Happy Birthday & Best Buds | Julie Marie Portraits | Chicago Children's Photographer

I just wanted to wish my dad a Happy, Happy Birthday tomorrow!  We wish we could be there to celebrate with him, but we were lucky enough to have some birthday cake with him this past Monday!  I can't even imagine what I'd do without him....he is the best dad without a doubt, and I owe him so much for all the help and work that he did for us this past week for our move (and my mom gets a shout out too for all the help)!  We love you dad, and hope you have the best birthday!!

If you can't tell, Jakey loves his Papa!  He's asked everyday this week if NanaPapa were coming to our new home when daddy got home from work, too!

And one more favorite from this week....Jakey and his best bud, Dexter!  Love those two!

Long & Lazy Weekend, Julie Marie Portraits (Delaware Portrait Photographer)

Well, I'm sure most of you heard about the big snowstorm that came through the East Coast....and Delaware was part of that and we got somewhere around 20 or so inches of snow. Needless to say, we were "stuck" home all weekend, but I'm loving it! We got caught up on sleep and watched quite a few movies. I'm also almost caught up with all of my editing and holiday orders and have one more blog post to put up before we travel back to Ohio for Christmas!!! My husband said tonight he was a little bored, but to be honest I can't remember the last time we were both home for an entire weekend....sort of nice! So...here's just one picture of Dexter outside the back door waiting to come in....the snow was literally as tall as him in some areas because of drifting..but I love the snow hanging on his cute, cute face in this pic!

The Infamous Dexter Pose.... Julie Marie Portraits, Delaware Portrait Photographer

Yep..you guessed it! I caught Dexter up on our bed taking a little snoozer. Luckily, I had my camera close by and got a few of him with his infamous pose....his paws crossed.


(this post is mainly for my dad who told me last week that he really misses Dexter!) :)

Dexter & the bone.... Julie Marie Portraits, Delaware Photographer

Dexter got a special treat last night...some bones to chomp on. He absolutely LOVES treats! Of course, though, when he has the treats, he pays no attention to us. So, as you can tell, I think he was getting a little "annoyed" while I was trying to get some pictures. (my favorite is the bottom left...the bone rolled off his bed and he had his cute "puppy" look)

Dexter... out in the backyard Delaware Photographer, Julie Marie Portraits

Dexter and I went out back of our house exploring today...On the other side of the property line is a big open field...

J&J's visit to Delaware Julie Marie Portraits, Delaware Photographer

I just wanted to share some pix of my famiy's visit to Delaware. As you can see, we all had a lot of fun! It's nice to have my house clean again, though (only kidding, of course! I'd take a messy house any day if you all were still here!).

Naked Sis...or almost naked! Look at that chubby belly. You can't help but just want to eat her up!! :)

Sis trying to wake up Dexter


Sisapoo being the big girl and pulling herself up to try and look out the window...

Sis smiling b/c she pulled herself up to look out the window...


SIsapoo doing a little dance...Don't you just love her little Uggs and tights!! Too cute!

J man...



My sister and niece...


J with Nana and Papa at the Airforce Museum -- I stayed back at home and watched Sisapoo

Sisapoo again...


J and his Papa
Papa aka my dad drove with me to Delaware right after Christmas and my dad did so much for me. He can pretty much do anything and everything (except stop smoking). J loves to be like Papa. Whenever Papa has his tools out, J's right there with Papa helping him work on something. I'm not sure what I'd do without my dad...not only because he does so much for me, but because of the kind of person he is!. Thanks, Dad, for all you do!! My house has been so quiet today b/c everybody's gone. I tried talking my dad into just staying and moving in, but he needed to get back. :( No, seriously, though, I'm already looking forward to my mom and dad and my family coming back to visit. It was so hard saying good-bye to everybody yesterday, and the funny thing is is that I'm going to see them in 7 weeks. Yesterday, when we were almost to the airport to drop everybody off, my brother-in-law text my sister asking if the car was flooding b/c of all the tears. Well, the answer was yes. Today, I was fine until tonight as I was going through the pictures and writing this. I miss you all and love you!!!

Dexter.... Julie Marie Portraits Delaware, SE Michigan, NW Ohio Photographer