Carli + Chris {maternity}

I love taking pictures of Carli & Chris. I did their wedding and they really still are one of my favorite couples ever! We about froze to death-especially Carli with no coat on! She never complained (have I mentioned how awesome my clients are?!?). We got it done super quick though and even got some hot chocolate from my friend Kelly (one of the locations was in her backyard!). We played with her twins and I bet Carli & Chris were glad they were only getting one baby to start out with (although her twins are the cutest things in the whole world-they are crawling now-enough said!).

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Lukenbach {family}

I met this family last week and found out their baby has the same disease as one of my good friend’s baby had. It is called Spinal Muscular Atrophy or SMA. It is a fatal genetic disease in infants and makes it so eventually the babies can’t move, swallow, and have trouble breathing. I wanted to do something for them, and they needed a family picture, so I told them I could do some for them. The weather was even not too cold, which was good for their sweet baby. I am so grateful I was able to meet them and wish them all the best during this hard time and the hard times to come. It did bring back a lot of memories of another sweet baby Briggers, our little buddy, who would have been 5 this year, just like my sweet boy. I think about you a lot Brigg and am so thankful I got to know you, and from that your family!

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