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Yah! I get to put up another personal post for this year! This past weekend was my baby shower! For those that don’t know, I have 2 beautiful boys, Zeke and Levi. Zeke was born in 2017, the last time I had a baby shower. Levi was my pandemic baby, born in our home in […]

It’s so special when we get to photograph our past brides and grooms. Eva and Dave are one of our BMI couples and now they have a new addition! They asked us if we would take family pictures of them, Nora their new baby girl, and Nova their pup! Check out this super cute family session! Oh and can you tell… these guys are HUGE Villa Nova fans!! Love the color coordination!

So even though I’m a wedding photographer, I LOVE organizing and hosting events, and of course designing them too. I joined a group of ladies and hosted a beautiful baby shower for my sister-in-law for 40 women. It was themed just like Lauren’s maternity session with sunflowers, but my mom and I decided it would be a great idea to weave in their nursery. Chevron and Baby Elephants!

I am so so excited to share this post. This is a post of joy found and God’s faithfulness in my family.

Meet Zach and Lauren. This is my little (not so little) brother and his amazing wife, my sister-in-law Lauren. And they are an IVF success story. 

When your best friend has a 1 year old (almost) and asks you to do a cake smash, you do it. Not because you feel obligated, because you love that little girl to cake pieces! We had literally 10 minutes before a storm blew in, and Ella took her sweet time… not sure if it was “OK” to get so messy and eat the whole thing by herself!! Her sweet little eyes, smiles, and of course, her desire to share the whole time. Oh, and then she decides to climb you. Happy First Birthday Ella! Can’t believe you’re ONE!!

Ekk! I am so excited to share this maternity session. I’ve known Sarah since college, we were chaplains together at Oral Roberts University. After college, I moved home, met Patrick and got married. Sarah was one of my amazing bridesmaids. Soon after, Sarah got engaged to this amazing guy named Chris, and they asked Patrick and I to be their wedding photographers. Just a few months ago, Sarah and Chris moved to Columbia Maryland from Texas!!! And now they live 15 minutes from me! I still can’t believe they are really here. Sarah and Chris are expecting a little one this December, just 4 weeks from now! So we HAD to do their maternity session and we were ecstatic!

I’ve known Emily Williams back when I was in middle school and I was still a Hoffman, and she was a Meeks. Emily and I both have become wives, business owners, and friends, in that order. 🙂

Emily and her husband, Tom, have a sweet sweet family. Her little girls are precious… I’ve official been invited over by them for hot chocolate, I can’t wait! Naomi and Eliana are my new buds.

On a chilly, windy blustery day, we all ventured to downtown Baltimore for a Fells Point Photoshoot! Family style!! The girls were bundled, blankets and all, and their little guy, Xavier, was an absolute champ!

A few weeks before Christmas, we met up with one of our Radiant families, who wanted to get some pictures for their 2014 Christmas card. Belinda, one of my friends, is also expecting twin girls, and wanted to get a few maternity pics while we were out and about. When these beauties come out, Belinda and Ryan will have FIVE girls! Amazing! We couldn’t be more excited for them.

Lee and Bridgette are the cutest! I met Bridgette this past July at the Brides Against Breast Cancer Expo. She too is a newly wed (like Patrick and I are) and her husband Lee and her decided to do an Anniversary session at the place they got married, Stone Manor Country Club.

Newborn shoots are always unpredictable. I’ve come to the realization that newborns are fun to hold, to swaddle, to look at, etc. I’m looking forward to being a mom and having my own newborn some day. However newborns are NOT easy to photograph. In our photography services, these are the most difficult.