Harrison's Family Newborn Session | Social Circle, Ga.

These babies are SO perfect and it’s been the best day evah! My great niece and nephew, HattieMae and Harrison - I am completely in love with them and was so very excited to have their family over to break in my brand new studio space! My niece, Haley, even came over and shot with me for the first time! She is learning the art of photography and it’s been so much fun reconnecting with her!

Harrison was born the day before Thanksgiving! Not what his momma and daddy, Jason and Shanna, had planned! But, what a beautiful surprise and just one more blessing to be thankful for at such a special holiday. One month later and we finally got to do his “newborn” session. Oh gosh. I felt so terrible not getting to do his session sooner. Most newborn sessions are done with the first two weeks of their new life. However, throughout the course of those three weeks someone in my family has been sick or recovering from sickness. Everyone but me! Somehow I was able to completely miss all the sickness - thank you Lord! So finally, here we are after Christmas and now he’s 10lbs 9 ounces!!! He’s such a big boy! And once we finally got him good and milk drunk, Harrison sleep right through his “newborn” session like a champ!!

Now let’s throw is back 22 years! When Trey and I were dating, I remember on Halloween evening, while I was dressed up like an angel and Trey was dressed up like a devil - red face paint and all!, Trey’s sister, Shalayne, came home from the hospital with Jason and that was the day I held him for the very first time. He slept in my arms while we sat on their couch and we loved on him. Now, I’m holding and loving on his babies! Life is so beautiful!

Emberlyn Rae is ONE!! | Social Circle, Ga. Session

Aww, Emberlyn Rae. . .I seriously can’t get enough of you!! I’ve seen a lot happen in your Mommy and Daddy’s life - all the good things before your sweet face arrived. Their fun engagement, their gorgeous wedding day, I got to photograph them while you were in your mommy’s belly. When you were just a few days old, I got to hold you and document how tiny you were. And now, here you are! It seems like I blinked and you are a year old, eating a cupcake, just like I want to eat a cupcake!!! You are so precious doll!!

Happy One Year of Life Emberlyn!!!

Nolan Family Maternity Session | Social Circle, Ga.

Y’all, I wanna cry. . .I’m probably the most emotional photographer evah!!! lol I don’t even care! I tend to fall in love with my clients and their family and I am so thankful for this! I’ve known the Nolan since our babies were little and now our children go to school together. Getting to watch their babes (and now their family!!) grow is such a joy to me.

Tessa, TJ, Wyatt and Elsa met me at our little farm here in Social Circle for their family maternity session. Time to document baby number three!!! I remember the first time I ever met Tessa for their Fall family session years ago, I asked her if she was going to have any more babies since she had a boy and a girl. We were both like, “YES, let’s do this one more time!!” lol But I don’t think either one of us was really thinking that we would both have “one more”!!

As always, God has a much bigger plan than we are aware! This baby boy is going to fill their life with so much joy! I can’t wait to meet him!!

Rocco's First Easter + PPD Update!

I hope everyone is had a wonderful Easter with their friends and family! This year is Rocco's very first Easter celebration! Look at how adorable he looks in his little bow tie!!!! Trey didn't want him to wear that cute little bow tie. . .Deanna and I snuck it on him for photos though!!! Oh my goodness!! I'm so in love!

This year we went super non-traditional with our menu and served Tacos! My mother-in-law picked up some of El Charro's famous cheese dip and it was OH-so-good!!! And of course my sister-in-law, who is also an amazing baker, made some yummy desserts! We ate so good and then I had everyone go outside for photos! haha, Maybe that was bad timing! Eating MEXICAN and then photographs! Suck it in folks!

I know this is on the more serious side. . .but now that I’m getting back out there, lots of you have been asking me how I’ve been and I really appreciate you guys thinking of me! When Rocco was four months old, in (October 2017) I was hit really hard with postpartum depression. We were actually on vacation with our brand new family of five when it all started. I cried the entire trip - all SIX days! I felt SO guilty for crying every day and that guilt made it all feel so much worse!!! I felt like such a burden to my family, steeling their joy at one of our FAVE places - the beach! I was a mess and I pretty much stayed that way until the end of February 2018. 

That’s when I started focusing more on work and that really helped me! I also stopped nursing as much (we are down to only once a day now). This made me sad and happy all at the same time. Rocco never nursed very well. Heck, he hardly drinks a bottle well! He just seems so unhappy and frustrated with drinking anything. It’s taken a lot of pressure off of me but put pressure on me as well! I nursed both my girls until they were over a year old. I wanted to nurse Rocco that long and I've felt guilty for not nursing him as much. I just wanted to experience the same closeness I did when I nursed my girls but with Rocco too. I started feeling like a failure AND a burden. . .I wanted to end my life. I thought about it EVERY. SINGLE. DAY! I just felt like if I wasn’t around then my family would be happier.

During that time a lot of changes were happening. My gym of over four years stopped offering childcare. That meant I couldn’t workout because I didn't have anyone there to watch Olivia and Rocco. I lost my “gym family” and my routine! Although, I hadn’t been going super regular due to Rocco waking about three times in the middle of the night ( I was too exhausted) in my mind it was the routine I would return to when he did start sleeping! The thought of losing ALL the things that seemed normal totally rocked my world!

I started praying that God would bless me with a NEW normal AND QUICKLY!!! Shortly after praying for this, I decided to do The Juice in the Raw Cleanse. I wanted to do something totally for myself! I felt amazing after the cleanse! The very next week my sweet neighbor Brittany invited me to workout with her in a new group that had just formed! And then two weekends after that my girlfriends and I went on a girls trip to Helen, Ga.! God was so good to me!! I needed ALL of those events to happen! I seriously feel like a HUGE weight has been lifted off of me!!! I feel like me again!

This has been one of the hardest PPD journey's for me! I have been so incredibly frustrated with myself! Although I've experienced PPD before and I knew this wouldn't last forever, I couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel! I doubted everything about myself and my confidence dropped off the face of the Earth! It wasn't until I started praying for healing AND was open to it, that my life started to have light again!

I just wanted to thank everyone for their continued prayers, support and love they have shown me over these really difficult months! You guys are SO incredible and I love every single one of you!

My Girls Spring Mini | Creekview Farm, Social Circle, Ga.

Y'all, our little farm is coming together! For my Spring Mini sessions this year, I knew I wanted to incorporate our newest additions, the chicks, goat girls AND the gorgeous chicken coop that Trey, some of our friends and family all had a hand in building. Oh and let's not forget our bunny model, Amp. Amp is the sweetest bunny evah! His mommy, Ashley Lott, is one of my brides. However, right before we were about to walk out the door to get our session started, I am looking around for Olivia. . .She was found sleeping in this chair! lol Poor baby was completely zonked out. lol She spent the day with her BFF, Olivia - AKA, Baby Jones. So her session was a little moody and short! RyAnne on the other hand, well, that girl worked it! She is never thrilled about taking photos but when she gets in front of my camera - IT'S ON!