closeWhat a year it was for sweet babies! I definitely got my baby fix for the year. I have to say that out of all the newborns I photographed, only 4 were girls! I think it was the year for boys! Thank you to all the families that included me in this wonderful and beautiful stage of life. I look forward to seeing more of you as your children grow and change over the years! Here’s to a great 2018 year!
It was a year filled with seeing so many wonderful and familiar faces as well as seeing new ones. Here is a snippet of the sweet families that let me into their lives to photograph sweet moments throughout the year. I hope to be seeing many of you again in the 2018! Thank you so much for allowing me into these moments! Head on over to my Instagram site to see some memories in the past year of these families, maybe your’s will be one of them!
So this post is really personal. So if you are interested in pretty photos, keep a scrolling away and I hope you will find what you are looking for and of course I would love to connect, but this is a post that I am keepin’ it real and laying out this crazy, real, tiring life of an entrepreneur which is not always as glamorous as it seems.
You’d think after years of doing this, it the ride would get smoother and easier as they years go by. .. but one never knows what life will throw at them and how things will relatively change from one year to the next. We have had it all. New bab(ies), a house fire, new job, starting a church, all happen within the same time my busy season hits. Smack dab in the middle of it!
This year, I feel exhausted. I talked with a good friend and was just about was in tears over the way I have been treating my family, the way I get snippy with friends, and how I am just overall exhausted and how I think I might really, this year for sure, put in my resume and join the corporate world. She gently and kindly reminded me that I say that every year, and another year comes and there I am with my goals list for the next year and ready to put myself out there in the entrapernaurel life again.
After 80+ sessions and 3 weddings, all in the last 4 weeks, you might be going out of your mind too. Let’s not talk about how my house looks and how I’ve neglected working out and living off coffee… No let’s not even go there.
But as my kind, and loving husband always so graciously reminds me (as he cleans up dinner one more time, yes, he IS a great catch) it’s just a season. And seasons never last. They are there for a brief time and then we get the rest our bodies so desperately need and we start with new growth for the next year. Winter has a way of slowing me down. I stinkin’ can not wait for this long week of rest and growth as I enter a season of SLOW!!
What about you? Are you needing that rest too? Rest not only in your body, but in your soul too? Can I be praying for you? Send me a message and let me know. I am so happy to do that for you!
Oh Karen, your not alone in this journey of being an entrepreneur, GF!
All the late nights, crying babies, social media frenzy, with a family to take care of; I can’t believe that I accomplished as much as I did this year!
I do believe God puts us in a place we are meant to be:) hugs, enjoy your week of rest!
It was a joy to meet the sweet Larson family when the came to the studio! We did some family photos as well as celebrated Alex turning one! Happy Monday to you!
I met Amy because she was a winner at a silent auction that I was involved in to help raise money for a preschool! I loved connecting with her animated family and honestly loved the dresses she picked out for her spunky daughter from Trish Scully Child and Mustard Pie. Head on over to their sites to see more of these sweet dresses!
Including siblings in your newborn session… yes or no?
My answer is always yes.
It might feel a little chaotic in the moment, but those are often the images you end up treasuring the most—the real connection, the tiny interactions, the beginning of a new family story.
I’ve loved watching the Luong family grow through all three of their children’s newborn sessions, and those sibling moments are always some of my favorites.
If you’re wondering how it all works (and how we make it easy), I wrote a full blog post about it! Check it out in my stories
#newbornphotography #minnesotaphotographer #familyphotography #siblinglove
NEW WEBSITE. SAME HEART.
After a long time behind the scenes… it’s finally here.
And I want YOU to be one of the first to experience it.
So I made it a little more fun 👇
✨ I’m giving away TWO mini sessions for 2026 ✨
How to enter:
• Visit the new website (link in bio)
• Look around
• Enter the giveaway
That’s it.
If you’ve been thinking about booking photos this is your sign!
Tag a friend who should enter with you below and add to your stories for another entry!! (Make sure to tag me!!)
No one said you had to do newborn photos inside! Taking lifestyle newborn photos outside and making them true to your style makes them even more meaningful and significant!!
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