Head over to the AP facebook page to see the winners! 
And here is a preview of a little munchkin I have yet to showcase on the blog! (oops…getting behind again..!)
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A birthday giveaway….just for you! :)
So….yes, the day has finally arrived. For the last 2 weeks, I have been sulking in this reality that I’m just getting older. But the 30s are the new 20s (so I hear)…so I will try to embrace it. 
This morning I woke up from a dream at about 5am. My husband stayed in from work and told me to get ready…that we’re going to New York (ahhh…that’s the highlight of the dream). B/c then I started crying when I realized I had nothing to wear. lol That’s when I woke up…. No, there wasnt a NYC trip in today’s agenda, and no I wasnt crying over clothes. Yes, I was still huge and pregnant! lol But then I started to realize that, wow…I am 30!!!!! I am 30…..married to the love of my life, mother to a daughter that adores me….and that I love more than anything….and carrying a precious life that we have been blessed with…we have a roof over our heads and we are all healthy. Ya know….the little things that we all sooo take for granted every single day. God has granted me another year of life to enjoy these things, and I only pray that I would live this year glorifying Him in everything!!!
So yeah…how about that giveaway!? I thought I would make this extra special by gifting a lucky person! Then I thought, why not have 3 lucky winners!! Here is the deal. Comment below and I will select 3 winners to win 3 different giveaways. The order that each winner is selected will be the giveaway number they are winning. So, for example…first selected winner wins prize #1, second name drawn will win giveaway #2…and so on! Here are the giveaways!!!
GIVEAWAY #1: 50 CUSTOM, LINEN CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR THIS COMING HOLIDAY. CAN FEATURE IMAGES FROM A PAST SESSION OR FUTURE SESSION.
GIVEAWAY #2: $50 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO ANTHROPOLOGIE (MY FAV!!!! and since I cant wear it now….why dont I treat you to a little something!)
GIVEAWAY #3: COMPLIMENTARY SESSION WITH AP AND A 20 PAGE CUSTOM PHOTO BOOK FEATURING OUR NEW BOOKS/ALBUMS (ALL OTHER PRINTS AVAILABLE A LA CARTE)
There ya have it! You must be able and ‘ok’ with any of these giveaways to enter. Cut off is at midnight and names will be announced tomorrow morning via the random number generator. You can enter as many times as you like. Oh, and be nice and tell your friends! Good luck! Off to spend some time with my baby and parents…and my honey later on (since he didnt take the day off)
July 20, 2010 - 9:36 am - Happy Birthday Becky!!! 30's are not so bad! They have been pretty good to little old me! ;0)
July 20, 2010 - 9:43 am - Happy Birthday! You're going to LOVE 30's!
July 20, 2010 - 9:44 am - happy birthday! i would love to win any of these! such an exciting giveaway !!!! thanks for the opportunity!
July 20, 2010 - 9:47 am - Happy Birthday!
July 20, 2010 - 9:49 am - happy 30th! And congrats! :)
July 20, 2010 - 9:52 am - Birthday blessings to you. It's amazing how little we change in a year and how important they are to our children. My son has to tell everyone he's 5 and one half...he's looking forward to 5 and three quarters :)
July 20, 2010 - 9:53 am - why not enter twice? I have a son and my 2 year old daughter :)
July 20, 2010 - 9:56 am - Happy Birthday Becky! 30 is knocking on my door too. Just think of all you have accomplished and you're only 30! (That's what I keep telling myself, it helps the sting a little...) Anyway, Happy Birthday!!! ;)
July 20, 2010 - 10:01 am - Happy Birthday sweet friend!
July 20, 2010 - 10:02 am - Happy birthday! My husband turned 30 today as well!
July 20, 2010 - 10:03 am - Happy Birthday! I've loved my 30s...the best years of my life...so far anyway ;0)
July 20, 2010 - 10:06 am - I LOVED my session with you last year! Another one would be so awesome!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
July 20, 2010 - 10:10 am - Happy Birthday! I turned 30 last October and life just keeps getting better!
July 20, 2010 - 10:13 am - Happy Birthday Becky, the 30's were great to me, and I had my last child at 38! I have now entered 4....0....and they are not so bad either...like you said GOD IS GOOD IN EVERYTHING even AGE! God bless and praying you have a glorious day!
July 20, 2010 - 10:13 am - I am in the same boat!! 6 months left until I am 30 and 5 wks until baby #3 arrives! It's hot out! Happy Birthday! Jess (mom to Moseley & Chambers)
July 20, 2010 - 10:24 am - I just thought of another reason to celebrate - do you know all the freebies you can get on your birthday? My youngest has her birthday next weekend and she's already gotten emails/mail for a free Zaxby's cookie, free breakfast at IHOO, and a free cookie cake slice at Great American Cookie Company at the mall! I usually get a $20 coupon at Vera Bradley in my birthday month. At that rate, you could celebrate your birthday all month long!
