We Have Been Blessed With A Little Girl!

When the Dr said, "it's a girl!" we were thrilled! What a surprise she was!

One Happy Boy

Jared you are one happy, energetic boy! I can't imagine my life without you, and am so excited for you to become an older brother!
I look forward to every morning, being woken up, by your hugs and kisses! And your " I love you mommy!" When we ask you, how you slept you say, "Pretty good!"
You love to pray! Your prayer is," Thank you Jesus............and my body.....................and daddy...............and mommy..Amen!"
You have such a sensitive heart to others, and when others get hurt, you say "OHHH!" with the sweetest, most concerned tone in your voice!
You are so handy, just like you daddy! And are always working on something!
I love you Jared!

Nesting

With 3 1/2 weeks until the arrival of our baby, I have been nesting like crazy! You would think I would be fixing up the baby's room, but no I am not! Since we didn't find out the sex of the baby, I am kind of leaving the room as it was, and adding a "birdie" theme to it!
I have been instead wanting to make all kinds of fun projects for our home, and have commissioned my darling husband to help with these things. Of course, I have been horrible about taking pictures of any of these finished projects, but thought I would take a few of the Mother's day wreaths I made! I have a blog that I love, Tatertots and Jello, and she had posted pics of an adorable wreath similar to these, which I followed her tutorial on how to make! Since I made three of them, I have had burlap, coming out of my ears. And by the way, burlap is very messy and itchy too! Each wreath I made a little different, since they were for my mom, sister in law, and myself. I chose my mom's to say, "welcome, " my sister's to say "family," and mine to say "bless."
http://tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com/2010/01/2010-burlap-wreath-and-giveaway.html

Bambino or Bambina?

Bambino or Bambina? This is the burning question on our minds! With only a few weeks left to go, we are so excited to meet this little one! This pregnancy has been wonderful, so different than it was with my son though! Jared was much more active in the womb, but this baby has the hiccups about 3 times per day. When I was pregnant with Jared, I could do anything, and not be tired. This has been a whole new world, considering I have been limping or I guess you could say "waddling" since I was 5 months along!
I have to once again thank the wonderfully talented Melissa Gartner, for taking these awesome shots! www.gartnerphotography.com She and her hubby Matt, were visiting Phoenix, for church ministry, and came up for the afternoon. We headed down the road, for a quick belly shoot!
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Serving our Country

While I am resting comfortably at night, I think about the soldiers, and their families that are experiencing sleepless nights. My brother in law Edwin Diaz, is a Major in the Army, and just left last week for Afghanistan, where he will be serving for the next year. Not only does this greatly affect his life, but also my sister in law, Summer, and their two precious children Gabriel and Carlie. I had the privilege of taking a few pictures of their adorable family, before he left! Thank you Ed, for serving our country, and thank you Summer, for the huge sacrifice this is on you as well! I love you both!

Happy Smooches Day!

Wishing you and your love, a wonderful day today! I thought since today is Valentine's Day, it would be fun to post a few of my favorite pictures, that the wonderful Melissa Gartner with Gartner Photography, took of our family! http://www.gartnerphotography.com

Welcome Baby "Bella"

I had the privilege last weekend of shooting this adorable newborn, Isabella "Bella" Madison Schimberg. Her parents' are friends of Randy and mine, and what a perfect newborn she was to shoot, considering she was two weeks old when I shot these. We had the space heater going full blast, to keep her asleep, which worked perfectly, but man was I sweating! Her adorable older sister Lilya, was also ready for a photo op, and was looking so cute in her tutu her mommy made her!
Conratulations Sarah and Allen! May God richly bless your adorabe family!