Last night I did two shoots in one with a family that traveled all the way from Atlanta to have me photograph their family!
Going in I had no idea they had traveled JUST for ME and when I found that out the rain and dark freaked me out more than it already was b/c I mean, COME ON, the PRESSURE! That's a long drive just for photos! I am kind of kidding. They stayed with friends they have that live here, also clients of mine, but I'm not kidding that when I found out the MAIN reason they came was for me (and saw it was raining and getting dark SUPER fast) I think I almost lost it!
But whatever. Rain. Dark. You just deal with it and move on!
Luckily, they couldn't have been sweeter and their son was AWESOME. He's right between Bailey and Parker age-wise, which can be CRAZY difficult, but he was perfect. Literally perfect.
Well, perfect until he kicked me and told me to lie down again so he could swing over me! HA! I almost died when he kicked me in the shin and said that! Luckily Crocs are pretty harmless! HA! SO funny!
Then Amy came and picked him up so Jennifer and Kyle could go on a Love Light with me! We grabbed some dinner first and once it was officially dark we headed out.
Of course I am a complete and total idiot who forgot that St. Louis has the biggest 4th of July fair downtown (The V.P. Fair) and so shooting where I wanted to shoot was a nightmare. We ended up in two totally different locations b/c there were thousands of people walking around, making it hard to get a good shot of them ALONE!
LOVE that we got there right as fireworks were starting!
They were such troopers b/c people were cat calling and yelling and honking at them the ENTIRE time!
This is a bit fuzzy and I wouldn't have saved it except that Kyle kept wanting to go the opposite way I was giving him directions! I'd say right and he's veer left until Jen or I corrected him! It was pretty funny!
They just couldn't be cuter!
And I love meeting people for the first time but feeling like I've known them forever! We had so much fun chatting at dinner and had LOTS in common! Love that. Makes my PERFECT job just that much better.
THANK YOU Kyle and Jennifer and Jacob for traveling so far to come here! I hope you enjoy your sneak peek! Next time we'll work it out so I can come to you!
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It is 12:30am and I am officially wiped. But really fast I just HAD to tell you all, b/c you know, since no one's awake it's like chatting with my bff(s)! Anyway, I had to tell you about our night...
Fireworks in Webster (our town) weren't starting until 9:45pm which is exactly 3 hours after the kids bedtime. But we really thought they could be pushed for ONE night so we decided to brave it. Gray went to bed and we just woke him up but the girls watched movies in our bed until it was time to go.
We just assumed the noise and how late it was would be hard for them ALL but seriously, our kids rock! No one cared about the noise, they all were enthralled and Grayson was the cutest of the bunch! He kept holding up both arms extended towards the fireworks and yelling, "OOOOOOOHH!" It was so sweet I wanted to bottle him up and open him on rainy days!
I didn't bring my camera b/c carrying one more thing in the dark was too much so you'll have to trust me that Gray would have just broke your heart with cuteness tonight!
Photos from earlier today coming tomorrow!
Happy Birthday America!
