRvajRNGNLyXtQ3eKjbk1bOxe_XlfU22S-VWrCXQUEU_Ef-bOAy_huZLkWoNiBd8iWKoy7FADJogjojEc59Kr1WRuyeWHqEMBhEvrKZxp5Hr2tn-Ufd7PZdSgQu-9A/s1600/G%2527s+First+Rice+Cereal-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxYjILKbIeUkZJ4tRvajRNGNLyXtQ3eKjbk1bOxe_XlfU22S-VWrCXQUEU_Ef-bOAy_huZLkWoNiBd8iWKoy7FADJogjojEc59Kr1WRuyeWHqEMBhEvrKZxp5Hr2tn-Ufd7PZdSgQu-9A/s400/G%2527s+First+Rice+Cereal-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560458120908306130" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Grady turned 5 months old today and we decided it was time to introduce him to his first meal of Rice Cereal!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Mommy, what is that thing coming towards my face? Is that for ME?"</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLo36hoSB2p1raUL0LANAQmCPQAofaG-MZIZPtF6VPqsuCNAoKyODSYXnkQhjABFqEogCIJ3pOvVkm6YG2C0i3L6J-baTZz4tfN4AWDhEy4nRCZ8-BcdJ-_N09rRox-jwIX3vPFQaeZQk/s1600/G%2527s+First+Rice+Cereal-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLo36hoSB2p1raUL0LANAQmCPQAofaG-MZIZPtF6VPqsuCNAoKyODSYXnkQhjABFqEogCIJ3pOvVkm6YG2C0i3L6J-baTZz4tfN4AWDhEy4nRCZ8-BcdJ-_N09rRox-jwIX3vPFQaeZQk/s400/G%2527s+First+Rice+Cereal-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560457868292560674" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">"I'm not too sure about this...are you sure babies eat this stuff??"</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifSwep2sgIsbO1tSi0Yuz8ap1zCPTCGy2Y_0tNnbnj7u9mGWNP9z1BCEWDgldtKtmNyAvkKZWEeyw5OCJ6OTINgefGQhxhnyiGLCoI5JY5Dap3nQx9_mc1vDWoVz6s4HQDKKq48NSFxWE/s1600/G%2527s+First+Rice+Cereal-3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifSwep2sgIsbO1tSi0Yuz8ap1zCPTCGy2Y_0tNnbnj7u9mGWNP9z1BCEWDgldtKtmNyAvkKZWEeyw5OCJ6OTINgefGQhxhnyiGLCoI5JY5Dap3nQx9_mc1vDWoVz6s4HQDKKq48NSFxWE/s400/G%2527s+First+Rice+Cereal-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560457859578114818" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">"Hmmm, it's kinda good, but I can't figure out how to keep it in my mouth??"</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy8W-cBFMypPF4LSMwD1gDVBGhkEAMq0fS7kbhShhCOjkoiqmFDc3EEEc4ufuqQhsSQCeFea7nSo0xDGqRK2RlTzhT4Div5L-tNlsLdF3BAeNwTnVMUDbXCEXjdWm6l_216lkXS8PRAAM/s1600/G%2527s+First+Rice+Cereal-4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy8W-cBFMypPF4LSMwD1gDVBGhkEAMq0fS7kbhShhCOjkoiqmFDc3EEEc4ufuqQhsSQCeFea7nSo0xDGqRK2RlTzhT4Div5L-tNlsLdF3BAeNwTnVMUDbXCEXjdWm6l_216lkXS8PRAAM/s400/G%2527s+First+Rice+Cereal-4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560457435427706466" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">"The texture is quite different...not like mommy's milk at all!"</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcj0QRKhKoP614xrUUna5ZprGzGXtNaNQeluM8Qpn7-WKr2njYC8St1DRSUCfqMS6DaFJFIOHpkkdvlF78bYVvtv0c-kw-1lYLxExsfqnFLYwjVQOAAYwFlN27TlKr8iJftFWndFdOoc/s1600/G%2527s+First+Rice+Cereal-5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcj0QRKhKoP614xrUUna5ZprGzGXtNaNQeluM8Qpn7-WKr2njYC8St1DRSUCfqMS6DaFJFIOHpkkdvlF78bYVvtv0c-kw-1lYLxExsfqnFLYwjVQOAAYwFlN27TlKr8iJftFWndFdOoc/s400/G%2527s+First+Rice+Cereal-5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560457431176270674" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">"Wait, I might be getting the hang of this..."</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAvEAN5g-_59y6AlqidVsG8xW3B1wxo5wz61GyFI7nMAMfEeMr1RAVZUpYe1sRU-uelW9BZO2ld-hLCp-FVC1A7TIL49bfZqRsto6B_0e4nzOEl_YTqmkf4rdCmD6c7wVfolV2F5jox14/s1600/G%2527s+First+Rice+Cereal-6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAvEAN5g-_59y6AlqidVsG8xW3B1wxo5wz61GyFI7nMAMfEeMr1RAVZUpYe1sRU-uelW9BZO2ld-hLCp-FVC1A7TIL49bfZqRsto6B_0e4nzOEl_YTqmkf4rdCmD6c7wVfolV2F5jox14/s400/G%2527s+First+Rice+Cereal-6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560457027470152066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">"Yes, mommy...I think I can do it!"</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GeLIWxUGWyXSff7J7v8BQPJyCF28d6t-jS7WU2r_vg0CAJSxqxHL4L7O7hEgxRmdCIO09EUek3MRLx1r_KfG5shXyGly1k7wrvq_6TygBfA1ogG5-WXrcW2UBNhXDTCjtgOW8j4Acdg/s1600/G%2527s+First+Rice+Cereal-7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GeLIWxUGWyXSff7J7v8BQPJyCF28d6t-jS7WU2r_vg0CAJSxqxHL4L7O7hEgxRmdCIO09EUek3MRLx1r_KfG5shXyGly1k7wrvq_6TygBfA1ogG5-WXrcW2UBNhXDTCjtgOW8j4Acdg/s400/G%2527s+First+Rice+Cereal-7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560456032383877346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">"Yummy!!! I will take some more, please!"</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYEFqjWhR8FcxtqQgN-4Vw5KAKQVlUkovTgxA-Jq8F_IhEIJUdvs4oofij6hYndUugVlKVEFTe3Yuv4jqGqIVfbEe_QqxoKzuAVHy-93Wg-4DhlxoFsZcuqB_cd9ppknXsDFEIQ__TGAA/s1600/G%2527s+First+Rice+Cereal-8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYEFqjWhR8FcxtqQgN-4Vw5KAKQVlUkovTgxA-Jq8F_IhEIJUdvs4oofij6hYndUugVlKVEFTe3Yuv4jqGqIVfbEe_QqxoKzuAVHy-93Wg-4DhlxoFsZcuqB_cd9ppknXsDFEIQ__TGAA/s400/G%2527s+First+Rice+Cereal-8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560456024361444930" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It was pretty funny getting to watch the progression of discovery Grady went through bite by bite! As you can tell by the photos he was not a fan at first. But he didn't give up! He seemed quite curious what we were trying to get him to eat, even though it wasn't love at first bite. It only took a handful of bites for him to figure out how to keep it in his mouth instead of spitting it out. Once he figured that out, he took a few more bites to decide if this was something he would like to continue to try. After that he seemed to like it as he started grabbing for the spoon and lunging towards the incoming bite. He even started "talking" to daddy in what I could only interpret as happy and excited feedback. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can't help but think ahead to Grady's future and wonder how other introductions to new things will go. Will they go as smoothly as this? Will he trust that even though what we are "feeding" him does not seem too appealing at first that we still have his best interests in mind? Will he stick it out and give it a chance? Will he end up liking it as much as we hope and pray he does?</div><div style="text-align: center;">I know there will be ups and downs as Grady grows and learns and becomes a little man. Greg and I will try to "feed" him only the best we know. We hope to instill in him morals and values but most importantly a love for Jesus, others and a heart to serve the world. I just pray that he will trust that we will always have his best interests in mind and that he will grow up to become and do all the special things God has planned for him.</div>Kara Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326281508034231685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453299487520821541.post-813667205506822202010-12-30T21:37:00.000-08:002010-12-30T21:48:49.914-08:00{Love Bug}<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzxoUcWdas3rRFkQEHr8xO4ed612RgP5pjXB2bp3zRTZnf1a4EHxj5dmu_XAJkxZhJBY2VX30JPHJG6jDHqMBPIK4PhrmY5kWGKTbt8NWYjjbg8RLJXvor5ukMBo0DlEOf4ImlC8q_l5c/s1600/Softbox+Perfection-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzxoUcWdas3rRFkQEHr8xO4ed612RgP5pjXB2bp3zRTZnf1a4EHxj5dmu_XAJkxZhJBY2VX30JPHJG6jDHqMBPIK4PhrmY5kWGKTbt8NWYjjbg8RLJXvor5ukMBo0DlEOf4ImlC8q_l5c/s400/Softbox+Perfection-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556716769320086658" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">"Love Bug"</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Lovie Buggy"</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Lover Bugger"</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Lovie"</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Buggy"<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Bug"</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Love"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">...just few of the nicknames that I have for our sweet little guy. No matter which one I use, I still can't seem to express how much I love him. My goodness, I love being Grady's mommy!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Kara Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326281508034231685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453299487520821541.post-70955239171517962592010-11-16T22:46:00.001-08:002010-11-16T23:01:24.405-08:00{photos with SANTA to FIGHT trafficking}<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqtmhJOTuyCz61nOBS2sq6ChQvkMNGsT1Qq7unH156RDWnsMe2gWghfM7PqC8TqzokFRmoDcHdetydOUFhTxyjXgUcuFsFaf8D-wTzeDRPCoTy5C8LhIfjTETZ5o5TbUIcVmoHDzy864/s1600/Santa-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqtmhJOTuyCz61nOBS2sq6ChQvkMNGsT1Qq7unH156RDWnsMe2gWghfM7PqC8TqzokFRmoDcHdetydOUFhTxyjXgUcuFsFaf8D-wTzeDRPCoTy5C8LhIfjTETZ5o5TbUIcVmoHDzy864/s400/Santa-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540406698187066994" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Join Kara Hicks Photography's evening of photos with Santa! All profits will go to the Eastside Women of Purpose to fight Human Trafficking!