My lump of sugar :)

That little face makes my day, every day.
When the things of this world get the best of me I revert back to what matters. Regardless of what you do or where you go in life there will always be those who will do anything and everything to try and bring you down or discourage you. Don't give them the satisfaction. Instead, look around at all God has given you and know it was given to YOU for a reason.  

He's the sweetest lump of sugar there ever was :)

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

xoxo...

Mary Johnston | Love & Sugar Photography

A perfect day :)

Today, for the first time, Lily sat still and let me paint her nails! She is so in love with them. Constantly staring at her fingers, putting them in Troy's face to show him. I love it! I am the happiest Mama in the world. The little things really do matter most :)

 Staring at her pretty fingers :)

I hope everyone has a fabulous Thursday!

Noah Bear

Three years ago today, our first baby was born. My husband & I were living in Florida and decided to start our family :) We started slow and bought a dog ha ha! He is the sweetest and strangest dog ever. Although there are many days I want to remove his barker, I love him and could never live without him. He puts up with the obnoxious songs I sing to him and the dreadful voice in which I sing them, all of the weird nicknames and the never ending abuse from our oldest girl. He's a good boy and I'm so happy I found him that sunny day in Casselberry.

So, we'll be taking him out, like we do every year, to get dinner and an ice cream cone.

Happy Birthday Noah!

xoxo...

Sugarlump

I'll be the first to admit, I take a lot of pictures of my babes. They're my absolute favorite people to photograph. Lily's not a fan of the camera. She'll either look away or press her nose to my lens. There's really no in between. So I turn to Troy. He's always willing to sit still while I harass him with a million photos. Probably because he doesn't have much of a choice ha ha! Whatever the reason, I'll take advantage :)

Here are a couple from this morning. I really could just squeeze him!

I hope everyone has a great day and an even better weekend :)

Too big, too soon

My handsome little sugar lump started rolling over! He's 3 months now and the happiest baby ever. I have been blessed with the best two babies a Mama could ask for. I'm debating if I want to take my chances in having another and that one being my handful :/ I think I might quit while I'm ahead! But who knows. My husband & I haven't decided yet. So for now, I'm enjoying every minute I can of Troy while he's this little, just incase he's the last baby I have :)

The lady behind the lens

I snapped this one evening before bath time.

There's nothing sweeter than baby cheeks :)

Love & Sugar...

Many people ask why I named my business "Love & Sugar", it sounds kinda odd, I know. But there is meaning behind it, I promise!
When my husband & I found out we were expecting our first child we decided to wait until she was born to find out if she was a boy or girl. We had names picked out but didn't know what to call the baby, so we came up with nicknames. Lily was our Love Bug.
About a year later, we were surprised to find out we were going to have another baby. We chose, again, to wait until the birth to find out the sex. So, Troy was our Sugar Lump.
I didn't want to name my photography after myself. I wanted it to have more meaning. So I decided to name it after the two who mean the most to me. The two who have my heart.
Everything I do is for them :)

-Mary Johnston
Love & Sugar Photography