Betsy Marie

One of my most favorite people in the world just got diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer… and it was just over a week after her husband was diagnosed with stage 3 rectal cancer.  Yes.  You read it right.  Horrible, horrible news.   Most of us can’t imagine what they are going through…

If you follow my blog you probably remember when I photographed them last year while I was visiting in New York… a beautiful, happy, energetic couple with a sweet baby girl.  Sadie is now 18 months (remember how crazy that age is–even when you are feeling healthy!?) and Elisa & Nathan are both going through chemotherapy right now at the same time.  They have a long, long road ahead of them… but not alone.   There are so many people offering to help– with so many different things you wouldn’t even believe it.

Please, please take some time to read Elisa’s family blog… she started it to post updates about their life with Sadie… and never dreamed it would turn into something else. She is (and always has been) one of the best writers I know— her emails always make me laugh, her phone calls always make me laugh so hard I cry and somehow her blog still has a touch of humor even though they are facing something incomprehensible.

http://familybondingtime.blogspot.com/

We have also set up a website and fund.  Please explore and decide if you can help.

www.friendsofelisaandnathan.com

Also, please become a fan of their page on facebook to help spread the word…. and then forward it on to all of your friends or publish on your own wall.  I’m setting up a twitter account too… for anyone on twitter.

Elisa & Nathan:  SO many prayers and happy thoughts are heading your way.   Everyone seems to want to help you.  Even people who don’t know you.  They don’t know your heart or your smile or your past… they don’t know how amazing you both are.  What amazing friends, amazing parents and amazing human beings… but we all are going to get you through this.  All of us.  Your “core” group of girls would do anything for you (as I’m sure you’ve seen the past few weeks)… and we will continue to do this for as long as it takes.  I love you.

Here are a few pics from their session… and two of our group that I just love:

The photo session was just a few hours one day… we had the rest of the weekend to just hang out and be kid-free…. New York with two locals is pretty darn fun!  Especially the slumber party in the hotel!

We’ve all known each other since we were 18… Love you all!

My little nephew, Austin, recently turned one!   If you remember… I was there to photograph his birth.  And his newborn shots… and quite a few more.  Well, we missed his big birthday bash because of the big ice storm in Dallas and we didn’t get to see him until last week.  Unfortunately, we didn’t have much time and Austin was not that thrilled about me taking his pictures.  So– we’ll try again next time he comes to visit.  We got him this hat and his 1st birthday shirt– so we had to dress him up and try it out!  We got a few “framers”… Happy 1st little big guy!    We love you!

ENJOY:

Happy with Mama:

And this is when we called it a day! 

Hello!!!  Sorry I have been so M.I.A. lately…. took an amazing vacation to celebrate our 10th anniversary!  I will post a few pictures when I get a chance, but it was a perfect vacation with some amazing friends.

However, it is back to reality– and back to work for now!  I got to photograph these adorable newborn twins and their sweet little 3 year old brother!  The babies were perfect– barely woke and were content in most of the baskets/contraptions I brought to put them in!  I will admit that I normally have to pose babies hands… but these babies were holding hands and wrapping their arms around eachother the whole time.  It was adorable.  This is just a tiny portion of what I got of them… the rest I’ll try to post when I am caught up.

FYI… I’ll be out of town AGAIN starting Sunday– but this time we’ll be visiting my parents, so I’ll be working from my dad’s computer (identical to mine) and still returning calls/emails and setting up appointments!  Looking forward to all the spring sessions I have coming up!

ENJOY this GORGEOUS family…