Golden Birthday: 30 on the 30th

My birthday weekend extravaganza was nothing short of amazing. I had told Jason months before my birthday that I didn't want to 'just go out for dinner' for my birthday. Don't get me wrong, birthday dinners can be amazing, a night out with just the two of us is so cherished these days. BUT, this year was my golden birthday!! Not a big deal!? Well, it was to me!

Plus don't all girls cringe when they hear the word thirty? I shudder. I don't want to be thirty. Nor do I want to be twenty. I am glad I am done with being broke in college and not to mention the constant exams in PA school. But surely most parents dream of the days before kids. Wondering what we did with ALL that spare time!?  And why didn't we travel more!?

But Jason, my parents, and great friends made my birthday weekend pretty amazing.

Jason and I ran to Chicago just for the day on Friday to go shopping. We made it downtown to go to the Louis Vuitton store to pick up my birthday present and then ran like crazy to make it in time for our reservations at RPM Italian. I've wanted to go there ever since it opened and it was just as amazing as everyone said it was.

Then on Saturday night a birthday party was put together at our neighborhood club house (which looked the most amazing it ever had in my opinion!).

 We had our own wine connoisseur since it was a wine tasting party!

 Jason built this bar in a few short days that fit perfectly in the clubhouse.

 Adorable decorations of candles, jars, burlap, and old pictures!

 Tammy made a peach sangria that was right up my alley!

 He is nothing short of amazing! It was a beautiful and fun party that I will never forget.

 My parents were there tasting wine and enjoying the party. Most everyone in the neighborhood know them by now!

The room was filled with people I love! I felt so very blessed! The weekend finished out with a neighborhood couples golf outing on Sunday and all of my family coming over to share Labor Day with us. It was a such a nice long weekend.

I look forward to a nice night out for birthday dinner next year ;)

Fresh 48 Session

I don't blog much on here about my photography. These last few years, I have learned so much and continue to learn and grow within this new found love and passion of mine. I continue to challenge myself in every area and try new things all the time. This year I have found a new favorite session of mine. They are called 'fresh 48' sessions. This is a session within 48 hours of having your baby while you are still in the hospital.

I had the pleasure of taking pictures of baby Cameron within this perfect time frame to capture the fresh skin, hospital bracelets, and those adorable brand new details. I want to show you just a few of the pictures I took for this particular session.

Welcome to the world Cameron....

 Love those tiny little fingers wrapped around Mom's finger

 For some reason the black and whites of these sessions are my favorite

 ten little fingers and ten tiny little toes....

 

 I hope to do more and more of these sessions in the future.  Just as my clients are thankful for my pictures, I am thankful to them for allowing me to capture them. So I made Christina a cute congrats card on treat.com

 Love the little details on this card like the fonts and border on the inside!

 Oh and check out that cute little profile on the back!!

 If you're interested in a 'Fresh 48' session and in the Grand Rapids, Mi area, please contact me. You can also follow along my photography on my Facebook page.