Guess Who Is Turning ONE?

Yup you guessed it, my daughter Abiguel is turning one on March 26. Time to Celebrate with a giveaway!

Ready Go!

This giveaway is in celebration of my daughters 1st Birthday! I have teamed up with  two other vendors who will be joining in the celebration.

I will be giving away a free photography session valued at $100.

Monique from Word Up will be giving away her fabulous unique name creations. Click on the picture to the right to see her detailed work.

Rosa from Stinkin Cute Dollhouse will be giving away a $20 store credit to her boutique. Make sure to check out her boutique. She has something for the princess in your life.

Chriseldas Images Facebook Page

Word Up Facebook Page

Stinkin Cute Dollhouse Facebook Page

How to Enter:

• Go to each vendors' facebook page, including mine, and like their Facebook pages . This step is required. Come back and comment below letting me know you have done so.

Extra Entry*  Share this Giveaway on your facebook Page by posting "I just entered a giveaway hosted by @chriseldasimages" (tag my fb page), then come back and leave a comment below that you shared this giveaway. This gives you a total of 2 entries.

  

Rules: Contest ends on March 25, 2012 at 7pm Mountain time. One winner will win all 3 giveaways. You must book your photo shoot before May 31, 2012 and give a 2 week notice and willing to travel to Yuma, AZ. If you fail to keep your appointment for any reason your free photo shoot will expire. Please allow Word Up 6-8 weeks to complete your order as each letter is hand cut and painted with love and perfection. No last names please. If you would like your letters mailed, you must pay s&h. Stinkin Cute Dollhouse will give you a $20 store credit.  If your item is more than $20 you must pay the difference. The winner must contact me within 24 hours or a new winner will be selected. 

LEGAL STUFF: This promotion is in NO WAY sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook. You will NOT be notified publicly via Facebook if you are a winner. I will post winner on www.chriseldasimages.com. You MUST be 18 or older to participate. Prizes do not have cash value. There will be no returns/exchanges on any of the items.  Winners will be chosen via random.org on March 26, 2012, my daughter's birthday.  Once the winners are announced, it is up to each vendor & the winner to complete the transactions, Chriseldas Images assumes no monetary responsibility for merchandise being offered in this giveaway.

Drake

Isn't he just a doll? Baby boy wasn't to happy when we started but after some warm milk he settled into a deep sleep.

Family Session Teaser

I spent the morning with this cute family. Isn't their baby just adorable?

Nice meeting this little family of three.

 

Deployment Sucks!

As many of you know, I am the wife of a Marine. I met my husband when I was 18, so the military lifestyle is all I know. As a military family, we experience life in a much different way than most people do. It is not all peaches-n-cream, nor is it all bad. Society seems to gravitate to the idea that we have it made or that our spouse took an easy career path. Well, that is far from the truth.
We are not rich and in no way is it easy.

The part that is not so peachy is when our husbands are gone. Society doesn't see that military families are often separated for months & in some cases a year. Military families do not get "used" to being separated. Military wives do not love their husbands any less because we keep living life, while he is deployed or training. We continue moving forward because we have too. We go on with everyday chores, our jobs and attending to our kids because we play the role of both mother and father.
We know that everyday that goes by is one day closer towards being together with our loved one.
 We depend on our friends to help us get through the difficult times. This is where the saying, "our friends become our family" comes true.

Below is a wife who extracts the truth to what I have been saying.

She is one of many that people often overlook in the super market shopping alone with her kids. She is probably the one in front of you in the post office. She is probably the one who goes to all her kid's functions at school. She is probably your next door neighbor. She is not alone. She serves with thousands of other military wives here at home, while their husbands serve overseas. 

And.....It's a Boy!

Today was a gorgeous day in Yuma, AZ. I hope everyone got to go outside and enjoy the weather. Check out these beautiful girls that I got to spend the afternoon with. This mommy to be will soon have a handsome baby man that will LOVE her forever and I'm sure he will be a mama's boy, as most boys are. Congratulations!

My friends

This couple is very special to my family.  They were the first people we met when we moved to Yuma, Az. We connected and instantly became friends. I know if we ever needed anything they would be willing to help out, no questions asked. I'm glad I had the privilege to photograph them. The last professional pictures they had was at their high school prom. Whoa!..... Well, It's not like that was long ago. lol

I hope yall like them. <----That's the Texan in me.

2-18-12 {Wedding}

A huge congratulations to this sweet couple. May they be happy for many years to come.