Showing posts with label marriage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marriage. Show all posts

Monday, September 20, 2010

Parental Love

Love is a feeling that never ceases to amaze me. Just when I think I have it all figured out... BAM! Curveball!

Hubbs and I have been together for over 5 years now, and I've never once questioned or doubted my love for him. Probably because we started dating in June 2005, but in March of 2005 I already knew I wanted to marry him. I thought I knew love inside out, and had experienced all that I could just from loving my husband.

Until I became a mom.

The love I feel for Monster makes me want to apologize a million times to my own mom. I was a good kid, but sometimes I was mean and spiteful. As a child I just didn't understand the love my mom and dad had for me, how could I?

How could anyone ever begin to explain the magnitude? Parental love is also a need to protect, a strive to be the best, a will to be a better person so that the child is too.

How does any parent live after hearing the "I hate you"s of puberty? How does any parent live when your teenager hates you?

I guess I can only hope Monster is a mamas boy and loves me forever.


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Sunday, September 5, 2010

A Photographer for Life

Hubbs and I got married just over a year ago, and one thing that wasn't difficult about the process was choosing a photographer.

Some couples don't share the same enthusiasm when it comes to having professional photos at their wedding. We decided early on in the planning process that professional photos were a necessity because in the end after the flowers die, and the food has been eaten the photos are all you have left.

We were referred to Marijanel Knight by my brother in law who had worked with her husband. When I saw the photos on her website and met with her in person the decision became easy.

We had to have her (in the most unstalkeresque, non creepy way possible).

What I didn't know was that I was choosing my photographer for life. Marijanel has gone out of her way to be creative, inventive, and accommodating for all three photo shoots she's done for us.

Just Saturday she did a mini family photo shoot with us in celebration of Monster turning 6 months on the 6th. She traveled to us from her home 2 hours away, and was understanding when our 6 month old was all but cooperative. Thank you MJ!

Photos coming soon!

Please visit her website here


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