LIFE ~ THE GIRL I KNEW...

Is BACK!! We are doing our final shuffling around the PICU and this little pal seems to know it! We love seeing that big ole' grin again! Packing up and heading home after 11 days. Thanks so much for your support friends!

LIFE ~ TODAY

Today is a rough day for Marla & I. It's the beginning of a process that we're not very excited about. She recently posted about this and I couldn't say it better so I've included her post. Thanks for your prayer friends.

"some days my biggest worry is if she will sleep long enough for me to make breakfast and wash the diapers. but other days i worry about what heart surgery will be like. if i'll be by her side when she wakes up. what the scar will be like. if we'll be able to stay in the room with her 24 hours a day. most days i can't let my mind go there. monday we have our monthly appointment with the cardiologist. this appointment will be a little different. she will have an echocardiogram. this will be the first time they have looked at her heart since she was in the NICU. we have been praying for a miracle. that her little heart would be healed and she wouldn't need surgery. we would so appreciate it if you could keep us in your prayers these next few days. pray for a miracle. pray for comfort. pray for wisdom. our sweet faba will have to be sedated for the echo and we're not looking forward to that. they want us to keep her awake and with an empty stomach before the appointment. seriously? ...this is a four month old we're dealing with. should be an interesting morning. no matter what happens we know that God is faithful and has us in His hands. we have experienced His love through friends & family in so many ways these past few months. thank you friends!

I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.Psalm 121:1-2"

Life ~ A Vintage Weigh-In

Christmas time is here, / happiness and cheer, / fun for all that children / call their favorite time of year.... Yup from my favorite Christmas cartoon and I wouldn't hesitate to say its my favorite time of year. I sadly cheated this year and watched it on DVD as i knew with my schedule, I'd surely miss it. The holidays were great. I've been working on shooting with the new tiny person in my house and she doesn't hesitate to work it! So soon enough I will have more photos than you'd ever want to see of the wee one, but for now, a sweet girl and a tool we're seeing a lot of. Since little Fabienne was born we've had quite the struggle with feedings and weight gain. This shoot represented a milestone for us. Just this week she had significant weight gain and is eating like a "small bear", which is her nickname when she gets a bit grumpy. My vintage queen niece has all sorts of things relic. This scale happen to be one from her collection. Thanks Cait!

There are lots of exciting posts in the works. Two weddings (one from Lake Tahoe), a brand new engagement surprise, Fabienne Joy, Careo, and an expansion on our (Brothers McClurg) recent time in the studio. Stay tuned good people!
Have a great New Year!

Life ~ Some Things...

Some things are beginning to change around my house. Item's like this are popping up everywhere...and I'm loving every minute of it! Soon I'll be sharing more than toy space with ma littl' one. Hopefully she wait's til after our Bradley classes or I won't get COACH of the Year! See ya soon little kicker!

Life ~ Little Levi

This little guy is the newest addition to our ever growing family. Levi's my nephew and he's just a pleasure to hang with. Shooting this little guy excited me for the coming of my little one and had me thinking I'd probably buy a few dozen more HD's to hold the 3,525,856,031 images i shoot once it's here. Three more weeks and I don't have to call the little one an "IT" any longer. That's quite exciting! Ok. I have to go process wedding pics! Til next time!

Life ~ An Addition ::PREVIEW::

This is from a shoot on Sunday of my new little nephew, Levi! More to come.