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Click </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.eastsidewomenofpurpose.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">HERE</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> to learn more about EWOP and our efforts to fight this horrible injustice.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">December 6th 4-8pm</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:27px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">{Sitting Fee}</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Drop-ins - $10 (guarantee of at least 1 final image)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Appointments - $20 (guarantee of at least 3 final images and 5 min of time with Santa)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-size:large;">{Packages}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Home Alone - $25 - CD of final image(s)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Elf - $35 - CD, (3) 5x7's</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Polar Express - $45 - CD, (3) 5x7's, 16 wallets</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">White Christmas - $55 - CD, (4) 5x7's, 24 wallets, (1) 8x10</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-size:22px;">{Ala Carte Items}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">8 wallets - $6</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">5x7's - $4</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">8x10's - $6</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-size:large;">{Appointments}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Appointments are currently VERY limited. Please email me at karahicksphotography@gmail.com to find out what is available.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Of course, if all the appointments are full, you are welcome to come as a drop-in! You will be given a number and called to have your photo with Santa in-between the scheduled appointments.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-size:large;">{Questions?}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Contact me at karahicksphotography@gmail.com</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Studio located in Bothell. Email me for exact address.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Kara Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326281508034231685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453299487520821541.post-12227783258284201272010-10-29T11:02:00.001-07:002010-10-29T11:57:20.522-07:00{Happy Halloween!}<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpcB4RtlGqmAAEUv20B8rK3HC1DCi7BFNr4nhgLMwsbr-IVB1wgVO9rxohWBafvC7Os18PLOctGVizf-qStjjwXHhJSEj0wZ6RM1qeNT5KVFmEIENPQc2sa7JbLKk3hEfQTMXZAkYgtc/s1600/10.29+edited-4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpcB4RtlGqmAAEUv20B8rK3HC1DCi7BFNr4nhgLMwsbr-IVB1wgVO9rxohWBafvC7Os18PLOctGVizf-qStjjwXHhJSEj0wZ6RM1qeNT5KVFmEIENPQc2sa7JbLKk3hEfQTMXZAkYgtc/s400/10.29+edited-4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533531242918950322" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Happy Halloween from the sweetest little Football you have EVER seen! :)</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOwpjGi5QS4p552vHFik75FuQ_sBEnFEkDI2bB_2yqQ9kYlszeDonS0q-q4O-q2P2I9Ldcur8xA3EJTVC34wQ09e-Gi9qmcqO7ztiqdAUbN1_QBpBZ58U74p4X0klj3nwCVTLv0LMh4dI/s1600/10.27+edited-7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOwpjGi5QS4p552vHFik75FuQ_sBEnFEkDI2bB_2yqQ9kYlszeDonS0q-q4O-q2P2I9Ldcur8xA3EJTVC34wQ09e-Gi9qmcqO7ztiqdAUbN1_QBpBZ58U74p4X0klj3nwCVTLv0LMh4dI/s400/10.27+edited-7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533530657587696386" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Someone was a *bit* tired and slept through his first Pumpkin Patch trip!</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOp5ji-61LtSnvPjkDgc9K7tddWfhnDYP9cP-tiRpDtP6YdxUrmH4BFzxZLMDplUx_lI2UzvPbFMvrnYZiMVZfb93DY-6NNW_eFNG-pMD_a-CDeytVU1jJmDdVK3Il2Obq7S-Qq5wMhE/s1600/10.27+edited-5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOp5ji-61LtSnvPjkDgc9K7tddWfhnDYP9cP-tiRpDtP6YdxUrmH4BFzxZLMDplUx_lI2UzvPbFMvrnYZiMVZfb93DY-6NNW_eFNG-pMD_a-CDeytVU1jJmDdVK3Il2Obq7S-Qq5wMhE/s400/10.27+edited-5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533530650103613970" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Happy Halloween from the Hicks Fam!!!!</span></div>Kara Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326281508034231685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453299487520821541.post-83705568471600576242010-10-06T09:57:00.000-07:002010-10-07T23:33:17.581-07:00{Playing a little catch up...}<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUAOc5bIJ4p6-OL9XyCOZdHuqZ_O3sYOVY8QwMcu9_Z81hknpRjclIAcRRn9wQtRlWnSDpQmWEfwiJCFUc1Np_9leZMm0bK4mIvziO3sLrdLnLYpgUIto_LvThR2l4JJoVtMC6gV_JK0/s1600/Pics4Ann-9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUAOc5bIJ4p6-OL9XyCOZdHuqZ_O3sYOVY8QwMcu9_Z81hknpRjclIAcRRn9wQtRlWnSDpQmWEfwiJCFUc1Np_9leZMm0bK4mIvziO3sLrdLnLYpgUIto_LvThR2l4JJoVtMC6gV_JK0/s400/Pics4Ann-9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524989318351093282" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I would love to introduce you to our wonderful little man...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Grady Edward Hicks</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Born 8-9-10 @ 5:08pm</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">7lbs 5oz, 20.5in</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:22px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But lets go back a few months! I guess the last photo that I posted of Grady on the blog (back when we didn't even know he was a Grady) was our 9week sonogram!?!? Is that possible?!? I'm one HORRIBLE blogger! :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So, here we go, from the beginning....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{9 weeks}</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB3BHTYnT9vUTQs8fSeQnf6UqJNzc3Fzi2uIR1xqgexECoK1Xsm4CGTaiybPK2Qi8ebhhaLehkXwyMmFitxaxwuv05zyBROYpnyo6daCou0Sx7csingt_0cfgootJNnZwRsJk5h0NrnU0/s1600/Crop+-+Baby+Hicks+First+Photo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 321px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB3BHTYnT9vUTQs8fSeQnf6UqJNzc3Fzi2uIR1xqgexECoK1Xsm4CGTaiybPK2Qi8ebhhaLehkXwyMmFitxaxwuv05zyBROYpnyo6daCou0Sx7csingt_0cfgootJNnZwRsJk5h0NrnU0/s400/Crop+-+Baby+Hicks+First+Photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524989026067876738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{19 weeks}</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TUCqzBbRkoyD13z0-ZS-0o4s5aDiI-jXhhi3mM1mdxxT1VZh_z6LXHyAa-ICvjcQyxoDIvoLTfz-kPbdiT5VWsgwzBc3qDLcKQfCjqvETQDPcgk3Eavm9GJPuSOsYssiGKbbH8Zqgc8/s1600/%7B19%7D+3-1.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TUCqzBbRkoyD13z0-ZS-0o4s5aDiI-jXhhi3mM1mdxxT1VZh_z6LXHyAa-ICvjcQyxoDIvoLTfz-kPbdiT5VWsgwzBc3qDLcKQfCjqvETQDPcgk3Eavm9GJPuSOsYssiGKbbH8Zqgc8/s400/%7B19%7D+3-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524988695292363090" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{21 weeks}</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS6k6cEHeOoXgLbYnSP7nU4IgcipoEfHdRG2_-txUyqdtVjqzT4UxbaL94EB3Zc4-R2P1xdWfPskS5R7tKpqXFANv-ls0rnbiiKJhZHFQ67yfiv1bZpQ-x4ItVREiGFk7BiM8Z5bu6ijg/s1600/%7B21%7D+Edited-1.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS6k6cEHeOoXgLbYnSP7nU4IgcipoEfHdRG2_-txUyqdtVjqzT4UxbaL94EB3Zc4-R2P1xdWfPskS5R7tKpqXFANv-ls0rnbiiKJhZHFQ67yfiv1bZpQ-x4ItVREiGFk7BiM8Z5bu6ijg/s400/%7B21%7D+Edited-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524988553317895426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{24.5 weeks}</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-np9Y87sU3u00_AkU0WydNhGFzt8YBdTPeFoYqlsK2KggnPowtwOhyphenhyphendaFIHqDOhyoCSco9-vBVyj4VoJzZoRio3fKbo-NWvEnm-joo-r311m67S_LRy4odaeW5UKZ2r3sa-qKKTBP9w/s1600/%7B24.5%7D+weeks-1.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-np9Y87sU3u00_AkU0WydNhGFzt8YBdTPeFoYqlsK2KggnPowtwOhyphenhyphendaFIHqDOhyoCSco9-vBVyj4VoJzZoRio3fKbo-NWvEnm-joo-r311m67S_LRy4odaeW5UKZ2r3sa-qKKTBP9w/s400/%7B24.5%7D+weeks-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524988401102847858" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{31 weeks}</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLGtslmEVzOY5Et68xxa3xrxKXyMj6cbQRuTwVW8Ur72uEH-gTPnjPgNIpU8bfedEDu-RfXqSqRCWsj36VB5jHGzhIHkQ8IaDmyJmdqKVB6u0sZNM6e6q5D_v_6oXdw32-1vpTcCTWlc/s1600/2-2.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLGtslmEVzOY5Et68xxa3xrxKXyMj6cbQRuTwVW8Ur72uEH-gTPnjPgNIpU8bfedEDu-RfXqSqRCWsj36VB5jHGzhIHkQ8IaDmyJmdqKVB6u0sZNM6e6q5D_v_6oXdw32-1vpTcCTWlc/s400/2-2.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524988299647131266" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{36 weeks} </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(on Gregs birthday! AND starting to feel HUGE!)</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0PSpza9Jvvph6rYX536FdyZ26kADhhKjaQIXQIpdOmwPtFtY_jB__yCLy8s_bs9V7noomoBQGbt4AW8RnKvO7aHu4taSS6Ke8oO3m-L2TveUp0RdfV9JncyBU7mt7Of7WTp7yvdJjjE4/s1600/36wks-2.