The other side of the lens

I've gone to many photography conventions over the years and have heard lots of wonderful photographers speak. One of those being Angela Carson. I enjoyed listening to Angela speak so much...that when I had the opportunity to see her speak a second time....I couldn't resist. Her sense of humor and passion for photography are just irresistible. So I found out via facebook that she was in need of a two week old newborn for a photography project ...when Evie was two weeks old....I got really excited! More exciting was that Andy agreed to make the 3 1/2 hour drive up to Angela's BEAUTIFUL studio in Northville Michigan. Angela is photographing a newborn a week and is then going to make a book to sell AND all the proceeds go to charity...ISN'T THAT AWESOME!!!! You can learn more about it here. It was such a great experience to be on the other side of the lens (I've so enjoyed taking pictures of Evie....I know...I'll be posting more soon) but just being able to be mom and have such a talented photographer I trust to take amazing shots of my baby....was priceless. THANK YOU AGAIN Angela and Rose for such an amazing experience! Here are just a few of the shots she took. I can't believe that's my sweet baby girl!!!! (and yes...I have her permission to post these on the blog, please do not print these images as they are for viewing purposes only)

Our first week

We arrived at the hospital around 2pm on Thursday Jan 7th. (here I was paranoid I may not actually be in labor and that was the snowiest day we have had this year) Her due date was Jan 16th, but once we got checked in...sure enough we were gonna have a baby. It was an amazing experience and we were blessed with no complications. Here she is minutes after being born getting measured:

Here we both are...such proud new parents:

We took these of her on Saturday in the hospital just before we checked out to go home:




Here outfit to go home in was a little bigger than we thought(even though it's for a newborn up to 7 lbs)...but still adorable:



One of our first nights at home:

Pretty morning light on the changing table:


Her famous popeye look :)

We have a baby!!!!!

yes yes yes....... Genevieve Signa Sommer was born January 7, 2010 at 10:38pm. She's just the sweetest little peanut who weighed 6 lbs and 12 ounces and is 20 inches long. We call her Evie! So yes...my blog has been so neglected with the holidays, trying to get final albums and orders for all my clients and the super tiredness of the end of pregnancy! So I hope to be featuring her on here quite a bit that we're home and I'm only two chores away from completely being on maternity leave. For clients out there, please just email or leave me a message (as I will check those and respond once a week) but will not be back to my normal working status for 4-6 weeks. Thank you for your understanding. I can't wait to take photos of her and share them all with you.

For now...here she is in the hospital only minutes old. I love her big beautiful eyes!!!!

Libby's Family

I could go on and on about how much fun this family was...but I think I'll let the pictures speak for themselves! These kids did AMAZING and were such great models! Libby and Frank weren't to shabby either when it came time for their picts as well. Libby thank you so much for contacting me and I'm so glad we were able to do this session! (Libby actually lives in Auburn IN, my home town and we did this session in Ft. Wayne, at one of the homes Frank has designed/custom remodeld...It was BEAUTIFUL)

Tzu and Ben

I know many of you have been waiting and waiting to see some of these images....well here you go :) This wedding was wonderful and beautiful and unique and intimate and wonderful and pretty and.....oh wait....I'm repeating myself. I think you'll get the idea of how great it was from the picts. Remember Ben is not to fond of the camera??? Well you wouldn't be able to tell it in his wedding photos...I think his true happiness of the day just shows on his face :) (I love people in love) Now let's not leave Tzu out either......HELLO GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!! She's so stunning and I actually feel like this pictures don't quite do her full justice. Her hair and makeup were done by my talented friend MANDY! (the one who dressed up like me for halloween) and the fabulous ladies at SAVE THE DATE helped make everything run smoothly!
Thanks so much you two! I wish you a lifetime of smiles and hugs :)