July 20, 2010 - 10:26 am - I meant IHOP, not IHOO ;0)
July 20, 2010 - 10:26 am - Happy Birthday!!! You have a great perspective on life! Children seem to give us that! ;)
July 20, 2010 - 10:28 am - Happy Birthday sweet girl! Jackson misses his Ava! We need to have a "back to school party" for the kids. They've all grown so much over the summer. Oh, by the way, pick me!! heehee
July 20, 2010 - 10:35 am - Happy Birthday! From a woman who just turned 35 two weeks ago, 30s are the best!
July 20, 2010 - 10:42 am - I love giveaways! Thanks for the chance to win.
July 20, 2010 - 10:53 am - Happy Birthday Becky! Enjoy...the 30's are so much better than the 20's. I would never have believed it when I was 29...but it's true :)!
July 20, 2010 - 10:55 am - Becky! I just adore this post about the blessing in your life. So glad to know you and hope you have a fabulous birthday. Also, Anthropologie is my weakness. Just sayin'.
July 20, 2010 - 10:57 am - Being 30 is not so bad...I don't feel any different! Hey, it's always better than the alternative, right? Happy Birthday!
July 20, 2010 - 10:59 am - Happy 30th, Becky!
July 20, 2010 - 11:04 am - Happy Birthday Becky! Hope you have a great day!
July 20, 2010 - 11:09 am - Happy Birthday to you!
July 20, 2010 - 11:24 am - Happy Birthday Becky! I just turned 30 July 14 and I thought I would be sad about it too. But everything you mentioned in "paragraph 1" makes life so much fun and definitely worth living for. I hope you have a great day!!
July 20, 2010 - 12:08 pm - Happy Birthday from the Cullums! We are fans of your work.
July 20, 2010 - 12:09 pm - I'll try one more time... pick me, random number generator!
July 20, 2010 - 12:27 pm - 30 is a wonderful age! I turned 32 with a 4 year old and 4 months pregnant with triplets- so I completely understand your thoughts! Hope your day and year are amazing!!
July 20, 2010 - 12:36 pm - Happy Birthday! I would love to win any of the giveaways!
July 20, 2010 - 12:38 pm - Hope your birthday day is wonderful!
July 20, 2010 - 12:45 pm - Happy Birthday! I am 11 months into 30 and so far it is awesome! Hope you have a great day! Thanks for the chance to win.
July 20, 2010 - 12:47 pm - Happy 30th! Enjoy!
July 20, 2010 - 12:56 pm - I'll do two entries. :)
July 20, 2010 - 12:58 pm - Happy Birthday Becky!
July 20, 2010 - 1:09 pm - Happy 3-0!
July 20, 2010 - 1:56 pm - Happy birthday to you and to me! I turned 37 today so maybe that will make you feel better about 30.
July 20, 2010 - 2:02 pm - I would love to win any of these prizes. Thanks and Happy Birthday.
July 20, 2010 - 2:23 pm - Leaving another comment! Hoping to win!
July 20, 2010 - 2:28 pm - Happy Birthday Becky!! Hope you have a great one.
July 20, 2010 - 2:29 pm - Great Contest! Thanks for the opportunity.
July 20, 2010 - 2:51 pm - Happy Happy Birthday (again) to my favorite photographer :)
July 20, 2010 - 2:59 pm - Happy 30th Becky! And welcome to the 30 club! Ha. Thank you for this awesome opportunity !! Brandye
July 20, 2010 - 3:03 pm - Happy Birthday - you are so young. Also, congrats on the new baby on the way. We just had our second. Life is crazy and wonderful!!!!
July 20, 2010 - 3:18 pm - Happy 30th Becky! I hear so many nice things about you from Tracy!
July 20, 2010 - 4:54 pm - Happy Birthday!!! Hope your day is extra special and that you have many many more happy birthdays!!!!
July 20, 2010 - 5:12 pm - Happy birthday!
July 20, 2010 - 5:49 pm - Happy Birthday!!! 30 is a great number and it's all about attitude and keeping yourself happy and healthy :)
July 20, 2010 - 6:28 pm - Happy birthday- what a great blog post to remind us all of how to reframe our thoughts!
July 20, 2010 - 6:29 pm - Also, I'd definitely be happy with any of the 3 options! Miss seeing you!
