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  • Welcome to the Gigi Blog!

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

{Blessings} x3

Wow – 2011 is already look AMAZING! My {only} sister and her family are moving back to Ontario after 4.5 years away from our family …. yipppeeee!!!! [and they will be living with us for a few weeks – we are going to have lots to blog about – two sisters, a hubby & brother in law,Β  six kids, two dogs and lots of cooking!!] … I’ve been contacted to be a part of a very fun and awesomely exciting project this springΒ  and my six year old is reading like a champ! Yay for progress! It’s the little things in life, guys … isn’t it? She read a bedtime story to her sisters tonight and it was awesome. Absolutely awesome. Definitely tops my Yahoo List for 2011!

So the studio isn’t officially ‘open’ for bookings yet – I really want to take it nice and slow this winter as Lovelyn will only be a baby once and she is already growing so fast … I hate rushing through the first year of baby-ness … but that being said, I have a really hard time turning away newborns when I realize how quickly they change and grow. You really have to capture them right away or else it’s just not the same … the first week of life is awesome.

Baby Tessa came to the studio a few days ago and she was amazing and completely wonderful the entire time – slept like a baby. πŸ˜‰
Her parents are so blessed with three beautiful children – what a gift from God!!

Such a sweetie.

{Sassy Sweet Pea, folks!!}

I love love love love love your eyes, Devon!

Amazing. A daddy’s love – like no other!

Congratulations, Devon & John!! You are blessed!!

January 4, 2011 - 3:56 pm

Jennifer Wow, Gillian you are a gifted artist! Of course, you have an absolutely beautiful family to work with!

January 4, 2011 - 7:57 am

Keri Congrats Devon!!! Beautfiul pics Gillian!

January 3, 2011 - 11:17 pm

Tabitha Awwwww, such a precious little angel!

January 3, 2011 - 10:16 pm

Devon I am so in love with these photos!! They capture the love we feel for each other and bring me such joy to look at! We are blessed! Thank you so much for giving us another sneak peak and for doing what you do! xoxo

January 3, 2011 - 10:12 pm

Tara C VERY exciting news for you! looks like 2011 is definitely off to an awesome start! πŸ™‚ and that Mama DOES have amazing eyes!!! beautiful pics!

365.


Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors,
and let each new year find you a better man.
~Benjamin Franklin

Hard to believe another year is coming to a close …. and another stretch of 365 days are ahead of us! Full of possibility, blessings, struggles, joy, happiness, trials and amazing, AMAZING memories to make!!! I am SO excited for this new year – I get to enter the year with another baby in my arms, a happy household and a life full of God’s blessings … I am SO grateful for my family and my faith in the Lord … and I’m just over the moon excited to see what God has in store for me and my family this upcoming year!

Do you do resolutions?
I don’t necessarily do resolutions but I do write out my goals for each year … I will pull out my list from last New Year’s Eve and compare notes tonight. I know I met a few goals and a few other goals still need to be met …. can’t wait to write out a new sheet of goals for 2011!

What better way to close out the year than with a newborn baby, who visited me in the studio today {not officially taking bookings right now, but cannot really deny newborns!} …

Sweet Tessa. How you are loved!

Happy New Year, Everyone!

January 1, 2011 - 2:48 pm

Molly I’ve been following your blog for some time now…You have a beautiful family! I too, home school my daughter who is 6 years old. Some days are great, other days I want to pull my hair out! lol Anyway, I love your photography style! This picture is so beautiful!

January 1, 2011 - 12:36 pm

Grandma Gerr Darling baby! Great shot!

December 31, 2010 - 9:22 pm

Rebecca McLaren So beautiful, what a little sweetheart!!!

Boys Rule.

For an awesome, sweet family who didn’t get a proper blog post before baby/Christmas rush …

Can you tell we had fun together?!


Can you believe tomorrow is the last day of 2010?!

December 31, 2010 - 9:03 am

Lori Love the pics! Looks like you all had the most fun ever!! Warmed my heart on a rainy day πŸ™‚

December 31, 2010 - 8:24 am

Amanda WOW i love it!!!!

December 30, 2010 - 11:30 pm

Tabitha Oh Gillian!!! We *LOVE* them! You’ve done a fabulous job -thank you *SO* much!!! You are awesome!

