Here is our card from this year that I managed to pull together and send out on Monday of this week. LOL
(i know you’ve seen that pic before) 
Love, peace and joy to all of you!!! May we be reminded of the greatest gift of all at this time! Hope you enjoy your time with your families…and….. dont eat too much! 
It really feels weird logging into my blog. It feels like forever ago that I posted the last time. Oh blog…how I’ve missed thee!!! Well, this season has been VERY abnormal…to say the least. It has been one of my busiest, and most trying season of all. There were alot of unanswered questions (the most popular one being ‘WHY?’…on my part). There has been ALOT of good, but also some bad, and some lessons learned. Anyway, here is a breakdown of the last few months:
-Massive computer crash (yes, lost a ton…even from my back-up disk). Insert ever-most popular question..WHY? and HOW?? I still cannot answer them!! I cannot thank my clients enough for the amazing attitude they’ve had towards this. The patience and understanding for what I had to go through to pull myself through this has been very gracious.
-Finally recovering from that big mess, and I was hit with a virus that was attached to my website by a 3rd party. Basically, there were ‘malicious codes’ inserted into the index files of my site (anyone speak that language? Not me!) Figuring this out with my website people and getting it cleaned up was an absolute nightmare. Needless to say, I was paralyzed from this too…b/c everything associated with my site was down, and clients couldnt place orders, couldnt view their galleries, couldnt get emails! Talk about alot of phone calls to make and frustration to go with that. But again…my clients really are THE best!!
-One word: Stalker. Yes, you heard me. Yes, I WISH i was joking. As if I didnt have enough going on with my home and work life…let’s throw in a complete physco stalker in the mix to make it more exciting. Unfortunately, I wont go into too much detail (although some of you secretly crave juicy details…sorry!!). Let’s just say it was definitely uncalled for, lasted too long, and absolutely freaked me out. I was honestly scared that Ava and I were in danger as when this person decided to follow me…Ava was always with me. Well, it has been taken care of (ok…that doesnt sound good, lol. It’s not like that). And my life goes on. Its nice to know that I can go about my business without always being on the ‘lookout’. WHO KNEW that it was so draining in every sense of the word??? Unfortunately, I can now say that ‘I know’.
-On a more positive note, I’ve had the opportunity to do a commercial shoot for a new clothing line here in Bham, launching VERY soon. (MORE on that later!!) It was all so exciting, and I cannot wait to share my end of it all.
-Sickness sickness sickness!! Anyone else battle a ton of sickness in their household?? A friend of mine told me that when Ava is older, both she and I will be some of the healthiest chicks on the block. B/c we have honestly caught EVERYTHING under the sun! I kid you not.
Well…my life in a miniature nutshell there for ya!! I really am crazy for sitting here at 2am on Christmas eve to type this. Sleep is for the birds!! HA! At least my chocolate pies are done, my house is clean, presents are wrapped (with the last gift bought today at 10pm), and I will be enjoying time with all my family for the next few days. I definitely got my second wind, so couldnt possibly put off a blog post. However, DONT count on me sitting here and catching up on all my sessions…I will start trickling them in little by little. And to start things off…here is a sweet family I have had to pleasure of photographing for the 3rd year in a row. Never a dull moment!
Aren’t they just too cute??
Ok….i’ll be back very soon with more!!
-B
