Monday, January 21, 2008
We are so blessed...
...talk about an amazing two weeks. From friends and family visiting and bringing meals to Gabe being such a big helper to Claire giving us several good hours of sleep a night to...I could go on and on....she is such a sweet, sweet baby. It has been quite wonderful! I have had quite a few of you ask for more pictures, so here they are. :) There will be many more to come...:) Enjoy!
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Collin is 3 months old!
I can't believe that little Collin is already 3 months old!!! Isn't he precious? I love his little rolls. Gabe didn't have the little "rolls" that most babies have and I'm guessing Claire may follow in her brother's footsteps. So, I have to enjoy those little ones who do as much as I can when I'm shooting. :)
We had a great time during his session...as you can see from the pictures below. I must say that Collin is the first 3 month old that I've seen who is already sitting up on his own. Impressive...Enjoy the pictures!
We had a great time during his session...as you can see from the pictures below. I must say that Collin is the first 3 month old that I've seen who is already sitting up on his own. Impressive...Enjoy the pictures!
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Claire is here!!!
Claire Marie Carpenter
Born: January 6, 2008
Time: 5:39 am
Weight: 6 lb. 9 oz.
Length: 18.75 inches
What an amazing couple of days! I know that many of you have been waiting on this post and I have been anxious to write it. :) Our sweet little Claire came into the world on Sunday morning. We thought for sure we would be sent home Saturday night when we went to be monitored for my contractions. However, after walking for 90 minutes (and doing some standing squats:)--I wanted her out:) Claire decided that she was ready. I was admitted around midnight and had our sweet little blessing at 5:39 am that morning. Things couldn't have gone better. On top of having a wonderful experience we had a dear friend of ours, Amanda, offer her amazing skills to document the event. I told her that there are some "not so pretty parts" during it all, but if she was willing we would love to have her there. Just last week I asked her if she still wanted me to call even if it was in the middle of the night...she said yes and I am so glad she did. We knew it would have been hard for Jeremy to document since he would be tending to me. We would have missed so much! If you would like to see some of the moments that she captured just click on her name. Amanda...once again, thank you a million times over for being there, not only to take pictures, but to support us. We love you!
One of our highlights was when Gabe got to see her for the first time. It was absolutely precious. He just loved on her and kissed her and kept saying, "Hi Baby Sister Claire, hi." It brought tears to my eyes. He is already a wonderful big brother and is adjusting well to her. She is a very sweet baby and loves to be held. We are dealing with some jaundice issues and have been making daily trips to have her monitored (which is part of the delay in getting this posted), but overall is doing wonderful. Keep checking back for updates as we capture these quick changing moments in our little girl's life. We are going to be doing her newborn session this weekend and I will share as soon as they are ready.
Thanks to all of you for your well wishes and support as we have prepared to bring this beautiful life into the world. God has blessed us beyond measure and we are so thankful to be able to raise not one, but two, little miracles. As for our winner...it was a close call. We had 3 different people choose Sunday. However, Megan Stankus, one of our 2007 brides, came the closest. She guessed Sunday, January 6th at 3:34 pm. Our second place winner was Brittany Miles, a 2008 bride, with a time of 5:15 pm and the third place winner was Joy Bradley, a portrait client and friend, who forgot to mention her time guess. :) I will be in touch with our lucky winners! Enjoy the pictures and many blessings to you all.
Born: January 6, 2008
Time: 5:39 am
Weight: 6 lb. 9 oz.
Length: 18.75 inches
What an amazing couple of days! I know that many of you have been waiting on this post and I have been anxious to write it. :) Our sweet little Claire came into the world on Sunday morning. We thought for sure we would be sent home Saturday night when we went to be monitored for my contractions. However, after walking for 90 minutes (and doing some standing squats:)--I wanted her out:) Claire decided that she was ready. I was admitted around midnight and had our sweet little blessing at 5:39 am that morning. Things couldn't have gone better. On top of having a wonderful experience we had a dear friend of ours, Amanda, offer her amazing skills to document the event. I told her that there are some "not so pretty parts" during it all, but if she was willing we would love to have her there. Just last week I asked her if she still wanted me to call even if it was in the middle of the night...she said yes and I am so glad she did. We knew it would have been hard for Jeremy to document since he would be tending to me. We would have missed so much! If you would like to see some of the moments that she captured just click on her name. Amanda...once again, thank you a million times over for being there, not only to take pictures, but to support us. We love you!
