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    Mother to six Little Women and Two Little Men. Married to a Happy Mortician. Caretaker to goats, chickens and many, MANY bunnies. Photographer. Homeschooler. Lover of Jesus, coffee & tea and all things pink & vintage.

To the River…

Okay … as promised … by Friday, I would pick a winner of the super, cute giveaway hosted by ChildISH …

So grateful for such an awesome giveaway! If you are (eeek!) already thinking of school and the fall, now is a great time to check out this AMAZING Canadian business to see what kinda of adorable, personalized lunchkits are available for your kids.

Using random.org – the winner of a personalized plate set from ChildISH is:

#44 – Alesha – who wrote: “Great Idea!!!”

Congratulations, Alesha! E-mail ChildISH right away to claim your prize! (Don’t delay – so we can place your order this upcoming week and you will not miss the shipment.)

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“But there is a river in the country where you have gone,  is there not?
A river with trees growing all along it – evergreen trees –
and somewhere by those shady banks, within sound of clear running waters,
I think you will dreaming, waiting for your boy…”

~ Little Rivers/Henry Van Dyke

Just a quick one from a super sweet session lately … this amazing tent is handmade by Twill & Twine – you have to check out her facebook group. So lovely and adorable! Her giveaway is coming up so stay tuned!

July 23, 2011 - 9:16 am

Sarah What a gorgeous tent and photo location!!! Love the babbling brook!! =)

July 23, 2011 - 8:47 am

Amber Amazing photo Gillian!! The tent and little guy are so cute!

July 23, 2011 - 8:27 am

jennifer Ah! Adorable!

July 23, 2011 - 7:41 am

Nancy absolutely adorable…Twill & Twine did an amazing job on the new prop…great pics too!! <3

Little Darren …

So many gorgeous little newborns lately ….  I just love it!

Meet Baby Darren. He was so good and patient and momma was so awesome with him – her first sweet baby boy to love.

He slept so well through the entire session …

My favorite …. ::love::

[Amie, thank you for welcoming me into your home and choosing me to help you document the amazing newness of your sweet baby!]

Now, don’t close the blog yet …. we’re going to do a really, really cute giveaway! And a fast one – you only have until Friday to enter this contest. Are you ready?
I saw this business online and fell in love! I love the idea behind ….

…. drumroll, please …..

CHILDish – a Canadian based business that, quite frankly, provides the cutest lunch dishes and school lunch kits possible! Seriously.

Why are they so cute?! Because they can be personalized to look almost exactly the same as your child! How fun is that for your little one?

I love it! I know my girls would be so in love with these plates around the dinner table …

And today, if you leave a comment on this blog post, you will be entered to win one personalized plate for your little one … but wait, for every order of a lunchbox placed this week, you will also receive a complimentary drink holder! Sweet!

So go on – leave a comment and pop over to the CHILDish website and facebook page to learn about more! Imagine – lunches made fabulous come this fall, eh?!

Now, comment away!!

July 22, 2011 - 10:12 pm

Iindsay Beautiful shots GG. Congrats Amie and Jeremy baby Darren is a sweetie!

July 22, 2011 - 10:09 am

Alesha Great Idea!!!

July 21, 2011 - 10:33 pm

IRENE Those are really cute dishes! Thanks for sharing 🙂

July 21, 2011 - 9:24 pm

Melissa What a cute idea

July 21, 2011 - 8:42 pm

Karen Thompson What a wonderful idea! My kids would love these 🙂

July 21, 2011 - 6:04 pm

Erika Love the one with the little hat. Beautiful as always! Those plates are super cute too. My son would love something like that.

July 21, 2011 - 12:42 pm

Anne LOVE THIS!!!

July 21, 2011 - 11:52 am

Jane Great photos! The lunchboxes and dishes are very cute!

July 21, 2011 - 11:37 am

Melissa Duncan-Gould These pictures are so precious! He is such a little angel!

