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Sweet baby Clara is now 8 months old. I am working on the rest of the images from her session now, but I couldn’t wait to share my favorite!

Happy New Years everyone!

Cade and I are expecting our very own little Truitt-Nisly next June. That’s right. I’m pregnant!

Cheers! Hugs! Kisses to everyone! Woo-hoo!

We are SO excited about this new stage of our lives and we couldn’t be happier! I am currently 12 weeks along and feeling great. Early on there were a few weeks of really bad nausea, but thankfully that is past. I am enjoying being able to eat more than just vanilla yogurt if you know what I mean. =)

When we found out I was pregnant, we decided to take some pictures, make cards and mail them to our immediate families. We wanted the announcement to be special and fun. It was SO hard to not pick up the phone immediately and call them but I think they all enjoyed the process of figuring the photos out. Here are a couple of the ones we sent.

To all of you, our dear clients and friends, we want you to know that even though our personal lives are going to change drastically next summer with the arrival of our baby, we are committed to making our business even better as a result! We have been planning and preparing for this amazing adventure for over a year. We have a few small changes that we will be making to improve our service while allowing me to be a great mommy, but those details will come later, in a different post.

In the meantime, any guesses on our baby’s gender? =)

As most of you know by now, I grew up in Ecuador. And yes, that means I speak fluent Spanish and love rice! =)

My parents have been missionaries there since 1990. Having them so far away is hard, especially on holidays but I wouldn’t trade their love for Latin America for anything! This year for Thanksgiving, Cade and I went down to Atlanta to be with my brother and sister and their families. In the past, us kids have also lived on different continents so we definitely take advantage of the fact that right now we are only 3 and a half hours away. (I really hope they don’t move anytime soon but given our MK track record… anything is possible! =)

While together, we had strict instructions from our Mum to take some updated photos, so we headed outside the last day to fulfill her wishes. It was butt cold but she loves the photos anyways!

My brother, his wife and boys.

My sister and her husband…

Who’s that guy in the beard? Oh, yah. My husband.

The boys sure love their “tio” Cade.

Dad and Mum, we missed sharing our Thanksgiving meal with you but we are proud of what you are doing in Ecuador! We’ll see you next summer!