The Highs and Lows of a Tuesday

Today has been an interesting day. Got to hang out with a sweet little boy named Caleb this morning (pics coming soon)! Managed to make lunch without leaving the stove on for hours. This is apparently my new thing. Sometimes I fear for the lives of the dogs. I really shouldn't be left here alone all day. And THEN, I was doing the dreaded. Vacuuming my stairs. With my new Dyson no less {that never loses suction-I can vouch for this,} and as I bent over to grab the cord, the Dyson grabbed me! A big hunk of my hair to be exact. Sucked it right into the little stair attachment and wrapped it all around until the vacuum was trying to suck in the rest of my head. Would not recommend it. The hair sucking that is. And so it goes. I am reminded daily of my shoddy attempts at domesticating myself. Here's to tomorrow...

What that little story has to do with this beautiful pregnant woman, I do not know. Maybe it's the little voice in the back of my head that says I need to remember to turn off the stove and master the art of vacuuming before I have a baby of my own. Knowing all that I know about pregnancy, I'm constantly left in awe of it. It's such a beautifully complicated miracle, and I'm so glad that I get to document it. I hope you enjoy!

New Birth Announcements!

It's been a productive week at Abby Gray Photography. Well for {some} of us. While Scotch and Maddox continued to do more of this...

I periodically checked to make sure they were still breathing and worked on these...

















I'm so excited about these new birth announcements! All the color and text can be fully customized to whatever your heart desires, AND there are new session packages coming soon. A lot gets done when I'm slightly over caffeinated. Happy Wednesday!
{Also if any photogs would like to know where to find more templates like these, shoot me an email and I'll send you the info.}

February Freebies!

Sleepy Head

I have two Golden Retrievers, and I think they must be the two laziest creatures on the planet. Since I've been working from home more, I've realized that the only time they actually move during the day is if they hobble downstairs to get a treat or if it's time to play (I am always alerted to when this time has come by the wet noses incessantly knocking my hand off the mouse until I finally stop working.) Otherwise - naps all day. As usual, Maddox didn't want to get out of bed this morning. Lately, anything before 10 a.m. seems to be unacceptable to him. But today, I got up bright and was ready to go. After some failed coaxing to get him up, I eventually just made the bed with him in it. He didn't seem to mind...

*Referrals*

Love. Love. Love.

So, this post was supposed to be way cooler than it is, full of slideshows and fun music. But, after several hours of fighting with the slideshow gods I surrendered. A girl can only take so much. So if any of you blog readers out there know of some wonderful slideshow program that lets you use your own music, rather than the 1990's version of some no-name jazz song they so kindly provide you with, lemme me know what it is! But please keep in mind, you're dealing with a girl who isn't 100% sure how to get songs on her ipod. So not too many bells and whistles please.

I digress. Lucky for me, Christy and Patrick are plenty cool all by themselves! They met last year on a mission trip in Brazil, and it was love at first sight. And, as luck would have it, they came to Boulder not long after they got engaged so we got to wander around downtown and play and be silly and take pictures. Christy has been my dear friend since the days of two-toned hair and overalls, and I couldn't think of anyone more perfect for her than Patrick. New love is all around lately, and I'm loving it! I'm so thankful that all of my friends have such wonderful people in their lives. And of course, I'm very excited for all of them to have babies so I can take more pictures! I'm still holding on to the chance that Christy and Patrick are going to arrange for that to happen while they're living in Italy so that I will HAVE to go visit them frequently. Babies grow fast you know. They need to be photographed at least every other month. And yes, this is a possibility...thank you Patrick and the Navy. (I'm keeping my fingers crossed!) But for now, here they are - their young, fabulous, baby-free selves.

A Snidge of a Sneak!

More on this fun couple soon...there were so many wonderful images from this session, I simply couldn't choose! But, I promised to have a blog post up for them today, so I had to give them a little something until I can sort through all of the fabulousness! (I realize that is not a word, but it works.)