kristinmyoungphotography

i'm baaaaaaack with a sneak peek...and bigger than evah.....

{literally} 

never say never.

we thought we were done having babies.  

i was looking forward to the next decade being diaper free.

but God has a funny way of interrupting what you think are your plans and places new desires in your heart.

i got that nagging feeling (the same one that told me that homeschooling was right for us for now) that i couldn't shake.  i like to call it the Holy Spirit.  but you think by now i would realize that my arms are too short to box with God so i fought it for a year and then finally gave in.  

so here i sit, barefoot and pregnant...again. 

but it's good and we are all excited to welcome baby #5.  i am going to keep yal in suspense until the end of this post to tell you if a girl or boy is next in the line-up....

so that's my excuse number one for being a bad blogger....weeks seven through sixteen were sheer....let's just say i would rather have my toenails pulled out one by one. but i would seriously like to kiss the person who invented that little white anti-nausea pill.  legal drugs can be a wonderful thing. i would name this child after him or her...

excuse number two...we are back in cali, baby!  moving while wanting to empty the contents of my stomach every hour is not high on my list of things to do again.  but it feels gew-ood to be home.

and excuse number three, of course, the second week we got home, we decided to do a little home remodel to get ready for the baby so my computer has been tucked away amid the boxes lining our hallway.  for awhile, our house looked like a bad episode of "hoarders".  ok, it still does...just don't go into the guest bedroom or my new studio/office to be...not pretty.

so those are my excuses and i am sticking to them.

as much as it is nice to be home, i will miss some of the folks whose paths we crossed.

and my beloved kettle bell class.  

and the green smoothies you can only get in south bend, indiana (just a side note: smoothies should not have vegetables in them!) 

and chick-fil-a {sob}

and sweet danae, who has patiently been waiting for me to get her senior shoot edited (thank you!!!).  

her eyes are an incredibly stunning window to her beautiful soul...

 

 

 
 

d,

it was a privilege to hang out with you.  you are every bit as beautiful on the inside as you are on the out. congratulations on your upcoming graduation and i know He will use you mightily. 1 timothy 4:12, girlfriend!

and thanks for being so patient! 

        

{oh, and it's a girl!}

holy hotness, part deux

so, the prerequisite for being a part of their family is that you have to be drop dead gorgeous and love Jesus. after shooting her sister (aka holy hotness, part 1), ms. kristen was next...

i mean, seriously, can you get any prettier????

 

we were shooting at santana row...until a nice little security man came up and said that we had to have a special permit (ugh!!!).  so we fired off a couple of other illegal shots before heading downtown to find a new place...

 

i did not want to explain to big mike and sweet kim why their daughter got arrested on santana row so we left peacefully but sadly.

who said downtown is not a happenin' spot...

 

 

 

ms. kristen will be mrs. calhoun soon.  we love mr. calhoun. we love mrs. calhoun-to-be. bryce really loves her.  in fact, he is still trying to devise ways to break off the wedding because he knows in his heart that deep down in kristen's heart she really wants to wait 15 years for him. i think the mrs. calhoun-to-be made a wise choice.

every time i said the name "cooper", she smiled big...

remember that song by toni braxton "i love me some him".... she loves her some coop'ins.

really, she does...

one of kristen's friends got her the best engagement present evah...

gotta love the shoes.  now, THAT's a true friend. who needs dishes and pots and pans??? it is SO about the shoes.

kristen, you are going to be a beautiful bride. i pray cooper and you have a magical day and a God-centered marriage. love you like a little sister...i've got my tissue ready...

 

{and, why yes, she DOES look like jordin sparks}

holy hotness, part one...

just a warning...there are a lot of pics in this post.  i could not decide which ones to post because they are all pretty gosh darn good...and it has nothing to do with my stellular photographic abilities (yeah right). she's hot---like h.o.t. or "holy hotness" as one of the moms on clickinmoms called her when i posted some pics.  

jill graciously agreed to help me with portfolio building. she was my first official "on my own, no pascale to help me, gotta fumble around on the camera and get it right shoot".  i felt like a school girl with a crush i was so nervous! but she totally rocked the camera especially when i mentioned a certain someone....

 

 

 

 

 

{jill also wrote me the sweetest letter ever...almost up there with the ones that the kids write me.  it was so sweet that i carry it around in my wallet. thank you, jill! i love your spirit--you are so gorgeous inside and out. keep your eyes on Him and good luck this year...}

just when you thought it was getting hot in herre...i also did a shoot with her equally gorgeous sister...more to come....

and special thanks to eyore for dragging master's bags around santana row...you know who you are...