Elizabeth | Class of 2015
Portraits, Seniors > May 12, 2015

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Only a few days lingering for the Class of 2015 before they head off on new adventures…I’ve got some MAJOR blogging to do!  Considering I’ve been in a crazy stupid long blogging hiatus, I’m going to try and sneak in all of my seniors in the next couple of weeks-Get Ready!!!!

Elizabeth’s session was only a few short weeks ago.  Spring was in full swing before the crazy July-like humidity of this past week.  You wouldn’t know if from looking at these images, but it was FREEZING!!!!!  Well, I was freezing.  I kept asking Liz, “Are you cold?” and every time she would say NO!  Crazy girl.  For the record….I saw a few goosebumps by the end of the session that she tried to deny ;)

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We met in Fort Wayne and stopped at some random places as we made our rounds between locations.  Liz has a very dry sense of humor…something I thoroughly enjoy and “get” and the night was easy and casual.  The girl could show up in a paper bag and be gorgeous so I just had to be funny (my funny is usually borderline dumb-hey, it works) enough to get her laughing.

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YAY!  We hit the blooming trees perfectly!!!!!

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Thanks, Liz, for a great session!  Hope you love your images!!!!!

Stacey and Brandon
Weddings > April 29, 2015

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Stacey and Brandon celebrated their first wedding anniversary over the weekend…at home with their brand new baby girl!  I was so thrilled to see the newest addition arrived just a few weeks earlier (one of the reasons I still love facebook…sometimes).  What a difference a year can make!  Now is where I show my age and warn how quickly these years pass by….but the older I get, the more I feel like everything is moving at warp speed!

I photographed Stacey’s sister’s wedding in the fall of 2012 and I was honored to be asked to come back and be part of another family milestone.  Their April wedding was perfection, as was the glorious sunshine and (thankfully) warm temperatures.  We started the day with their first look in the window filled lobby of their church (YAY for windows!!!!)

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SO thankful for the trees in one little corner of their church grounds!  The sun felt SO good and with the ground a little damp, we didn’t want to take much of a chance of getting Stacey’s dress dirty or wet before the ceremony.  More on getting dirty in JUST a minute…

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Just down the road from the church was this little barn that set on the back of a couples property that I had scoped out a few days earlier.  I literally just knocked on the door to see if we could use their barn and I ended up going inside and having a nice little chat with the owners about their family and the history of their property.  We were all pretty excited to have a second location to go to.

We carefully maneuvered around the wet areas in the yard and ended up very close to the barn where the ground was leaf covered.  That’s when it happened.  Stacey had stepped in something.  NOT something you want to step in.  I think the comment heard was, “That doesn’t smell like mud!”  I swear, what are the ODDS?!!!!  Here’s a great pic of the clean up crew with Stacey’s sister (Ashley) and brother in law (Eric)…after all that all anyone could do was laugh (thanks, Eric for the pic I stole off your FB page)!

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Stacey and Brandon, thank you so much for allowing me to be a part of your day!  And congrats on your new blessing-I’m sure everyone (especially Grandma) is already spoiling her like crazy!

ALLISON 3 MONTHS
Portraits, Children > April 21, 2015

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This is Allison’s first of many appearances on the blog as she is part of my Baby’s First Year program.  I will never forget when she was born.  She is baby number 3 for the Baker clan.  Mom and Dad had no idea if she was to be a boy or girl…so neither did the rest of us.  She has two older brothers.  She also is part of a family of cousins that at the time she was born already included 6 boys, a boy that was expected to arrive right after her…and this baby was the soon-to-be surprise.

I had gone into the eye doctor where one of my past brides, Nicole, works.  She looks at me and says, “Did you hear?!  Mandy and Chad had a GIRL!”  My jaw hit the ground and I’m sure I screamed something like SHUT UP!!!!!!!  Now, Nicole and I were on the same page to instantly realize this family of boys just got a little pink present….but the two ladies in the waiting room of the eye doctor watching us have our freak out were like ??????  Once I calmed down (only slightly), I realized they likely were under the impression that Nicole and I were nuts.  So, I HAD to explain the excitement of it all.  In the end, I have NO DOUBT they still thought Nicole and I were nuts ;)

And with that, here are just a few from her newborn session at home to see how much she has changed!

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This little princess was seriously so happy for her 3 month session…until she decided she was exhausted, took a 20 minute power nap while her mom and I chatted away..and woke up smiling again and never missed a beat!  We got a few more smiles out of her…and then she conked out on us for a second time.  But sleeping baby pictures are pretty darn cute, too :)

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Such a little sweetie.  Can’t wait to see how she likes being outside for our next session!!!  And hopefully a few with her big brothers!