Just a few shots of our sweet girl chillin early this morning.

Did I mention that we are parents?

We are.

Can you believe it? Isn't it wild? We still marvel at this fact EVERY DAY. Just three weeks ago, we adopted this sweet girl into our family.

Her name is Annika.

We feel like the luckiest people on earth.

She is sunshine. She is feisty. She has a voracious appetite. She is the sweetest cuddlebug we've ever known. She likes to be sung to (and doesn't mind that we both have terrible voices). She hates being changed into her pj's. She loves having her hair washed. She's not crazy about burping, but she does it anyway. Sometimes. Her favorite place to konk out is on daddy's chest. She looks at me like I am the funniest person around.

Those are just a few things we've learned about miss Annika over the last three and a half weeks. From the very moment she was born, until today. We can't wait to learn more about our little lovebug. We're so excited to see what new adventures each day brings with our girl. We're honored to be called her mama and daddy. And we can't wait to fill our world with crazy, goofy, everyday pictures of her gorgeous little face.

Welcome to the world, sweet girl.

I hope you feel the same on this eve of an exciting new year. Full of possibility. Of hope. Of laughter. And of love.

Enjoy the night, my friends! Party hard (and safely). I'll be sending a wish out for you all as the clock turns tonight. (I'll be out with my camera at Stephie & Chris's rockin new years eve wedding -- it's going to be an excellent night, full of surprises!)

Cheers to you all (and here's one last shot to send off 2009 (from Erika & Michael's wedding in Boston)!

Wedding and reception at the gorgeous Ocean Place Resort in Long Branch, NJ.
Flowers by A New Leaf.

This latest project is a series of Photoshop custom shapes she's designed to be used as overlays on images. I'm not typically big into overlays or textures on images, but these were too much fun to pass up. This series is called the whimsical-ness shapes and they'll be available for purchase on her Etsy shop by the end of the week. And even though whimsical-ness has just been released, I happen to know that Jessica is already back to work cooking up several other collections of shapes...and I've seen sneakpeeks and I can already tell you're going to love them.

Here are a few samples from our collaboration (my images, her art), and you can see even more on her blog:

And don't forget to enter the code TLPHOLIDAY at checkout to get 15% off of your entire order!

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