Flower Girl

It's been a long wait, but D'arcy's day finally came. Well, actually, it was Sarah and AJ's day, but it sure was sweet of them to share. She got to dress up. She had her hair and her nails done. She kept lip gloss in her pockets in case the need arose to reapply. She wore high heals. She became one of the girls (sorority girls, bridesmaids, etc, etc). She danced until that hair all came down. Here is my sweet flower girl.

The Ehresman Family

I've been working on staying true to myself when I photograph a family. I obviously want to please the family with shots they'll love, but I'm hoping the shots they'll love are maybe ones they didn't expect. I came into this session with no set agenda, no list of specific poses to try. I didn't want to be satisfied with leaving a photo shoot knowing I had one family shot where everyone is looking at the camera with a half pleasant look on their face. Instead, I wanted to be in love with a multitude of shots that in more subtler ways captured the life of this pretty incredible family. Maybe a family portrait isn't one photograph but a series of them. So here are twenty photos that make up a portrait of the Ehresman family. I sure hope they love them as much as I do.








This is one of my favorites.


Relaxing on a summer day.
These curls melt my heart.

Love that the whole family is in this one...just playing and enjoying each other. It's perfect in my book.

My bedroom

We moved into a new house in March and people have been asking me if it feels like home. Well, the newness of the house has worn off, and now I just look around and see projects. I guess that means I'm settled. I accomplished something last week, though. After sitting in boxes for a year, my photo frames have finally been pulled out and hung, but the pictures desperately needed to be updated. I wanted to put a pop of color over my bed to accentuate the pillow shams I bought at Anthropologie. I love that store, but don't want to afford the things there. I went with $50 of birthday money last year and bought (on clearance) two pillowshams. Some of the photos I took in April inspired me, and I came up with this. It brightens up my room and makes me happy each morning.
Notice Stephen's thinkgeek pillow tucked under everything.
Each kid represented doing what they do naturally...crawling, dancing, and running.

Those Moxley Kids

So last week I was able to share the photo of my newest nephew, and this week I'll get to show you photos of my newest nieces. If you've followed my blog for long, you might know some of my sister's story. If not, there is room to play catch up. I wrote about her in November 2009 when she discovered she was pregnant with triplets. Then I wrote about her in March 2009 when her triplets were born premature. Then when she found out she was pregnant with twins last December I started this photodocumentary.
Connie has been on bedrest since late April when she had a very scary bout of preterm labor at about 28 weeks. Procardia and little movement helped her keep her contractions at bay for six weeks. She's been going in for ultrasounds each week to confirm babies are growing well and her body is staying pregnant. On Thursday, I got a call from her saying that her doctor believed that she needed to deliver the babies today. Eowyn's foot was very close to the cervix. If Connie's water had broken, there was a chance Eowyn's cord could have slipped past the foot and out of the uterus. This is called a cord prolapse and is extremely dangerous. The cord could have become compressed leaving baby Eowyn without any oxygen. Rather than chance this, the doctor decided she would deliver them. Connie was hoping to get to July so that her girls could be as ready for life as possible and was sad to think they would most likely be going into the NICU for some support. But mostly, she was so thankful to meet the little gals who, with there big brother, will make her house wonderfully loud.
Here she as the first nurse tries to get an IV into her. She tried twice before giving up and calling someone who could find a non existent vein.


Doctor said the C section might happen at one thirty.
But it took her a little bit longer than expected.


We sat and waited to hear that babies were strong and able.


Eowyn was 5lbs 9oz. Tessa was 6lbs. Great sizes, but they still needed a little help breathing so Connie had to come back to her room and see her little ones on a camera screen.



They wheeled her by the NICU on the way to postpartum and got a chance to see this perfection.
The NICU nurses gave her a full update. Babies were doing well and now, five days after the birth, have been "unhooked".
Sweet touches...

and a little worry.
But look at these beauties. Welcome Eowyn Grace...
and Tessa Alexandra.
The day they were born was a beautiful one.
And here is the happy big brother.

Melissa + Joy : Saturated - June Blue

Stephen and I moved into a new neighborhood in March. We are just east of downtown Indianapolis and just west of Fountain Square. Even though we don't live in Fountain Square, we enjoy partaking in the great restaurants, art, mead, and local library located there. Our church is located in Fountain Square, and Julian will be attending a preschool there in the fall. So, we spend loads of time traveling back and forth both on foot and in our car over the bridge. Everytime, we pass this piece of art that just happens to be blue. Me on top. Joy on bottom. Check out her blog, here.