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I love seeing a family grow and when it’s a former bride and groom, I feel like I’m part of that family.
Jeff and Courtney were married last October, (you can do the math, they weren’t wasting any time!) and on June 9th they brought Salem Grant into the world. A beautiful family, no doubt.
Ryan and Lane are the super happy parents of this yummy little girl, Olivia. She is so sweet. Lane is my water skiing bride from ’06 and she and Ryan are now in the new and glorious world of parenting. I know they are going to be great parents and I’m looking forward to watching them grow as a family.
Meet Elaina. Youngest of 3, daughter to Eric and Tinisha, baby sister to Erica and Elysse, full of sugar and spice. A darling in the eyes of all.
Sometimes, as children are added to our lives, the less of a big deal everything seems to be. You know what I’m talking about, right? With your first child, everything they do is a huge monument. The first sound, the first laugh, the word, step, fall, cough, sneeze, jump….you name it. It’s big. Elaina’s God parents contacted me about a photo shoot for her because well, they wanted to see more photos of the third child and her mom, Tinisha was thrilled with the idea. So we met at Grandma’s house and after documenting her in this beautiful Christening dress that all 3 have worn, we spent some time on the lawn blowing bubbles, laughing, running, and her 2 older sister’s joined in the fun for a few minutes as well.
Here are a few of my favorites.
Big sisters Elysse, 4 and Erica, 6
Shaka, baby!
Amy was the first to donate a wedding dress. In fact, I think it was only a few days after I announced the give away that I had it in my hands. She had wanted family photos for a long time and decided this was the ‘do it’ sign. Her and Jarrod have been married for 5 wonderful years and have 3 beautiful children as proof. 
Noah is the oldest and he loves spiderman. He is an energy-filled 4 year old with all kinds of curiosities. He drove around with me in my ‘cool FJ’ and after changing his shirt for round 2, he asked me, “Do you think I look specially handsome?” How cute is that??
Hannah is 2. She is joyful and strong willed, but a tender little hummingbird too as she ran to her daddy’s arms whenever the wind blew to hard. It almost made me cry.
Jonah is 1 and loves to be near his big brother and sister. They are all Amy and Jarrods treasures.
Amy wanted to shoot near the train tracks and we were lucky to have 2 trains pass us by while we were there. The kids were excited and scared at the same time as they saw and heard how big, fast and LOUD it really was. I love Noah’s expression in the slideshow as the first train blazed by us.
I had so much fun with your family, Amy, you bless so many people by who you are and what you do.
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The Griffin’s were set up by the Berry’s. (next post) Toni is Olivia’s sister in law and Jake was in their youth group so Olivia, being the successful matchmaker that she is, took them out on a date and the rest is history. They have 2 adorable children, and a lot of laughs going around. Thanks again, Toni. It was great meeting you and your family.
