Happy New Year!

Before 2012 arrives we wanted to take a moment to just reflect back on how great of another year 2011 has been to us. We feel so blessed to have such a great unit of family and friends that we have been able to share our time with. We have enjoyed seeing Camdyn's first year and are looking forward to many more as well as our new addition to the family.

I try not to make too many New Years resolutions but I think there are two that I am going to make and maybe writing them out here will help me keep them in mind. The first one is that I really want to get back to being better at updating this blog. I know that this is a good way for us to communicate on a more regular basis with family and friends and I want to keep it going. Additionally I think that this has become a great way to help chronical life events for not only us but Camdyn and baby #2. I guess this has almost become the new baby book? The 2nd resolution is to really start to put into gear the photography business. I spent a lot of the last portion of this year working on getting the business paperwork up and running and now it is time to work on the marketing and getting out there and started. I own a legit company so now its time to make it all real. So there it is all out there :)

Well it is past my bedtime and for the past several years Ben and I have barely caught the ball drop- so I think we will do that.

We wish everyone a Happy New Year!! Thank you all for being a part of our lives.

Love always,
Ben, Gabrielle, and Camdyn

Merry Christmas- Camdyn is going to be a big sister!

The Rivera family is expanding with our new addition expected around July 3rd 2012!! We really couldn't be any more excited than we are and are so glad to share the news with the rest of family and friends. We are 13 weeks along today and it has been a long 13 weeks for me this round. I truly realize how lucky I was with my pregnancy with Camdyn - for with this one I have been experiencing a good amount of morning sickness. For most of the time it was pretty much happening every day and just recently I am getting a little relief with experiencing it every other day or every two days The past two days have been good so I am hoping I can make 3 in a row tomorrow :) I am nearing the end of the first trimester and things SHOULD start to get a little easier but you never know.

The baby is doing really well. Our appointments have all gone smoothly and we seem to be on right on track. Next appointment is in 3 weeks and then our next ultrasound (and anatomy scan) will be in 6 weeks.

I am hoping to document things as well as I did with Camdyn, I know in general I need to just get back on board with better updates, consider that my New Years resolution!

Hope everyone is doing well and had a wonderful Holiday!!

Love,
Ben, Gabrielle, and Camdyn

Happy almost 2 months late Birthday Camdyn!

I can honestly say that I think that this is the longest I have gone without updating in here. There is no good reason except for time. We have been so busy between Camdyn's birthday (back on October 22), Thanksgiving, and now getting ready for Christmas. The time has truly flown by! Hopefully within in the next few days we can get caught up :) To start for tonight let's work on going back to Camdyn's First Birthday! We had her party (Minnie Mouse themed- her favorite) on her actual birthday at one of the local parks. The weather was beautiful and we were sounded by lots of family and friends (Ben's grandmother and aunt from NC even drove down for it). It was really a great day and Camdyn had a blast. I am including a variety of pictures for you to enjoy! I really can't believe that my little girl is already 1 now. It is just incredible...and not to mention not long after her birthday she began walking!! She really is a toddler now :)



Well I will have to come back to update more on the gap of time!

Love,
Ben, Gabrielle, and Camdyn