Life Reinvented

Jeez, I can't believe I haven't posted in so long. I have a tendency to slip from posting when life gets busy, and that's exactly what happened again. However this time is because I have been caught up in a whirlwind and it has totally transitioned my life.

Last time I posted I was a fresh doe-eyed college graduate, counting down the days til I married the love of my life, and I was casually looking for a job while I stressed about planning the wedding of our dreams and spent as much time with family as I could while I had the unlimited free time. 

I am now employed full-time, in my degree field, at a company that I absolutely love. To top that off my job gives me the opportunity to use my creative side, and mess with Photoshop! I work with great guys, I started in August and I already feel like I have been there forever. 

I am a married woman now, My love and I officially tied the knot September 20th 2014! We dreamed of our wedding day for years and reality was a million times better than anything we could have ever dreamed of. Our wedding day was amazing. We were surrounded by so much love, the people in our life that helped shape and cultivate our marriage, and it was amazing to have everyone there to support us and celebrate such a huge step in our lives.

After our wedding we went on an amazing 11 day honeymoon. We spent three days in Puerto Rico and then got on a cruise for 7 days. We stopped in St. Thomas, Barbados, St. Kitts, St. Marteen and St. Lucia. We had an absolute blast...in our 7+ years together our honeymoon was our first vacation alone...we normally choose to spend our vacation time with our family or some of our good friends. It  was refreshing to spend get out and explore together. We loved it!! I have a boatload of photos to share at some point!

Once we got back into the swing of life after or trip we got launched right into the holiday season. It proved to be a busy one. We got to spend thanksgiving with my mans family in Charlotte. We hustled up to Ohio to my sister's house on Christmas Eve and we got to watch our niece's and baby nephew enjoy Christmas morning, which was an amazing experience. It was awesome!! 

It has been hectic but my love and I are trying our best to change our dietary lifestyle as well. We have basically removed all frozen foods and processed foods from our diet...when we go to the grocery store we try and stick to fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, fresh seafood, meats and dairy. We basically just shop the perimeter of the grocery store. We still indulge in tasty foods, but we are cooking at home a lot more, and are cooking a lot healthier.

I look forward to see how our lives will change over the next few months. Updates will follow on here. I plan to get more regular with postings! 

Saxby Rhett Anthony {Newborn Photography Session}

      While I was in Ohio I got a chance to take some time to photograph sweet Saxby. Two of his older sisters wanted to be included in some of the pictures as well. It is adorable how much they love their new baby brother!  Check out my favorites from the shoot, and leave baby Saxby some love in the comments below!!

A week...A month, same thing?!

Well according to my last post I posted I was going to Ohio for a week. I went up there with my mom to help my sister and her husband out. My sister had her baby boy over a month early and they already have three little girls, so life was pretty hectic for them before Saxby's surprise entrance. My mom has always been able to go up and help out the week after my sister gives birth. This is the first time that I haven't been tied up in work or school, so I was very excited to get to go up and spend time with my sister, her family and my new little baby nephew. The week we were up there was crazy hectic, on top of being a mommy of four, my sister had to be back in her doctoral classes. My mom and I helped out with watching the girls, and spent a lot of time coloring, playing outside and changing diapers. We were all winding down and talking at the end of the night a few days before mom and I were supposed to head back home. We were joking around about how difficult my sister's life was about to get once my mom and I left.

      Long story short, the joking turned into an actual proposal for me to stay in Ohio for a few more weeks and help my sister out. My brother in law pretty much offered me everything under the sun to stay. After a quick phone call to my love back in SC, it was decided that my week trip would turn into a month long one. I would be staying up there til July 4th weekend.

      I am so grateful that I did stay up there to help out. I got some seriously needed quality time with my sister and brother-in-law, spent a lot of needed bonding time with my nieces and nephew, and my sister and I even got to spend our birthdays together...which hasn't happened in at least 6 years. Cole even got to come up part of the week of July 4th and spent some time with me, my sister and her family! It was a pretty great end to an awesome month. I have a ton of pictures from the month and I promise to post them I just need to get them all in one place first.