{personal} 5 months gone

5 months thumb sucker, originally uploaded by briemarie.

I can not believe how fast the last five months have flown past. People tell you that they grow fast, but no one tells you how fast your kids grow! Jamie will be five months tomorrow, and every week there is something new. This week is grunting at me and trying to grab anything in my hands, or Rob's hands.

We've got plenty to keep us busy for the next couple of weeks. We will be at the Once Upon a Time bridal fair on January 3, so if you want to check us out for your upcoming wedding and meet with us, come on up to the Dells and we will see you there!

Have a wonderful holiday, merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

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{wedding} molly + stu, wisconsin dells, wi

What a fun day! Although the forecast said rain, we had gorgeous grey clouds and just the tiniest bit of rain, which I have heard is good luck for a wedding. The temperature was perfect, chill but not too cold to take some outdoor shots a the River Walk between the ceremony and reception.

The ceremony was at the United Presbyterian church in the Dells and Pastor Steve was great. Molly and the girls were getting ready in the basement when we arrived, Stu was already in his tux, ready for the formals to start. Princess Alexis, the flower girl, was one of the best models of the day.

Molly's dress was gorgeous! I love lace and her dress was covered in it. After the ceremony, we braved the sprinkling rain for some outdoor shots at the Riverwalk, hit Monks at the Wilderness for a quick drink and a sneak downstairs (Rob knows the peeps there) and then on to the Wintergreen and the reception.

There were a couple bowls of skittles and gummi bears awaiting the guests while they mingled, how sweet!

The meal was delicious, the music hopping. Rob and I had a blast meeting Molly and Stu's families and helping to capture the memories of their day. We played around with off camera lighting at the reception and once again set up the backdrop for an impromptu photobooth area.

Congrats, Molly and Stu!

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{sneak peek} a super late sneak of katie + kevin

Have you ever just looked at a picture and thought, this is love. That is what popped into my head when I saw this shot. Pretty standard, you have got your bride and groom, but I love the emotion conveyed here. Katie and Kevin are so great for each other, they are funny and so calm, I do believe that Katie was the calmest (most calm?!) bride that I have ever had the privilege of capturing memories for. Even with being a bouquet short, she was calm as a cucumber.

Ok, enough about me. Take a look at this shot. Can't you feel the love? It's like when you are first dating and your boyfriend opens the door for you, holds it open when you go shopping, or just unlocks your car door first, and not because his is frozen. Hint, hint, Rob, I like it when you do stuff for me. ;) Anyways, feel the love in this shot, know that I love some blog loving so leave me a comment if you like, and I know, I've got tons more to blog about! Stay tuned, I'll get some more up very very soon.

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{happy halloween} jamie's first!

Happy Halloween!!! This is my favourite time of year. I love the smell of fall, yes there really is one, the colors as they change, the way that families come together, I love it all. Halloween is my favourite holiday. It's the one day of the year when you can be anything you want. Usually, I would dress up with Rob, but this year I just didn't have the time. We did, however, dress up our little sugar plum, she's a pink Jaguar, isn't she the cutest baby in the world?

Okay, maybe I'm biased on that account, but I love seeing all the costumes, the best ones are always homemade and once Jamie gets bigger, I want to be able to help her create the most outrageous and unique costumes. I'm hoping that she loves Halloween as much as her daddy and I do.

I hope everyone has a safe Halloween, don't eat all your candy in one sitting, and know that I still have so much more to talk about, like the luscious metal prints that showed up on Thursday.

Enjoy my little Jaguar:

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{in love} dan + alejandra, 8.30.09

Ok, you've got me, I'm super super late on posting Dan and Ale's engagement shoot! I should be posting their amazing wedding from last month, but life has been so crazy hectic that I am so far behind. What's amazing is that both Dan and Alejandra are over 6 feet tall, yeah really. Now, I don't usually feel short, but today I did. I'm used to Rob being taller than me, but I'm fairly tall for a girl. The best part is that Dan and Alejandra were, basically, set up because they were both so tall, isn't that funny, and they totally hit it off together.

