{baby update} 34 weeks + counting

34 weeks 1 day duo, originally uploaded by briemarie.

Goodness, time sure flies when you aren't sure what you're getting yourself into! We know what the outcome is, but are we ready? Yes and no, baby's room has been painted, the name is picked out, but we still need to get a lot of the big things, like a crib and the like, I don't believe that baby will enjoy living in the carseat forever.

I'm anxious to meet the little acrobat, and yet still scared of all the changes to come, but my parents survived so I know that Rob and I can do this together. He's so excited. Now I feel baby move all the time, but sometimes when Rob puts his hand on my belly, it will just settle down, which is awesome when I'm ready for a little rest, but that means that he doesn't get to feel the little darling while it's somersaulting around in there. I know he loves to feel it move just as much as I do.

Anyways, everyone enjoy your weekend, don't forget that tomorrow is father's day, tell him you love him, you never know when you won't get that chance!

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{personal} the wedding ring test

circles of love, originally uploaded by briemarie.

Tonight we went out to dinner with Rob's parents at the Peking Buffet, I love Chinese, and we go there so much that they recognize us, sad but true. The food is awesome! Now, I'm a little picky on which fortune cookie is mine, though, if you have ever gone out to eat at the Chinese restaurant you will know this: mine is the one that lands closest to me, don't mess with my fortune cookie! Anyways, my fortune tonight was: Tomorrow will be lucky and memorable for you. Rob's fortune says: A small lucky package is on its way to you soon.

I'm just hoping it doesn't mean baby's coming tomorrow! Anyways, once we got home, we tried the wedding ring test to find out what baby is. Basically, you take a piece of thread, hang the wedding band on it, and dangle it above the pregnant woman's belly, or wrist (we did both). It swung like a pendulum, so according to that it will be a boy, but I'll take that with a grain of salt and we'll see once baby shows up. Only six more weeks to go!

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{sneak peek} molly + stu, gtkys, Pewitt's Nest, baraboo

m+s gtkys, originally uploaded by briemarie.

We went out with Molly and Stu tonight for their engagement shoot. Rob made us hike all over Pewitt's Nest, but we got some awesome shots. So, of course, I need to get a little teaser up for my fans! Enjoy!

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{in love} lisa + jake, devil's lake, baraboo, wi

We met Lisa and Jake at the house, where we proceeded out to the North Shore at Devil's Lake. We stopped at the rock steps to get a few quick shots of the couple, and of course, the DNR pulled up to check for stickers. Oh, the drama! After the DNR disaster, Rob tried telling the warden that it was our fault for stopping, since you can't go, get the sticker and come back up the hill without leaving the park, but he wouldn't listen to him, we were buying a sticker anyways. I should have gone down with my preggo belly to explain the situation, but my luck I wouldn't have made it in time since I'm just so slow and I've started to waddle, yes people, waddle. Once the sticker had been bought, we proceeded on to the rest of our session.

Other than that, we had an exciting shoot. Lisa and Jake brought their son, Levi-what a little ham! He helped make sure that Lisa and Jake were smiling while getting into a few shots of his own. We walked around the lake a bit to get some shots on the rocks by the water, along with making everyone take thier shoes off for some shots under the concession stand, it's becoming a big favourite of ours. We found out that Jake does a lot of fishing competitions, I'm in awe at people that have that kind of patience, truly the only thing that I have ever caught are snags!

We had a lot of fun getting to know Lisa and Jake, along with Levi and can't wait for their wedding in August. Enjoy the photos:







I couldn't decide which I like better, black and white or color, so I did both!

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{personal} tiny lucinda

tiny lucinda, originally uploaded by briemarie.

So, my mom calls me up on Wednesday last week, I think it was Wednesday, to tell me all about the new calf they had. She is so tiny and adorable! Babies, no matter what kind, are always so cute! So, when we went out to the farm Sunday for my little brother's birthday, I can not believe how old he is! I took some shots of Tiny Lucinda, which is what they are calling her.

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{sneak peek} sara + kirk, gtkys - devil's lake, baraboo

s+k engagement shoot, originally uploaded by briemarie.

Here's just an inkling of what went on last night out at the lake! We had such a blast, and I absolutely love Sara's expression in this shot! Big post to come, but for now you'll have to settle for a couple little teasers.

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s+k engagement shoot, originally uploaded by briemarie.

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