farewell teddy....helloooooo cletus!

so you know it's a bad sign when you walk into your hallway, and you see this....

poor little guy didn't even stand a chance....

And THEN you walk into your living room, and see the REST of the masterpiece...

Lucy, looking triumphantly over her work...

By the way, mucho mucho apologies for the poor quality photos above. Turns out, my point and shoot just doesn't cut it like the good ol' Canon. Hence, my logo is not on any of them....feel free to steal as you feel necessary. Although you stealing pictures of my dogs and their messes is kind of weird....but whatever......

in HAPPIER news! Those of you who are already friends with me on Facebook probably already know a thing or two about our new surprise (by the way, if you're not friends with me on facebook yet, you really should be. I'm a hoot of a buddy. At least I'd like to think so....Melissa Jennifer Folks-- add me today!). But I thought I should officially announce this on our blog now that we have PHOTOS! That's right. You know where I'm going with this one...

We've got a bun in the oven!!!

Say hello to Cletus the Fetus (artistically "named" by our dear friend, Sally Van Orden....)

This is the little one waving to the world. In this lovely photo, we see a foot and hand.

I'm not sure what the doc said he/she was doing here, but I think if you look VEEEERRRRRY closely, you can see he (or she) is sticking his (or her....man that could get old) tongue out at us. ANNND it kind of has a big nose. He or she got that from me if that's the case. Sorry little one!

And this is the last pic of the feet kicked up and just relaxin...we got the hearbeat here-- 170 bpm.

So for the record, I'm just now getting out of the first trimester. I'm about 13 weeks this Friday (WOO HOO!). And to answer some questions-- YES I am deathly ill with morning sickness. Hence, the lack of blogging lately. Very sorry about that. Turns out getting sick 6 times a day just doesn't lend me much time to do anything. And NO we're not actually planning on calling the baby Cletus. Although Matthew still kind of thinks Rocky is in the running. After the infamous Rocky Balboa. I thought it was cute and clever at first....I'm not so sure anymore. We'll update you more on that later...

BUT YES WE ARE STILL DOING SESSIONS! Please do not hesitate to book a session with us as soon as possible. Our dates are filling up very quickly due to the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, and we would absolutely love to come and capture whatever event you feel needed. Click here to reserve your date or to see some of our past work!

Oh, and we'll probably know the sex of the little one in about 6 weeks, so we'll keep ya posted! Hooray for good news!

Have a good rest of the week everyone!