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Some Family Pictures

It's not that often that I step in front of the camera... but Kasey was here... we were at Waveland... and it was a beautiful day for pictures. So why not? This pictures brought tears to my eyes... I love great pictures that can really capture something that can't be put into words, and Kasey has done it. I love my little family.



















 

Aren't they awesome? I think there are a few more coming...

Thanks so much Kasey for these!!! They are priceless and will forever be treasured!

Photo Shoot at Waveland

There were so many reasons why a photo shoot was in order...

1. Birthdays coming up and I needed to document
2. Christmas updates
3. It was a beautiful fall friday and we had nothing else to do!

I came very prepared with lots of orange tic-tacs (Great idea Kauti- works like a charm!!) and other treats and brought along some props. I was expecting the worst, but hoping for the best. But I wasn't going to let it stress me out. Mainly I just wanted the kids to have some fun!

But they surprised me and did wonderfully!! I am so happy to have these pictures of my children to remember them and how they are right here and right now! I mostly got pictures of Joselyn and a few of the 2 together since Landen just had his photos taken by my talented friend Stacie!! You MUST go look at them!

Here are the pics I took of the kids (pre-dog bite!)

I love Joselyn's little finger to her mouth... she does this when she is acting shy or she's nervous. She is definitely acting here. Landen just wants his candy and is taking it very seriously.


I love that I caught this part of Joselyn- her silly laughing cute little self.

I can't believe I actually got my kids to do this!! It was one of my first shots... I don't know if they would have done this further in to our shoot...

These just about make me cry... Joselyn seems so grown up here in my eyes...

Some cute Landen faces with his pouty bottom lip. Don't you just want to pinch those cheeks? They are so pincheable!!









I was being very very silly but nothing I was doing could get Landen to laugh! Silly boy.







This took a lot of breaks and a lot of bribery. But OH so worth it!! I love my babies!!

Weekend Trip to Nashville

Last weekend I drove to Nashville to photograph my long time friend Stephanie's wedding. My new friend Stacie, an incredible talented photographer who just moved here from Las Vegas, came with me to help and I was soooo lucky she agreed to come with me! We had so much fun! Stacie is seriously so much like me and so I don't think there was ever a dull moment... from me thinking I-75 would take me to Nashville, walking around to find a Panera at night to singing all the way home at the top of our lungs to music only we probably really know the words to! Everyone needs at least a few girlfriend trips like that a year- and I've got to have two in the past month! Lucky me. Seriously- I'm so lucky to have met Stacie.

I also must say It was so awesome to see my friend Stephanie marry the love of her life. I'm so thrilled I got to be there and be her own personal papperazzi. I wanted to remember this and include it in my blog book, so I'm including a few words/images from my photography blog:

"BUS 134. That is the bus I took to school practically every morning since I was in middle school. I’d be one of the first ones on the bus during the long drive through the country roads of Nicholasville and one of the last ones off too. This is also where I met some of my greatest friends, Kasey and Stephanie. Our bus rides together consisted of long talks about cute boys and sharing answers to homework assignments. It seems we did everything together throughout middle school and high school. We went on trips to Gatlinburg together, had sleepovers in Stephanie’s huge closet that could have been a room of it’s own, ran cross country (or at least I tried),  drank Ale8’s together, hung out at Joseph Beth with our steamers (hot milk) as we looked through teen magazines… my friends are the reason why I never considered High School to be that bad. I loved my friends. I really lucked out! I love that although many years have passed since those high school days, we have all stayed in touch. It’s nice to have friends you have a history with, ya know?

When Stephanie told me she was getting married to Dave, my heart pretty much exploded with happiness. I remember when they first started dating and I liked him so much- back then he had long hair and was just getting started with his career in music. Now he has short hair and is on the road to some great things with his band the Coal Men! But let me just say- there is little that makes you happier than knowing someone you care about has found someone who loves them completely and who makes them happier than anything else in the world. And I sooo wanted to be there to document this love they had found in each other!

A trip to Nashville was in order. My amazingly talented friend Stacie Hawley was sweet enough to come with me and I am so grateful for her!! I couldn’t have done it without her… and we just really hit it off! She had to learn to be patient with me pretty early as I took us over an hour out of the way as we headed to Knoxville instead of Nashville. It wouldn’t have been a trip with me without getting lost though… what can I say? She just laughed it off right along with me!

