Ryenne & Landon's Baptismal

Ryenne and her handsome cousin Landon AKA "DonDon" had their blessing/baptismal on Saturday morning. It was a lovely, HOT, day at the beach followed by a fabulous breakfast!

In Memory Of Chris

The world is less one beautiful person today. One of my clients, Chris Carter passed this morning. He and his lovely wife Erin were married in April. Peter and I had the privelege of photographing their wedding - just the two of them and the two of us. They were seriously one of the most in love couples I have ever met.

We're very sad to hear of his passing, and send Erin and both of their families our deepest, sincerest sympathies.

It's amazing how fragile life is. Someone once told me before I was married, "Never go to sleep upset with your spouse. You never know what's ahead.". Although this can be taken as a bit morbid, it's so true. And I've put it into practice ever since. Life is too short to be upset, to hold grudges, to fight. Kiss and hug your loved ones daily and always make sure you tell them how very much you love them!

My big girl...

Here's my beautiful lil girl smiling so big! And her Johnny Jump-Up which I put up for her today and she LOVED! She had so much fun putting her feet on the floor - and she figured out how to turn herself all the way around.

Peter took me out to Vino tonight to celebrate my 26th birthday. It was on Monday but he is off tonight so it was so nice going out to celebrate! I had the most awesome scallops and pasta and nice glass of wine. Mmmm!

Foxxy Grandparents

For Aunty Aura!!! Here's Ryenne with her foxxy grandparents! =)

We have a water baby!

Gosh sorry it's taken me a while to post. It's been a BUSY week!

We took Ryenne into Martin & Debbie's pool the other day. She LOVED it! They had bought her a little bathing suit, and although it's marked 12 months, it fits her, and she just loved being in the water. Such a good girl - so now I know on a HOT day she won't mind going into the water. Yay!

Here's a funny story for you all... on Monday I had a photo shoot in Paia for a senior girl. Her mom wanted me to bring Ryenne and Peter along to hang out. So I'm on the beach, and I hear, "Help! Mariah!" and I come running... Ryenne had made a HUGE doodoo all over Peter. There was no way that wipes were gonna do the trick, so I asked my client if I could use her sink to hose Ryenne down. I'm sure that's a memory they'll take home with them... hahaha

Yesterday was my first wedding back to work. It was great, but definitely it was hard being away from Ryenne for 8 hours. We have another one tomorrow, and then a couple weeks off.

I Forgot!

What a dork I am... I forgot to post her weight! She is a healthy 12lbs and 8oz! Growing nice and big...

Time for Shots... ouch!

Yesterday Ryenne had her first set of shots. Poor baby was already upset because she hadn't made doodoo in a while, and then she got poked and prodded for her check-up and last had her shots. I was so glad the nurse was fast, but still, she cried her head off. I was even tearing up watching her. It looked like she was in so much pain.

She cried herself to sleep, and she looked so darn cute I just had to take a picture of her.

She had a fever all day and was pretty fussy, but she sure felt better after she was able to make doodoo. Sorry... I guess only a mother can be excited for her baby when they make doodoo! haha

She's doing much better today. Woke up with a beautiful smile...

I got a smile!!

Ryenne has been smiling for a while, but it's always at a time when I can't quite grab the camera. I guess cause usually she's smiling right before she's about to eat! LOL

She loves bathtime, so since Peter was off work, he was able to take a picture of her beautiful smiling face. The smile turned upside-down though when bathtime was over.

Ryenne is 9 weeks old!

Gosh another week already? Seems only yesterday I was reporting that Ryenne is 2 weeks old. LOL. Boy how time flies!!

I've started work again. This morning was my first photo shoot and I left her with Peter for about 3.5 hours. It was the longest I've ever been without her. And all I could do was think of her the entire time! But of course, she had a great time hanging out with her Daddy and ate nicely when I got home. He'll have her again this evening and tomorrow morning, as I have three sessions in only two days! Wow!

Off to go edit images... gotta squeeze as much work as I can into the few work hours that I have...

A Couple More Pics

8 Weeks & Growing!!

Well, I'm a little late in posting her 8 week pictures. We moved back to Napili on Monday (when she turned 8 weeks!). I am SO GLAD that we hired movers to move everything over.

But still, even with the movers, it was a lot of hard work. And again, my mom came to my rescue to help me out (THANKS MOM!).

We're now in our old place, and it feels so much like home. There are so many little things that were nice to have again. Ryenne is loving our big old fashioned sink for her bath. I think she already wants to swim!

The past few days have been a little rough on me. Ryenne is fussy pretty much the entire day and it makes it hard for me to get anything done. But still, with every cry and tear, I think she's just the sweetest baby.

We had a great visit with Auntie Anita and Cousin Aaron yesterday. I did Aaron's senior portraits and it was nice getting back into the photo groove. I have 2 portrait sessions next week and a busy week after that as well. And then Ryenne has her 2 month doctor appointment also! Wow... gonna be so busy!