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 397px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0PSpza9Jvvph6rYX536FdyZ26kADhhKjaQIXQIpdOmwPtFtY_jB__yCLy8s_bs9V7noomoBQGbt4AW8RnKvO7aHu4taSS6Ke8oO3m-L2TveUp0RdfV9JncyBU7mt7Of7WTp7yvdJjjE4/s400/36wks-2.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524988028769343906" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijY_mOWmj1j8_IGXqiHt6Z8vSMiZMB-fqn95z8r59bDhgLthvF4Y2TsCsEPiuNoyHkpnqR42R3s0sp7Gq8VqsdIbZrEp-dv-82S2wjv2POc9U4IC5hGBO4-bf1PTGbIZp47jQ4G5l7MSk/s1600/36wks-1.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijY_mOWmj1j8_IGXqiHt6Z8vSMiZMB-fqn95z8r59bDhgLthvF4Y2TsCsEPiuNoyHkpnqR42R3s0sp7Gq8VqsdIbZrEp-dv-82S2wjv2POc9U4IC5hGBO4-bf1PTGbIZp47jQ4G5l7MSk/s400/36wks-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524987947331809570" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{Family photo shoot at 37 weeks}</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFsARRSt01d_P0QNWzYJc-DFb79Lb7-DBv6A9LL2w5mrvFS1GZg-jpeTBy9cDpAwfUx1iHZanEmomlZc_3_54fpLa5uROvJLC8p3z3PGIWcZ_pZaiDptwQzL4qTFfDmtGio-Q-42WheCw/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 277px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFsARRSt01d_P0QNWzYJc-DFb79Lb7-DBv6A9LL2w5mrvFS1GZg-jpeTBy9cDpAwfUx1iHZanEmomlZc_3_54fpLa5uROvJLC8p3z3PGIWcZ_pZaiDptwQzL4qTFfDmtGio-Q-42WheCw/s400/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524989528454190130" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{37 weeks}</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLGaatItheZflRbGMVpmQG6eBPLr2p4gziIqWi97jp43KGGOxv7p3e9Gno3dmI4qy0q_p7AW0WoPgOGcbqSbEYufWOCFf84si3AvhzupoJR62D-S0yDkeOSD3Ta0rgSA4vSwDafB7cBzM/s1600/5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLGaatItheZflRbGMVpmQG6eBPLr2p4gziIqWi97jp43KGGOxv7p3e9Gno3dmI4qy0q_p7AW0WoPgOGcbqSbEYufWOCFf84si3AvhzupoJR62D-S0yDkeOSD3Ta0rgSA4vSwDafB7cBzM/s400/5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524989460916858578" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{39 weeks}</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMiQRcrlnZ3e13oCqM6uH7PuIp1l8xcH5pL2NEj5G2OwAlCcjTWavXB-_3HFRTex7qv8LOC1iz1k07y-gfPh2euG_vzKl9aTQyLVH6vQKw2qAbLwjfGo9J7hPgYa-Q8iq9H3G8bPtlKA/s1600/39wks-1.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMiQRcrlnZ3e13oCqM6uH7PuIp1l8xcH5pL2NEj5G2OwAlCcjTWavXB-_3HFRTex7qv8LOC1iz1k07y-gfPh2euG_vzKl9aTQyLVH6vQKw2qAbLwjfGo9J7hPgYa-Q8iq9H3G8bPtlKA/s400/39wks-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524987705102935282" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{39 weeks & 4 days!}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">...and my very last picture pregnant! This was my WONDERFUL L&D nurse, Carol. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh45v_UWsDj8UbDZ-3C3OFy47MW71lU82uPnhw6Co_NlE_tZNX5h86WZ1rYc5rDXaU5K9dtKF3t4rBTiVUoy371ivnqWoYtpa7St_9PCWv7AZUWFLo5b-j_l_QChDnfYU2AgVFp7EpqyE/s1600/GEH+Day+1-7+%232+Edited+4+FB-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh45v_UWsDj8UbDZ-3C3OFy47MW71lU82uPnhw6Co_NlE_tZNX5h86WZ1rYc5rDXaU5K9dtKF3t4rBTiVUoy371ivnqWoYtpa7St_9PCWv7AZUWFLo5b-j_l_QChDnfYU2AgVFp7EpqyE/s400/GEH+Day+1-7+%232+Edited+4+FB-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524987164353196146" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">My water had broke at home at about 10:30am on Aug 9th (3 days before his due date). We made it in to see Dr. Morell about an hour and a half later & then he sent us downstairs to checked in and get pitocin hooked up since I was only having "tiny" contractions on my own. This photo was taken at about 1pm, right after Carol started the pitocin. About 15 minutes later I was having crazy hard contractions out of no where with only about 15-20 seconds rest inbetween. Ya...fun way to experience contractions for the first time! HA! Carol told me later that they had the drip turned up a little too high for me...and that the other nurses could not believe how fast this first time momma was progressing! Thanks to being a Kellmer girl I guess! :) I went from 3cm to 6cm in about an hour, got that lovely epidural and was complete at 4:30 (although my nurse thought I had been there for a while). After 39 minutes of pushing, Greg helped Dr. Morell to deliver our beautiful baby boy, Grady! Hands down the most amazing moment of my life to have my husband help me to deliver our son into the world and place him on my chest...amazing how so instantly I was SO in love with him and felt the "motherly instincts" kick in when I heard his first little cry. As soon as he was in my arms, and I was able to talk to him he instantly stopped crying! So crazy how he knew his momma had him safely in her arms and was ready to love and protect him. :)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{First Family Photo}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I sobbed the moment I saw this photo for the first time. So amazing how such a wonderful, tiny little guy changed our life in an instant! We could NOT be a happier family of 3!</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9WPk-ryhOWxSprv5P-UesJWMQk2r3TogAhPHxW8_90cnq4VM4tVZlwcqQfh4cTUM6mCNWfMEbmBfg-PJ-v4Tatp0PVEmSF2YNvaTemScC5Q8QpzpHk1MeUFsUxSZo53Y_DTqhJO_Lx4/s1600/GEH+Day+1-7+%232+Edited+4+FB-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9WPk-ryhOWxSprv5P-UesJWMQk2r3TogAhPHxW8_90cnq4VM4tVZlwcqQfh4cTUM6mCNWfMEbmBfg-PJ-v4Tatp0PVEmSF2YNvaTemScC5Q8QpzpHk1MeUFsUxSZo53Y_DTqhJO_Lx4/s400/GEH+Day+1-7+%232+Edited+4+FB-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524987007309612418" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{First Bath from Daddy}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I was so proud of Greg for asking out nurse if he could give Grady his first bath. Saying that Greg is a wonderful daddy is a HUGE understatement! :)</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCG9GxD20ATbp3JMsl2ZEgEMtl_3MIBFpEdqcG7OeHxL28Ad36oqvcTVHh7jBk117bNjI-I4YYb1SmhLkRr5l5amevrh9U8PVsUWn3bE4Yl4yapTqxD8EX2ag-q1gG979X04YDjzen55w/s1600/GEH+Day+1-7+%232+Edited+4+FB-3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCG9GxD20ATbp3JMsl2ZEgEMtl_3MIBFpEdqcG7OeHxL28Ad36oqvcTVHh7jBk117bNjI-I4YYb1SmhLkRr5l5amevrh9U8PVsUWn3bE4Yl4yapTqxD8EX2ag-q1gG979X04YDjzen55w/s400/GEH+Day+1-7+%232+Edited+4+FB-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524986696127308418" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{12 hours old}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">...and finally the first photo that mommy got to snap of him. (for sure the first of THOUSANDS! :))</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiroZ1N0Gcrub28z5_ED_LA9dep3ckbUPkP5KK1v9IyvXO8Q7ChAvGHCZwjhs2oCmfXCinWeyCkt4w3Dp_3hoDKmvQfEAh57ooljCKKsRHq-tUWbb4W4ekyQaBDL6lkE4B1dfmTiwDVRH0/s1600/GEH+Day+1-7+%232+Edited+4+FB-8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiroZ1N0Gcrub28z5_ED_LA9dep3ckbUPkP5KK1v9IyvXO8Q7ChAvGHCZwjhs2oCmfXCinWeyCkt4w3Dp_3hoDKmvQfEAh57ooljCKKsRHq-tUWbb4W4ekyQaBDL6lkE4B1dfmTiwDVRH0/s400/GEH+Day+1-7+%232+Edited+4+FB-8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524986485886914226" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{First car ride HOME}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Words can't describe how elated Greg and I were to be leaving that hospital as a family of 3...so wonderful!</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi00wtqGhECBdF61pwLudk-3WaDG9Xf_ZI-0mCbbl7Tg3NWIb4Hcqx2gM5LDwuALLWArEmQBgJddok2tXyDxLWGjWFr4H3IXNOULD6VlFTe8KIUNs2wmwU8eB-f8uuOVaAxIuis5eicjI/s1600/GEH+Day+1-7+%232+Edited+4+FB-16.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi00wtqGhECBdF61pwLudk-3WaDG9Xf_ZI-0mCbbl7Tg3NWIb4Hcqx2gM5LDwuALLWArEmQBgJddok2tXyDxLWGjWFr4H3IXNOULD6VlFTe8KIUNs2wmwU8eB-f8uuOVaAxIuis5eicjI/s400/GEH+Day+1-7+%232+Edited+4+FB-16.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524986218175465874" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{3 days old}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">...and headed to our postpartum check up. Found out that he had lost almost a pound, was jaundice and not doing so well eating. :( Broke this new momma's heart! We started a bit of a crazy feeding/pumping schedule when we got home. It was a bit rough and still kind of a haze, but we got thru it. After his 5th Doctors appointment at about 3 weeks old he was finally back up to a healthy weight! SUCH a relief! Who would have thought our baby would have feeding issues?!?! :)</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV-b5eM6y-tQ6s4p2VBYydZczM3Az-jpDh6WI_F7ky_jwLwT-YTYqCFVuEhoXeTLpbsTWu4eyYCWMGuidAhsNMGP4HZVtK17-Lhd35Io_ljAFHs0mRo_R0Qp5Npx6cg5nQnlS4kVTabWQ/s1600/GEH+Day+1-7+%232+Edited+4+FB-26.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV-b5eM6y-tQ6s4p2VBYydZczM3Az-jpDh6WI_F7ky_jwLwT-YTYqCFVuEhoXeTLpbsTWu4eyYCWMGuidAhsNMGP4HZVtK17-Lhd35Io_ljAFHs0mRo_R0Qp5Npx6cg5nQnlS4kVTabWQ/s400/GEH+Day+1-7+%232+Edited+4+FB-26.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524985786820191970" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{Proud Grammies!