Stephanie is still the amazing gal I’ve always known… calm under pressure and totally easy going. Although she stayed up until 2am the night (or morning?) of her wedding, she looked stunning and didn’t stress. And I loved all the personal touches she put into her wedding. Her invitations were made at Hatch Show Print, famous for their advertising posters in Nashville… and were designed by Dave himself! The ceremony and reception were held at the beautiful historic Belmont Mansion, and Stephanie wore her mother’s wedding dress. The after party was held at Mad Donna’s where Stephanie and Dave shared some first memories together. Everything was just perfect. Really!"

I was featured on Inspire Me Baby blog!

Early this morning I got a text from a friend who said she saw  my work featured on the Inspire Me Baby Blog! Inspire Me Baby is a blog for photographers that helps OTHER photographers get creative ideas for their maternity/baby/family/senior sessions. It's a fairly new blog, but I already love it and follow it faithfully. So to be featured on their blog was SUCH an honor :) Exciting, huh?

You can go check it out if you want to :)

http://inspiremebaby.com/2010/07/13/inspiration-of-the-week-props/

Thanks, Amanda, for the heads up!! You made my morning!

Family Pictures

WE have had our family pictures scheduled and canceled about 5 times over this past year. My friend (also a photographer) Kasey would come into town and one of us would have some really bad luck with sickness making it impossible to do a photo shoot! First MY family had swine flu, and then Kasey's did. I was determined to make it all work this time though...so despite it being a little bit chilly, we went for it. Kasey put up a sneak peek on her blog for us, and she is letting me post them here. To say I LOVE them wouldn't do it justice. She captured my little family just as we are!

This first shot gets me! The significance of that ring around our family... the sweetness of Joselyn's little kitty holding our hands, I just LOVE it!

 

I am I am in love with the picture of Adam and Landen here. My two hotties. And who can resist the picture of my and Joselyn with our matching sunglasses?

 

Joselyn dancing... this is SO her! I love it! Turn on some music (in this case it was Fireflies by Owl City on my iphone) and she is groovin.



It was kind of a rough time. I now get the "I don't know what's wrong! My kids are never like this" thing I get from clients all the time. I was so sure that the kids would love the endless open space to explore at Boyd Orchards (we were given permission by the owner to "sneak" in) Instead they were clingy, whiny and cold. Pacifiers were definitely a big help in between shots- and I love that Kasey got this next shot of Landen with his paci upside down. I just love his little face.



Speaking of this cute face... I will treasure these next few FOREVER. Landen is my sweet little buddy. He has capture my heart. No one could ever know just how sweet this little guy is. And that red hair... love.

Kasey is a master at these silhouette shots.



As our photo shoot came to a close, I spread out a blanket and Adam and I cuddled our babies. We let Joselyn have her paci back for a bit and cuddled under all of her favorite blankets. We sang songs. I SO love the realness of these last pictures.

Kasey is a dear friend, and I am so lucky that she is also a talented photographer who we feel comfortable around. Thanks, Kasey, for taking the time to capture the real us!! We LOVE our pictures!

Go check out some of Kasey's other stuff too! Which ones are your favorites, and why?? I'll definitely be showing some more when they're done!!

More niece and nephews fun

Yesterday was Olivia's official photo shoot. The night before, Amaree and I made her some sweet little headbands with a tiny flower and they were just so sweet on Olivia. Of course the boys were VERY curious about everything going on during the photo shoot... especially about the "nest" we placed Olivia in. But it was lots of fun. So here are a few photos of the boys munching on cookies and of Olivia during the shoot. I'm doing something I've never done before by posting the pictures before their artistic edit- I think they turned out good enough, but I mainly want to post them for Grandma and Grandpa and other aunts and uncles who are dying to see more pictures!

 

Olivia is definitely one of the tiniest newborns I've met lately. (and I've met a lot!) She is super super sweet and cuddly and curly. I really had fun taking her pictures!

 

 

Today we took the family photos. We got lots of snow here in the past few days, so unfortunately doing it outside was out of the question. So we headed downtown to see if there was anything interesting and we ended up inside Times Square. Nothing too interesting, but there were big windows with great lighting so we settled there. I got LOTS of cute stuff of Kade and Charlie. They are just so fun. So I just wanted to share a few- also unedited!

As we neared the end of our photo shoot- I must say the boys needed some bribing. The only bribing tools I had were cough drops- and so, in an attempt to get their attention I had them say cough drops. They looked at the camera all right. But the big round mouth only ended up making some hilarious photos. I soon had to tell them to stop saying cough drops, but they couldn't stop. Especially Charlie.









Enough of the cough drops Charlie!



Just a note- For those of you who follow my photography blog (which I hope is most of you because it's gonna start getting really fun!) you might be seeing double of some of these in the next few days- will be posting a super sneak peak of the Matthews Family Photos!

