Moving!

As many of you know my Husband was given the opportunity to take on a new store in Northern California. So we have spend the last 2 weeks moving. What a crazy time!! We rented out our home to a wonderful family and we finally found a beautiful home for our family in Petaluma. So through all this I have not had the time to post any recent photos. But I did shoot a couple weddings and I can not wait to post the photos. Please keep checking back, I should have them posted soon.

Avery Pearl Gates

I couldn't have been more thrilled when Emily e mailed me to see if I'd be up to doing a newborn shoot for her baby girl that was due to be born only a few short weeks before my little Isabella. I had such a wonderful time photographing this little precious angel and her beautiful family. Avery's older sister Peyton is only a couple months older than my oldest son Aidan so I couldn't help but see my not so distant future while I was photographing them. It was such a joy to do this photoshoot...I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I do!



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The beautiful baby Shaefer...

A good friends of mine Jill and Adam recently had a beautiful baby boy, Shaefer Gregory Stanford. I was given the privilage to photograph him when he was only a week old. Here are a few of the photos from the shoot and the baby announcement that I designed for them.

My beautiful Isabella

Here are just a few photos I took of my new baby girl, Isabella. I didn't have much time to take them so I am hoping to take some more this week.

The arrival of my beautiful baby girl, Isabella Kennedy Bagwell

I know this isn't really "business" related but photography is more than just a business for me it's a life's passion. So I thought I'd share the newest inspiration for that passion, my growing family.
Isabella Kennedy Bagwell was born on June 2, 2010 at 9:03am at Foothill Presbyterian Hospital. She was 8lbs measuring 19"
I put together a little slideshow of the photos that were taken the last few days. Ben's getting better with my camera!! ha ha ha! The green square got used a lot this week ;) It's hard to see but we bought Aidan little blue scrubs that say Big Brother on them! He looked so cute in his scrubs and flip flops!!!
Life truly is amazing! Aidan came to the hospital each day to visit us. He was so great with Isabella. Much better than we had anticipated. We were able to come home on Friday evening... Yayeee!!! When we got home we put Isabella in her swing and Aidan pushed the buttons to make it go. He later looked at me while we were sitting on the couch and said Isabella cuddle?? So I went over and picked her up and sat on the couch to cuddle with my two babies! Once I had her sitting on my lap for a few minutes Aidan looked down at her and rubbed her hair then gave her a kiss on the head. It's moments like that that make all the pain and frustration worth every minute. In fact I would drop down on my knees and beg for the pain if you promised a lifetime of those moments. The bonus, my amazing Husband. What a partner. We just work together so well and he is just there to support me in every way. I could never have asked for a better person to love and cherish! He is truly the most amazing person in my life, he makes me a better everything, he just makes everything better. I couldn't do it with out him.
Ok enough ramblings of a new Mom of 2!

A sneak peak at Ivan & Michelle's Wedding

I got the pleasure of photographing Ivan and Michelle's beautiful wedding yesterday at the Edwards Mansion in Redlands, CA. I uploaded the photos and fell in love with so many of them so I just had to post a sneak peak. They are photos straight from the camera. Once I finish working on all of the photos I will post more!

Jordan and Kyle's Wine Country Engagement Session

I forgot to post this beautiful engagement session from my trip up North to Sonoma County. Jordan and Kyle are getting married this July at the Foxtail Golf Course in Rohnert Park. I traveled up there last month and we drove out to a few wineries in Alexander Valley. It's pretty hard to not just look around you and feel lucky when you are in such a beautiful part of the state! I don't think I will ever get tired of Wine Country....I could spend every day there and still not grow tired of it!