christmas, this year | iPhone photos

life has been pretty busy lately, and lots has been going on over on my other blog.  fall was filled with great clients, new and old.  sister got engaged over thanksgiving, which was very exciting and fun to be a part of.  amongst all the shoots and editing, i really tried to take in christmas this year and enjoy it in our new house and with our new pup.  below are some snap shots that i took throughout the season on my phone.  i have some "real" photos that i will share eventually, as well as pictures from our little weekend in the city (new york!)  below you will find : our five christmas cards, a proper place for our stockings (finally!), my baby pup, first time using china, dinner with our friends, P doing some last minute shopping for herself, our annual Christmas Eve snow crab supper, and lots of lounging and snoozing :)

 hope everyone had a merry christmas!

doggie in the window

penny in the window seat.

just enjoying life and taking it all in.

fire and wine

a few sundays ago we ended the weekend with a little fire and wine.  maybe my new favorite combo and a pretty amazing way to end a wonderful weekend.  windows and doors were open, welcoming the best month of the year - october.  friends came over and we caught up over some nice red and a smokey fire.  yes, it was as good as it sounds!  penny of course was in heaven, with lots of attention from our friends.  she sure is a ham.  ps she may now have her own instagram account (@pennymccrary) :) happy fall everyone!   

finding our penny

if you have seen the photo collage video i made on instagram (@kathrynmccrary) then these pictures may be a little repetitive.  i tried to document the trip as best as i could with both my camera and iphone. these are the real photos of our trip to pick up our penny.  

as you can see from the photo above, our trip to pick her up started very early.  the fog was really thick in the morning and the hills of north alabama were so pretty.  i kept asking my sweet husband to pull over and model for me in the woods - the light, the fog, the landscape were just screaming for a photoshoot; however, due to time restraint (that's what i tell myself) he said we couldn't stop and he wouldn't model for me.  after we finally made it to the middle of no where, the breeder took us to see our new baby.  it was so cute to see her modeling for us through the fence and saying "pick me!! take me home!!!".  i mean, those eyes! melt my heart.  i guess you could say i found myself a new model :)

meet penny

meet our new little girl, penelope "penny" mccrary. 

 you can call her penny, pen pup, miss penny, missy, or just penn. 

we've only had her for 3 days and she already has so many nick names :)

we have been on the breeder's waiting list for a few months 

so when we got the call to come look at the puppies, we headed to birmingham to check them out.

we were planning on getting her next week and getting puppy prepped this week,

but the breeder said she was ready and it was time. 

we were already in love and knew she was ours, 

so we grabbed a towel from the trunk and decided to take her home.

unprepared parents and all.

thankfully she was so great and slept the whole way home.

more photos to come! welcome to the blog, penny.

my birthday party

my birthday was this monday, so last weekend we decided to celebrate early with friends at atlanta's monday night brewery.  the sister and her boyfriend actually surprised me at our house before we all headed over to party at mnb.  it was so great to see them and it really made my birthday special.  she even brought me my favorite cake from athens - cecilia's red velvet.  i know, i've already nominated her for sister of the year.  she's definitely the best sister we could ever ask for.  also, how cute is that picture of tyler and her walking? melt.my.heart.  we always said we wanted a brother growing up and now she has one. it really is awesome.  thank you everyone for coming out to celebrate! it was such a sweet afternoon with friends. and yay i'm now 26! i have been accidentally lying about my age recently and saying that i was already 26.  it's nice that i can finally be honest.  it's hard being the baby of the group, but i wouldn't trade my summer birthday for any other season :)