July 21, 2011 - 11:09 am

Laura N So adorable! My new niece would love it!

July 21, 2011 - 11:08 am

Laura N So adorable! My new niece would just love it!

July 21, 2011 - 9:10 am

Tara Oh I love those little plates…my daughter would be in heaven..much better than her justin bieber ones.. ha ha
plus the baby pictures you posted along with this, those sweet little rolls..and gorgeous lighting Gillian 🙂

July 21, 2011 - 8:48 am

jennifer What a beautiful boy! He’s a great mix of both parents!

July 21, 2011 - 8:24 am

Sarah B. I can just picture Molly and Charlotte with their own plates! So cute! Going over to the website now!

July 21, 2011 - 8:21 am

Leanne Button LOVE the photos!!! He is one cutie! Love the lunch box too!

July 21, 2011 - 7:55 am

Sharyn What an awesome idea – those dishes are ADORABLE!!! And as always your shots blow me away:)

July 21, 2011 - 7:44 am

Natalie Grist These are totally adorable and how sweet is that little baby:)

July 21, 2011 - 7:42 am

Lisa McDonell I love personalized things!!!!

July 21, 2011 - 7:38 am

Terri-Ann So cute – and I love that I could get something so cute for my boys, since I don’t have any girls!

July 21, 2011 - 6:24 am

Andrea Beautiful pictures and love the personalized lunch kits!

July 21, 2011 - 6:08 am

Karen This little guy is absolutely adorable, so precious!

July 20, 2011 - 11:47 pm

Justine adorable dishes! Love them!

July 20, 2011 - 11:35 pm

Rebecca McLaren Such a cute idea, Maddie would love one of these.

July 20, 2011 - 10:49 pm

Amy Cowan These are the cutest!!! My girls would love this 🙂

July 20, 2011 - 10:47 pm

Anna The Julia plate looks exactly like my daughter! I would love to win one for her!

July 20, 2011 - 10:41 pm

Lisa So cute … I love this idea … I will definately look into it further, but a free one would be fun!

July 20, 2011 - 10:38 pm

Amy Congratulations Amie! Darren is adorable. Love the plates and lunch boxes!

July 20, 2011 - 10:37 pm

Samantha fizzard Beautiful pictures as always! And awesome giveaway! Would
Love to get the kiddies some of these! Too cute! <3

July 20, 2011 - 10:21 pm

Andrea He is just the sweetest litte guy!!!

July 20, 2011 - 10:20 pm

Kristin Your pictures are adorable, and make me wish that my stick in the mud husband would have been on board for Family photos when my little 10 month old Monkey was a newborn 🙁 Just beautiful!

July 20, 2011 - 10:16 pm

Robyn Such a cute idea!

July 20, 2011 - 10:07 pm

Shannon Ooh I have been looking at these online for weeks now!!! So super cute! If I win 1, then I only have to buy 2 more!!! Fingers and toes crossed!!!

July 20, 2011 - 10:06 pm

Jessica Meadows very sweet – the pictures and the plates, cups etc. Great job, as usual Gigi!

July 20, 2011 - 10:03 pm

Isela Taylor Great job Gillian! Beautiful family! I love the baby’s mouth, it is so cute! Those plates are adorable. Fingers crossed. Thank you for the opportunity.

July 20, 2011 - 10:00 pm

Lisa Post I love love love this shoot! What a gorgeous wee baby to love!

July 20, 2011 - 9:57 pm

Leanne These are the cutest plates I have ever seen…heading over to check them out for my girls

July 20, 2011 - 9:53 pm

Kim Bovaird Great pictures as always! Very cute lunch box…I love that it can be personalized too!

