Almost 6 years ago, Brett’s brother Chad was married to beautiful Konul, who is from Azerbaijan. She came to America, leaving her family and all she had ever known behind in her home country.

A couple of years ago we had the pleasure of having her mother come here and stay a few months, and it was so nice to connect with her family, learn more about Konul, and the side of her that we were unfamiliar with.

It was a great pleasure to again meet someone else in her family when a couple weeks ago her Uncle Shohret arrived for a few days. Konul was always very close to her Uncle, so it was so great to see the happiness shared in our two families joining. These photos are from one night we when we went out to dinner together. We had a great time laughing, talking, and getting to know Konul’s Uncle who is a kind and very fun person.

We love you Konul, and you are a blessing in our family and life! Thank you for sharing another piece of your family with us. :) It was fun.

Konul with her precious little boy Zazi, and her Uncle

CHEERS!!!

Brett’s brother Chad, Zazi, and Uncle Shohret…

Brett and Chad’s Mama, with Gabe trying to pull her earring out…(ouch)

Two precious girls (my beautiful niece Leyla in the arms of my daughter Priya)

Mama Beth with Uncle Shohret

Me with Gabey Baby…

Our gorgeous nephew!!! :)

We had the pleasure of taking photos of Lukas for the first time in his beautiful home. He is 8 months old, and is such a sweet little man. He really was so good during his session…he just crawled around, chewed on toys, made cute noises, looked at Brett when he whipped out the bird calls…Lukas was awesome. Not to mention soooo stinkin’ cute!! I had such a hard time picking out favorites. :)

He has been “army” crawling for a while, but had yet to get up on his hands and knees to crawl. While we were taking photos, he got up and started crawling! We thought it was pretty cool we were able to document it.

Thanks to Lukas’s Mom and Dad for inviting us into your home, and letting us capture some of Lukas’s adorable personality.

For some reason I just love this photo.

Look at those beautiful eyes!!!