A little about my 20 month old and 7 month old

I now have a child that is almost 2... and another who is almost 1. As I reflect upon the past 7 months of having 2 children in my life, it seems like it has been just a dream... almost like the reality of it all has still not set in. Our days are mostly spent laughing and playing and making a big mess in our home.

Joselyn has really started talking lately... talking in sentences, saying the cutest things. This morning when I went to get her out of her crib, she pointed at me and said "mommy!" I said "yep!" then she patted herself and said "Josin" (for Joselyn) me- "That's right!" Then she pointed to a picture of Jesus with some children that we have hanging in her room and said "Jesus!" me- "That IS Jesus! Right!" and she said "I wah you Jesus". (I love you). Man, talk about melting your heart! She understands things and it amazes me to see my baby growing... capable of understanding and making decisions on her own. And communicating. Adam and I are always laughing when she is around. The words that come out of her mouth are just too much for us. She has started responding to us with "yeah..." so much like an adult would. She tells us stories... reads us books of which we SOMETIMES catch a familiar word or sentence. She gives people "the look" on command, where she looks down with her eyes up and a serious face. Hysterical. She holds her hand up to her ear and says "LISTEN!!" when she hears a sound.

Joselyn loves to climb into the swing and pretend like she is a baby sometimes. Funny- I thought she WAS still a baby lol. Good thing she is still only 25 pounds.

The first thing she almost always says to me when I get her out of bed is "bye bye? Nannie? Steve? Melanie?" She loves going to my in-laws' to play. Hates being stuck inside at home. We probably go over there a little too much, but one thing is for sure- both the babies- (and me) get lots of love and attention there. The other day I took Melanie and Jos to a nearby field to play and take pictures. I love watching these two together!

Melanie helped Joselyn do a cartwheel. Or tried to at least.

 

 

Joselyn was playing fetch with me. No, not really. But you would think so looking at this next picture!

Landen. Our little non-sleeper. We think he really hates sleep. He just has never been good at it. I know there is probably something we could do to fix it but we're so sleep deprived that just the thought of the effort it would take to put a plan of action into place discourages us. But he is oh so sweet. He now can sit up quite well and will do an almost downward facing dog pose. (he is holding himself up with his arms and TOES)

 

A better picture- but a little blurry. But look at those TOES! lol. Makes me laugh out loud.

 

He can only hold that pose for son long before it wears him out and he needs a little rest. I just love how sometimes he takes a little break and lays his head on the floor and is oh so still.



 

Another thing is for sure- it just gets better and better watching these 2 interact. They really do love eachother. Adam and I always talk about how we can't wait until they are a little bit older so we can see them talk to eachother and really play with eachother.

Free School Supplies

OK, I promise to do a honest for real post about the Noe family really soon. I know I've been a slacker... but things have been moving a little too fast for me lately, so I need to get my time organized a little bit. I'm not complaining though. We have been truly blessed!

Anyway, not sure how many of you subscribe to or follow my photography blog (http://www.marissanoephotography.com), but I was recently invited to participate in Ghatti Town's backpack blast- you pay for the admission but get tons of free school supplies from vendors around town (including me!) Thought some of you local people may be interested in this, so here is the flyer. 

 

And while I'm on the subject of back to school, I'll tell you about the back to school mini-sessions I am having at Boyd's Orchard soon! Here's some info for you about it. If you're interested, please shoot me an e-mail at marissa@marissanoephotography.com!

Fun at the Arboretum and some family pictures!

Last night we met up with our good friends (The Hicks') for some photography fun at the Arboretum. I got to take some pictures of their sweet family and Blaine took some of ours. They turned out great! Afterward, they came over, we put Joselyn and Landen to bed, watched a sideshow of all the pics on our TV, ate pizza and watched American Idol. So nice to enjoy an evening with other adults for once! We really love Blaine, Sierra and little Caylor. I wanted to share a few of my favorite photos that Blaine captured and a few other photos we got at the Arboretum! We were so excited to get some great family photos... and we get more in May when Kasey comes back! Woohoo! (can never have enough!)

Joselyn is very active and hard to get pictures of- but Blaine did a really good job! She just loves being outside- and the Arboretumn has a lot of fun to offer an active 18 month-old. A little coi pond, fountains, flowers to pick, cute little puppies to play with!!! ... I'm so glad that Blaine got a few shots of her having fun!

  

SO much fun. To see the pictures I got of the Hicks Family, check out my photography website!!

http://www.marissanoephotography.com

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