Hey everyone!
Hope you all had a wonderful Superbowl weekend! 
I am so pumped today because I had the opportunity over the weekend to really sit down and think about business stuff that I’m wanting to re-vamp and improve on and, after doing tons of research online, I am so inspired and excited to put some changes into play!
Sorry I’m being super vague, but there’s just so many things I want to do that we’ll just have to see it all come to fruition together! Anyway, just wanted to say that I’m pumped - YAY!
Here are a few of my favorite pictures from a family portrait session I did with some very close friends of ours. The McGs are some of our oldest and dearest friends and we love them so much!
Have a happy Monday!
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 Posted in personal
I remember waaaay back when I didn’t have a kid, I would hear seemingly frazzled moms moaning and complaining about their babies having runny noses and big, congested coughs and think that they were just ridiculous! After all, there are MUCH worse things in the world than your silly baby having a cold!
Well, as with MANY other experiences, having my own baby with a cold, I am here to say: It is much, much worse than I ever imagined! Nobody tells you that it’s not just a runny nose . . . it’s a poor, horribly distraught baby who has NO idea what is happening to his body and is just plain miserable! He doesn’t eat, sleep, play, poop, or breathe right anymore! He is absolutely beside himself because he feels so lousy. And as a mom, what are you to do? It’s a cold - there’s virtually nothing you CAN do except let it run it’s course.
It’s true - there are still many ways that things could be much worse - I don’t deny that. But man, a sick baby is a much more difficult thing than I ever imagined. So, moms: I stand corrected. Sorry I judged you as whiny. I was wrong.
This is an outtake from Quin’s 3 month session, but I thought it would be an appropriate picture to accompany this post because this is, more or less, the look I’ve been given for the past 24 hours straight.
Loved my time with these two! Allen and I have known each other for years from working together at Camp Allen. I was SO honored when he called me about shooting his wedding, though I’m still in disbelief over the fact that Allen is old enough to get married! I guess we’re all getting older . . . . sigh.
Allen and Stephanie are adorable and I can’t wait to shoot their wedding! Here are a few favorite pictures from their engagement session . . .
Bonk! Ouch. These shots would normally be outtakes, but I LOVE them, so I had to hold on to ‘em!
My favorite x 1 million . . .
I can hardly believe it’s been three months.
When I think about the early days of Quin’s life . . . what a huge adjustment it was to have a new baby and to get NO sleep . . . it seems like MUCH longer than three months. But when I think about the last couple of months and how quickly the days with my sweet angel just fly by, it seems like just yesterday that I first saw his beautiful face.
It’s official, world: I am in love with this guy.
Quin is an absolute delight and I love being his mother! Each day he gets sweeter, funnier, stronger, and smarter and it’s an absolute miracle to witness! Motherhood is so much greater than I ever expected and Quin is a greater blessing than I ever though possible.
Fun things Quin is doing these days:
1 ) Smiling CONSTANTLY.
2 ) Cooing and oohing and ahhing and screeching - all day long!
3 ) Rolling over - okay, only once (today - hooray!) - for the first time.
4 ) Picking up toys and moving them from one hand to the other.
5 ) Showing a major preference for the outdoors . . . he loves put his bare hands and feet in the grass.
6 ) Responding to our faces and voices.
7 ) Putting everything in his mouth and drooling like crazy! Those teeth - they are ‘a comin’!
8 ) Sleeping really well at night - yippee!!
I’m trying to commit to doing a portrait session each month of Quin’s first year because I know how quickly he’s going to grow and I don’t want to forget a thing! Here are a few of my favorite pictures from Quin’s 3 Month portrait session . . .
This is where the session took a bad turn. Q decided he was officially DONE with me and wanted me to know it. He also looks like an old lady that just got back from the hair salon. God, I love him!
Quin’s Nana made him this GORGEOUS blanket, so I thought it would be fun to get a few pictures of the squishy monkey all wrapped up in it!
Yay for engagement portrait season being back!
I LOVE shooting engagement sessions and I always miss it during winter or summer because nobody (including me!) wants to do them when it’s 105 or 25 degrees outside! Doing engagement sessions also gets me pumped about all the adorable couples I’ll be shooting in the coming year and Steven and Amanda are no exception! I enjoyed my time with them and just loved watching the two of them crack each other up. All these smiles and giggles are genuine!
I am a sucker for sweet babies. Oh man, I was in HEAVEN shooting Carli and Vi’s 1st Birthday party! These girls make me look good! How could I not take adorable pics of them?! If you have babies, please call me about shooting their birthday parties - I love it! My coverage includes a ‘lil one portrait session, too!
John and Tasha are two of our dearest friends in the universe and their sweet 6-month-old “J” is one of the little loves of our lives! You may remember these guys from a few months ago.
I got to shoot some family portraits for them on New Year’s Day and I am so happy with how they turned out. Aren’t these guys so adorable?!
Friday, January 8, 2010 Posted in personal
Hey everyone!
Thanks so much for your patience with my MAJOR lack of blogging . . . . well . . . . . for MONTHS! I promise to get back in the groove VERY soon! Right now I’m just going down my to-do list and catching up with everything from my crazy transition from maternity leave to bereavement leave to the holidays! WOW - we’ve made it through all that and I’m finally almost caught up - YAY!
So, just wanted to let you know there’s gonna be tons of great stuff coming here soon . . . . I have lots of sessions to blog AND I need to catch you all up on how handsome Mr. Q is doing! He’s so big, you guys! You’re not gonna believe how much he’s grown!
Anyway, this is just a post to let you know that great things are on deck - just stick with me until then!
Lots of love,
Stacy
PS - Okay, I can’t help myself! Here’s just ONE pic of our sweet little guy! He’s almost 3 months old and taking over the world one heart at a time!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 Posted in weddings
I was so honored when Jay contacted me a few months ago about photographing he and his lovely fiancee Shelly’s wedding. You see, Stan and I had the privilege of shooting Jay’s wonderful daughter Stephanie’s wedding to Bret in 2008 and we have continued to keep in touch with them ever since. Stephanie and Bret are one of our absolute favorite couples we’ve ever shot, so I was SO excited to reunite with Steph’s family for Jay’s wedding at Trois Estates. It was really fun to shoot and I loved seeing Jay so adorably smitten with Shelly! Here are a few favorites from their big day!
I hope you all have been enjoying the holidays! Look for much more from me on this blog come the new year . . . I think changes are coming . . . probably in the form of an “I-will-blog-more-I-promise” resolution!
I met up with Rebecca for her senior portraits a week ago and I had such a fun time! She is so sweet and gorgeous . . . and was just perfect in front of the camera!
I’m thinking it will probably be a while before senior portraits for the 2011 seniors start up, but I’ve SO enjoyed photographing the awesome girls I’ve gotten to meet in the class of 2010!
If you’re going to be a senior next year or if you know a senior, don’t delay in getting in touch with me ASAP to set up a session!
by Stacy
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