Well another year has passed and I truly don't know how it went so fast.  Hard to believe I have been a parent for 5 years now!!  From the very start I have had the ability to stay home with Abby and I am so blessed to have such an amazing opportunity that I know many moms don't have, so for that I am grateful.  Even being home everyday with my kids I feel so much of it has passed and I feel like I missed things but I know I haven't because I have been here everyday.  In the first few years I was like any parent with a point and shoot camera snapping away.  But I was bad about backing up photos and I lost a lot of photos of Abby when she was a baby and the first 2 years of her life when my old laptop crashed.  When Alex came along my husband bought a nice dslr camera that I had no idea how to use.  After MUCH trial and error and lots of reading of tutorials and several classes and workshops later I finally feel like I am doing a good job of documenting my kids adventures and everyday chaos.  So I wanted to share this blog with the latest milestone birthday photos.  Happy golden birthday to my amazing daughter!

Amazing close up portrait that she never lets me do.  She says she doesn't like her photo being taken but how can I oblige her that when she is such a perfect model.  Sorry but I am going to chase her down with a camera for the rest of her life weather she likes it or not!

Abby showing me some of the ballet moves she has learned in class.

"What?!!!  It's ok to jump on the bed????!!"   Yes anything for the sake of a good photo is my motto as long as its safe. 

I love capturing the little details.  I know its just a set of feet to some but for me, these feet will only be this size for a short amount of time so I want to be sure to capture it.

Abby and her doll Isabelle.  Abby loves her dolls and to be a "little mom."  I love watching her play when she thinks no one is watching.

While we were shooting these photos Alex woke up from his nap and was happily singing the Indiana Jones theme from his room.  Abby and I could not stop laughing when we heard him!

     Time for serious shot after all the giggles were done!

Something about this image just gets me every time I see it.  Not sure what it is.  Just a sense of innocence I guess. I love it!

            Abby loves her fairy tales and wearing her fairy wings!   I love this stage in her life!  Its so much fun for the both of us!

                                                                     Happy birthday sweet pea!