The A Family

I had a lot of fun photographing some friends from church on Sunday. The kids were so cooperative. I thought it would be difficult capturing 4 smiling faces at once, but it worked!

Stacy & Bill

I had the opportunity this weekend to photograph our good friends Stacy & Bill, such a lovely couple...

more self potraits

bored? perfect your self-portrait skills!

The Christmas card photos in the post below were quite frustrating. Not just because my 3 year old wasn't cooperating, but because it's just hard to compose a photo from in front of the camera. So I practiced today. I have other photos I need to edit before I continue with the self portraits, so I'll just post one for now, but I had a break through with the skin softening, and just worked on all my techniques & was quite happy with the finished product, despite the head (and toe) chop...like I said, hard to compose from the other side of the camera!

Finished our Christmas Card Shoot...

Self-taken Family Photos

It's really fall now...

Moose's "DeeDee Sweater"

It finally got cold enough to get some pictures of my little man in the sweater my mom made him for his birthday, also known as his "DeeDee sweater"...

I'm kind of on a black & white kick lately...

This is his mischevious "I refuse to look at you" look...

smiles & silliness

the angel i'd been waiting the last 9 months to photograph just grew her wings

WARNING, REALLY SAD POST, IMAGES MAY BE UNCOMFORTABLE TO VIEW...


For the past 9 months, my family had been eagerly awaiting the arrival of our precious baby girl, Eliana Marie. My pregnancy was perfect, and my labor, after starting and stopping for almost 2 whole weeks, picked up quickly & went beautifully. Everything was fine, and her heartbeat was strong, until just as I was pushing her out, she started moving all over, and they couldn't find her heartbeat. She had aspirated meconium, and her cord was so tight around her neck that she never took a breath.

I had dreamed of the photos I would take of my precious angel, and when I finally got the chance to photograph her, my eyes were so clouded with tears I couldn't see to focus or get the proper settings. Here are the only images I've taken of my baby girl...

Please keep our family in your thoughts & prayers.