52 Week Challenge, Week 14: New Chapter

First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes baby in a baby carriage!  

It is a great honor to be the storyteller for a couple on their wedding day, and it is an extra honor to be asked to be the storyteller as they enter a new chapter in their lives.  Jessika and Geoff got married about 2 years ago and in about a month they will welcome their new baby girl!

We had a beautiful afternoon to capture the beautiful moments of pregnancy and it was so much fun to capture their love again with my camera as they wait these last few weeks for their little miracle to arrive.

I am excited to meet baby Hailey and am honored that I will be there to photograph her as she grows her first year!

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Documenting that First Precious Year: Join the Club!

We all know it, no one wants to admit it...You have more pictures of your first child than you do of any child after that.  Guilty as charged!

When our first son was born, I committed to taking a picture a day for the first year...and I succeeded.  I might have missed 2 or 3 days.  I was pretty proud of myself....19 months later, son #2 comes around...I of course committed to the same task...um...well I missed A LOT more than 2 or 3....and I still haven't sorted through all the pictures I did get of him and he is now 3 1/2 years old.  So, now 3 years later comes our first daughter! Imagine this mother's joy to finally have a daughter!  And once again, I plan to take a picture a day for the first year...and well, I missed the first day, and the third and fourth...reality set in. Who am I kidding!?!

Then I got smart...why not follow my own advice that I give my clients...every 3 months for that first year!  I have got it so organized for my clients that I started a club...a Heartbeat Club to be exact!  I joined my own club with our daughter, and I have succeeded so far. I did her newborn session, 3 month session, and will do her 6 month session this week...halfway there!

So, why do I tell you this story of my success and my failure?!  Because I have a feeling there are many more out there like me...busy moms, who want to document that first year of their child's life but feel a bit overwhelmed to actually make it happen.

The Heartbeat Club allows you to have beautiful images to document the first year of your child's life, stress-free, in the comforts of your own home and a beautiful album to show them off at the end of the first year.

Want to join my club!?  Don't miss another cute smile and join today!

As a member of the club you receive 5 sessions (Newborn, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 1 year), an 8x10 of each session and an album at the end of the year of your favorite images.  If the child is already 3 months old, you can still start at 3 months for a discounted rate.

Membership to the Heartbeat Club also makes a great gift for new parents! Add on a Maternity session and get a discount!

I just finished up 4 clients and therefore have some openings to start 4 more.  I can take clients in Cleveland and Indianapolis. (My next Cleveland sessions will be in July)

Check out my website for more details and portfolio images.

Contact me today to join the club! Don't miss out!

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Heartbeat Club: Sneak Peeks

The days are numbered before Baby Sweetness arrives, but the workload is not light yet...I still have 5 photoshoots to complete before the month is out.  Clearly with October being one of the most beautiful months of the year, it is clearly the most popular for photoshoots.  Which is fine with me, as I LOVE THE FALL...and especially October. (Our anniversary is this month!)

The second weekend of October we headed to Cleveland and I was able to get 4 photoshoots done for my next installment of my Heartbeat Club babies.  I got 3 of them done at an excellent location near my parents house called Squire's Castle.  I went here on fieldtrips in gradeschool and went there for portraits on our wedding day (and my sister's too 5 years later to the day!)  The place was hoppin' with wedding parties, engaged couples and just people out to enjoy the beautiful fall day.  We had fun setting up our own little spot.  Baby Hannah and Baby Elliot are now 6 months old and Baby Blake will be 1 next month (we started a month late with his sessions so we are a little off schedule with him).

I also completed a full year of Heartbeat Club sessions with Baby Nora and now she is going to be a big sister next month so we also did a maternity shoot for her baby brother.  Nora's mom, Gretchen and I are due around the same time and have known each other for years, so we got her husband to take a picture of us together with our baby bellies!

Also pictured is Baby Jules 3 month session who I photographed a few weeks ago.  Wedding editing has been keeping me busy, so I was finally able to get to hers.   

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Akron Newborn Photographer: Adorable Nora

I am catching up on a few blogs.  Soon enough I will be all caught up!

So, here we have another sweet baby girl....Nora! It was really special for me to do this photoshoot for several reasons.  I have known Gretchen, Nora's mom for years and have had the honor of journeying with her since she was in college.  She has been through a lot over the years and always comes out on top.  It has been beautiful to see how her faith as carried her through and how her trust in God was solid through it all.

Her and her husband Sherman tried for sometime to get pregnant and were elated when they welcomed their baby girl this past fall!  Nora is also a member of my Heartbeat Club, so you will see more of her precious face in months to come!  =)

Here are a few favorites from her Newborn session. 

Learning to pray at a young age

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Indianapolis Newborn Photographer: Sweet Naomi

I love photographing sweet, squishy babies!  I have had a few baby girls to photograph lately and I have been loving it!!  It is no secret that my husband I really want a daughter.  We of course love our boys to pieces and we hope to give them a sister some day.

This is sweet Naomi, daughter of Shannon and Brian.  She was a little fussy at first, being her first professional photoshoot and all.   I was glad to know I had not lost my touch in rocking a baby to sleep, as I swaddled her right up and had her asleep in no time.  Then I could take as many pictures of her as I wanted.

Naomi is an honored member of my Heartbeat Cub which means I will be capturing her precious face for the first year of her life (Newborn, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year) and she will receive a book at the end of all her favorite images. (ok her parents favorite images, but they will be her favorite too when she is old enough to appreciate them).  If you are interested in being a member of my Heartbeat Club, send me an email and let's capture the cuteness of your loved ones!

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