July 20, 2010 - 6:43 pm - Happy, Happy Birthday, Becky!!! Thirties are wonderful!
July 20, 2010 - 7:03 pm - One more time!
July 20, 2010 - 7:22 pm - What did "A" give you for the big 30th???
July 20, 2010 - 7:53 pm - commenting again in more hopes to win something exciting! hope your birthday has been a lot of fun!
July 20, 2010 - 8:03 pm - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! 30's....what a fun decade! Enjoy your day in the Ham and then take a trip to NYC later!
July 20, 2010 - 8:38 pm - Happy Birthday! madamerkf at aol dot com
July 20, 2010 - 9:03 pm - Happy Birthday!!!!
July 20, 2010 - 9:06 pm - Happy Birthday!
July 20, 2010 - 9:06 pm - Happy Birthday
July 20, 2010 - 9:07 pm - Happy Birthday!
July 20, 2010 - 9:47 pm - ahhhh! i would love any of those prizes. caley and i can relive the middle school modeling days with you, haha! : )
July 20, 2010 - 10:43 pm - Happy birthday!!!
July 20, 2010 - 10:51 pm - Happy, happy birthday! Enjoy 30! Embrace it and run with it! It's amazing!
July 20, 2010 - 10:54 pm - Hope u had a great and special day!!
July 20, 2010 - 11:07 pm - Once more before I retire - Happy Birthday, Becky! Hope it was great!!! :)
July 21, 2010 - 9:37 am - Hope you had a fabulous birthday, Becky! I get compliments almost daily on our photographs from our last session. Looking forward to the next one!
July 21, 2010 - 11:45 am - Hope your Birthday was as wonderful as you!!
Sweet summer afternoons in the field…
What was supposed to be a beautiful afternoon at the field turned into a dark and dreary sky….and me praying that the rain would stay away. Well, it did…and we were able to capture some major sweetness…sans golden light filling the field with magical sun drops. I think the kids were enough to keep the mood cheery and magical!!
Be back with more minisession cuties that are sure to make you smile
Oh, blog!!! How I’ve missed thee….
Hi….my name is Becky….and I’m a bad blogger!!! 
Actually, it’s not that I’m a bad blogger. I’d like to think I’ve been fairly good at this whole blogging thing…just check the archives! I’ve just been alittle too busy to notice that TWO MONTHS have gone by and I have not touched this thing!! My gosh! I do have a good reason, I promise. #1 is that I’ve been a busy bee with all the new and repeat clients I’ve seen in the last few months…and #2, which is the biggie….is
WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A BABY!!!!
Yup, that is the word on the street and we are beyond thrilled. As thrilled as we are…this has been by far the WORST I have felt in all of my life. I wish I was kidding. I am about to enter my 5th month and these last 4 months have been pure misery. Everything from toilet-hugging sickness, nausea, incredibly painful heartburn (ALREADY!!!), pure exhaustion, back pain, leg pain….am I boring you yet? haha! I honestly did not have some of this stuff with Ava until the very end, or at all even. So I’m alittle taken back by it. I appreciate you all (especially my husband) for your patience with me during this time as this has really slowed me down. It has been a real struggle to stay ‘on top of things’ lately.
Some crazy things…just to name a few….I was driving to a session the other day around 2ish…and my eyes felt sooo heavy, as if it were going on 3am. I was honestly falling asleep. I literally had to pray to God above to help me stay awake while driving (and at the session). Fast forward a few days, my heels (of all things!!) felt like they were stuffed with a sack of stones. Excrutiating pain!! And here recently, painful painful hiccups that swell from the pit of my gut only to feel like i’m releasing herds of elephants as my mouth opens. Yeah…can someone please tell me what the heck this is?? All I have to say is that this baby better have a good explanation when he/she comes out (nope, we’re not finding out).
So…having said all that, know that I am still here and will attempt to not fall behind going forward. I have alot of exciting stuff and sessions to share. And to start things off…here is a cutie I photographed recently. It wasnt a first for us…and it better not be the last…haha…j/k Beth!
Coming soon: MORE SESSIONS! Be back soon!
-B
June 30, 2010 - 10:14 pm - 1. CONGRATULATIONS!!!! You were expecting when you were shooting Shelby!?!?!?! You seemed to have lots of energy. Bless your heart! 2. Yes, you will see me again...you've got to shoot the mini-session with Abbey :)
ONLY A FEW SPOTS LEFT!
MINISESSION slots are almost gone!! Click HERE for details and contact me if you want to reserve your spot.
(and yes, that’s my little one….my little poster child for my business)
I love her!
by Becky
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