Sappy day, my baby is FOUR!!

How on earth does it go by so quickly? I cannot believe it’s been four years since I had my youngest baby. I have to share a little of her birth story because it just makes it that more special. When I was in labor with Jaden I had a placental abruption and we almost lost her, and me. It was a very scary experience for all of us and she ended up needing to be on oxygen for the first 26 hours. But after that she was perfectly healthy with no ill affects. It just makes me that much more thankful for my little girl. Not a day goes by that I don’t think about how close we came to losing her and how truly grateful I am that she is with us today. I know it could have easily gone the other way. 30 minutes was all that seperated us from tragedy, 30 minutes. Scary. Anyway, sorry to get all sappy. Here’s a few pictures.

Her very first picture. I wasn’t able to hold her or see her more than a couple seconds as they wisked her away to the nursery to get her on oxygen. I had to wait two hours until I could hold her because I was numb from the chest down. So the nurses were kind enough to take a few polaroids of my baby girl so I could hold them and look at her while I waited to be able to hold her and see her in person. This is one of the polaroids.

 

One of my favorites. She finally got to come be in my room, still on a portable monitor to make sure her oxygen saturation stayed up.

Jadey at 2 months old

10 mos old

1 1/2 yrs

2 yrs old, right after her first haircut

A little over 2 yrs old, her first ballet lessons

2 1/2

3 yrs old, camping last summer

3 1/2

And I will share some 4 yr old pics after I take some today!!

 

Hiking fun!!

We went on a hike with some friends the other day and had a blast! We went to Smith Rock, it’s so beautiful there! We walked along Morning Glory wall. It was a nice mellow area for the kids to handle. Here’s a few pics from our evening.

The girls

The boys

Such a cutie!!

The five year olds!

Mac giving it a go climbing a small rock, it looks higher up than it is, haha.

Aww, holding hands! The boys and the girls were both holding hands, so cute!

You know it’s a photographer’s child when they say, “You should take a shot right here mom!” Hahaha! So here’s Jadey’s shot she suggested.

The seven year olds.

A few scenic shots

The Fresh Faces winner is….

F!!

Yay! The Jacobus family wins the grand prize of a portrait session and 2 8×10’s!

The runners up are…

E

and K

So congratulations to the Kindy family and the Hughes family! You will both be recieving a gift certificate for half off your session fee! Thanks for all your entries everyone! You have the cutest kiddos!!

Only a few hours left!!

Voting for the Fresh Faces contest closes at midnight tonight so you only have a few hours left to vote!! It’s a tight race so every vote counts!!

Here it is folks, time to vote!!!

It’s time to vote for our fresh faces winner!! Here are your choices, please vote for the corresponding letter by their picture…

Please only 1 vote per IP per day! Thank you!! Voting ends May 3rd! I am extending it by one day because I was late getting this up today due to a training meeting with Make-A-Wish that conflicted. Sorry about that! I will announce the winner May 4th!!

http://www.polldaddy.com/p/558947/

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

 

Last Chance for the Fresh Faces Contest!!!

I’m putting up the entrants pictures tomorrow for voting so today is your last chance to get your entries in!! Here’s the details again:

Details:
This contest will be open to new clients only. The session must take place within the Central Oregon areas of Bend, Redmond, Sisters, Madras, or Prineville. It will be on location either at your home or a location we both agree upon. Please send a recent photo of your child(ren), age newborn to 18, to heather@heatherleggettphotography.com with the subject line “Contest”. You may enter more than one child, but try to keep it to one child per photo unless it’s multiples. Please, no professional photos, snapshots only. Heather Leggett Photography will not be responsible for copyright infringement. I will be taking entries from now until April 25th. I will post the finalists on April 26th. Voting will start then and end May 2nd. I will announce the winner on May 3rd. Prizes are non-transferable and need to be used by June 10th. Voting is open to friends and family but please limit your votes to one vote per IP per day. Can’t wait to see the photos of all your beautiful children!

Here’s a few pics of my boys from the park the other day.

And the winner is…..

CATHLEEN ENNES!!!

Congratulations Cathleen!! You’ve just won the Ultimate Senior Portait Package!! The package includes:

* 1-2 hour custom portrait session at the location of your choice
* Unlimited outfit changes
* $200 print credit
* 24 free wallets (up to 3 poses)
* Session album with 20 5×7 images from your session
* Yearbook photo

I can’t wait to work with you!! Please contact me at heather@heatherleggettphotography.com to set up your portrait session appointment.

What a fun night!!

The Redmond High School Juniors Night was a blast! I really enjoyed meeting all the families that stopped by my table. I can’t wait to work with you guys! As you know, a lot of you entered your names in a drawing for a portrait package giveaway. I’m holding the drawing tomorrow and announcing the winner here on my blog in the morning! Please stay tuned to see who it is…..!!!

I also had a great time getting to know Kacie of Stott Shots Photography who was at the table next to me. It was fun getting to know you Kacie!

See you at RHS!!

I’m going to be at the Redmond High School for Junior Night tomorrow night from 6pm to 8:30pm. If you are a Junior or Junior family member attending, be sure to stop by and say hi and pick up some special RHS coupons as well as enter your name in our drawing for the Ultimate Senior Package!!

 

Fresh Faces Contest!!!

Hello everyone! I’m doing a little spring cleaning on my website so I thought I would step things up a notch and get some new faces on there too! So I’m holding a Fresh Faces contest! The winner will receive a complimentary portrait session and 2 8×10’s from the session. I will also give a 1/2 off session coupon to the two runners up!

Details:
This contest will be open to new clients only. The session must take place within the Central Oregon areas of Bend, Redmond, Sisters, Madras, or Prineville. It will be on location either at your home or a location we both agree upon. Please send a recent photo of your child(ren), age newborn to 18, to heather@heatherleggettphotography.com with the subject line “Contest”. You may enter more than one child, but try to keep it to one child per photo unless it’s multiples. Please, no professional photos, snapshots only. Heather Leggett Photography will not be responsible for copyright infringement. I will be taking entries from now until April 25th. I will post the finalists on April 26th. Voting will start then and end May 2nd. I will announce the winner on May 3rd. Prizes are non-transferable and need to be used by June 10th. Voting is open to friends and family but please limit your votes to one vote per IP per day. Can’t wait to see the photos of all your beautiful children!

Of course I have to include one of my own photos in my blog entry today so here’s a snap I took of Jaden with my point & shoot when we were getting ready to pick the kids up from school the other day. She just had to have a photo of her flower behind her ear. Can’t let a moment like that pass by!