}</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFesg7TPAH3PiXmucCKvGuMqZV3uYonaduIty7WKzwBjpBLDet-SOzvr-qB73KcMCqT8i12qnMDQGF9CHFJwlQ6pCYQA5fGxG2_CsmYyR9yI51p2QLtq2QNxNiTrdbfrUTaZP3pgsj1OY/s1600/GEH+Day+1-7+%232+Edited+4+FB-31.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFesg7TPAH3PiXmucCKvGuMqZV3uYonaduIty7WKzwBjpBLDet-SOzvr-qB73KcMCqT8i12qnMDQGF9CHFJwlQ6pCYQA5fGxG2_CsmYyR9yI51p2QLtq2QNxNiTrdbfrUTaZP3pgsj1OY/s400/GEH+Day+1-7+%232+Edited+4+FB-31.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524985561665884658" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{My FAVORITE boys...}</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUafx7osaSDluKiJUFww0E6Q9TiOQkLNvznMxann1O9a8a9KWB6GL9zt80fx1Ef0vbZSJNv6FiAcTay2vwFm8PSz06JMDdg8uVNQl5KQWfW3-apvtNVzDQvA2tjuZS69R_yWGzIYawdo/s1600/GEH+Day+1-7+%232+Edited+4+FB-34.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUafx7osaSDluKiJUFww0E6Q9TiOQkLNvznMxann1O9a8a9KWB6GL9zt80fx1Ef0vbZSJNv6FiAcTay2vwFm8PSz06JMDdg8uVNQl5KQWfW3-apvtNVzDQvA2tjuZS69R_yWGzIYawdo/s400/GEH+Day+1-7+%232+Edited+4+FB-34.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524985302322371202" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{1 week old!}</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzIP-jUmF00p88hI6rwFtZyKXSvqSMeRCsInSbwq9uNl61LAg-lFCpzXudStS1vpZpKNJKZGQyQOhwqgykQrzE8RHPRO9iQJLkienj4W_CX8a6Ddno7-IjM9wdK5irLDM7hfGicd5Cdwc/s1600/GEH+Day+7-12+Edited+4+FB-3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzIP-jUmF00p88hI6rwFtZyKXSvqSMeRCsInSbwq9uNl61LAg-lFCpzXudStS1vpZpKNJKZGQyQOhwqgykQrzE8RHPRO9iQJLkienj4W_CX8a6Ddno7-IjM9wdK5irLDM7hfGicd5Cdwc/s400/GEH+Day+7-12+Edited+4+FB-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524985009212206658" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{First photo shoot @ 10 days old}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The blue blanket is one that my Grandma Kellmer made for Grady. I had one just like it when I was little (with pink and other girly colors) that was my beloved blankie. Needless to say, when I opened this gift in the hospital the day after Grady was born, I kind of lost it...like sobbing lost it. :) It's super special.</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWlGH3CN5bAVRCuNYp7Kn4CrXqUGt7pP10oq3iiRhD_HyAXBEzqeO4hRtRoB8neDq8CxTQaHJnqLiXzFESYuSB-wsMBQ9qSDpZta_K7DdAAngDyG7WOE-ASAAirXN9S-9wSIhKHPCuv20/s1600/GEH+Day+7-12+Edited+4+FB-18.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWlGH3CN5bAVRCuNYp7Kn4CrXqUGt7pP10oq3iiRhD_HyAXBEzqeO4hRtRoB8neDq8CxTQaHJnqLiXzFESYuSB-wsMBQ9qSDpZta_K7DdAAngDyG7WOE-ASAAirXN9S-9wSIhKHPCuv20/s400/GEH+Day+7-12+Edited+4+FB-18.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524984543883115650" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{Meeting Great G'ma Headrick}</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgownnMeBB1-YyzbwAwC-GAS3RILlv7Ro7UOoBhADRZcJdykyPHOTDiyBC-VmxwN5ASer4PiAB05i0UzEK_MVfZmb61C0a0A1qqzXa5uk3YVx3Z7XWsmowSv0zg0va11SyZ8ZF0sSLu85Y/s1600/GEH+Day+7-12+Edited+4+FB-26.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgownnMeBB1-YyzbwAwC-GAS3RILlv7Ro7UOoBhADRZcJdykyPHOTDiyBC-VmxwN5ASer4PiAB05i0UzEK_MVfZmb61C0a0A1qqzXa5uk3YVx3Z7XWsmowSv0zg0va11SyZ8ZF0sSLu85Y/s400/GEH+Day+7-12+Edited+4+FB-26.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524984353422032050" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{SUCH a happy fam...}</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmpwAurfFHorfBDascERWB6DBwRTUPy6mHdP1PhMiLQdpEn-7UVnIkVzurT55wST9JbYQLp9QtiGwxdg_KbhB5C_AfFlldm44q-PS-OhD6oKm_i1n7V7Db46kT3vkHUNOnpfFtYUgbIQ/s1600/GEH+Day+14-16+Edited+4+FB-28.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmpwAurfFHorfBDascERWB6DBwRTUPy6mHdP1PhMiLQdpEn-7UVnIkVzurT55wST9JbYQLp9QtiGwxdg_KbhB5C_AfFlldm44q-PS-OhD6oKm_i1n7V7Db46kT3vkHUNOnpfFtYUgbIQ/s400/GEH+Day+14-16+Edited+4+FB-28.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524984059534704322" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{Two Weeks Old}</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW5npEbDW5Ozy9CdBuk7txAmUpzWZv3EXvWAIuL5q6vt_W_VYG2t9FQxOIMatAOgHULGcX37iD1SKAoVnPUaHHH2CBHzXtqAx-Tzloju2LLDRJ03SPadA6XUIn4L2AxpPFA5r0Y9qRBlU/s1600/GEH+Day+14-16+Edited+4+FB-33.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW5npEbDW5Ozy9CdBuk7txAmUpzWZv3EXvWAIuL5q6vt_W_VYG2t9FQxOIMatAOgHULGcX37iD1SKAoVnPUaHHH2CBHzXtqAx-Tzloju2LLDRJ03SPadA6XUIn4L2AxpPFA5r0Y9qRBlU/s400/GEH+Day+14-16+Edited+4+FB-33.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524983869482421890" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{Great Grandpa Young singing to Grady}</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTlfvW4SoZ7n4YCig5oWRZLqTCVwqDpTnoT2OYl7Deip7Mo4gKttUKb_8S8yrBv9GWzQJYzDDtD3aviwvBbrzZleiApd2DTbMLCMCPiQHQfnoivXi6mvCH4ingSKR7_umZt34lMYawsBM/s1600/GEH+Day+14-16+Edited+4+FB-39.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTlfvW4SoZ7n4YCig5oWRZLqTCVwqDpTnoT2OYl7Deip7Mo4gKttUKb_8S8yrBv9GWzQJYzDDtD3aviwvBbrzZleiApd2DTbMLCMCPiQHQfnoivXi6mvCH4ingSKR7_umZt34lMYawsBM/s400/GEH+Day+14-16+Edited+4+FB-39.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524983561839332274" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{19 Days old}</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bFtaHNAlS7l-u4xdcP83PGXo2hgGteBYT-kvroXkWPb3ala_PTT3K6b-cZx1-oyb-hFCwjYq_UyfD_P-U2hejdw4ok_QNLJYaeU2fQOD5g1MGbIC8TB1tew1jTwWPvUv61tDWLT6Koc/s1600/GEH+Day+19-20+Edited+4+FB-8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bFtaHNAlS7l-u4xdcP83PGXo2hgGteBYT-kvroXkWPb3ala_PTT3K6b-cZx1-oyb-hFCwjYq_UyfD_P-U2hejdw4ok_QNLJYaeU2fQOD5g1MGbIC8TB1tew1jTwWPvUv61tDWLT6Koc/s400/GEH+Day+19-20+Edited+4+FB-8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524983312996908930" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{6 weeks old}</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vLxCR2U6fDpozRlEsKXDoZ4jEe1HIMzJlFlC03B30mv-P-70Xqm724QBpGm-m0FtEucooF-98cAl2C2rGi50FXcjYVqrX4MF56qVkIz3p_WYPQABHOTW9P2mKD8mKhxkx9SBuYkWUsI/s1600/6wks-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vLxCR2U6fDpozRlEsKXDoZ4jEe1HIMzJlFlC03B30mv-P-70Xqm724QBpGm-m0FtEucooF-98cAl2C2rGi50FXcjYVqrX4MF56qVkIz3p_WYPQABHOTW9P2mKD8mKhxkx9SBuYkWUsI/s400/6wks-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524983072516179554" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and we finally make it back to present day...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{8 weeks old}</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWA3Qaol8lEyp5jqMopPdAWMuVJ8dB8wWZXIbNxDkclEoIGipNRbDrRpej7N_Wad0vjcl-3MH4u4De0-UNfIHIwW6xTDDU9X4sNmTT7Nhqi0SHU0LoNYiDXNbG3Y-ES0Hlqyq8FUU7Oo/s1600/Pics4Ann-9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWA3Qaol8lEyp5jqMopPdAWMuVJ8dB8wWZXIbNxDkclEoIGipNRbDrRpej7N_Wad0vjcl-3MH4u4De0-UNfIHIwW6xTDDU9X4sNmTT7Nhqi0SHU0LoNYiDXNbG3Y-ES0Hlqyq8FUU7Oo/s400/Pics4Ann-9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524982278888192850" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I hope you enjoyed our little journey of our little man! I will try and be a little better about updates from here on out! :)</span></div><div> </div>Kara Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326281508034231685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453299487520821541.post-48934224490236340612010-07-09T09:49:00.000-07:002010-07-09T10:25:44.032-07:00One big happy {Family}<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikVvM5J2wG9VV0UB9KIG7U6bjfkN1lq3gd0SmWJfIvhC56lR1cOOeHLADjSlqJD2XG3lFNC3_7217UopowWZXeCBdfCeDt6M_XV3_AFNJAq95ZIWbXbfFRjlfFi6W9-iW-XjroxhyphenhyphenK3Q/s1600/WMChengSP-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikVvM5J2wG9VV0UB9KIG7U6bjfkN1lq3gd0SmWJfIvhC56lR1cOOeHLADjSlqJD2XG3lFNC3_7217UopowWZXeCBdfCeDt6M_XV3_AFNJAq95ZIWbXbfFRjlfFi6W9-iW-XjroxhyphenhyphenK3Q/s400/WMChengSP-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491951977404850594" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Not only do I adore Amy as my friend, we also share similar passions. One of those passions is to fight human trafficking with the <a href="http://www.eastsidewomenofpurpose.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Eastside Women of Purpose.</span></a> We also both share a love for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://amychengphoto.blogspot.com/">Photography</a></span>. So - when Amy let me know she wanted to help to support my last trip to Thailand by purchasing a photo session as a gift to her in-laws I was super honored and excited!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Photographing the Cheng Family was such a fun way to wrap up my last session before we have our sweet little guy in August. I'm pretty sure that the Cheng's new little addition will be great buddies with our little guy in no time! :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are the "original FOUR"...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4-g5RNbNdcBUwhsABn0MTZcLllLdCdW1A9tXPpUde0EGzWAgJ5i1F8SvLNqIwRYVa38fiiJhG1rYmrEqHPyy5pBtxdU8-NiwOABqbmMsmZbjnlTsZRRqmzrg5uurNo0GbvLDhhK7AuN8/s1600/WMChengSP-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4-g5RNbNdcBUwhsABn0MTZcLllLdCdW1A9tXPpUde0EGzWAgJ5i1F8SvLNqIwRYVa38fiiJhG1rYmrEqHPyy5pBtxdU8-NiwOABqbmMsmZbjnlTsZRRqmzrg5uurNo0GbvLDhhK7AuN8/s400/WMChengSP-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491951890696492242" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The sweet new family of FIVE...