Happy Thanksgiving Surprise!

There are so many things to be thankful for this time of year. If you've followed my blog for any amount of time, you would know that this season is leaps and bounds in front of any other season when it comes to being my favorite! I love everything about it: the first snow, the colorful decorations, the sparkling lights, the warm beverages and snuggles with loved ones!

This year, Bluejay and I have a special little something extra to be excited and thankful for. We're pregnant! I am 20 weeks along, meaning we're already half-way done! How did that happen so quickly! We were overjoyed this summer when we saw those two pink lines appear on the pregnancy test. Now we're joyously anticipating our Easter baby to come in April. We had our ultrasound last week and saw our little baby moving like crazy. Nothing prepared me for that swell of love in my heart. I can't wait to meet Baby Bird! We aren't going to find out the gender so we are ALL going to be surprised this spring.

Now, I don't want my photography blog to become a "mommy blog", but I'm sure I'll post pictures here and there. If you want to see more, I started a personal blog for family and friends who live far away. Since I LOVE all my clients and feel as though we are friends, even if we just met, please feel free to stop by and say hi- www.thebajas.blogspot.com.

The Dobak Family {ducklings}

I shot Cory and Christa's wedding last month. They ended up booking me just before the wedding and so we didn't have time to schedule an engagement session. So, we ended up doing a family session last weekend instead. Their daughter Taylor is adorable! She is turning one this weekend so we wanted to make sure to get some photos of her, some family shots and a few of the newlyweds. It was so much fun to hang out and chat with this sweet family for the afternoon. It's that time of year when things start to slow down. It's getting chilly outside and everyone is preparing for the holidays. This means that instead of all of the hubbub of scheduling, editing, and packaging all while getting backed up, I feel like I get to treasure and enjoy every session as it comes. I love this time of year!

Heather & Jason {lovebirds}

Apparently a common theme of autumns in MN is that the weather gets increasingly unpredictable. We had to reschedule this session a whopping FOUR times due to weather! Once, it was raining. Another time it was ridiculously windy. Another time we began to take photos, and we got rained out again! Ugh! When we finally got to take these photos, we were all excited just to be without rain! It was so fun to meet Heather and Jason (a couple times). Since they met going to school at the U of M and got engaged at Lake Harriet, it was obvious where we should do photos... both places! Jason proposed to Heather after enjoying ice-cream at the lake. Heather recalled that he ate his cone so quickly that he actually made her toss the rest of her cone away because he was so anxious to ask her to be his wife! Adorable! Congratulations on your engagement. It was really great to meet you two!