Luckas.Turns 3!!!

I think this session was a little harder on me this year since Luckas will be going to Pre-School later this year and he isn't a little baby anymore!! It just seems literally like yesterday I was in the hospital with my mother and my friend Sarah waiting for Luckas to come make his way into the world. I finally decided to have Sarah call Justin while he was in Iraq to tell him that Luckas was on his way. So VERY THANKFUL to this day that one of his co-workers had a phone that made this possible!! He called me again before he went to work and I told him that Luckas was here:) My other friend Sarah went home that night and emailed Justin photos of Luckas so he could see him!!

Now 3 years later he is potty trained, wears little Super Hero underwear and boxers! {Gosh, he is going to kill me when he gets older;)} He talks all the time and knows his name. Which by the way...I love how he says our last name "MicaNutt". The way he learns these random things, like making a diamond shape with his hands, looking for "Rocket Ships" in the sky. He likes to help me bake in the kitchen, he is by far the BEST BIG BROTHER on the planet!! He has recently been letting us know that he wants to grow BIG and TALL just like Daddy and then flexes his arms like a body builder:) He has more energy some days then I do, which I don't understand!!haha He makes me cry every time I sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to him before he goes to bed and he sings right along with me!! He has went to the Dentist already and didn't even cry. And my favorite is when he tells me "I love you too Mommy!!!"

Time has really flashed before my eyes and he is growing up way to fast!! I know every mother out there knows that it is by far the biggest truth in the world. I can't wait to see what else he learns this year and I can't wait to see what kind of man he turns into in the future.For his session this year we did Toy Story. Since that is one of the big things he loves. Him and Woody are the best of buds. He will go around the house saying "Howdy, Howdy, Howdy". He even sleeps with his plush Woody doll when he goes to bed:)

 {This is his "fishy" face!!}

Austin+Carrie.Couple

What a nice way to wrap up their last few months here in 29 Palms before they transition out of the Marine Corps?! I really enjoyed photographing Carrie and Austin this past weekend. They just fit together so well and even though Austin was not wanting his photo taken. Carrie and I kept promising him that it was painless and it was going to go by fast, he was a good sport about it all!! I was so thankful I got this chance to photograph these two since I wasn't able to photograph their homecoming a couple months ago. So I'm VERY happy I got to shoot them since they totally ROCKED their session!!!

Just see for yourself...

Denver Grace. 3 months

This little blog post is a little special to me. I met Jenna when I got the chance to photograph her husbands homecoming last year:) You can check it out {here}!! This homecoming was right before Jenna was due and Jenna was so excited her husband made it in time for the birth. It was so nice to finally meet her and see her cuteness for myself. She was to cute for the camera and when she wasn't happy, I got to hold her and she calmed right down:)

I asked Jenna to tell Miss. Denver Grace's story. Thank you Jenna for sharing her story!!

"Denver Grace was born 4 weeks premature at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs due to a condition that her mommy ended up with called HELLP syndrome, which is a severe form of pre eclampsia. Denver was born October 16 weighing 5 pounds 1 ounce and was 17.7 inches long. During labor and delivery mom was on a drug called magnesium to help prevent seizures as a result of the condition so when Denver was born she wasn't trying very hard to cry or even breathe so the doctors admitted her to the NICU and put her on a ventilator to wait for the drugs to wear off. They didn't seem too worried until she continued having troubles breathing into the following days when they discovered her pnuemothorax which is a hole in her lung. That healed rather quickly and Denver came off the ventilator that following Saturday, October 22nd which is when mommy and daddy were first able to hold her at 6 days old! We then spent two more weeks in the NICU going through many tests and the motions of teaching Denver to breathe and eat on her own without the help of machines. It was a rocky road that hasn't ended with leaving the hospital, since then Denver encountered an issue with her liver not functioning properly and trouble gaining weight which both seem to be improving. She also has a pending diagnosis of Bells Palsy which is rather common in some babies and tends to resolve within 4-5 months. We still have a long road ahead of us to getting our princess 100% caught up and healthy but we wouldn't trade her or our journey with her for anything in the world!!"

Now check just take a peek at her cuteness!!!

{Thursday Thoughts.Personal}

FEBRUARY IS HERE:)

February is one of the month out of the year I wish it would take it's time and go slow. Just for the fact that for basically one whole week, our house is CRAZY!!! It's a good kind of crazy and it hurts my pocket and my husband's pocket!!haha

I have some sweet little things in the works for the next couple of months. I also have something sweet for some Mom's & Dad's in the works for right before I leave the desert {Details coming in a few weeks}!! I can't wait to share with you all what is going on. I'm also excited for our first few months down in San Diego:) I told you that 2012 is going to be an amazing year with things in the works! I won't be sitting here wishing I did something...I'm going to go and just DO IT!!! And not ask questions;) So let me go ahead and explain a little more with one of my Thursday Thoughts;)

{"Love Week"} 

I like to call this "Love Week" for our family for basically a whole week we are celebrating Justin's birthday {my stud muffin of a husband;)}, my birthday {yes, literally our birthdays are one after another!!}, we celebrate our wedding anniversary. And then to end our sweet little love week we celebrate Luckas' birthday. I told you it was a crazy time for our family this month.

{Instagram}

I have become HOOKED on Instagram!! This little application is my little go to when I want to share something with you all:) I'm currently doing a little photo a day for February. I'm also enjoying what I have been seeing other people post. It's just a cute little application! If you have an iPhone...check it out;)

{Starbucks Vanilla Chai Tea}

I love the regular Chai Tea:) It's supppppppper yummy!! So one of my friends was talking about the Vanilla Chai Tea. So I tried it one morning it I was in heaven! I wish I could make Chai myself and make it come out amazing as they do at Starbucks!! If you like Starbucks and Tea....try this one, promise you will like it:):)

Kelly E.Kids

This blog is going to be full of CUTENESS!!!! Kelly contacted me about photographing her 3 little ones and her little niece while her family was visiting!! Davin was just a little ham the whole time, I couldn't get over his cute little laugh and how quick he was at tagging me back from "tag your it!!". Kayden was showing me her cute dance moves:) And Summer and Britton were just to adorable for words!! And after this session, I really want a little girl more than ever;) I still can't get over how cute Summer's cute red hair, she did so good sitting all by herself during her little part of the session.

Just check out this cuteness!!