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQsLk_mlW6Zj_vLtIsucjgg9kqv7wGf-T7bHyTzdXQlY3c5PFczPxRnkVcB8lReMs3DtwFCypyq8qVMkntg7LGRFGUcztjK7qBOMkFbBbb2-f1QebJvvufmcgkI5eJRwBQ_1ioILM67w/s1600/WMChengSP-3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQsLk_mlW6Zj_vLtIsucjgg9kqv7wGf-T7bHyTzdXQlY3c5PFczPxRnkVcB8lReMs3DtwFCypyq8qVMkntg7LGRFGUcztjK7qBOMkFbBbb2-f1QebJvvufmcgkI5eJRwBQ_1ioILM67w/s400/WMChengSP-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491951791311850370" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It all started with these TWO...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7YwGGqwDWRoVft34ml8GJMpl5CJpXesJh4DgqPYmFHGwBBzRsBpCul41Ss-T-uWdkzGyTaLgO1DT3cmRcaVT8PPcEydcsE1yowT8lzTveS3KCPEI91M7s7KDoFV3jRWt2IyPQVr9jkKU/s1600/WMChengSP-4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7YwGGqwDWRoVft34ml8GJMpl5CJpXesJh4DgqPYmFHGwBBzRsBpCul41Ss-T-uWdkzGyTaLgO1DT3cmRcaVT8PPcEydcsE1yowT8lzTveS3KCPEI91M7s7KDoFV3jRWt2IyPQVr9jkKU/s400/WMChengSP-4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491951689451297282" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And who could resist taking photos of these TWO?!?!...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcDfXJMiCIiVKLp5E1VU60bioHMHLtNc8-mVCz0waDKLqtLUzeUHcW_EtAKsdSFvqjkXXrZnZLlvfJXkBjwZFEvlAedsxcmdjSm4dklGh-AaDooCbAJR6U2L9MzosRfFx459Qk1rKEP0/s1600/WMChengSP-5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcDfXJMiCIiVKLp5E1VU60bioHMHLtNc8-mVCz0waDKLqtLUzeUHcW_EtAKsdSFvqjkXXrZnZLlvfJXkBjwZFEvlAedsxcmdjSm4dklGh-AaDooCbAJR6U2L9MzosRfFx459Qk1rKEP0/s400/WMChengSP-5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491951591091712722" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks again to you ALL for a great sunny Saturday afternoon in the park! And thank you SO much for helping to make it possible for me to travel back to Thailand last November!</div>Kara Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326281508034231685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453299487520821541.post-74982972087219121952010-06-26T19:14:00.000-07:002010-06-26T19:41:22.937-07:00{HELLOOOO sunshine, we've missed you!}<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjXRlhWaW2Mhe3LsD-BxsIUk2uUWaCBo-yoeR2pdRM0gST8OU4wMPNzYL1ML6n_zqTHtqxAzd2ugH8Im0gtX4PVFuZ5Lghl9K2ne2QrnUsmBxddzd7XLfneMP3drFwB74MhBT3B0JDz_s/s1600/GW+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjXRlhWaW2Mhe3LsD-BxsIUk2uUWaCBo-yoeR2pdRM0gST8OU4wMPNzYL1ML6n_zqTHtqxAzd2ugH8Im0gtX4PVFuZ5Lghl9K2ne2QrnUsmBxddzd7XLfneMP3drFwB74MhBT3B0JDz_s/s400/GW+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487272799720674018" /></a>So I am officially on "maternity leave" from my little photog biz, but just had to get this family shoot in 2 weekends ago. We had been re-scheduling for weeks...trying to hold out for a great summer Seattle day. Well, it was totally worth the wait! We had the most beautiful day to take photos!<div>We started out at Gas Works Park. It proved to be a little challenging cause for some reason the REST of Seattle wanted to enjoy the nice day too!?!? Imagine that! :) HA! <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVf8LmCfiMTIH0iAYES2-DLNjKhViJf4Ut9080ORPT20Vaftp_9Vcw_egNty2AXDKdIzheGcKdlM8fVtgiTkXJbZ_IcD7LuSYnh00AFXnm7OtwR44IpzefVThTHoOFvDGZET443Mrna30/s1600/B&W+%231.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVf8LmCfiMTIH0iAYES2-DLNjKhViJf4Ut9080ORPT20Vaftp_9Vcw_egNty2AXDKdIzheGcKdlM8fVtgiTkXJbZ_IcD7LuSYnh00AFXnm7OtwR44IpzefVThTHoOFvDGZET443Mrna30/s400/B&W+%231.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487272537919289074" /></a>So after Gas Works, the Grubb's family took me to their favorite ice cream shop, <a href="http://www.mollymoonicecream.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Molly Moon's</span></a> in Wallingford. And oh boy! If you have never indulged in <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.mollymoonicecream.com/">Molly Moon's</a></span> - you simply MUST do it soon! Hands down, my single scoop of Salted Caramel was the BEST ice cream I have ever had! I think they enjoyed their ice cream too...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWKVZVY1mE1clU_ZtEwZu3Pm4iAM5V8w1cjd9s5kf4xOVjguwkIvk_o74YN9rgLbh5QhL4r3nz89_OtGmX6TGgLq0UM0OwuGtTo8RLgHWgurJWDUWAsIS8J2zePU8qDDFnJJPqweRqI8/s1600/MM's+%232.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWKVZVY1mE1clU_ZtEwZu3Pm4iAM5V8w1cjd9s5kf4xOVjguwkIvk_o74YN9rgLbh5QhL4r3nz89_OtGmX6TGgLq0UM0OwuGtTo8RLgHWgurJWDUWAsIS8J2zePU8qDDFnJJPqweRqI8/s400/MM's+%232.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487272440535196130" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfc0pVXJJvSAtXK_TYzqINhKw9p0NUYV6nUV2DcoYvd5PD9KvKsGx_ZLnHPsdHyRUr5r4dWiFpMGSmOolDVUiWAVXpamHM9DNyBWY8fbtatR217Gl2n0H-0B0ExlAuN8ezoWee_5gzYPs/s1600/MM's+%234.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfc0pVXJJvSAtXK_TYzqINhKw9p0NUYV6nUV2DcoYvd5PD9KvKsGx_ZLnHPsdHyRUr5r4dWiFpMGSmOolDVUiWAVXpamHM9DNyBWY8fbtatR217Gl2n0H-0B0ExlAuN8ezoWee_5gzYPs/s400/MM's+%234.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487272358518556898" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNEOtTMHTJI2FuktGrmQ9k6GSL7XeN28ufNK3eVRaMjRbauVJjOVR_iVh-48O-_hPcNDxViY1XW93DQNSHHu9oRcP0P5fKixy_C6gaBCCWd4bN2uN2FmS-3LRSdc_TStZCVQF4NidLig/s1600/MM's+%233.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNEOtTMHTJI2FuktGrmQ9k6GSL7XeN28ufNK3eVRaMjRbauVJjOVR_iVh-48O-_hPcNDxViY1XW93DQNSHHu9oRcP0P5fKixy_C6gaBCCWd4bN2uN2FmS-3LRSdc_TStZCVQF4NidLig/s400/MM's+%233.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487272284709573874" /></a>Thanks so much to you guys for so generously supporting my trip to Thailand last November with the purchase of this special shoot! I had a BLAST with you, and I look forward to the next time we get to hang out and take photos! :)</div>Kara Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326281508034231685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453299487520821541.post-28348261989199212452010-04-26T22:04:00.000-07:002010-04-26T22:20:54.246-07:00{growing baby boys}<div style="text-align: center;">Last weekend I had way too much fun getting to photograph a 2 week old baby boy, and then the next day, a 1 year old boy that I started photographing just shy of a year ago!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The sweet little guy being snuggled by mommy in his adorable green animal room...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgekw2kgiDxEhyphenhyphenXplW0GLt9zk-YhFN46zRdmGVWrbVkrYAJbvgj1qxluItGIunn_pb6hj8kAZEfkIpZ_NmhtVyZTLOuvjmPGQVr0JY-6QDZyR67ss2_b-k_hdHn4V5VpwAR-3wDVpI0odc/s1600/wm+c%27s+sp+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgekw2kgiDxEhyphenhyphenXplW0GLt9zk-YhFN46zRdmGVWrbVkrYAJbvgj1qxluItGIunn_pb6hj8kAZEfkIpZ_NmhtVyZTLOuvjmPGQVr0JY-6QDZyR67ss2_b-k_hdHn4V5VpwAR-3wDVpI0odc/s400/wm+c%27s+sp+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464679811168351986" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">He had the best head of hair on him!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOhp_zRl_kb35OVII2gQAH3W4NUDumhWhNnMVAdeR_LzqA8UyZa4If_3GiTDv4vzC3llJsk9N81Nos4pZauuDrEOSVq4Uv-hEqwsO7sIW3amqWGVCzM9RzNY1j9C2FL0770rr2ZOaULL0/s1600/wm+c%27s+sp+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOhp_zRl_kb35OVII2gQAH3W4NUDumhWhNnMVAdeR_LzqA8UyZa4If_3GiTDv4vzC3llJsk9N81Nos4pZauuDrEOSVq4Uv-hEqwsO7sIW3amqWGVCzM9RzNY1j9C2FL0770rr2ZOaULL0/s400/wm+c%27s+sp+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464679738902372002" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Sweet little sleeper...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1TbveWvRA13eO5Q2rwg65IauJMXLfTWfDT7tBgYryAYl3BEVwtClLSMM1gg8j7QgQzUyShEewOI0QObaWuFJP1Hnnf__I3VAgB11p_hsaBhnkBSH4RZxaOuENobhJRBTvnKuVa_Z7BP0/s1600/wm+c%27s+sp+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1TbveWvRA13eO5Q2rwg65IauJMXLfTWfDT7tBgYryAYl3BEVwtClLSMM1gg8j7QgQzUyShEewOI0QObaWuFJP1Hnnf__I3VAgB11p_hsaBhnkBSH4RZxaOuENobhJRBTvnKuVa_Z7BP0/s400/wm+c%27s+sp+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464679638434580978" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Then wide awake for more pics!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Ov3DLSsyj7SugK0mSgChnISqyvIJ7KtfQPf2a3O2nVxXiBLVaqspe19Xv9cUQ8xytp2iAJSpi3Y4GpQkKYinjyCCqFzXauewJaS4cyugw4GT5XTvVAmzt8bZo3mbf792dN8Ps9W8xX8/s1600/wm+c%27s+sp+4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Ov3DLSsyj7SugK0mSgChnISqyvIJ7KtfQPf2a3O2nVxXiBLVaqspe19Xv9cUQ8xytp2iAJSpi3Y4GpQkKYinjyCCqFzXauewJaS4cyugw4GT5XTvVAmzt8bZo3mbf792dN8Ps9W8xX8/s400/wm+c%27s+sp+4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464679478233514098" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And then the next day it was my favorite little man...I can't believe how fast this past year has gone by! I did my first shoot with this little guy when he was just 3 months old. Now he is quite the busy little guy... crawling all over!