Ashley and Greg!

I remember when I first found out Ashley had gotten engaged.  I think it was on Facebook...Ashley is a friend and a past sitter for my kids.  Always very upbeat, yet stern, which is exactly what my kids needed when we had her!  I love Ashley.  I wrote a message on her wall, I think, letting her know that I photograph weddings, feeling like it was a shot in the dark that she'd want to talk to me about it, but she did!  And I couldn't have been happier about her and Greg coming to my house for dinner one night.  The kids were running around, happy to see her, the boys giving craziness a new name with Greg...They hired me, and I was so honored to become a part of their special day!  They went to settlement on their new house the week after these photos were taken.  Funny how quickly things can move in your life isn't it?  This was a beautiful day at William Paca Gardens in Annapolis.  The lighting was just right, and I knew this session was going to be beautiful as I was there...Ashley and Greg are getting married in May.  YEAH!  I can't wait, guys!  Enjoy yourselves and the holidays!

I was talking with Jack in the car this morning about how Christmas is so close, and he said that we already had Thanksgiving, but I let him know that Thanksgiving is next week.  My heart jumped as soon as it came out of my mouth, because I know that once Thanksgiving passes, it seems to be a mad rush to the Christmas holiday...My mind is still back at Halloween, but my tired body feels like New Years lately...I've been very fortunate to have filled all of my mini session dates this year.  If I say so myself, they've all been so successsful.  I had one this morning, rescheduled from Hurricane Sandy, and the two boys were lovely, at least after I brought out the Smarties...I got some pretty good smiles!

This weekend is one of my busiest.  I know I've said it before, but each weekend brings on more and more challenges.  Juggling my sessions and my kids is bittersweet sometimes.  I need to work, to pay for Christmas and the new/ used mini van (Goldie was on her last wheel, so I had to trade her in last week).  On the other hand, I've been only doing what I have to get by with my kids and my house.  Anna and I were up last night until 9:30 finishing a school project that was due today.  We had a birthday dinner for Jack, and tomorrow is his party, a sleepover, of course.  I still haven't made his cake.  I'll get to that as soon as I finish writing this...

The point is, I want to slow things down.  But I'm booked up until the 8th of December, with very few weekdates open in between.  I don't even know what my kids want for Christmas...Joe's birthday is in 2 weeks...I think I just need to breathe more often.  Is this happening to everyone else?  You keep putting more and more on your plate, and when you take the time to pause, you realize how fast time is flying by you?  I think if I breathed more, just took a moment, I'd be a happier and healthier person...Please take a breather while enjoying these photos from 2 sessions I had a couple of weeks ago...Enjoy...

Good evening!  Have I mentioned lately how much I love my job?  Well, I do, but I will say that this time of year gets really over whelming for me.  Not only do I have tons of sessions, I have editing, galleries to upload, blogging to do, (which I still haven't gotten the hang of).  I'm still waiting on my 3 newborns that are coming this month!  Take your time Momma's!  And to top it all off, 2 of my kids have birthdays this month!  I have one turning 5 and the other turning 8.  Both want sleepover parties!  Do I ever say no?  According to my kids, all the time.  But it really doesn't feel like it...

The two sessions below are of a client and she purchased a session for her nanny, which I thought was so sweet.  I'm a sucker for single mom's!  Both kids were troopers and the sessions turned out to be lovely!  Thanks for checking them out!  Enjoy...