The meaning of friends..

Congratulations Michelle and Michael. I just had one the most fantastic weekends in recent memory. I had the priveledge of being a groomsman for one of my best friends Michael. As I write this, he has already whisked away his bride Michelle to Paris for their honeymoon.

This past weekend I had the chance to catch up with just about every friend I have in one setting! How rare is that? There was hardly a face I didn't know or have a funny story about. I am linking a slidewhow with this post (Click here). I always love putting together these slideshows as this is something we do in our business for our clients and I love telling a story through images. I now understand why they can be so powerful, as each image in this show has special meaning for me. I was suprised how much this affected me. So to all my good friends... Watch, laugh and be thankful... I am.

When I was a little girl/navy brat, my family moved to the Phillippines! My dad was stationed on a tiny little base called San Miguel where he was the doc! When we got there I met Chrissy! Chrissy and I were inseparable (unless I was watching General Hospital - strange obsession for a 4 year old I know but we were lacking for good TV on our 1 channel)! We were best of friends from preschool thru 1st Grade! Yes - thats us to the right with our matching Care Bears. (thanks dad for the photos)

Our moms were also great friends and though we all moved on to half a dozen locations after that - they maintained their friendship! Well this year Mom and Mary were planning a girls weekend when my mom told her I was having a baby - as it turns out ... so is Chrissy.
We are both having boys and she is due a couple weeks before me. So with this great coincidence our moms decided on a Mother/pregnant daughter weekend!
It was so much fun to see them both! It was also great to have a girlfriend going through the same exciting adventure of a first pregnancy! Between shopping, a spa afternoon and boating on the lake we had as much fun as ever - there is nothing quite like picking right back up after twenty something years!
Chrissy is living in Colorado with her husband where she does floral design and is a design student! I can't wait for our little guys to meet in the near future!

Thanks Mom and Mary for getting us all together!!

(me, Colleen, Mary, Mom & Chrissy)

Another flower that dad planted.

Before my parents moved to their current location they came over and planted some flowers that would survive the winter better here than they would up north.The upside is that I have really beautiful flowers in the backyard. So, here is a picture for dad of one that has just bloomed. I am avoiding calling it by it's name for fear I am incorrect. :-)

Who say's pregnant chicks can't look like rockstars!

This is my wife! We were recently in Saint Simon, GA shooting a wedding. The bride and groom were fantastic and the location couldn't be beat. Here ia a link to the slideshow from the wedding...CLICK HERE
There are more details about the wedding and another recent wedding of mine on The Decisive Moment's blog at www.thedm.blogspot.com.

So, when the wedding was all said and done, we decided to head over to the beach for some food and relaxation before the 6 hour trek back to Atlanta to shoot a wedding the very next day. So, I decided to have a little fun fashion shoot with my wife, and this was one of my favorite shots.
It was a great trip - I think we are ready to move to the beach!
Adam

Baby Showerpalooza!

We had such a good time at our GA baby shower!! Thanks so much to Sam, David and Colleen for throwing a great afternoon party!

Thanks also to so many friends and family for filling our house with love laughter and awesome gifts for Hayden! We are already a very blessed little family!

Enjoy the slideshow and pics and thanks to Mark and Andrew for picking up the camera and capturing the day in way only they can!
http://www.thedecisivemoment.com/slideshows/BabyShower/

THANK YOU AGAIN EVERYONE!!!! It was SO great to have you here!!!!!

A place for baby!!

We are back! So sorry for the blogging delay! We are going to catch everyone up on all the latest! It's been very busy around here with Adam photographing weddings almost every weekend, prepping for baby, a great visit with my mom & some special friends (more on that later) and we had a baby shower!!

WE HAVE COMPLETED THE NURSERY!! Woo Hoo! It was a great team effort all around and we managed to transform our office into Hayden's nursery! Adam was tasked with painting over our formerly red office, replacing ceiling fan, putting the new furniture together (thank you moms!) and trim board for the beadboard I put up! My mom was a powerhouse of energy and did the curtains, bedskirt and pulled it all together! The quilt on the wall is a gift from Colleen and matched perfectly! Lots has been added since Nursery 1.0 and pics of Nursery 2.0 will be added as soon as we unpack everything from our baby shower!