He's Here!

I received the text at 6:45 "he's here!" and then the call from my brother in law, Andrew, at 7:30. Asher James was born this morning! I made the quick decision (although I don't really think there was much to really think about) to head down to Rochester to see this little cutie later that afternoon. Lydia was so chatty the whole way down there with thoughts that I was having, "who did he look like", "how big was he" and "oh I can't wait to hold him!" The questions were to be answered when we arrived at the hospital and got to see this perfect little gem. I don't think there is anything sweeter than holding a precious newborn for the first time. It is my very, best, absolute, favorite thing to do, and I am thankful to be an auntie times 5 now!My sister, Claire, after the delivery. She looks fabulous!
Comes with the territory!Big Brother Josh is very proud of his baby brother.All the 6 cousins hanging out at the hospital, the room got a little busy!

Alex and Andrea

Ahh, what a breath of fresh air this couple is. Totally down to earth and still so much in love. I photographed this beautiful couple in 2006 when they were married at a vineyard in Stillwater. They were, and still are, such a cute couple. We enjoyed the scenery around the Sculpture gardens and took advantage of the wonderful spring weather. Officially they are my last couple to take advantage of the winter promo. More promos to come for April, I will be posting one soon!

My beautiful sister, 40 weeks

Claire is now the mom of 3 beautiful children. We did this shoot only a few days before my new little nephew was born (but more of those to come later this week)! I just wanted to get some of the photos we did of her before her little guy was born up on here. Of course we had to do some of all the cousins together and a few of my niece and nephew, just for fun!

Setting up a shoot

So here is just a brief example of what I do when I go into someone's home to do a shoot!

On the phone Audra was telling me that their home had tons of natural light, but not too many locations to shoot in. Therefore we set up this brown blanket, held up by 2 chairs, and put the girls on it for a backdrop. We also took some household items (a basket and a super cute pink rocking chair) and used them as props. So above is the set-up and below is the final product. I did absolutely no cropping.

Have fun shooting

Israel and Ruby

These two little girls were so adorable and yummy I just want to eat them up! Audra is a long time client and when she saw I was running the winter special she contacted me and we set up a time to shoot photos of their beautiful family! Here are just a few to whet her appetite, more to come in the next week!
Check out this beautiful hair! Amazingly beautiful! One of my favorite shots of the day, I am not kidding this little sweetie was smiling almost the entire shoot! Check out isreal's face! So proud to be a big sis, and little Ruby is just adoring her sister.

My little Bride

Blog followers!! I have been pretty lax this week on keeping up with this. My hubbie was off in India which left me alone with my 3 kiddos and very little time to get on the computer, let alone check e-mail. Thankfully he is back in the US recouping from the 11 hour difference in jet lag and I am back at it! Many new posts to come this week. These quick shots were taken one of the days Lydia was given a bride dress by a friend of hers. So here we start with the "playing" pretend bride, and yes, I did shed some tears as I was shooting. Could have been lack of sleep though...

The Sharbono family

This is the sweet, classy, and kind Sharbono family. Before my oldest, Lydia, was born Rebecca was my boss at Career Professionals. She has the most AMAZING, contagious laugh! Last year she and her husband Justin welcomed their beautiful baby girl Addica to their family.

We spent a bit of the morning wandering around the Minneapolis Sculpture Gardens and just letting Addica be a kiddo. These are my favorite kind of shoots, where kids are just kids. You never know what you're going to get, but it is always great fun! (check out the much loved duckie... what adventures they have had together!)

Thanks Rebecca and Justin, I had a blast and it was well worth the time to see you both again!