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I’ve been keeping this blog for a long time. Those who have been around from the beginning have heard me admit that I am lucky, I have been loved three times in my life. I’ve spoken in depth about Jerry my third and if God answers prayers my last love, there was the post about love number 2, but I rarely mention love number one, mostly because it was young and thick and hard. Fodder typically too complicated for what was supposed to be my sanctuary.

He was my first everything and I adored him for around 8 years. We ended the way things do when you are young and passionate, amidst words and pleas that hurt and did not work. Leaving a broken engagement  in our midst.  That was ten years ago – give or take. He married, I moved forward, we did not speak for several years, i was blessed with my love, then my girls – and then we did, speak that is, mostly by email and IM.

I give this background because when he first admitted he read my blog I remember thinking it is strange to have someone who was your everything reduced to a mark in a stat counter, that the person who you could swear you felt thinking about you once upon a time, now, you couldn’t.  But time does what time does so when he called to tell me they were expecting I was thrilled for them. When he said “I want to have you come to do maternity images”, I was honored.  So I packed up my trusty husband and make the trek to KC to do what I thought was going to be the most difficult session of my life.

When I photograph my clients I try very hard to become emotionally attached to them at least for the few hours I am shooting. I fall in love with their love, become apart of their excitement for the life they are making – how do you do that with someone you actually undid all of those feelings for?

Turns out it was way easier than I thought it was going to be. I left the boys to talk and do what men do, video games and I started out with just Nayshea, we talked, her honesty was refreshing. By the time we got to adding Aaron to the images, the history just seemed to make for interesting blog fodder.

Watching them together knowing that my existence made that love possible, and being genuinely happy for them seemed natural really. Talking to them as a couple and her as a woman, it was easy to see the places she filled in that I left empty. I have told many of my friends that all I want for them is to have what Jerry and I have, and it was a relief to see that they do, it was worth going through that hurt for us to end up on this side of it,  where we both are.

Nayshea, thank you for your hospitality and trusting me with such a very special time in your life. Naomi is a very lucky girl to have a mom like you on her side.

Aaron- thank you for letting go and not letting go, you are a stubborn something or other – it is as endearing as it is annoying .

And I don’t think there is a photo session I will EVER not be able to do, especially with my loving encouraging husband holding the reflector, Thank you Jerry, I do adore you.

Now for the pictures.. this was one of the first images I shot of them together..

same series… and then we busted out the indoor stuff to get a few good ones…

and I think this might be my favorite belly shot as of yet.. simple yet perfect.. I love the little baby fat cat on her jeans..

WHEW Man!

I just got my wedding groove on this weekend! Shot two WONDERFUL weddings. Sneaks coming soon. The only thing that is less than perfect about being a wedding photographer is that the weekend is your primary work week, then you do your editing on monday tuesday and Wednesday, then thursday is your new Saturday and Friday is Sunday..

I think thats how it would work if I didn’t have the day job.

soon enough my pretties!! (insert evil laugh right here..)

I miss my girls and my hubby tons though. We haven’t gotten to do anything yet this year, no berry picking, no cool trips to the garden or the magic house yet, and thats just not gonna work, so that s my goal during this stretch of editing, to spend some fun time with my girls and my guy.

This morning a thuderstorm started at roughly 6 am and I knew I was done in for as soon as I heard hte thunder roll.. I picked up my phone and called the day job and told them I was gonna be late today.And rolled over to wrap the hubby up and just listen to the rain. Cammy came bounding in a little later, and I went and got Gabby and we all just layed around listening to the rain for as long as kids will aly still and be awake. It was an exceptionally nice way to start the day. Then the moment passed and Bri wanted to point out my eyes, nose mouth and head. Too Cute. And Cam had to show me something. Cammy is a super hoola hooper! She’s been working hard at getting good at it and she was so excited this morning to get up and show me her stuff.

Never thought I would be so proud of hoola hooping. I’ll be posting pictures really soon.

And cause I can’t post and not put a picture up heres one more of Miles. (To this guys family and friends your gallery will be activated tonight! I couldn’t get the trigger pulled with the weddings this weekend. I came home and passed out!  FUNTIMES!)

Every year Tambora has this party, every year its easily one of the highlights of my year. He makes his kick butt Sangria and breaks out the grill..

I am a little late in blogging this one but hey – here it is anyway.. Enjoy!

Heres the birthday boy – don’t ask about that mustache…

Kev and his beautiful wife who are expecting a baby boy this fall! SAWEET! You know I am coming with my bag of fun right?!?

They called this the “Call DFS” photo, I don’t know he’s not giving her the beer so pu thte phone down

And I’ll end with some baby Bri cause she likes hats..

So hows it been! Its been a lot of sessions and recaps and sneak peaks around these parts but thats not really the goal here all the time so I am just posting cuase its my blog and I like to post sometimes. I have made twitter friends with the great Jodie, who has taught me alot about who I am and who I want to be. Lets put it frankly – She Rocks.

I’ve actually met a lot of local photographers in the last few weeks who have given me my faith back in networking. I was tryin so hard to hold on to it after a little snafu. You know the feeling when you’ve made a bad choice and that sort of shakes your cofidence in what you are doin?

Yeah thats been me lately. But I am back up on my game. So lets catch up shall we? It is wedding season and that means weekends dont really exist. At Least for a little while. We are gearing up for the STUDIO! YEAH DAWG!

Picked out paint colors yesterday. You know when you ask everybody for an opinon they all have one for you! But turns out most of my peeps like the direction I am goin so I am excited and when we get in there next week and start slingin paint I will be postin pictures!

I am a Lebron james fan so can we get a moment of silence for that WACKNESS that was the loss of the NBA eastern Finals.

Okay and can I now say that I expect the Magic to do the damn thing and put it on the Lakers. Yeah I am not a Laker fan.

Moving on.. I am sorely disapointed that EVERY SUMMER CAMP IN THE CITY has some bogus kindergarden requirement or they cost a ZILLION DOLLARS for crafts and pool time? seriously?  I don’t remember summer being this expensive when I was a kid but I bet my parents would say it probably was.

So we are still figuring out what to do with Cammy for the summer – the summer which starts on Monday.

yeah.

Int he mean time I am gonna post this sneak peak of a newborn session I did the other day… Baby Miles.. SUCH  a sweet heart. born to lovely parents. They were just as wonderful as you would expect to make a little guy this sweet! You guys your gallery will be up tomorrow.