I’ve been thinking about this stuff for a while and I figured it was about time I went ahead and just shared all the thoughts rattling around in my head. For years now… I’ve been using my little space here on the internet to share my experience and my heart with you about our struggle …
Favorite Album Spreads of 2017
One of my absolute favorite products to design is albums. They are truly a labor of love for me because while they do take extra time and work to create unique designs I know each of my clients will love – they fill me with an immense amount of joy. As an artist with a …
Marlee’s Nine Month Session | Sullivan, IL
And just like that – we officially have a nine-month-old!! Our little girl is getting to be SO big!! She wants so badly to walk… even though we haven’t quite figured out crawling – she’s become quite the pro at pulling herself up and we’re pretty sure she’ll be walking by her birthday. She’s still …
Our Christmas Cards
One of my favorite things to do over the years has been to design our Christmas cards. Every year I’ve tried to some up with a way to make our cards special or clever. It never mattered to me that we didn’t have children to show off on our cards – it just meant we …
Favorite Senior Portraits of 2017
And now for our last category – seniors! While I may not have had a ton of seniors this year – I feel like I always end up getting the absolute best of the best seniors! (Sorry other photogs – but my seniors are seriously amazing!) All of these guys and gals have been so …
The Why’s of Infertility…
One of the greatest joys and heartbreaks of leading our group, The Hopefuls, is walking with these amazing ladies through their journeys. It’s wonderful to share in their successes and to see them supporting one another. But it’s devastating and heart-wrenching to walk through the losses and failures, the miracles taken too soon. This is …
Favorite Family Portraits of 2017
Last Monday, I started sharing some of my favorite portraits from our 2017 newborn sessions. Today I’m going to continue the love and share some of my favorite portraits from our 2017 family sessions! It is not lost on me how important these portraits are. I always do my best to accomodate people to fit …
Christmas Festivities for 2017
It feels surreal to be celebrating Christmas with a little one this year. For nearly a decade I yearned for the days of celebrating Christmas with a little one – of sharing traditions and seeing the joy and wonder of a child’s face on Christmas morning. Granted – Marlee is still quite little and not …
Favorite Baby Portraits of 2017
One of my favorite things to do at the end of each year is to go back and share my favorite portraits from the year. If I’m honest – this year was a slower business year for me. Not ideal for our income, but I think God was trying to encourage me to take the …
Out with 2017 & In with 2018
Last year was quite the tumultuous year for us… we had the adoption scam in October of 2016 which left us going into 2017 feeling rather hopeless. So we chose to focus on other things, and lo and behold – little Miss Marlee made her way into our world. It’s amazing how much can change …