“Say bye bye to chunky baby thighs.”

Since Elodie loves to walk now, she has taught herself to squat in order to pick things up. If she lands on her butt, she must either crawl or walk on her knees to the nearest piece of furniture to pull herself back up to a standing position. With all these squats lately, I’m seeing her rolls turn in to muscle!

Her favorite part of the day is watching out the window for daddy to come home for work. Sometimes we’ll see someone walking a dog, and she’ll point and say “ruff, ruff!”

The highest honor a wedding photographer can receive has to be a tie between 1) photographing another photographer, and 2) photographing the sister of a previous bride. This past weekend I had the privilege of documenting Mackenzie‘s sister’s wedding and it was the perfect start to the wedding season.

My favorite fact about Joe + Ashley is that they met through the Newman Center at SDSU (it’s where my husband and I met, as well as several of our married friends). Another fun fact is that they were in a photography class together, which gave them an excuse to go on dates that were technically for photo assignments, so it’s kind of like God *and* photography brought these two together!! :-D

Okay, okay, I’m over-the-moon excited for these two. You get it. Time for photos!! Let’s start with THAT DRESS!!!! Lace, buttons, and a fluffy tulle skirt – it’s what dreams are made of, right?!

Natural beauties! Especially the flower girl – she was beaming (and twirling) all day long!!

Don’t let these tough faces fool you – they seem to be genuinely nice guys. But they make a good photo, right? :-)

Hearts in my eyes for DAYS over this next photo!!!!

Joe + Ashley – thank you SO MUCH for having me!! It meant the world to me to be a part of your wedding. I hope you enjoy your sneak peek and I can’t wait for you to see the rest!! :-)

Also, me with the sisters!!! Love you guys! Thanks for being so fun and sweet and for finding the best husbands. :-)

Mike and Mandi could seriously have a Hallmark movie made about how they met! It all started in a family restaurant. Him being the owner’s grandson, her being the new waitress, and an older lady frequently suggesting they make plans to see each other outside of work. I can just imagine the playful banter in the kitchen and the deeper, getting-to-know-each-other conversations while cleaning and closing the dining area. Slowly becoming friends and then all of a sudden wanting to be more than friends… and five years later finally getting engaged. ;-)

Getting to meet and photograph my brides + grooms ahead of time for their engagement session makes wedding season so much sweeter! I met up with Tyler + Jessica the other night in Deadwood for some photos and some back-story. For example, can you believe they grew up only a half hour away from each other but didn’t meet until they were both working in DC? Small world, right?! Another fun fact: they make walking look good. :-)

And snuggling… okay pretty much the whole time we were taking photos, I was getting warm fuzzy feelings from these two. :-)

We hope you all had a wonderful beginning of Spring and Easter weekend! It finally happened, Miss E has begun walking. She is officially a toddler! She also has five new teeth this month, has learned a couple new animal noises and the motions to ‘itsy bitsy spider.”

Aside from breaking into tears when I leave the room, she is generally great at saying goodbye. She waves and blows kisses to strangers at a distance, and about three seconds after I hang up with anyone on the phone. Gotta start working on her timing. :-)