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjquhPBpkMJT6rqLkZ4N5xqh3jAN0M7e2IDMDg7Wr1u_2NvdZcTYrc7FDFmQNUS4TJwzaGlj7PL24myB08cDPNn_h9zKQUOAXYWOrpDBV6t46AJ8O082Pzx451kZ2fXpgonrrRjEBxoy4/s1600/wm+cooper+sp+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjquhPBpkMJT6rqLkZ4N5xqh3jAN0M7e2IDMDg7Wr1u_2NvdZcTYrc7FDFmQNUS4TJwzaGlj7PL24myB08cDPNn_h9zKQUOAXYWOrpDBV6t46AJ8O082Pzx451kZ2fXpgonrrRjEBxoy4/s400/wm+cooper+sp+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464679352295901090" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS4uB_bkG_0rVRHbZBUQGdTnWygx0qjMsMmeq23r0MKM6kfSiCjS-uKbdGp_pf3aEgu0CDR-o0JxEDfTTCvFToFh1m_SIzXd6jI1ox3trhT5028xMmZhHKRIRSOZLg6qaXlPRVQUNPmqI/s1600/wm+cooper+sp+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS4uB_bkG_0rVRHbZBUQGdTnWygx0qjMsMmeq23r0MKM6kfSiCjS-uKbdGp_pf3aEgu0CDR-o0JxEDfTTCvFToFh1m_SIzXd6jI1ox3trhT5028xMmZhHKRIRSOZLg6qaXlPRVQUNPmqI/s400/wm+cooper+sp+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464679269742367170" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Having fun with mommy...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiEn_4U3pRV_fZyTZRDH3rcJYFAKXNPN75_pSvaiSw6jgG3U8aH5L2FQaARm6b_vDs5rqICAtwZka_dTFwdjdn2xaZ8WcaZ1WNCDrlu-kmDtRXLwDKq96HP_RJZiplomTmSdvtmH_X-_c/s1600/wm+cooper+sp+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiEn_4U3pRV_fZyTZRDH3rcJYFAKXNPN75_pSvaiSw6jgG3U8aH5L2FQaARm6b_vDs5rqICAtwZka_dTFwdjdn2xaZ8WcaZ1WNCDrlu-kmDtRXLwDKq96HP_RJZiplomTmSdvtmH_X-_c/s400/wm+cooper+sp+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464679190223916242" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Oh my, those blue eyes!!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7_RoJzIQ1zvZIzdanm9ltUGlvXhrjDeZNnPFbTSpn3HfuHnuumpZ7F5w5p-QqfwLjPQg43iayCZO6vCbNz3efHi68zwgjXt09MQEV2SzA8Yo6ip_CppeAcnro2ympg64E4Zvh9TzCmg/s1600/wm+cooper+sp+4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7_RoJzIQ1zvZIzdanm9ltUGlvXhrjDeZNnPFbTSpn3HfuHnuumpZ7F5w5p-QqfwLjPQg43iayCZO6vCbNz3efHi68zwgjXt09MQEV2SzA8Yo6ip_CppeAcnro2ympg64E4Zvh9TzCmg/s400/wm+cooper+sp+4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464679096434289970" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I have found that since knowing that we have our own little man on his way, I have an extra soft spot in my heart for these little guys! I can't wait to start documenting his little life and growth through his first year too!</div>Kara Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326281508034231685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453299487520821541.post-55428868901115611962010-04-20T21:17:00.000-07:002010-04-20T21:30:36.785-07:00{Jesse & Amber} a South Dakota Wedding...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZp0eA3RNtu5kiFUc36Jt96rPpqhkupvDwCh-ktK8uj4YGY38ZSSbqWqeGyTxUCZc5k3gyXqi8Lp-J40tuKhog3G_MhI2qq0nMpEHdC726RZ1f_e4sf73CKzZ1BYB488BSDtM8q2mk-F0/s1600/WM+J%26A+SP+5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZp0eA3RNtu5kiFUc36Jt96rPpqhkupvDwCh-ktK8uj4YGY38ZSSbqWqeGyTxUCZc5k3gyXqi8Lp-J40tuKhog3G_MhI2qq0nMpEHdC726RZ1f_e4sf73CKzZ1BYB488BSDtM8q2mk-F0/s400/WM+J%26A+SP+5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462441157727520002" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicWnZvr8vR0HH9qmrShxSlWSczxWpjhpzVIMnJoaXIHYOxynIflQQIpD0TedphQo54tLSsQV7eoNzVzPcyY02UfzHmrg9FMaxifZPf-nCy5FqKzvI5_DCv7MUKi17ChP13XGRpnO69UOo/s1600/WM+J%26A+SP+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicWnZvr8vR0HH9qmrShxSlWSczxWpjhpzVIMnJoaXIHYOxynIflQQIpD0TedphQo54tLSsQV7eoNzVzPcyY02UfzHmrg9FMaxifZPf-nCy5FqKzvI5_DCv7MUKi17ChP13XGRpnO69UOo/s400/WM+J%26A+SP+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462441082343374930" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP8fDqy2zebb9vII4nUufyVWtOy1qSNuw_hQQn1Z-032e_uL9MU4QNsZd_DxeJvKdvQOSgrbx8xloWXiDsvOdQQhKSZn9I3EZ1PJmVBZ_g0Ec_rDhmoEqFKVjWdNWfN-vb3KFru_IVpYM/s1600/WM+J%26A+SP+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP8fDqy2zebb9vII4nUufyVWtOy1qSNuw_hQQn1Z-032e_uL9MU4QNsZd_DxeJvKdvQOSgrbx8xloWXiDsvOdQQhKSZn9I3EZ1PJmVBZ_g0Ec_rDhmoEqFKVjWdNWfN-vb3KFru_IVpYM/s400/WM+J%26A+SP+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462440941826285698" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPSBsjALFLIwq7rkMpUsCx-quy-AqmEXGSZMbMKl5iCCzw0KMJUIgE7xTp9qqP0nJwP6XoJ7KUsEDpu2bwt3GFLCXwHHSAit7iZGvPCILp5QuifmWNVqWcSeOWIcnToaNzpMz-q29B1Vw/s1600/WM+J%26A+SP+4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPSBsjALFLIwq7rkMpUsCx-quy-AqmEXGSZMbMKl5iCCzw0KMJUIgE7xTp9qqP0nJwP6XoJ7KUsEDpu2bwt3GFLCXwHHSAit7iZGvPCILp5QuifmWNVqWcSeOWIcnToaNzpMz-q29B1Vw/s400/WM+J%26A+SP+4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462440744480438898" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here is just a little sneak peek of a few of my favorites from my last wedding for awhile (crazy to say that the next wedding that I photograph I will be a mommy!!). I had such a blast getting to travel to South Dakota for this very special wedding. Amber was one of my roomies my senior year of college in Kansas and we had SO much fun catching up and celebrating her wedding...the last of the 4 of us roomies from room 204 to tie the knot! :)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Amber & Jesse - I trust you are having a blast in Mexico! I hope you enjoy your little sneak peek! I'm SO excited for you two and the future ahead of you. Your love for each other and for Jesus shines quite bright! :) You are a blessing to me! Thanks for trusting me capture your special day!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Kara Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326281508034231685noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453299487520821541.post-14430888532700998532010-03-20T13:09:00.000-07:002010-03-20T13:24:40.819-07:00{Matt & Mikale's Kailua Wedding} a little sneak peek...<div>I can't stand it any longer! (and I am sure M&M can't either!) It is time to post a few sneak peek photos of Matt & Mikale's wedding. I will start with some of the "Getting Ready" photos. I love the contrast of what the guys do compared to the girls!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The GUYS "getting ready"...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTImKOnAVCMrtxjjLbJVLH9yixmdCJO7Nms4Rll8sCdB8_0E-3h0kVfftm72PqLBlv50OT6y_cmHtbzDh1-fPKP3l7t146Rgi6RP5HuITSXy63CH3dMSUNRW3nOunzOdSL2tm43VsyWPs/s1600-h/Guys+"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTImKOnAVCMrtxjjLbJVLH9yixmdCJO7Nms4Rll8sCdB8_0E-3h0kVfftm72PqLBlv50OT6y_cmHtbzDh1-fPKP3l7t146Rgi6RP5HuITSXy63CH3dMSUNRW3nOunzOdSL2tm43VsyWPs/s400/Guys+" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450812265681104674" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Matt's "getting ready" pre-game meal...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwlek_fN_JgCde2osg4O_8KUMW9HeFKf9sObNeoDi1wKNqbmT_2Sr7kXmuKDvjRCMsMH988NJ-71oDXSA5jpJBw-_OPaJF4wOYxnth1Oml6RXjAyrHioqXS1dGSgcMuiMrfsf6rOTqb8/s1600-h/Matt's+Steak.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwlek_fN_JgCde2osg4O_8KUMW9HeFKf9sObNeoDi1wKNqbmT_2Sr7kXmuKDvjRCMsMH988NJ-71oDXSA5jpJBw-_OPaJF4wOYxnth1Oml6RXjAyrHioqXS1dGSgcMuiMrfsf6rOTqb8/s400/Matt's+Steak.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450812192753821570" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Mikale getting ready...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztDqiKk389tMqCdY36ELv2c50Vk1JmZotqAPX4HdgRKboK7V-v-QBxyioGlHitepT2fTOh1u1YDyqBOXl51-4J7uWh-szzYhKS-I30m1WYR9fWbgYHiwEDPgyGj2Mye2LN-VizKpQf2Y/s1600-h/Mik's+Makeup.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztDqiKk389tMqCdY36ELv2c50Vk1JmZotqAPX4HdgRKboK7V-v-QBxyioGlHitepT2fTOh1u1YDyqBOXl51-4J7uWh-szzYhKS-I30m1WYR9fWbgYHiwEDPgyGj2Mye2LN-VizKpQf2Y/s400/Mik's+Makeup.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450812071431206354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Mom, sis & bride getting ready...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJS2qW2qsj8Dg75fDHanvh314oTpwiNrL5yANafSTb3xu-vKvNLVhfPwHgzgWXLEgwxd1yGvA7huHizSe2TOpDIh1k0ovzoDtzVbUdvArTvufaaMnyBFPx_Ff-7y8eXoZzy1tZJuM9vto/s1600-h/Mik,+Sis,+Mom.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJS2qW2qsj8Dg75fDHanvh314oTpwiNrL5yANafSTb3xu-vKvNLVhfPwHgzgWXLEgwxd1yGvA7huHizSe2TOpDIh1k0ovzoDtzVbUdvArTvufaaMnyBFPx_Ff-7y8eXoZzy1tZJuM9vto/s400/Mik,+Sis,+Mom.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450811833853648722" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">ALL the girls getting ready...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GV0Gnkgn8964z6XTcH0cVBjvA6Ln2EMfdcPaZqKkv3IJ5-a3Wk92SCPG9XVbwtr6P2yPLkcFcSjFwHCsevAhe9e3ZOdMrFG18j3DGKs8w6RvmudXd6tVylfyaMXTp0VHb6piwMUFloU/s1600-h/Girl's+getting+ready.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GV0Gnkgn8964z6XTcH0cVBjvA6Ln2EMfdcPaZqKkv3IJ5-a3Wk92SCPG9XVbwtr6P2yPLkcFcSjFwHCsevAhe9e3ZOdMrFG18j3DGKs8w6RvmudXd6tVylfyaMXTp0VHb6piwMUFloU/s400/Girl's+getting+ready.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450811598310107634" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And here is one of my ALL TIME favorite first look moments...these two are SO in love it is contagious! :) Even though you can't see Matt's eyes, you just KNOW how in love he is with his STUNNING bride...