Big Announcement with Dance-N-Sound!

Wouldn't it be great to get two things checked off your "to do" list for your wedding? And, wouldn't it be even better if those things cost less together than they did seperately?? AWESOME NEWS! Check it!

Waiting for Leila

It makes me so happy when I get to witness a couple so in love and I get to document their wedding day. I bet Elyssa and Tony a couple years ago on their wedding day. They were both so amazing. I instantly felt like a part of their family (and it's huge as it is). Elyssa is one of the instances that I have stayed in touch with, and become friends with my brides after the wedding photos are taken and the warm fuzzies have disappeared.

But, about nine months ago I got an email from her saying that she and Tony were pregnant and that HE said he wanted me to do pictures of their family from now until, well....forever! Being a sap for belly pictures I said, "Well we have to do baby bump pictures OF COURSE!" With her impending due date in December we set the date, and she couldn't have looked more beautiful. Despite the discomfort of an expectant mamma, Elyssa had that glow about her that only a woman about to have her first baby could have. Her cheeks had this natural pink to them, her eyes lit up in a way that you can't quite fake, and Tony....image a little boy knowing that he was getting the best present at Christmas that he'd get to keep forever and would keep getting better each year, that's what he looked like while he was kissng Elyssa's belly and talking to little Leila as she pressed her feet up through her mamma's ribs. *sigh* I just love pregnant women.

Anyway, before I start crying as I type this, here ya go!













Isn't it amazing to know there is a little life in that belly?

~J3DZ

Getting back on track

With the end of the year approaching and wrapping up some weddings from the fall it brings me to a point of reflection over the last year. Reflection on myself and my business, where I went wrong, what I did right and how I want to see myself grow (and my business).

From a personal perspective I feel as though I have finally become the person I sought to be while going through college and dreaming of the life I wanted to have. I am confident and happy in the person I am today and feel that I can be a sounding board for those in my life who are going through many of the same struggles I face (and still face). So on a personal level I haven't come to a plateau necessarily but am definitely happy with the achievements that the Lord has allowed me to have so far.

From a business standpoint, I am very thankful that I am on this journey. I certainly don't ever want to imply otherwise. But I find myself feeling so unfilled at the moment. I know this is what I am meant to do. Every morning I wake up, well back up, I lay awake in bed at night with all these amazing ideas in my head of photographs I want to take, finished products I want to deliver, a business plan I want to pursue and it just seems like it never gets going fast enough for me.

I'm so thankful for the clients (i.e. new found friends) that I have come to know. Without all of you, living my dream profession would not be possible. It's funny when I think back about three and a half years ago because THIS was not my dream job at all, in fact this industry never even crossed my mind, and now I can't imagine my life doing anything BUT this.

Not really sure what the point of all this rambling is, in part, the economy has me thinking....the end of one year and the start of another always gets us business owners brainstormings....blah blah, and I have to give you something to read every now and then since wedding season is slowing down. No worries though I have a couple photog sessions that I did recently I'll be posting shortly :D

Anyway, long story, well...longer ;P thanks to all of you who made 2008 fabulous! If you have friends getting married, if you're having babies, you just want your pictures taken, (you get the point) you know where to find me!