i heart faces - 'Pet Week'

Another theme over at iheartfaces that I could not resist entering...Pets! I am a huge animal LOVER and this here is my sweet baby doll, Roxy! She doesn't look too 'sweet' in this picture...rather, she looks more like Swamp Thing but I simply love this picture of her. Playing fetch and swimming in the pond...that's what she loves to do!If you're an animal lover as well, make sure to head over to iheartfaces to see all of the other adorable critters this week!

Belly Business

Recently I had the honor of doing a maternity shoot for my absolutely B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L friend Stacie and, with her permission, I am sharing a few of my favorite shots with you.
I do not have a studio, nor do I have any lighting {someday...I just have to have a little patience} but I am very pleased with how these photos turned out. I guess it goes to show you can't take a bad picture when you have such a flawless subject ;)
The photos were actually taken in the nursery that the babe in her belly will be calling home in a few short weeks.
Hopefully it is hard to tell, but we fashioned a make-shift back drop with a piece of black fabric and a furry white piece of fabric I picked up at JoAnn Fabric (I've used the fuzzy white one before here with baby Garrett.)
And we also used a piece of stretchy white fabric to get the profile shot above.
I think these two are my favorites (above and below).
But it is so hard to choose because she is so gorgeous and her belly is so very perfect!
What I wouldn't give to have looked this cute when I was pregnant!
And, looking back I wish I had some better belly shots of myself, rather than the ones I took using the timer on my point-n-shoot. Shoulda, woulda, coulda...right?!
Regardless, I am so happy that Stacie let me capture the beauty of her baby belly and that she is so kindly allowing me to share her beauty with all of you.
Can't wait to meet that little babe inside and finally know if it will be a little Mike or a little Stacie!!!

i heart faces - 'Self Portrait'

I've been outa the game for a while but when I saw iheartfaces theme this week I knew I had a picture ready to enter so I figured what the heck! Make sure to head over to iheartfaces by clicking on the link below to check out all of the other self portraits!