One of our highlights was when Gabe got to see her for the first time. It was absolutely precious. He just loved on her and kissed her and kept saying, "Hi Baby Sister Claire, hi." It brought tears to my eyes. He is already a wonderful big brother and is adjusting well to her. She is a very sweet baby and loves to be held. We are dealing with some jaundice issues and have been making daily trips to have her monitored (which is part of the delay in getting this posted), but overall is doing wonderful. Keep checking back for updates as we capture these quick changing moments in our little girl's life. We are going to be doing her newborn session this weekend and I will share as soon as they are ready.
Thanks to all of you for your well wishes and support as we have prepared to bring this beautiful life into the world. God has blessed us beyond measure and we are so thankful to be able to raise not one, but two, little miracles. As for our winner...it was a close call. We had 3 different people choose Sunday. However, Megan Stankus, one of our 2007 brides, came the closest. She guessed Sunday, January 6th at 3:34 pm. Our second place winner was Brittany Miles, a 2008 bride, with a time of 5:15 pm and the third place winner was Joy Bradley, a portrait client and friend, who forgot to mention her time guess. :) I will be in touch with our lucky winners! Enjoy the pictures and many blessings to you all.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Check this out!
We received an email from one of our brides today that was quite exciting for us. I'm sure you remember Mike and Andrea from the wedding we shot at Notre Dame in October. Well, they were interviewed by the "Wedding Day" magazine that is published out of the Northern Indiana/Southwest Michigan area. We have been working with "Wedding Day" in regards to sending pictures for the article and Andrea just wrote to tell us that it has published. We sure were excited and know that they couldn't have chosen a better couple to write about. Mike and Andrea truly had a fairy tale wedding and I'm glad to see that so many others will be able to share in the memory of their beautiful day. By the way, if you want to check out the full article just click on the link above to the "Wedding Day" site. Enjoy!
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
No baby yet...
...but we sure are ready for her to be here!
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a blessed New Year! So, I'm sitting here trying to get some work done and realized that I haven't given an update in quite a while. :) Many of you have asked if our little one is here yet, when she will be here, maternity leave, etc. No, she is not here yet...uuggghhhhh! I have no idea when she will be here...she can't stay in forever. :)
As for my maternity leave, it kind of goes like this... We will not be booking any portrait sessions the months of January or February. However, our March is already filling up quickly...so you may want to get in touch soon if you are wanting a spring session. We will still be taking care of other business things; phone calls, emails, print orders, albums, consultations, etc. Please realize that there may be a delay in our response time, but we will be in touch. We also have some new and exciting changes that will be taking place this year, so stay tuned to our updates.
On a lighter note...:)...we thought it would be fun to have a little CONTEST. Since we are all trying to figure out when Claire will be joining us we're going to offer a gift card to the person(s) who comes the closest to her actual due date and time. Below are some hints to help you out:
-My actual due date is January 18th
-I will be 38 weeks tomorrow
-I am 2-3 cm dilated (hopefully that isn't too weird to put on a blog:)
-I have the joyous Braxton Hicks contractions all day long...not regular though
That's about it...exciting, huh? ;) We will decide the actual gift card option when we see how many winners we have. You can send your guess to cpd@carpenterpd.com. I will post the winner(s) when she gets here, so stay tuned. So, send in your emails with your guess (due date/time) and we will see who the lucky winner(s) will be!
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a blessed New Year! So, I'm sitting here trying to get some work done and realized that I haven't given an update in quite a while. :) Many of you have asked if our little one is here yet, when she will be here, maternity leave, etc. No, she is not here yet...uuggghhhhh! I have no idea when she will be here...she can't stay in forever. :)
As for my maternity leave, it kind of goes like this... We will not be booking any portrait sessions the months of January or February. However, our March is already filling up quickly...so you may want to get in touch soon if you are wanting a spring session. We will still be taking care of other business things; phone calls, emails, print orders, albums, consultations, etc. Please realize that there may be a delay in our response time, but we will be in touch. We also have some new and exciting changes that will be taking place this year, so stay tuned to our updates.
On a lighter note...:)...we thought it would be fun to have a little CONTEST. Since we are all trying to figure out when Claire will be joining us we're going to offer a gift card to the person(s) who comes the closest to her actual due date and time. Below are some hints to help you out:
-My actual due date is January 18th
-I will be 38 weeks tomorrow
-I am 2-3 cm dilated (hopefully that isn't too weird to put on a blog:)
-I have the joyous Braxton Hicks contractions all day long...not regular though
That's about it...exciting, huh? ;) We will decide the actual gift card option when we see how many winners we have. You can send your guess to cpd@carpenterpd.com. I will post the winner(s) when she gets here, so stay tuned. So, send in your emails with your guess (due date/time) and we will see who the lucky winner(s) will be!
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