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvKX_mr9xmUNyCsEFR5_Ijsu8UheoLmwgIYARDQ0oKHVUANx0LmR_fG9wdlMxtMh3dhRbNSBALqygJACZSWQxQvaifPlt5FUTSVjRh3iUgsBoLe4IsCNMKlpff-s4hgDH_17Lo9b8Sqg/s1600-h/M&M's+First+Look.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvKX_mr9xmUNyCsEFR5_Ijsu8UheoLmwgIYARDQ0oKHVUANx0LmR_fG9wdlMxtMh3dhRbNSBALqygJACZSWQxQvaifPlt5FUTSVjRh3iUgsBoLe4IsCNMKlpff-s4hgDH_17Lo9b8Sqg/s400/M&M's+First+Look.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450811441900490322" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">More coming soon...</div>Kara Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326281508034231685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453299487520821541.post-44059903311709299742010-03-18T21:28:00.000-07:002010-03-18T21:37:14.029-07:00{photo update...}<div>It has been awhile since I have show some of my work...</div><div style="text-align: right;">...here are a few of my recent favorites:</div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Levi & Greyson at Mariners Fan Fest...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8bXXcukkyx8rvIOOim1TfNXfrYsqoTss-9O-EYYV2S93ugE68OKXAnkFUKn-bxdj5UE4k25_wclB-YKe6xd4Ls14E-Ahyphenhyphen3fLc9jj3bd8qrAiDKWeBrWGcWV3FnNXsalAAd_KsJ988sg/s1600-h/L&G+in+Glove.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8bXXcukkyx8rvIOOim1TfNXfrYsqoTss-9O-EYYV2S93ugE68OKXAnkFUKn-bxdj5UE4k25_wclB-YKe6xd4Ls14E-Ahyphenhyphen3fLc9jj3bd8qrAiDKWeBrWGcWV3FnNXsalAAd_KsJ988sg/s400/L&G+in+Glove.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450197886012287698" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A sweet party thrown by my wonderful friend <a href="http://www.theinvisiblehostess.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Sheena</span></a>...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzWDczRAQtVJgHQnuKpYfaq4F7Pc728taXgMLi_v77TxQZ6xrly_ASLaB9Eg4nJpITKcKoYYGe_qPS9MlCUPWFEW3P731LyII9CKjvwGUzxFs9E6jro0hWDG2c47vmG46pD3Vy4WEl2E/s1600-h/KM+Drinks.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzWDczRAQtVJgHQnuKpYfaq4F7Pc728taXgMLi_v77TxQZ6xrly_ASLaB9Eg4nJpITKcKoYYGe_qPS9MlCUPWFEW3P731LyII9CKjvwGUzxFs9E6jro0hWDG2c47vmG46pD3Vy4WEl2E/s400/KM+Drinks.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450197771924217138" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She throws THE BEST parties as <a href="http://www.theinvisiblehostess.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">The Invisible Hostess</span></a>...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hubhTfaoleW0YnXexoprUEHAdevqkdx5pLRCmmE6qWdF9x5x1As_zdBGR8jmNHjs-aZGXUfSLC-dHwi3U84zsYwJW_JnL_UEBNVTarwv7KfUowksTrSKWmIcrxa-8ZK4Fhh24Xa25Zc/s1600-h/KM+Dessert.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hubhTfaoleW0YnXexoprUEHAdevqkdx5pLRCmmE6qWdF9x5x1As_zdBGR8jmNHjs-aZGXUfSLC-dHwi3U84zsYwJW_JnL_UEBNVTarwv7KfUowksTrSKWmIcrxa-8ZK4Fhh24Xa25Zc/s400/KM+Dessert.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450197608254129346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fun Senior Session...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiwIN4girqcjt9Pk-Xz45n8DJUTnh6SdmrSUJqKLO2z-Spfz-SADs17VWVuE0uN-nm9WCp6yhyK7Ci6WYdgeaU7Q8DVrIpMrD1mjak1SVRlcuJ3wd6jT_0SFAM3Uedrwg1FkD8uVCQmCE/s1600-h/Shoes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiwIN4girqcjt9Pk-Xz45n8DJUTnh6SdmrSUJqKLO2z-Spfz-SADs17VWVuE0uN-nm9WCp6yhyK7Ci6WYdgeaU7Q8DVrIpMrD1mjak1SVRlcuJ3wd6jT_0SFAM3Uedrwg1FkD8uVCQmCE/s400/Shoes.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450197529778875314" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Some Portrait fun...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSsN-32KPX0OqPcL9eXphfuMC6-9kHD_zPBos6OMFWWnHdzeWAi_xkA5YwwQbcSvg2vAxnNLbfrPtcgRnONglE90lAPp0RXYbbRiKqcJ9UHGAvU5DEdXgYn24vcs1WTQ44-L0ATORcAi8/s1600-h/Katy+treesun.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSsN-32KPX0OqPcL9eXphfuMC6-9kHD_zPBos6OMFWWnHdzeWAi_xkA5YwwQbcSvg2vAxnNLbfrPtcgRnONglE90lAPp0RXYbbRiKqcJ9UHGAvU5DEdXgYn24vcs1WTQ44-L0ATORcAi8/s400/Katy+treesun.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450197450513861074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Family Sessions with sweet babies...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPgDkTl4gksttSUawv5VCrMGl2wIFmGlbPjZtNYgZbn3_IpNTpid5Pw81c_7o-FmJ2__QLLzCvqOr8XfAAHHhSZEzpQMXxONwGGyvW20ngQb1CVajUjDryo60ezD7D4FPrRWc_gjA0twg/s1600-h/Izzy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPgDkTl4gksttSUawv5VCrMGl2wIFmGlbPjZtNYgZbn3_IpNTpid5Pw81c_7o-FmJ2__QLLzCvqOr8XfAAHHhSZEzpQMXxONwGGyvW20ngQb1CVajUjDryo60ezD7D4FPrRWc_gjA0twg/s400/Izzy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450197363898179250" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">AND, check back soon!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I will have some fun Hawaii Wedding Sneak Peeks coming very soon!!!</div>Kara Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326281508034231685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453299487520821541.post-81003607906322890392010-03-13T10:48:00.000-08:002010-03-14T20:47:05.404-07:00{In love with this time...}<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVngXTGkOmkjOa5x3rWKoNn_CnFwWcxPXwc2-9hJGgWJqS0Nn3Nx2xYENCKyUpS5UUy2VbirjbcwwGH02ysknzWO42CsZNulJakG6T9PTZ1NvNNsW3csRBMiG12fnqXp4Ch7JJXCz3ULo/s1600-h/Greg+%26+Kara+%26+Shaved+Ice-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVngXTGkOmkjOa5x3rWKoNn_CnFwWcxPXwc2-9hJGgWJqS0Nn3Nx2xYENCKyUpS5UUy2VbirjbcwwGH02ysknzWO42CsZNulJakG6T9PTZ1NvNNsW3csRBMiG12fnqXp4Ch7JJXCz3ULo/s400/Greg+%26+Kara+%26+Shaved+Ice-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448700251446583442" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(Greg & I at M.Matsuoto's Grocery Store on the Northshore of Oahu for some of their famous shaved ice! Pete Carol's vacation home was only blocks away!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div>Our sweet baby Hicks is still about 5 months away from actually being out of my belly and really HERE in our lives, but it has amazed me how present he/she already is and how he/she has had such a huge impact on Greg and I already!<div><br /></div><div>Here are a few changes...</div><div>I can't believe how much I absolutely CHERISH my time with Greg these days. Not that I didn't before we were prego, but it just has changed. Even typing those words..."CHERISH", makes me all teary eyed. Actually, anytime I talk about him these days, I get teary eyed. He simply amazes me. I can't believe how blessed I am...and how excited I am to be HIS wife and the mommy of his baby. :)</div><div>Before, when craziness happened, we just dealt with it and looked forward to when it would die down (which hardly ever happened). Now, if craziness presents itself, I choose my time with Greg as THE most important priority. Period. Normally the huge amount of emails, lists of things to do, photos to edit and responsibilities would take priority. </div><div>Now, it is Greg.</div><div>In about 5 months, our life will change forever. FOR-EVVVEEERRRR. (yes, that was for you Alicia & Vance. :))</div><div>These last 5 months are THE LAST 5 months it will be just me and him (and Red too).</div><div>Don't get me wrong. I am CRAZY excited about that change...and we feel incredibly blessed to finally be in this place in life! I would not trade it for ANYTHING.</div><div>I can't wait to meet our baby...to see Greg hold his first-born for the first time...to see that little person that we made together in his big, loving arms...to meet the person I love so very much, even before meeting him/her or even finding out if it is a him or her! And yes, to see Red meet his baby brother/sister for the first time. (he is going to be such a good big brother!!)</div><div>BUT, we are in no rush to make these 5 months go any faster. I am one of those women that is starting to really loving being pregnant...and fully enjoying each step of the way. Hearing our babies heart beat at each appointment, starting to feel the little flutters of life in my belly and slowly seeing our baby grow via my growing belly. But don't worry Paula, I will not be one of people that cry on the way to the hospital over not getting to be pregnant anymore...trust me, I can't wait for that day when we meet our sweet baby Hicks!</div><div>We are now counting down the days till we get to find out if we are having a boy or a girl. Only 10 more days! We get to find out what we are having on my favorite (and only) niece, Karis' birthday! I am pretty sure that Jan-e-pie has her shoppin' shoes on already at the thought of knowing soon whether her first grand-baby will be a boy or girl. All I know is that we are going to be super excited either way!