Lucy's 1st Rodeo

I've been meaning to post these all week but just now getting around to it! I have been absolutely swamped lately and have had so many photo shoots that have been keeping me awfully busy!

 As promised, here's pics of my baby's first "rodeo". Enjoy :)

 

The BIG day!

On this day exactly one year ago I was given the most precious gift I could ever ask for.. my beautiful daughter. It was so bitter sweet to celebrate today. I love watching her grow but sad it's happening so fast at the same time. No matter what, she will always be my baby girl and I will continue to love her unconditionally.

Here's a sweet video I made of video clips from her first year. I've only watched it a hundred times and have cried every single time! This mom thing sure can make a person overly emotional. :)

And with that, I wanted to write a sweet letter to my baby that hopefully she can read someday!

To my sweet Lulu Bug,

There's nothing I look forward to more than seeing your face every morning when I go to get you out of your crib, getting hugs and kisses from you without even asking, snuggling you when you're tired and just want "mama", rocking you to sleep at night and catching myself sitting there longer than needed just watching you sleep and thanking God every night for putting you in my life. You continue to bring so much joy to my life and have made me the happiest person in the world. 

This past year has been everything I hoped and more. Your smile and laugh warm my heart and is so contagious to everyone you're around. You sure know how to light up a room! I couldn't ask for a sweeter, funnier, more adorable, lovable, smarter, amazing daughter and I can only imagine the next several years will only get better.

I look forward to continue to watch you grow and guide you with all the love one could need. I'm so proud that I get to call you my daughter. Happy first birthday, baby. I love you with all my heart!

Love, 
Mama

And with that said, I also want to thank everyone that made it to her birthday party today! It all turned out so beautiful and I couldn't be more blessed to have all of my loved ones in one room to celebrate Lucy's big day. I sure am one lucky girl!

I'm off to upload and go through a million pictures from the day and RELAX. I am absolutely beat. :) Xoxo

 

Cutest little bunny!

Isn't this the cutest little bunny you've ever seen?

Guess who wore this costume 28 years ago? Yup, ME! How cool that Lucy gets to wear MY first Halloween costume? I couldn't have been happier that it fit her perfectly AND it's super warm, double plus!

Now I just gotta teach her to hop like a bunny and we're all set for Halloween. :)

 

Biting the bullet..

So for MONTHS I've been going back and forth about whether to promote my photography as a business and start bringing on more clientele (and of course making extra money.. which is always nice!). It's something I love, love, love to do (obviously) but I was so worried that since I work full time that having this photography business on the side would make me even MORE busy which means less time with my precious baby girl who of course still needs her mommy so much. Fortunately my husband has been incredibly supportive and encouraging me to at least try and if I get too overwhelmed I can always step back. So I took his advice and pulled it together and created a fan page on Facebook that I am now going to start using to promote myself. And I could not be any more excited about it!

With that said, I had 2 shoots this weekend. One was with the "Gable Girls" has I like to call them. That just rolls so nice with the tongue, doesn't it? lol. I met them down at Brownie Beach on Friday night and we got some really awesome shots! I absolutely love being able to take family pictures and truly capture the love between a family. Jen is such an awesome mommy and her girls just love her to pieces. You can clearly see in these family pics of them. They are such a cute family!

Then on Saturday morning I had a shoot with a lovely couple I didn't know (but had the pleasure of meeting) and they were so much fun to work with. They have a baby boy due on Nov. 3rd (Lucy's birthday!) and I'm so excited to meet him as I will also be doing his newborn pictures as well. Yay! How adorable is this couple? I swear I get so lucky to work with such nice people.

So come join my Facebook fan page if you haven't done so already! http://www.facebook.com/MalloryLaganaPhotography

Xoxo