My phone chirped this morning with an awesome tweet:

Talk about making my Friday!  It’s always such an honor to be published, especially on the selective and well-edited Style Me Pretty.

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Ashley and Tom have such an incredible sense of style, and I am so excited to see their lovely wedding be an inspiration to others.  So, click on over to Style Me Pretty and check out Ashley & Tom’s incredible Iowa wedding, and be sure to leave a comment and some love for them!

Have a great weekend!

I’m so thrilled to tell you that the May/June issue of Smitten came out today, and it’s chock-full of wedding wonderfulness, including a wedding shot by yours truly!  Honored doesn’t begin to describe seeing Emily & Dave’s lovely Villa Terrace and Lake Park Bistro soiree in print (well, the internet version of print).

Smitten is a gorgeous online magazine with some seriously great content and inspired ideas.  This issue focuses on color and also has a great runway rundown of all the latest new gowns.  Definitely a must-read.

Be sure to look for the “Inside Smitten” button in emily & Dave’s feature to see more!

Thanks to Della and Becky for including this wedding in their latest issue!

Be sure to click over and check it out, and leave some love for Emily & Dave here or there.

The lovely modern-yet-traditional wedding of Stephanie & Ethan at Pier Wisconsin is featured on Style Me Pretty’s Little Black Book blog today!  Head on over, check it out, and leave them some love in the comments please!

Math was never my strong point, but I promise you, I have that equation correct.

If you’ve seen me at a wedding or in-person recently….this announcement is no big surprise to you.  But I’ve been pretty quiet about it otherwise – at least on the internet.

We are having a baby!

Our little girl is due in January – perfect timing for this wedding photographer.  Absolutely no one will be missing out on photography because of this pregnancy.  I’ll be back to shooting in no time after our daughter arrives, and my last wedding before then is in December.  I’ve had a blissfully easy pregnancy in all reality.  I’ve kept up with every wedding, every work-out (yes, still hitting the gym!) and every commitment without much issue.  I’m still running around in heels at each wedding, even at six months pregnant!

Hubby has been wonderfully supportive and the best part of all of this has been watching him – truly.  Just seeing his excitement is so much greater than anything I feel about carrying our child myself.

Needless to say, we are a bit excited around here, and can’t wait to meet our little one!

I promise not to turn the blog into babyland.  But I’ll give you a few updates as we go.  And no…..this isn’t the reveal of the Secret Project.  That is still something else.  I know, I know, the suspense!

***I know that for those struggling with starting a family, in any capacity, that a giddy and gleeful pregnancy announcement by anyone comes with a sad pang.  I know this because that is how we felt while we were trying to get to this point.  This wasn’t the simplest of journeys for us.  Let’s just say that sometimes it isn’t as easy as they make it sound in jr. high health class.  In all reality we were lucky, especially compared to the trials faced by so many.  But I know that when someone was truthful about their journey it always made me feel less alone.  So if that is you – you aren’t alone.  And, you’ll get here.  You will.

All images in this post taken my our lovely friend, Melissa Schollaert.  Having maternity pictures taken wasn’t something I ever thought I would do, but Hubby and I haven’t had pictures taken of us since our wedding day – and I couldn’t hide the belly anymore, so here we are.  In the end, I’m glad we have these last images before the two of us become three.  I want our kids to know we had a life before them, and even among them.  Big thanks to Melissa for putting up with our awkwardness!