Happy Half-Birthday Eve!

This post is a little bittersweet for me....as all you Mum's out there know, as great as it is for our little ones to reach all those

milestones, we always want to hold onto them being "bitsy" for as long as we can. Especially when the little one has as sweet a

disposition as our "lady" Eve. With her cartoon smile, her incredible bedtime habits and her sweet "ma-ma-ma" when she sees

me, there really isn't a single thing about her that we would change. I have to admit that it makes me a little sad to think that in

just 6 short months from now she'll most likely be saying her first little words, taking her first steps and starting to actually play

with her big sis. Hopefully she'll still love snuggling as much as she does now.

With that said, here are the newest photos of our beautiful girl....make sure to click on the images to see them BIG!!!!

Brand New Baby B

It's late. Really late, and I should be sleeping but I just can't. I had to get a sneak peek up of darling 5 day old baby Brookelyn.

She is the first child of our great friends' Candice and Chris, and we couldn't be happier for them. This little doll came into the

world a few weeks early, and although Mum & Dad are both, well, REALLY tall ( at least from where I'm standing)! Miss B was a

teensy little bean....just tiny and petite. She challenged me a little, deciding of course not to sleep once I arrived. So, finally at 6

pm we got her to sleep and had a good half hour to make some magic.



I think we did just that:) I'm so glad she cooperated as this day wasn't only special because Brookelyn had arrived, but it was

also Candice and Chris' anniversary....so Happy Anniversary!



Thank you so much....Mum, Dad, Grandma & Grandpa for the fantastic dinner...and especially Miss Brookelyn; I'm so thankful I

got to be the one to do your first official shoot!


Hope you love them,

Mish



















And although I was itching to do this image in black and white as well, I know Mum was hoping for a colour one of Little Miss is this hat...so here it is:)

Miss Sophie

Here she is Mum & Dad......I"ve finally blogged your little beauty's photos. I did this shoot while back home in Victoria 3 weeks

ago, and had to wait to get back home to edit....trust me, it was killing me waiting so long as well. So, thank you for your

patience:) She was such a great little model, sleeping, cooing and smiling the whole shoot and making my job very easy. I have to

admit that I was a wee bit anxious about taking her photos, as this age can be tricky....at 2 months old there just isn't a tonne

these little babes can do! But she proved to have a lot of personality, and come on...she is a BEAUTY!



I had a great time and really do hope to photograph her again....


Hope you enjoy them!

Michele

Little Ladies

Here they are....all for you, Nanny! As promised to more than a few of you here are some new pics of not only the adorable Miss

Eve, but her equally sweet big sis Nevaeh. I had a bit of a rough day yesterday juggling a mess still lingering from holidays, still

nursing a sick babe, watching 4 kids and trying to get my past shoots up to date! For all of you out there stalking me wondering

where you images are, and if I've forgotten about you; I promise I haven't! I've been a busy bee and trust me when I say it'll be

worth the wait...just another day or two and you'll have a sneak:)



Until then, here is the impromptu shoot of our girls....completely out of the blue Nevaeh came up to me yesterday just as

dinner was ready and said, "Mummy, do you think you could take some pictures of Eve and her big sissy ( referring to herself,

of course) in some beauuuuuuuutee-full dresses?" Of course I forgot about dinner, cleared her bed of pillows, ripped the

artwork off the walls and plunked them into their purdy new dresses ( each under $10 at the Gap)! It was quick and relatively

painless and I just adore the results!


Enjoy!


Michele

Candice + Chris: Expecting

This weekend was a busy one; we packed up the family and headed to Vernon for 2 nights, not only so I could photograph a

wedding but also to have a long-awaited visit with our great friends Candice & Chris. My hubby Mike and Candice have been

friends for many years, which is how I first met Candice; she actually told me that I should "stay away" from Mike as he wasn't in

commitment mode! I guess I had something he just couldn't stay away from! Candice & Chris are expecting their first child, a

little girl in just 6 short weeks and if I'm lucky I'll be photographing their big day; it would be such an honor so I am hoping

everything comes together! This shoot was a bit of a challenge for me, as I'm a wee bit shorter than Miss C. Put it this

way...she calls my hubby who's 6'1 "small fry". I definately needed to take advantage of anything I could climb on as this

gorgeous Mum-to-be is 6'3....more than a foot taller than me! The weather was scorching and the sun was blazing...we also

shot at high noon, which all photographers know is less than ideal. Lucky me though...even with all those obstacles I had a

gorgeous model who has a perfect little bump and man oh man, could she work the camera. I was loving every minute of it!

Thank you so much both of you, and I simply cannot wait to see just who this brand new little person is going to be.


Lots and lots of love,

Mish

















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Undeniable.

Have you heard that saying....." There's only one perfect baby in the world - and every mother has one"? Well, I have to admit,

that I definately feel that way about our littlest one. Looking back 3 and a half years, Nevaeh was a good baby. An easy baby.

But Eve.....she really is as close to perfect as babies can get. Smiles. Sleeps. Snuggles. Smiles some more. And did I mention

she's been sleeping from 8 pm to 8am for months now? Unbelievable.


All I can think is that we are IN for it......I'll just try to enjoy her that much more now, before the "personality" hits!

Michele


As for these photos.....I didn't have an extra set of hands, so I sat her up, let go and clicked frantically before she fell over; at

least she's now pushing herself up on her belly so that I can get some shots other than her laying on her back...and bonus,

she'll stop losing that tuft of hair on the back of her little head!

Four and a Bit-bit

This post is solely dedicated to our little Bit-Bit....she was 4 months last week and time kept flying by as usual, and I forgot to

post! All I can say about this little one is that I now understand how my grandmother had so many children....if they all started off

this beautiful, snuggly and even- tempered I don't think I'd have any problems filling a farmhouse! She really may be one of the

happiest babes I've ever come across... take a peek at the storyboard and you see her "awake" photo? That is a millisecond

after waking up....every time! Just a glance it seems, and she will give the biggest "cartoon" smile (as Brooke describes

it !) A smile that I have yet to capture on camera.....



And just in case I forget to mention it tomorrow.....Happy Canada Day!!!!!


Michele

Three & a Half

Here she is.....our sweet Miss Eve at 3 and half months. Happy. Happy. Happy. She is so smiley and sweet, you just can't help but

waste your day away with her.


If only they'd stay this way for just a little longer......

Sweet Baby Eve

It's been 13 weeks since our family welcomed Eve into the world, and it truly has been fantastic! She is all sweetness.....cuddly,

smiley, talkative (just like her big sis) and an UNbelievable sleeper....very unlike her big sis! She has definatley made me want

another; but we'll wait and see how she is once she's movin and groovin!


I posted a few pics of her brand new "squishiness"...thank you so much to Brooke for taking the first images of Eve at

less than 2 days old....she's changed so much already, and I'll treasure these always.


The remaining photos I took this evening; I was actually playing around with my new camera as I've been having auto-focusing

issues. If any of my fellow photog's have the Canon 5D Mark 2 and are having issues....talk to me! The soft focus is driving me

nuts! ( I manually focussed for all of these ).


Anyways, I could eat her up......especially when she's sucking on that little thumb of hers; delish!


* don't forget to double click to view full sized:) *