There are few things that get me more excited than when a surprise is not just executed, but pulled off FLAWLESSLY! Especially, when it starts with a question, and ends with a sparkly ring on the left hand of a pretty little lady who just said YES to marrying her best friend.Â
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As this Christmas is technically my second as a mom – the question from my family is always a hard one to answer, “what do YOU want?” “Who, me?”
Meet Baby Easton, and his adorable parents new parents, Andrew and Jess. Sessions at home, have me suuuppppper emotional, as the memories of OURÂ first few weeks home with our little babe, flood back something fierce! But – that’s also why they hold such a deep place in my heart….
It’s such a beautiful thing seeing previous wedding clients turn into parents… but even more beautiful when you can turn around, and in that same breath, call them friends….
Paul and Sarah had an intimate celebration of their love at a charming wedding chapel near Detroit, Michigan. From what started as a poke on an online dating site, and lead to a first dinner at Carabas (because everyone bonds over pasta!), and everything till this day, that brought them together – their day brought …
This story isn’t the easiest to write, but from it, some of the most raw, real and emotional work of mine emerged to the surface, and from it,  I feel the heartbeat of adoption can be heard.  Which all started with Jon and Courtney, being willing to out of humility and vulnerability, share their story…
Meet John + Nicole. After planning their wedding a little shy of 2 years, and being together nearly a decade, this day was long anticipated for friends and family of John and Nicole. From getting ready details, dressing to play the part of bride and groom for the day just minutes before their first look at the …
To the mama who may question, doubt, fear, and feel all too quickly that time is passing faster than you think it should…
This is the story of Jasmin + Dylans wedding day… The  h e a r t  of the people, moments & things that brought them to this day, and everything that is them. From the first words he said to his bride in a letter she read, “I hope you got a good nights sleep, beautiful….” …
Jess. This girl. Her heart. She is truly one of a kind to this world, with a genuine light that radiates from the kind of girl she is. The kind of girl, I hope we raise our daughter to be. She is a SENIOR this Year at Saline High, and I could write a book …
This is the couple that was rocking my worldddddddd a few weeks back, when they tied the knot (literally) at a gorgeous Yacht Club wedding on Devil’s Lake, in Manitou Beach, Michigan. tears. tears. tears. laughter. a magical first look that had me, sobbing. the first little LuElla I met, other than mine – and they …
So she was one of the moms that gave me a pep talk. Not a pep talk like, “oh you can do it, you’re going to be great” No, the honest -real life-mama-bear- pep talk. As we sat in pedicure chairs together, with a 38 week old babe still cookin’ in my belly, we talked about …
Meet Ian & Jenny. Lovers of the Denver Broncos, Downtown Ann Arbor, their Cat Miggy, and now, the new last name they share. Jenny and I met when I was a hairstylist in Ann Arbor, while I was going to photography school. And you know, you tell your hair dresser everything, right? From the moment …
Meet middle school sweethearts, Jasmin & Dylan who are tying the knot this weekend at their wedding in their hometown in Michigan! Can you feel the love? I mean, really… can you? These two have a connection like that you would expect form a couple that has been married for years. They way they …
Meet college sweethearts Sam + Louisa:Â Lovers of french fries, their cats, and of course- each other. These two tied the knot, and had their wedding at their church in Downtown Ann Arbor, and danced the night away with guests and loved ones at Stonebridge Golf Course in Ann Arbor, Michigan. They made my job. so …