last day in louisville..

that last day in louisville is always bittersweet. i'm usually ready to be home, with just us, relaxing. but i'm sad as well, to leave all of our loved ones behind -until next time.

the paris & meyer's had a cookout so that they could all meet maya!

the kids played as we packed up.

ms. maya's heat rash was starting to fade... but we kept her naked most of the day.
big cousin evelyn.

dee dee & maya cuddling.
love me that buddha belly.







great aunt di & great grandpa saying hi!

great aunt di came bearing gifts!
preparing the pizza dough that we grilled... so yummy!
david helping finn bat.
maryann lovin on gabe.
di "getting" finn.
it was a lil warm so everyone seeked the shade where they could get it.

great grandpa holding a wiggly maya.
guess what he's doing here?
the paris gang.
samantha & finn are definitely related :)
great granddad & samantha.
marilyn & her grandson, lucas.
we did a mini session with denise & ron & all the kids. that was entertaining.


the boys.
the girls.
i love this one. my mom & dad's hands on my baby girl. i have it framed in our living room.
& while we were enjoying ourselves someone said what time is your flight? so we checked it & it was in t-minus 1 hour & 45 minutes. so in a bit of a hurry we finished packing & loaded up the car. gotta love the lou airport's family lane at the security gate! we made it with a few minutes spare.

wedding day

maya & i left early saturday morning for the wedding. bryan & finn stayed behind so they could say hey to gabe & evelyn when they arrived! we were so excited to see them. last time we saw gabe he wasn't yet talking & although he could get around he wasn't really very mobile. the difference this time was amazing! gabe is a little man now!!! & such a cutie. i made bryan promise to take some pictures of them together.

how cute?!


maya slept the entire drive there. she was still so pooped that after walking around the property with rose for half an hour i laid her on the bed & she slept for another hour! how precious is she?

when she was woke up i wore her in my ka'tan wrap & then she slept some more. our first time photographing a wedding together!
if i wasn't holding her one of my buds from college took her for me.
the boys showed up right before the ceremony. finn found the kid table with candles on it. doh!
one of my favorite gals, nieves & bryan.
finn having a blast with all the plants & sticks.
jodi helped out during the ceremony :)
i looked over at one point during the ceremony & saw this. shuey... my man is awesome.
all the art kids that were able to make it. i miss this, can we please have a reunion soon!!!

for me? thanks sweet boy.
finn started to imitate how one of the guys was standing & i couldn't help but laugh. it was so cute.
he did it all night. "hey boys, be careful."
finn getting to know rose & clay's baby, yaka.
they put a movie on for the kids & that worked like a charm for my toddler. he was glued!

ah, one of my favorite portraits of my lovelies. to see their wedding click here :)

their wedding was incredible. one of my most favoritessss. so personal & sweet & them. love you guys.

we headed to louisville

after new york. my dear friends, rose & clay were getting married outside frankfort the following weekend. which worked out perfectly because it was one less flight we had to buy.

i got this cute picture of finn sleeping on bryan's lap... we learned our lesson from the flight to ny. finn freaked out when bryan tried to readjust him so he could sleep more comfortably. this time we let him fall into a "deeper sleep." you could tell bryan loved it. we don't get to hold him anymore like this. maya & i sat in the row across... i love flights that aren't full!

lounging.
it was everyone's first time meeting maya. so we had family specific events. wednesday night was the miller's night. patrick & kennedy were the first ones there!
jennifer, in all her fabulous glory, brought a huge bin of kennedy's clothes for us to go through! you are too good to us!
the miller girls!
finn & kennedy had fun jumping on the bed together. it's so much fun watching the next generation of miller's bond.


nana & her maya.
uncle david & aunt teecee came by!
aunt monica meeting her niece!
john slowly remembering what to do with a babe so little.
i wanna see!!!!!!!!! finn will ask that as soon as you take a picture of him.
aunt sandy & finn watching nemo.
grandpa meeting maya!
mr. grumpy pants is not cooperating!
then thursday night was resch night.

my baby cousin caroline & uncle paul playing with finn.
aunt khaki with maya.

grandpa & finn.



on the drive home we were at the light where you go straight to go home or turn right to the reinharts. we turned right, even though it was something like 10 at night. we knew they'd be up. & they were :)

wild red heads chasing each other around the room.
tilly was especially smitten with maya... practicing her big sister role!
gus. cute lil wee man.

mitchell showed us the plans for their new house they're building.
mitch wanted a picture of the these two together but they were not sitting still so he grabbed them & threw em on his lap. i snapped several & then they ran off & i realized i had it set to b&w... woops.

long post :)