1st Birthday Photo Shoot

We bought this super cute dress for Grace last year not long after we bought her home from the hospital.  I just loved the balloon-ish hem.  We snapped a few shots of her a few days before her birthday and she had SO much fun!  I think she looks so big in these pictures, but I guess she is a big girl now.  :)

So for family, I'm going to number these, (the number will be below the picture as the new blogger tool lets you caption which is super easy to use but the opposite of how I used to label pictures).  If you want one, let me know which number(s) and what size(s) and I'll bring them with me when we come for Christmas.

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North Georgia Fun

I'm a bit behind, as usual, on the posting here but I'll try to catch up this week since we don't have much planned and I can breathe a little. :)

On Oct 15th, we had a wonderful time up in the North GA Mountains. It was a gorgeous fall day and we hit Bert's Pumpkin Patch and R and A Orchards.

Grace had a blast and enjoyed playing with all the pumpkins, HUGE and tiny alike, at Bert's.  The Dreher's met us up there and we had a good time goofing off, as usual, and took a usual load of pictures.  The last time we went (in 2008) there was hardly anyone there...this year it was PACKED out.  It was hard to get good pictures because of the sheer volume of people. Anyway, we did end up with a few decent shots and we're planning to hit another farm, (hopefully a smaller one where the line for a hayride isn't over an hour!) and we'll get more pictures and our pumpkin there.  I couldn't decide which pictures to post, so I decided since this is my blog I'll post all the pictures I want and not think twice about it.  Enjoy!

Love, Love, LOVE this one!  That grin is just too precious!

There was this beautiful tree and wildflowers by our car so I wanted to take a picture of Daddy & his girl. She kept trying to show him the leaves so until he looked up, we didn't get a good picture. She is so funny. :)

I just love this picture.

Our next stop was R and A Orchards. We've been there before and they have the BEST caramel apples. It's not like you think. They actually let you pick an apple, they slice it, put it in a bowl, then POUR caramel over the top until the bowl is half full. It's dreamy. I don't even want to think about the calorie count, but once a year, it's all good. :)

We opted not to pick apples this year since the options for picking weren't apples we were interested in, so we just bought a bushel of Fuji apples (yummo!) and then headed into the orchard for some photos.  Bethany actually got a pretty good shot of all of us looking at the camera...a near miracle with an almost one year old.  :)

Grace was very excited about the tractors at Bert's, but there were lines to do everything there. This tractor outside the store at R and A was the perfect size for her. She loved getting up on the seat and then standing up to reach the wheel. 

With Baby Dreher due in just over a month, we took the opportunity to take a few maternity pictures. We got a few good ones...

Ally wanted to get in on the action, so she stuffed a pumpkin under her shirt and we took a few silly shots. :)

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A pretty good picture of all of us

We are certainly blessed to have such good friends!

Bilbo Wedding

While we were in Fairhope, AL on Vacation, David's cousin Jonathan got married (June 12). We just love Erin too and were honored to take their photos. Here's a few favorites and a sneak peak for the new Mr & Mrs Bilbo!

The girls got ready in a nursery/office and they found this toy clock and set it to 2:30 - the time of the wedding...too funny!J&E decided to see each other before the ceremony, but they wanted to have a moment to themselves, here they are just before seeing each other...The guys busting at the seem to get in on the action while J&E had their moment together.Erin and her girlsJonathan was a good sport in letting us take lots of silly pictures...Jonathan was so handsome in his suitErin looked stunning in her gown, a beautiful bride!The Ceremony was beautifulFirst Kiss!Just Married! - I always love these first pictures after the ceremony, so fun! A few shots of the new Mr & Mrs!First dance!This has to be one of my favorite pictures ever - totally matches her personality too! :) The cake was gorgeous (and super yummy!)This picture just cracks me up!David took the guys out on the golf course at the reception site and got some great photos.Love this one!And they're off!