Meet Major!

World, meet Major! He is a very cute 3 month old little boy that I photographed recently. He did so good considering his mom said he would not take a nap before I got there. It seems like our children never cooperate with us when we want them to!!! It was also nice to be able to cuddle with a baby instead of a toddler for once! Let me know what you think!

My baby girl is ONE today!

I really can not believe how quickly time flies. It seems like just yesterday I was holding my little girl for the first time. Now she is walking and developing into her independent ways! Here a are few pictures from birth to today! Enjoy!

First few hours

Day Three

One Month

I don't have all of the rest according to exact date but they are in order of her age!

Well, there you have it! This is just a small sampling of the THOUSANDS.. and yes I do mean thousands of pictures I have taken of my darling Kaydence since she was born. Until after Christmas I took pictures every week on Tuesday since she was born on a Tuesday. I hope you have enjoyed looking.

Until next time~ Leslie

eat!, A Bridal Shower and a Rehearsal Dinner!

February 16, 2008 one of my best friends, Andrea, got married! So, the week before the wedding was pretty busy! Not only did I have "bridesmaid" obligations (so to speak.. I wanted to be there...hahaha)but I also had a wedding (see blog below). Several of the bridesmaids and I had been trying to plan a bridal shower luncheon for the day before the wedding. We decided that we would do it at Carraba's. Since we were not expecting a large crowd at the time of planning we didn't bother calling to reserve a time or table. For whatever reason, on the evening before the shower I decided to call just to let them know we might have about 10-15 people. To my dismay, I am told that they don't open until 4 o'clock! All I could think was, "Oh my gosh, what am I going to do?!" Looks like we would not be having the bridal shower at 12 at Carrabas!I called Steph, Andrea's Matron of Honor to fill her in. Since she is from Philly she couldn't really offer any other places close the the Crown Plaza where we were all staying. So, I decided to call the Crown Plaza to ask them if they had any restaurants within walking distance that they could recommend. Since so many people were flying in and taking the shuttle to the hotel we had to have somewhere close so that we did not have to worry about transportation. This was at about 8 p.m. About thirty minutes later a WONDERFUL employee at the Crown named Biko (who I had spoken with originally) called me back and gave me the name of a restaurant called eat! Yes, that's right eat! It is located on the corner of Wright Street and Palafox in downtown Pensacola.

I, as well as everyone in attendance at the bridal shower, have nothing but GREAT things to say about this restaurant. The food was AMAZING and very reasonably priced. You can check out their website at http://www.eatmorefood.com/. I would say the dress code is casual elegant. Jean's and a nice shirt are great attire for lunchtime. Dinner.. you would probably want to be a little more dressy.

As for the bridal shower, it could not have gone better! Here are some pictures of the wonderful food and festivities.

Jackie and Andrea

The Bride and her girls (minus one) Steph, Matron of Honer and The Bride The Bridal Shower attendees

Tessa (the flower girl) with her Mommy Andrea opening her gifts And below are just a few of the wonderful meals!


I'm still not quite done! Here are some pictures of the Rehearsal Dinner which was held at McGuire's Irish Pub in Pensacola. The food, as usual, was fantastic!!

The Bridezilla! (haha..no she was great!)

Andrea with her Brother-in-Law Robby

My Hubby and I (I had to throw it in here!)

The Bride with her Bridesmaids
Joe and Andrea Joe, Myself and Andrea

The couple at the end of the rehearsal dinner

So, if you have taken the time to get to the bottom of this.. THANKS! I hope you enjoyed. My blogging is not quite over. I still have the wedding to cover as well as another recent shoot! Just keep checking back for updates!

Happy Valentine's Day!!! (late.. I know!)

I had the pleasure of spending part of my Valentine's day with Kathy and David! They were married on the beach in Destin. When I first arrived Kathy was telling me how she was so upset the day before because the weather was TERRIBLE and COLD (and boy was it.. the 30's I believe)!! She said she was nearly in tears because she was afraid that her wedding day would be ruined.

Boy was she surprised when she got up the next morning! Her wedding day could not have been more perfect. There was not a cloud in the sky. There was a slight chill in the air but it was still very comfortable outside. Take a look at their slideshow and tell me what you think!

VIEW SLIDESHOW

Kathleen and Josh

I am a little late posting for this blog. Kathleen and Josh came to my office and met with me to discuss their wedding day a few weeks ago. After the meeting we went to downtown Pensacola and had a wonderful engagement shoot. They are such a fun couple! We had such a great time together. The only bad thing was that in between the time we parked our cars in front of Seville Quarter until we were done in that area (about an hour to an hour and a half) someone keyed my car! We couldn't believe it. Anyway.. I can't wait until their wedding day. Here are a few of their pictures!

The Newest Craze..

is TRASH THE DRESS!



I must say, given the opportunity I might do this to my gown (at my vow renewal ceremony). Even if I don't, I still LOVE to photograph others that can want to TTD!! I know I have a few that are planning on it this year! Just wait until you guys see the pictures!!!

Birthday Cake a Smash!

My darling little girl is almost a year old so I wanted to take some formal birthday pictures. I've got another set that I'm going to do later next week but I wanted to show off the smash cake pictures now!! If you would like to have "Smash Cake" pictures of your little one, give me a call and we can set up an appointment!! Enjoy!

Oh.. and I forgot to say that she is like her Mommy and HATED being dirty. After the first part she didn't get too dirty because she didn't want to dig in. Andy decided to take the cake and smash it on her tummy. She looked down at her belly, then up at her Daddy and proceeded to have a baby meltdown because she was dirty!