brittany & alex's engagement : louisville wedding photographer

fair warning. this might be an emotional post. no, scratch that. it WILL be. 

it's a story about my baby cousin brittany. she's been dating her love since highschool.
last month her boyfriend, alex, planned a surprise engagement party for her on her birthday.
her entire family was in on it, sort of.
the aunts aren't so great at keeping secrets so they were told it was a birthday party! ;)

now for the beautiful painful part. 

brittany's dad died in october. gary discovered he had cancer and a little over 4 weeks later 

it was clear that the treatments, unfortunately, couldn't help his type of cancer. 

alex was in the hospital room alone with gary, and asked for his blessing... 

gary told him he'd always had his blessing. 

it was beautiful. 

he got to fulfill a very important proud papa moment & it meant so much to brittany! 

well to all of us. gary's death has rocked us... left a gaping hole that's incredibly hard not to notice. 

so to have something as beautiful as brittany & alex's wedding on the horizon... 

well. it's comforting, exciting & brings a huge smile across your face. 

you are a class act alex. 

that had to be intimidating to ask your first tackle football coach

for his daughter's hand in marriage!

we are so lucky to have you as part of our family. 

here are a few of my favorites.
a slideshow is in the works so stay tuned!

brittany's grandpa didn't know it was an engagement party either,

but as we were practicing the signs he figured it out and was so excited! 

she's here!!!

h.a.p.p.y.... b.i.r.t.h...

:)

& one other thing! 

several friends said they couldn't come in town for her birthday, 

so brittany had fun calling them all liars! 

alex's sister. soon to be brittany's sister!

gary & sandy's glasses from their wedding.

they got a practice round in. 

:)

to celebrating life. 

to those that have been a part of it & the exciting things to come! 

congratulations brittany & alex!!!!

ms. nora june : nashville newborn photographer

my sister, stephani, delivered this beautiful baby girl on february 3rd. 

my mom & i rushed down to nashville so we could be with max. 

we got there just in time to pick him up from school & get some yummy paletta's! 

nothing seemed to be happening at the hospital the last we'd checked &

then jeff sent a text saying "holy shit, she's here!" 

& boy is she! 

she is the sweetest little purring baby.

& max adores her. 

& she can make you giggle. 

love this one, partly because this is jeff's grandma's bench. 

um guys, ya kinda left me in a basket?!

you sure you know what you're doing dad?

so sweet!

a beautiful family of four. 

welcome nora. 

we are so excited to be a part of your world, sweet girl!

paige & her kiddos : louisville family photographer

remember paige & her girls? 

(wow, that was so fun to look back on!)

 & then remember paige & her girls & nick & connall?

well. they drove cross country on a cool road trip 

(with mixed cd's with music from each state they drove through -that's how cool paige is!)
and made a short stop with us!

we were able to fit in a portrait session :) 

anya  & rory.

anya, connall & rory. 

                                          they've also added one of rory's friends, tomeka, to the gang. 

silly sequence!

:)

after the session we got some ice cream & then we went back to our house to do sparklers! first time for the younger kiddo's, mine included. they loved it! (except poor connall burned his fingers shortly after this photo. be careful this weekend!!!)

we had to attempt a selfie before they left!!!

miss you guys already! 

thanks for driving all this way to visit us!  :0