They are so easy going, just wait for the wedding post and you'll see how Alejandra rocked the high heels in her beautiful lace covered gown!

Take a look at this gorgeous couple, we just shot around Ale's parents house in Madison, and had a blast:

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{personal} the ooooooh face

ooooh oooh, originally uploaded by briemarie.

I know I've been rather lax on blogging lately. This is my excuse. I still find it hard to believe that one tiny little girl can take up so much time. She's sweet and sassy, she gets her stubbornness from her father. We are so blessed to have her.

Jamie is starting to talk to us now. Of course we can't understand a thing that comes out of her mouth, but she makes noises, smiles at our silly antics and even giggles, for her grandmothers. Currently, she's crying downstairs with Rob, so I don't have much time, just enough to post this tiny snippet.

I promise there is more to come. Way more, we have been so crazy busy the last couple of weeks that we are just now starting to get back on track with everything. Enjoy this shot of our sassy little girl and know that I have a ton more to post very soon!

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{personal} jamie's christening gown

When I had my baby shower, I opened one of those boxes. You know the kind, the long white ones you get when you're a kid that you detest because you know that it's clothes and you really just want toys. Right? Anyways, I open up this box and there's a note on top.

I could not believe what it said. My mom had her wedding dress cut down for a baptism gown. I still find this hard to believe even though the gown is hanging up in Jamie's closet. It's taken me a couple of months, but here it is. She wore it on Wednesday for her baptism, surprisingly it was a little big, but she looked so cute.

The gown is amazing, full of lace, off white, take a look for yourselves.

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skylar {class of 2010} olbrich botanical garden, madison

Skylar is a friend of Caitlin's, you may remember her senior session out at Devil's Lake. Skylar was a blast to work with, outgoing and willing to do all the crazy things we asked. She had even brought along her yellow prom dress, I know - yellow. I find that yellow is a hard colour to wear, I look horribly sick in yellow, but Skylar totally pulled it off. She was gorgeous!

We met at her grandmother's house and then headed to Olbrich Botanical Gardens, which was amazing. It was the first time that Rob and I had been there. It's huge and each path we took led us to great backdrops and amazing colors, there was even a temple! Seriously, how cool is that? It was really hard to choose my fav's, sorry that there's a ton of images to look at!





This is one of my fav's, I just loved the tree:


And then, is she not gorgeous in the next two? The light is amazing here:







She's like a princess awaiting her prince:

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{sneak peek} molly + stu, wedding, wi dells

molly + stu wedding sneak peek, originally uploaded by briemarie.

Just a quick little sneak peek of Molly and Stu. We had such a fun day, even with the rain clouds that sprinkled on us for just a bit.

Full post to come soon, we've got a super busy weekend planned, the wedding today and then a couple of portrait sessions tomorrow. We are just on a roll.

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{outtake} Dan + Ale's wedding

outtake, originally uploaded by briemarie.

As I was going through all the photos from Dan and Alejandra's wedding, I stumbled upon this gem. To me, it looks like Rob is break dancing for the bridal party. I giggled cuz it's just so funny to me. Rob doesn't dance. It's just so funny. We had a great time at the wedding, full post to come, although I haven't even blogged their engagement session, I'm just so far behind!

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{album} amanda + aaron's book o' happiness

I love our album vendor, seriously love them! They rock the albums, take a look at Amanda and Aaron's album, we shot their wedding in May and they now have this fabulous heirloom to share with their friends and family.

It's a Finao flushmount 10x10 inches of luscious goodness with a silk brocade in Dusk and leather spine in Opaline. This baby is gorgeous, just take a look for yourselves. There are so many options when it comes to making your album, that we know you can find the perfect look for you and your wedding, make it match, make it not, just as long as you love it.

I love their packaging, and it's completely recycled, pineapple leaves, mulberry leaves, yum.












Just a little look compared to a couple of our other albums.

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