July 20, 2011 - 9:42 pm

monica so cute

July 20, 2011 - 9:40 pm

Mich I too, think the pic of Darren with Mommy and Daddy is stunning!! I love the natural lighting in the pics…beautiful as always G! OMG…these dishes/lunchboxes are so cute. It would be so neat to send Alexis off to JK with her own personalized lunchbox this fall 🙂

July 20, 2011 - 9:39 pm

Jamie What an adorable little guy!! I love the family picture and how squishy his little face is!

July 20, 2011 - 9:36 pm

Jen Heemskerk Alora would love this since nothing out there has her name on it!=)

July 20, 2011 - 9:35 pm

Nancy the pictures of lil Darren are, as always, perfect…he looks like an adorable lil baby bird with his mouth open waiting for Momma to feed him…so precious and another of God’s miracles <3…love the gifts offered….Max could use them for his daycare trips (or maybe Nan will keep them at her house..;))…

July 20, 2011 - 9:32 pm

Julie Sooo cuteee~

July 20, 2011 - 9:32 pm

Julie Soo cuteeee~

July 20, 2011 - 9:30 pm

melissa oh my those are the most adorable things in the world

This week ….

….. with this amazing heatwave …. I think this is the only kind of session I should shoot …….

A BIG thank you to Jamie, who was brave enough to trash her dress underwater …. you were AWESOME. Seriously. More to come, but just a teaser for now!

[Oh, and can I just say it’s not as easy as it looks to swim in a big, wet, heavy wedding dress, with heels on, no less!]

Who else is brave enough to try it out?!

July 19, 2011 - 12:46 pm

Tara Jamie looks amazing!!! Holy big dress is right!

July 19, 2011 - 8:00 am

p macintosh beautiful

July 18, 2011 - 11:01 pm

Rose:) WOW this is awesome I would LuV to experience this!! I have access to my bro”s pool whenever u r ready!LOL

July 18, 2011 - 10:56 pm

M. Jarram Totally Awesome! Beautiful lady

July 18, 2011 - 10:08 pm

karen I would do this in a heartbeat!!!

July 18, 2011 - 9:59 pm

Jennifer Ledlow I would so do this if my wedding dress was even CLOSE to fitting! LOL Beautiful pic 🙂

July 18, 2011 - 9:52 pm

Rachel Wow!! Hauntingly beautiful!

July 18, 2011 - 9:52 pm

Jamie I think the word BIG should be in caps ;0) LOL!
It was seriously a lot of fun!!!!!!!

Clara.

“I hold my whole world in my arms, every time I hold my baby.”
~Unknown

Congratulations, Duncan & Natalie – Clara is beyond beautiful…

July 21, 2011 - 12:50 pm

Karen Beautiful photos! Clara is such a sweetie!!! She looks so peacefully happy in that last photo.

July 19, 2011 - 10:08 pm

Sandra Vernon My Grandaughter is lovely but you make her even more so. What remarkable pictures you do. Thank you Sandy

July 18, 2011 - 3:40 pm

Sherri Look at those lashes & brows. So delicate and ginger. No wonder you love what you do Gillian.

Baby Deanna …

Okay, so much for the beginning of the week for the giveaway winner, eh? Seriously though – time just flies by!  But yes, tonight, using random.org, a winner has been chosen for the Mommy Necklace giveaway!

If you haven’t checked out their website and products, you really should! Even if you’re not a nursing mom, these necklaces are amazing to wear – maybe even for grandmas and aunties, who find that whenever they hold their little  grandchild or nieces/nephews, they yank on their necklaces and nearly break them! Slip one of these gorgeous necklaces on and you’re good to go!

Right. Now, the winner ….

Using random.org ….. out of the 53 entries … the winning name is:


#2 – Heather – who wrote:  “- i would love to win so i can get one for my daughter Avery Grace:)

Congratulations!!!!

Heather, make sure you e-mail me (gillian@gigiphotography.com) and I’ll hook you up, girl!

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And on to a special sneak peek … a baby girl who is very near and dear to our family …

Baby Deanna.

Much love to you as you grow and are watched by your grandma above. xo