Atlanta Trip

Brett, Daphne, Brett’s Mom Kim, and I all made the 8 hour drive to  Atlanta the other week.  We went to visit Brett’s brother Brandon, his wife Christy, and our two nieces Maris and Maeve.  We had THE BEST time.

My nieces were so much fun.  Maris just turned 5, and Maeve was 1 in April.  Now that Daphne can move around a lot more and play she really enjoyed Maeve.  Those two are going to be trouble when they get older.

I got to take some pictures of Brandon’s family while we were down there.  We tried to go down to the nice park, but it was closed because they were filming a movie!  (Random right?)  So we set off on an adventure.  We found this running trail close to the park.  It was so green and beautiful which actually made a wonderful backdrop.

While we were there we got to know the neighborhood hawk, yes you read that correctly, the neighborhood hawk.  Brandon named it Ghostface Killah, after the Wu-Tang Clan rapper.  (He used to wear a gold bird on a cuff back in the day)  This hawk isn’t afraid of anything.  It will let you walk within 10 feet of it.  It was nuts!  Ghostface seemed like a member of the family after the weekend because we saw his so much.

While we were down there we participated in a Rugged Maniac race.  HOLY AWESOME!  Brett, Brandon, Christy and I worked as a team and stuck together the whole time.  We all really enjoyed it and are looking for our next race.  And that night, Christy ran with Maris in her very first race!  It was a light up the night 1K.  She had a ball.

We also got to go to an Atlanta Braves game.  We sat right on the field and could throw a rock and hit J. Upton.  Great game!

Here are a few pictures that I took from the mini family shoot, as well as some shots of our other adventures.

xoxo ashley

Ghostface Killah!

Maris… I shot this from the hip 🙂

Daphne is TEN months old!

Soooo this is a little late.

Daphne is now a 10 month old crazy kid.  She cannot sit still!  She finally has two teeth coming in… the two bottom ones.  Thank god!  Now I can stop having dreams about her needing dentures to start kindergarten!

She also just got her first ear infection.  Oh my heart hurt to see her not feeling well.  The only plus side to her being sick is I got to have some major snuggle sessions.  This girl is so busy that she has no time to cuddle with Mommy anymore.  She’s feeling better now and back to her crazy ways.

And did I mention she’s getting close to walking?  She holds onto stuff with one hand and can walk.  Then that’s when I will REALLY have my hands full!

So here are a few pictures from her quick 10 month shoot.

xoxo ashley