Macro fun!!

Giddy doesn't begin to describe how ridiculously excited I was to get my new macro lens!  I know, I'm a dork, but I'm cool with that.  I had so much fun playing with it and I cannot wait to take more photos with it!  Here are a few of my first shots.

Love these shells...

 

 

If you've never had Silver Coast wine, you should.  It's quite delicious!

 

This little fly was SO teeny!  Thankfully his feet were stuck in a spider web so he stayed pretty still for me...until I bumped him with my lens hood and set him free.  Oops!

I have a good dozen or so more photos like these.  Sometimes I get a wee bit carried away in my post processing.  :)

 

The coolest spider I've ever seen...

 

I love the little seedling just barely hanging on. 

 

And, well, this wasn't a macro shot...just a cute pig tail shot  :)  I love this little girl!

The Lewis girls

I had heard lots of good things about Azalea Park, but I had never ventured out to Summerville to check it out....until last week.  Boy, was I in luck!  This place is adorable!  There's tons of soft green grass, big trees, a couple little bridges, park benches, and lots of other fun things, but the star of the show was surely the ponds with turtles and fish.  The girls had so much fun peeking in the water and it was a beautiful setting.  I had so much fun on this shoot and I took a ton of pictures!  Here are just a few lot of my favorites  :)

Playing catch up...

I can't believe I didn't make a single post for a whole month!  SO much has been going on.  As most of you know, we found out a few weeks ago that we are having another little girl.  We're pretty positive she's going to be Morgan Brooke, but we still have a while to make that final  :)  We're due October 20th.  The girls, especially Mallory, are so tickled!  She asks every day to see the baby and sings to her through my belly button.  Madison gives her loads and loads of raspberries which gives all of us the giggles!  We are staying pretty busy with trips to the area parks, playdates, the Children's Museum downtown, the beach, and FINALLY dips in the pool! 

Here's the closest thing to a belly picture I have so far.  The girls and I were at the museum...one of their absolute favorite places ever!

Mallory just recently learned how to make "smiley faces" and nothing could make that kid happier!  She draws every single day and is always so proud of her beautiful pictures.  And we are too!  I may have actually shed a tear or two the first time she drew a face.  Oh, pregnancy hormones, you make me mushier than normal  :)

Miss Madison is growing so much!  It won't be long before she's as tall as her big sister.  She's 15 months now and while she's not walking, she gets around fast!  One of her newest favorites is climbing the stairs before naptime, bath time, or bedtime.  She still LOVES to dance and most of the time she'll sing right along too.  "Beba" is really growing into her own personality and I adore it.  It's so amazing to see how two kids, so close together, can be so different. 

We painted for Mommy's Day and it was a blast!  I didn't get too many photos though because I was pretty worried about paint covering my entire kitchen  :)

Last time I was home I discovered some of my old dance recital costumes from when I was a wee one.  Mallory loves loves loves them!  This one is her favorite "police man" outfit!  ha!

Madison thinks sparkly headbands are super fun and mommy thinks they are super fun-ny  :) 

Oh, she'll kill me one day for this one, but it makes me laugh!

Mallory learned how to blow bubbles!  ...I'm pretty sure I cried here too  :)