Since I last posted, we’ve hit some major milestones in our adoption journey. I’ve been sharing updates as they happen on a facebook page I created just for our adoption process. You can follow along if you like here: https://www.facebook.com/ryanandstephanieadopt/. But to sum up, we’ve met our caseworker and completed our homestudy. To do this …
2015 Year in Review & Hopes for 2016
Seeing as it is New Year’s Day, it seems like the perfect time to sit down and really look back at this past year. To really recognize all I’ve accomplished and then to look forward to the new year with all it’s hope and potential. Another photographer I follow posted these 5 questions last year, …
Merry Christmas
It seems unreal to me that Christmas is here already! As of right now, we have already attended one Christmas get together last night and we’re on our way to our first of 3 Christmas celebrations with family today. (Plus we have two more next week.) Needless to say it’s going to be a long …
Baby Journey: Infertility and Holidays
It’s Christmastime… which is my absolute favorite holiday, but to be completely honest – I’m just not feeling it this year. Maybe it’s because it doesn’t look or feel like Christmas outside. It’s really hard to get in the Christmas spirit when it’s a mild 50-60 degrees outside and not a hint of snow. Maybe …
Gratitude Project: Fall 2015
I figured today would be another wonderful opportunity to share some of my Gratitude Project with all of you. In spite of my fine art projects and the heavy workload this fall, I still seem to find time and have a desire to go out with my camera and document the things that move me! …
Baby Journey Update: How We Told Our Parents…
I have been told… more than once… that I’m a very intentional person. And I’d never really thought about it, but that is true. If you were to walk into my home, you’ll see a painting I made that has two birds and a fiery sunset… to me it symbolizes the strength of our love …
Rocky Pezzelle Puppy Portraits
As many of you know – exactly a month ago my family lost a furry, four-legged member of their family. Ginger had been a part of our family for a very long time! We adopted her when I was a junior in high school, after my black lab, Shadow, died. She was a rescue dog …
Baby Journey Update: Adoption Fundraisers
I know many of you have been waiting for this… Our Adoption Fundraisers Announcement. I know it’s taken me a couple weeks… one of my girlfriends told me the other day I was either really brave or really crazy for undergoing all this work during the height of busy season – but it seems to …
Baby Journey Update: The Steps for Domestic Infant Adoption
When Ryan and I first started getting the inkling that God was calling us to the adopt, our gut reaction was to start researching. We will be the first in both our families to adopt children, so we had very little knowledge of the current adoption process or systems and what to expect. The first …
The Busiest Time of the Year
Well I had a post all lined up for you guys today and then I had to move some things around. But man! Let me tell you guys! This month has been SUPER busy! I mean, October is normally the busiest month of the year for photographers. At least in the Midwest. Because here we …