December 30, 2010 - 11:28 pm

Tabitha Oh Gillian!!! We love them!!!! What a great job you’ve done! Thank you so much!!! β™₯ You are just awesome.

December 30, 2010 - 10:02 pm

Grandma Gerr Darling little men! so cute!

December 30, 2010 - 9:31 pm

Elizabeth Awesome pics :)love them πŸ™‚

December 30, 2010 - 8:24 pm

Jennifer Gilbert So awesome!

December 30, 2010 - 8:15 pm

Sherri Smith These pics look like you and they had a marvelous time.

Lyla.

We call her Tarzan Jane. She’s TONS of fun, super loud, not shy at all and the one little girl of ours that keeps us on our toes – a lot.

{Shot yesterday while trying out the new backdrops.}

December 27, 2010 - 12:59 am

Tabitha Love it – gorgeous dress for a gorgeous girl πŸ™‚

December 24, 2010 - 9:52 am

Catherine What a beautiful shot of such a beautiful soul.

December 23, 2010 - 7:26 pm

Tanya I love her colouring and her dark hair and dark eyes. I think she is stunning and the blue is perfect on her πŸ™‚ Beautiful shot!

December 23, 2010 - 6:12 pm

Trudi I know you’re not supposed to have favourites, but she’s mine.
What a cutie pie, and in blue!

New looks ….

Just got one of my new 2011 backdrops in the mail today …

Which version do you like better?

{Miss Love}

vintage …

or regular …?

December 30, 2010 - 9:05 pm

Monique Regular! It looks even more vintage because of the blue and yellow in the scale.

December 23, 2010 - 4:35 pm

Mary-Catharine Love the Regular in this case~

December 23, 2010 - 12:55 am

Debbie Regular! πŸ™‚

December 23, 2010 - 12:40 am

Tabitha I love them both – but I do like the effect on the Vintage! Tres cool!

December 22, 2010 - 8:13 pm

Monique Vintage!

December 22, 2010 - 7:19 pm

Christine Vintage πŸ™‚

December 22, 2010 - 5:21 pm

Tanya i like regular πŸ™‚

December 22, 2010 - 5:20 pm

Tanya I like the regular πŸ™‚

December 22, 2010 - 4:50 pm

Tara C ooooo love them both! colours are definitely more vibrant in the coloured one though. def a fave backdrop too. I’ve been looking at that one myself. did you get a few of them?

December 22, 2010 - 4:49 pm

Heather Definitely the VIntage one !!!!

December 22, 2010 - 4:45 pm

Anne Bailey Regular… the components are sharper, and draws the eye in more.

December 22, 2010 - 4:41 pm

love looooooooooooove it!!

i think i like the vintage a tad more.

December 22, 2010 - 4:39 pm

Connie VINTAGE!!

December 22, 2010 - 3:32 pm

p macintosh regular

December 22, 2010 - 3:32 pm

Liz Vintage for sure:) Soo stunning

December 22, 2010 - 3:18 pm

Charmaine They both look amazing because you’re an amazing photographer! I definitely like the unique-ness of the vintage, though =)

December 22, 2010 - 3:18 pm

Teresa Both πŸ™‚ does that still count as a vote ? Lovie is such a sweetie pie:) Those eyes, melt my β™₯

December 22, 2010 - 3:12 pm

Michelle Garyfalakis I’m normally a ‘vintage’ girl but I’m leaning towards the regular. Very cool new backdrop!!
Miss you guys *hugs* to all the L’s

December 22, 2010 - 3:12 pm

Eliza definately vintage!

December 22, 2010 - 3:10 pm

Melissa I prefer regular….

December 22, 2010 - 3:07 pm

Erin I like the Regular πŸ™‚ It makes the photo look more vibrant!

December 22, 2010 - 3:03 pm

Tara I like both…but leaning towards the vintage..and how cute is your scale..and your baby πŸ˜‰
love.

December 22, 2010 - 3:00 pm

Kristen I like both but I think the original is more you. ^_^

December 22, 2010 - 3:00 pm

Stacey Janzen The NOT Vintage one, or could try and take the vintage off her and leave it on the rest <3 She is beautiful…..