Natasha and Miro's Baby Announcement - Jacksonville FL Family Photographer

Beyond excited for this beautiful couple on their exciting news!! Natasha and Miro had found out the gender of their baby just few days prior to our photo session, and they wanted to use the photos to announce that they are having a baby boy to their family! I am truly honored and humbled to be one of the first people to know this wonderful news :) It was my first time meeting them at St. Johns Town Center for our photo session. They had chosen this place because of the big Christmas tree and were going to share the news with family and loved ones on Christmas Day! :)

It was super crowded at the mall on that day, but we managed to get some shots without people in the background :) I had so much fun getting to know them and taking their photos! I am super excited that Natasha and Miro are also having a boy (literally a month after my due date)! :) Now that they have shared their special news, I am excited to share it with you guys also!!

Enjoy!
xoxo

Lori's Baby Shower - Jacksonville FL Baby Photographer

My other high school best friend, Lori, is having a baby also, and I am happy to celebrate this exciting time with her!! You may remember the recent baby shower photos I've posted, and those are the ones from my other best friend, Kellie :) Love that they are both having babies just a week apart! I wish Kellie got to join us at Lori's shower, but she was not able to fly from Cali to Jax anymore since she is already due next month!

Lori's shower was so much fun! I helped out with the games and entertainment, and I got to use the Memory Candy Game from Kellie's shower again since that was a hit last time :) We got to play "Baby Bingo" and "What's In Your Purse?" games along with the "Don't Say the Baby Word" game :) We also had the crafting station where everyone got to decorate onesies for Lori's baby boy!

The baby shower's theme is Woodlands, and I love the outdoor/rustic feel to it! Lori's sister-in-law did such an amazing job with the decor and details!! Wish I had more time to take photos because everything was so beautiful! Lori's family did such a great job putting this shower together for her :)

Here are some of the photos I was able to capture during the baby shower.  I can't wait for Lori and Jason's baby boy to arrive! I just know he is going to be loved by many!

Enjoy!
xoxo

Kellie's Baby Shower - Jacksonville FL Baby Photographer

My high school best friend is having a baby, and I am happy to celebrate this exciting time with her!! Kellie now lives in California with her hubby, Randy, and luckily her family is still in Jacksonville, so I still get to see her several times a year. Now that Baby Boy is going to be in the picture, she won't be traveling as much.  I'm going to miss her, and I'm glad she still made it to her baby shower here in Jacksonville especially with two months left until her due date.

Her sisters-in-law, Sam and Chelsea, helped put the shower together, and Sam had put me in charge with the entertainment and shower games! I'm happy that she did because those are things I enjoy the most at baby showers! With help from my Facebook friends, I came up with a crafting station where the guests got to decorate baby onesies and hang their "artwork" on the wall :)  We also did a Memory Game that included words that are related to "baby" (like OBGYN, breastfeeding, dirty diapers, etc.).  I used candies associated with those words as prizes.  I had another trivia game prepared, which included questions about the Mom-to-Be, but we had ran out of time. Nevertheless, we still got to play that game later that night at our best friend Lori's annual slumber party!

I also know Kellie and Randy love to travel around the world, so a globe as the well-wishes guest book for their Baby Boy is perfect. The globe matched the shower's theme color, which is Tiffany Blue! They can also use the globe as a decoration in the baby nursery if they like that.

Overall, it was a great shower! So good to see many familiar faces, and I had so much fun playing the Memory Game! :) Here are some of the photos I took at the Baby Shower, and again, I cannot express enough how happy I am for Kellie and Randy!  I already cannot wait to meet their baby boy, and I just know he is lucky to have amazing and loving parents!!

Enjoy!
xoxo