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It’s already been a month since this little nugget entered our lives!  I thought time flew with my first daughter–well, turns out, when you bring a second child into the mix–the life doesn’t really stop like it does with the first born–big sister has kept us busy and thus time seems to have escaped me!  We’ve been very lucky to, for the most part, have a very laid back babe who seems to do very well with sister’s busy schedule.

I am trying to soak up these last couple weeks before I go back to work myself!  I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t at all anxious about juggling my two littles alongside my business, but I know that it will all work out–and I have the best clients so that gives me reassurance, as I’m back at it come June!

I still have two openings left in June and a few more each month following.  I still have a couple openings for my annual mini sessions this fall–as soon as I start advertising them they will go fast, so please, if you are hoping to do a mini session with me this year consider checking out the schedule here and book soon!

 

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3 years 7 months and 22 days.

Life-changing, life-bringing, life-making days on this earth with my sweet, compassionate, funny, fearless and charismatic daughter. . . my only child.  In just three short days I fear I’ll loose her briefly in the fog of hormones, needs and overall excitement that her sister will bring to this world.  We are on the brink of a life change that I can’t imagine to be any better than she was–but know it will be all the same.  The highs, the lows, the tears of joy and happiness.  The breaths of it all; of this life we’ve made.

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I can’t help but lap up all of her smells, and quirks–reminisce about her milestones and challenges–as if I’ve ran the course and my thirst is unquenchable.  It seems simply impossible to have the capacity to love so much twice…and seriously, “how can any other kid possibly match her?”

As she’s shown and taught me already in her advanced maturity, she will handle it with valor and benevoulence as she does with any change she’s been faced with; I’m starting to become less worried about her and more worried about me.

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When I think of tucking her into bed for the last time before her sister is born, or the moments she realizes the baby trumps her in needs at any given moment I can’t help but fight back the choking emotion of grief.  On the flip, when I think about her holding her sister for the first time realizing her big sister title has finally arrived I  struggle to breathe through the heart-full aching of joy.

Bottom line…I’m going to be a big old hormone induced momma of two hot mess!  Looking forward to sharing pieces of this next part of our journey with you all, just as you let me into pieces of yours.  How lucky are we, parents, to know a love so much greater than all else; and an importance beyond our own lives.

Posted in My life,My Own,Personal
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I mentioned a few weeks ago that I had entered this big world-wide photo contest and that I had been notified that I had made the top 100 best photos.  As always, you all were so sweet in sharing in my enthusiasm.  Several of you have even been following up wondering which photo and what the final results are.  I love you for that!

The results have finally been tallied and while I wasn’t a prize winner, I’m still pretty happy with the growth I’ve seen in my work from last year to this one.  Last year, I had two photos place in the top 20% and one in the top 30%–but there was about 100,000 fewer photos submitted and over a million less votes.  The competition grew A LOT this year.  What I like about this competition is that anyone in the world can vote.  The photos with the most votes, win.  That means industry peers, moms, dads, kids, grandparents and friends are the judges.  225,000 photos submitted from 120 different countries 33 MILLION votes cast.

I submitted a couple photographs to a couple different categories–mostly family and kids.  One of them came in 29th place out of 13,289 photos in the family category!  My other best was in the top 10% out of 18,329 photos in the toddler/kids category!  The rest, as you can see below placed in the top 20-30%.

To me, this competition is just about learning more about myself and seeing my growth.  It’s also interesting to see the rest of the photos submitted and see what people are loving and what is over done etc.  It always always always boils down to emotion it conveys, the story it tells and the genuineness it exudes.  Sometimes those things get lost in the quest to make a great picture or capture a specific idea.  I love being reminded to keep it real.

Anyway, check out my entries and where they landed below–quite a few of you will recognize yourselves I’m sure!

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This adorable shot was top 10% out of 18,329 photos in the toddler/kids category…

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This guy made it to the top 100–29th place out of 13,289 photos…

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This crazy Wisconsin weather has me missing the beautiful sunsetting light I love playing with so much!  Now that I have some downtime, due to a short hiatus I am taking until my inside baby comes out and I have a little time work-free, I thought I’d try and catch up on blogging my sessions.  Which, clearly, I’m terrible at!  So many awesome sessions to show off–I don’t know what I always let it fall behind…

This was one of my favorite sessions ever.  I went into it expecting the worse–it was a last minute booking and my only availability was in November so naturally I expected five feet of snow and below zero wind chills (I mean, it is Wisconsin ya’ll)  but we were SO lucky and pleasantly surprised to have a very tolerable and beautiful evening!  We even spotted several deer in the woods as we walked the path–how cool is that!?!  If I can remember how to get here, I will DEFINITELY be back for more photos–this location was gorgeous!

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Posted in Child photo sessions,Family Photo Sessions
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  • Mona & Greg Reierson - These pictures of the Reierson family are of our son, daughter-in-law & grandson. I love the expressions of love and joy you caught with your photography gift. Thank you for posting and sharing.
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