Audra Little Photography

but I wouldn’t change them for the world! Ellie is so silly.. she is really starting to get a sense of humor and does everything she can to make Reagan giggle. Reagan, she loves it… she wants to be a big girl so bad… she follows Ellie everywhere and just lightens up when she sees her. Reagan turned 10 months yesterday and I know I sound like a broke record.. but really, I have NO idea where time is going. I swear I feel like I just had Ellie a few months ago… not 5 years ago. Hard to believe she is going to be starting Kindergarten in just a couple of weeks! So here are my 2 girls, in all of their silliness and cuteness (just a little biased)…
A little dinner theater…..

Reagan showing off her chompers..

and one of both of them…

Where in the world is Audra Little??? I know, I know… I have been missing in action big time! I have been a very busy bee and I hope to share some of what I’ve been doing over the next week or so. I must have at least 6 sessions that I need to post on here too… adorable families that everyone must see So be on the look out for those very soon!

So where have I been?? Well, I’ve been here. I haven’t been out of town or someplace exciting. I’ve been home trying to balance life, work, photography, the holidays, a husband, a 4 year old and one happy little newborn…. phew! You can see why I’ve been out of commission for a bit! But I’m starting to get a handle on things, which means I have time again to do the fun stuff like blog I’ve missed it!

My holidays were great! Ellie loved her gifts from Santa and I have to wonder what he was thinking when he brought her the Hungry Hippo Game… I guess he didn’t know that the plastic grinds on plastic and that every word out of her mouth for about 5 days straight would be, “you want to play hungry hippo with me?” repeated over and over again. She is adorable though

Reagan is growing like a weed. She is now 16 weeks old and I really need to post some updated photos of her. My goal is to do some nice portraits this weekend. She is giggling and smiling and overall is a sweet little thing. She loves to cuddle and just coos and babbles to Jeff and I every moment she can.

Here is a quick photo of the girls with Santa.. taken with the point and shoot

So that’s an update on my life…. Happy Belated New Year!

She is finally here!! Reagan was born on September 28, 2009. She weighed 8 lbs., 11 oz and was 21.5 inches long… no wonder I felt so miserable in the end. She is so sweet and is quite the little cuddle bug. My friend Holly was here for a week and we set up all our props and took some formal newborn photos. It took us a good 4 hours and here are a few of my favorites from the day:

So there she is I’m enjoying my time off from work.. hard to believe she will be 5 weeks old on Monday. I swear time is flying right by. Tomorrow is Halloween. Ellie is going to be Tinkerbell and Reagan is going as a butterfly. I started taking photos again this week. I had an awesome Senior session on Wednesday and then today I had a 2 year old. I can’t wait to share some of the photos. I’ve already started booking up fast for the holidays, so if you want photos done, contact me soon!!

I did it.. I actually got on the other side of the camera and had my maternity photos done by the very talented and cool Shelly Ivy We met through a photographers group here in Phoenix and when she offered to take photos of me I jumped at the chance!!! You can see some of her great photographs HERE! Ellie came along with me and unfortunately Jeff had to work, so he’s not in any of the photos. Here are a few from the day:

Didn’t she do a great job?! I love the one of Ellie kissing my belly. I can’t believe my pregnancy is almost over, and for that I am thankful! My c-section is scheduled for Monday and I can’t wait to meet my newest daughter. I know the first few weeks are rough, but at least when you do get to sleep you are comfortable.. right?? I will keep you all posted and in case you try to get a hold of me, I probably won’t be checking emails for at least a week.

For New Year’s eve we headed over to our friends’ house. Mike and Stephanie had a few people over, even the kids were invited! Ellie actually stayed up till midnight, which shocked me, but when you have a ton of kids running around, it’s hard to crash on the couch. Ellie loved the horns and counting down to midnight! Here is a little scrapbook I made of our night on smilebox:

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Here is a quick little slideshow from our Christmas. Besides Ellie getting sick, it was a great day! My whole family came over and we had yummy prime rib and then played left-right-center! So much fun! Then we broke open my new Scene it game for xbox.. another great game!

I finally got around to getting our Halloween pictures somewhat posted. I made a fun little scrapbook with Smilebox. So now I also have some scrapbook pages done too I tell you, I think Smilebox is great!! Here it is:

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

I feel like it takes me forever to write in between posts. I seriously don’t know how some people do it every day. Life is good.. steady and busy as usual. I’m so excited that my shows are back on! Grey’s was awesome as usual. I think it’s going to be taking a different twist then we are used to seeing. Not sure if I like the mean Richard or not.. hopefully it’s just a phase. I laughed so hard at “The Office” too. I can totally relate to the weight loss issues!! I still need to watch “Chuck” and a few other shows. Thank goodness for DVR.
On Sunday we headed to the Phoenix Zoo for Fisher Price day. We didn’t spend too much time there because it was so hot! I tell you, I’m ready for some cool weather to come our way. Today was a tiny bit breezy and it was wonderful. Ellie was more interested in the carousel than the animals. I swear I heard, “I need to ride the giraffe” about 50 times. Needless to say, she did ride it. Here are a few pics from the day:

Tomorrow is October. Is anyone else as shocked as I am about this. Where did the summer go? I mean really, wasn’t yesterday July??? Before you know it, Christmas will be here. Which reminds me.. if you want your family portraits done, now is the time to book them. I’m filling up fast

Ellie is a complete fish. I mentioned before that she loves to swim and is taking swimming lessons and it’s paying off. Yesterday we went over to some friends of ours to go swimming and I swear we were in the pool for over 2 hours. My hands were so wrinkly and I completely sunburned my back.. oh well, it was still a great time. Here are some pictures of her in the pool:

I just love my camera.. I know I’ve said that a million times, but check out the cool drops of water it captured while swimming… so cool

On another note, I started with a personal trainer… I had day 2 today and it is kicking my butt BIG time. I swear I’m so out of shape… but that’s what it’s for right??? I’ll keep you all posted of my progress.. assuming there is some LOL!