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M&M's Pre-Rehearsal Dinner Shoot

We were in the Cities last weekend for Matt and Marah's wedding. Marah had asked me to take pictures for the rehearsal dinner and I agreed. Before the dinner, I was able to get some shots of the two of them together. Here are some of those photos. I have to add a disclaimer that there are wayyyy too many leg/feet shots, but I wanted to get a couple different ones and I wasn't sure which one I liked best, so I'm posting them all here (lol -- I know it's over the top on the shoe shots). Also, you're technically supposed to edit a shoot the same (or similar), but I felt like some of these photos conveyed a certain mood and edited them accordingly. And since I'm not a pro, I think I can defy the rule...at least just this once, right? ;-) I have a few more head shots that I haven't got to editing yet.

Bragging on My Babe!

I just had to brag on my baby a little here. She made the front page of the Bitty Bows Boutique website!!! Yay! You can check it out here and buy some bows while you're there. ;-)

Quick Update

Well, Kaydence is officially weaned! The first night she went without being nursed was almost 2 weeks ago tomorrow (April 27). She did so well and went to bed perfectly and has every night since. Awww...my baby is growing up.

This past week has been busy. Kaydence stayed with her grandparents in Marshfield while I went up to the Cities to help my friend, Marah, with some wedding preparations. Teirney joined me on Friday and the wedding was Saturday. It was a beautiful wedding and Marah was stunning -- straight out of a magazine. You can view some of her photos here. I took some photos at Marah's rehearsal dinner, so I'll try to post some of those later this week.

The next several weeks are going to be equally as busy as I get ready for my sister's wedding shower and some guests visiting.

Here are some photos from the last couple weeks.

I took this photo for a book that is being made for the Grinsell family. A song is being played in the key of E for baby Elijah.

I {Heart} Faces: Smiles

I just so happened to get this shot of Kaydence tonight while we were getting her ready for bed, and since it fit the theme over at i{heart}faces perfectly, I thought I would enter this week.

I also have to point out my adorable new watermark. Do you love it? I do! :-) A friend of mine helped me with it and I couldn't be happier with the way it turned out.

Check out all the beautiful smiles entered this week here.

UPDATE ON HARD DRIVE: My friend took a look at my hard drive and wasn't able to get it working, he even tried the freezer trick. My only hope is a data recovery company (any recommendations appreciated). I spent the day crying on Friday since I'm preparing myself for the worst -- it's devastating to think that I lost Kaydence's first year in photos and videos...I'm still in a bit of shock over this. I'm still hoping and praying a data recovery company may be able to retrieve the data.

Bitty Bows Boutique

Kaydence is sick and teething. She has two molars coming in. I was surprised to see the molars coming in before her other incisors. Poor baby, what a trooper.

In other news, my hard drive crashed last night. I'm not sure yet if I'll be able to retreive any of the data. I'm praying for a miracle since I had no other backup of my files. It's possible that I lost the entire first year of Kaydence's life in photos and videos.

Despite how she was feeling, I was able to snap some photos of her with one of her Bitty Bows bows in her hair. You can purchase this adorable bow here.

Tubtime Chatter

Kaydence's new thing is talking! She is quite the talker already...hmmm, what does that mean for the future? I foresee lots of expensive phone bills -- especially since even now she practically has a phone glued to her ear...she loves phones. Last night we were giving her a bath and she was talking away. I thought for sure she would stop once I got the video camera, but she kept going. Here are a couple videos.

M's Shower/Bachelorette Party

It all started with this beautiful invite created by the brillant talents of Winks & Daisies. She is extremely talented and I love all the cards she creates as well as the other unique pieces of art she designs. I'll be a repeat customer for as long as her little shop is in existence. You can check out her Etsy site out here.

Marah's colors for her wedding are different shades of pinks and some greens, so I tried to incorporate that into her shower too.

We had a great time celebrating the new milestone in Marah's life last weekend. She is a dear friend and I was so honored to host her lingerie shower/bachelorette party. Here are some photos from the event.