Christmas Time!

Well, it's not quite time for Christmas...but it is time to start thinking about Christmas gifts and cards! I know I've already started planning my Christmas cards/birth announcement. That got me thinking about you guys (translation "ya'll"). So, I did just have Seth 3 weeks ago, but I"m very excited about Fall and Christmas Sessions. I will be scheduling a few Portrait parties for anyone interested in getting that down on your calendar. I will be taking a break from designing cards this year. Have no fear! AMR Fine Art and Paper is on it. My friend, Amanda, has a great line of Christmas cards. We are getting together this year to make it easy for you to get those cards ready. You may purchase a photo file from your session that I will give directly to Amanda when you choose and purchase your card from her many sweet designs. I will start scheduling sessions and limited parties November 1st.

Bringing back the Blog

Well, I've hit the end of my pregnancy and I've been doing a few photo shoots, but it's been slow going. Especially out in the heat of location shots. I went to Shakespeare a couple of weeks ago for a sweet, sweet family shoot. The kids couldn't have been more corporative but the heat killed me. I had to apologize for my slow moving and awkward positions. :)

This was the family of my Lily's preschool teacher last year. They were as sweet as they look.

Next, my friend, Kristin, had her baby girl! Milla Jean! I was able to go in and get some special pictures of her just a few hours after she came in the world

. The best part was getting to be there and document when her brothers and big sister saw her for the first time.

A week later I was at their house to do some more "formal" images of her. She was even cuter and sleeping surprisingly well in a house full of wild siblings. I ma

de it through another shoot, but not with out feeling the slowing effects my own wild one.

These are a couple of my favorites from that 1 week old shoot.

My friends have a great house for interesting pictures and I'm always excited to work there. I guess I will be "officially" taking some time off as my pregnancy is coming to a close. I have a few more shoots lined up and will schedule them through the next couple of weeks. Then the next ones you'll see will be of my own unnamed little boy. Hopefully he will have a name by then.

So, I hope to Bring Back the Blog as I start to slow down. Watch for, besides new pictures, announcements, and/or special contests/offers to Facebook and Blog readers only. (redeemable after "maternity leave")

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