</div><div>Thanks for following us on this amazing journey! I'm sure the next post about us will be to reveal what we are having, so stay tuned! :)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Kara Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326281508034231685noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453299487520821541.post-42205410736547730662010-03-03T16:38:00.000-08:002010-03-03T16:49:06.240-08:00{a perfect kailua sunrise}<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihB6LyNhOp-zZk695yof-Rg55n1EsgrbyjH-Ikobh5g4NoINoZO71_1L_gpckRAfptGzHltmGDCNtKzGaYlc3c-hLGq4wtMiiZZ2RuyLuA0pPNeULuSeLKB8RB82FUTdLs9hmhjNb1-kE/s1600-h/SP.Sunrise.Photo.Kiss.Watermarked-1.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihB6LyNhOp-zZk695yof-Rg55n1EsgrbyjH-Ikobh5g4NoINoZO71_1L_gpckRAfptGzHltmGDCNtKzGaYlc3c-hLGq4wtMiiZZ2RuyLuA0pPNeULuSeLKB8RB82FUTdLs9hmhjNb1-kE/s400/SP.Sunrise.Photo.Kiss.Watermarked-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444572223003943538" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx1puqesgjg8rWYx5Sp-ypjVj1JgOX9kTnmKO_o_rO0q0wO0Ax1dRl1ZIi6aczrafr2_d22ATkYNT6jCgqyaxtFobLBrJFftwle8FXRE8-pKvRsSqxBLuhNgt_SuLuhrGI7amjwo6J4PQ/s1600-h/SP.Sunrise.Photo.Water.Kiss.Watermarked-1.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx1puqesgjg8rWYx5Sp-ypjVj1JgOX9kTnmKO_o_rO0q0wO0Ax1dRl1ZIi6aczrafr2_d22ATkYNT6jCgqyaxtFobLBrJFftwle8FXRE8-pKvRsSqxBLuhNgt_SuLuhrGI7amjwo6J4PQ/s400/SP.Sunrise.Photo.Water.Kiss.Watermarked-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444572090132646274" /></a>So Greg and I have been in Kailua for the last 4 days. The weather has not been great, but this morning was PERFECT!<div>We are here for a vacation/work/3 year Anniversary/baby-moon, with the "main event" being Matt & Mikale's Wedding tomorrow! Mikale wanted to do some sunrise photos one morning, and of course, I was SUPER excited to do so! Well, this morning was simply perfect! Most mornings have been super windy and cloudy, but this morning the wind died down and the clouds parted EXACTLY where we went to do photos!</div><div>M&M - enjoy these few...I can't wait to photograph your big day tomorrow! You two are simply perfect together!!</div>Kara Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326281508034231685noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453299487520821541.post-32219016170631042542010-01-28T08:54:00.000-08:002010-01-28T09:12:06.782-08:00{coming this august...}<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxaA0VP8QgTsYlGpRbymhBMQMy6XiWHRojS1gMEyQKi_XRlMV3YU4XpStfsVqRQrn76B2q0NgSUPx9oTJ4f5V_HsG-yXQ3Wpzw2v5f7WsLl67uGDKb59oeCuIm-laWmutw3q5Mn6L6t4Y/s1600-h/Crop+-+Baby+Hicks+First+Photo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 321px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxaA0VP8QgTsYlGpRbymhBMQMy6XiWHRojS1gMEyQKi_XRlMV3YU4XpStfsVqRQrn76B2q0NgSUPx9oTJ4f5V_HsG-yXQ3Wpzw2v5f7WsLl67uGDKb59oeCuIm-laWmutw3q5Mn6L6t4Y/s400/Crop+-+Baby+Hicks+First+Photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431838789810583554" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yep! It's true! We will have a new little addition to the Hicks family this August!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I guess that means I am going to have to change the title of our blog...we won't be DINKS (Dual income no kids) for much longer. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Greg and I could NOT be anymore excited for this little one to arrive!</div><div style="text-align: center;">We can't wait to share this new journey of life with you!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Blessings,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Greg, Kara & lil' Baby Hicks</div>Kara Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326281508034231685noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453299487520821541.post-12845410273957889752010-01-06T20:19:00.000-08:002010-01-06T20:47:03.976-08:00Happy {NEW} Year!<div>I know, I know. I have been a really bad blogger the past few months! I hope to be much better in the coming year (no, that is NOT a resolution), but to get you caught up on the last few months, here is a little of what I have been up to...<br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXhaX2Y2deytI5UkttXKZ_veG4VZPyhNat1784qAlNKx7lsQC3AfmMEwPnHk1lJR4ePLWUoA1GDGQNZdQnHhmC74vg2sKSXAL8xKXGjVgctTwHJeQLga9HS3ydtbTlfTgBBmX36UuwHyY/s1600-h/Corban's+SP-1.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXhaX2Y2deytI5UkttXKZ_veG4VZPyhNat1784qAlNKx7lsQC3AfmMEwPnHk1lJR4ePLWUoA1GDGQNZdQnHhmC74vg2sKSXAL8xKXGjVgctTwHJeQLga9HS3ydtbTlfTgBBmX36UuwHyY/s400/Corban's+SP-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423848837443441826" /></a><br /><div>Greg and I got to spend Christmas down in Oregon with my family this year. We had a wonderful time staying with my Brother and Sister-in-law in their brand new house they have been waiting so patiently for while it was being built over the past year. We were super excited that they were in their new home, because that meant that we got to stay with them AND take our beloved doggie Red with us. Ryan and Amanda have 2 dogs and a cat...my only family members that have a dog-friendly home. Red had a wonderful time hanging out with his cousins. :) And we had a great time hanging out with my wonderful family!<div><br /><div>After McMinnville, we headed up to Vancouver to see some of Greg's family, then onto Woodland to stay a night with his Cousin and his awesome family! I had to privilege of taking Greg's cousins oldest boy, Corban's Senior Pics while we were there. He was SUCH a great subject, and Pam was the most wonderful assistant! I only wish I would have snapped photo of her while we were out in the freezing cold, a few hangers with Corban's clothes hanging on her jacket while she held 2 guitars and a reflector for me! Ya, SUPER-assistant! :) All 3 of us had a blast, and I am so pleased with my first male senior photo session! Check out what an awesome model Corban is... </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81JJMUkHdOx3U_FnhDd_d0q1TseNClz9nUhg1rbS7FLMDRWlbGJLKwvdBXq7y1LdCDUTmPxy120-YlXrrsyF4CK_Gn7wbS5ehg1AK_y5gmqgpGRN56ZxbG21PMAQ3xn6CVYKBoP2lC1g/s1600-h/Corbin_sitting_B&W-1.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81JJMUkHdOx3U_FnhDd_d0q1TseNClz9nUhg1rbS7FLMDRWlbGJLKwvdBXq7y1LdCDUTmPxy120-YlXrrsyF4CK_Gn7wbS5ehg1AK_y5gmqgpGRN56ZxbG21PMAQ3xn6CVYKBoP2lC1g/s400/Corbin_sitting_B&W-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423848763525379746" /></a>Totally rockin' it with his sweet guitar...</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcATXECpaW_atZxIc9YqlG5G3M9eRQGI_rZ-t4wv5rdpqIUshSb6dz_7eTs8OjNbV2NB-rJv6vLo1CdSHvpJqGafT6WHJErBehYUi9Z-8JNqK15pGm4RsU62ZY0mltCAoVIxL4UgeGpZs/s1600-h/Corbin_guitar_wall-1.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcATXECpaW_atZxIc9YqlG5G3M9eRQGI_rZ-t4wv5rdpqIUshSb6dz_7eTs8OjNbV2NB-rJv6vLo1CdSHvpJqGafT6WHJErBehYUi9Z-8JNqK15pGm4RsU62ZY0mltCAoVIxL4UgeGpZs/s400/Corbin_guitar_wall-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423848688293956850" /></a><br /></div><div>Going back a few weeks, I tried out some new things this Christmas with my photography business that I hope to continue to do more of in 2010. I got to photograph a "Red Carpet Entrance" to a Company Holiday Party. It was a ton of fun, and complete with the red velvet ropes and all! Let me know if you have a party coming up soon that could use a Red Carpet Entrance! A sure way to WOW your guest and get your party started on the right foot! </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUcJksKO_QMwj09ZkUuJ9UoUVrKU1-ZRDaTGAY2Pz1SeTS05eaVz42nDLPitaq3rLW9WjeRqGLUlEUgPg3nAUjHXxl2SwFlUs_btrhacWJ-pFy1fzccdElmAHaLWanFquOk5bzkZOU2o/s1600-h/ML+Red+Carpet+Party-1.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUcJksKO_QMwj09ZkUuJ9UoUVrKU1-ZRDaTGAY2Pz1SeTS05eaVz42nDLPitaq3rLW9WjeRqGLUlEUgPg3nAUjHXxl2SwFlUs_btrhacWJ-pFy1fzccdElmAHaLWanFquOk5bzkZOU2o/s400/ML+Red+Carpet+Party-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423848546287705970" /></a>Another fun thing that I got to do this season was some Photos with Santa at a Doctors Office Patient Party. It was so much fun, and the Santa was SO great! He looked like the real thing...I think I was even fooled! He was so wonderful with the kidos! Be looking for a "Photos with Santa" session day by Kara Hicks Photography next Christmas! I can't wait to get my adorable clients with this wonderfully authentic Santa!</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAdvqlGLCq3_5BXbCblBDmdt6Jg4ikEZIk2Usqp8tsb2bnOCkCVADYo3fDWxxb1jtnkAT2deOR4jxdt7ASYb4IjbwB2t07NlA6Sne63U49FGjU4Im-WxZEhkeg8mZDF2JPf1jkXCCX1yg/s1600-h/Pics+with+Santa-1.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAdvqlGLCq3_5BXbCblBDmdt6Jg4ikEZIk2Usqp8tsb2bnOCkCVADYo3fDWxxb1jtnkAT2deOR4jxdt7ASYb4IjbwB2t07NlA6Sne63U49FGjU4Im-WxZEhkeg8mZDF2JPf1jkXCCX1yg/s400/Pics+with+Santa-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423848412392130946" /></a><br /></div><div>Well, I hope you all had a wonderful 2009 Holiday Season, and that your 2010 is off to a great start! I have transitioned to a part-time job a few months ago with the hopes of building and growing my photo business this year! Here is to a GREAT 2010!</div><div>Blessings to you!</div><div>Kara<br /><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Kara Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326281508034231685noreply@blogger.com1