Russo Rewind- Expecting!

Our Ruthie B is HOME!


The baby girl we have been praying for for two years is finally home- and she's already almost 11 weeks old (sorry for the delayed announcement here!).  Please visit our adoption blog to read her birth story and updates in coming weeks!  We are completely in LOVE with our Ruthie B!

  

Since she has been home things have been going well... everything except blogging that is!  

Yikes! 

It's hard to sit down after a full day of parenting 3 sweet kiddos and attempt any sort of creativity...

That being said- I'm inspired to get back to it!
I have had the absolute pleasure of photographing several dear friends lately, at oh so special milestones, and I am eager to share them with you.


Today, in honor of my precious NEW MAMA friend, Danielle, 
I'm happy to share her maternity photos!



 

I mean, is that not the cutest bump, or what??


Danielle and her husband Darren welcomed their sweet Adeline just two weeks after these photos were taken!  

But lets not skip to the end of the story quite yet... first lets admire this beautiful Mama to be.

 

She is so stunning.

And we can't forget to include some with the doting Daddy to be...

  

It has been my ABSOLUTE pleasure to photograph so many milestones for this beautiful couple and my great honor to call them some of my dearest friends!  I know the Lord has great plans for the two of them as Mommy and Daddy and I can't wait to see it unfold!


Thank you guys for your LOVE and your continued support of our adoption!

 

Tune in again this week as I share a sweet engagement shoot, a stunning bridal shoot and a prom shoot from early spring!


Thank you all, as always, for your support of this little fundraiser.  

I am so blessed to do WHAT I love 
to raise the funds we need FOR our littlest love.

Piecing together our remaining funds

We are excited to invite you (again!) to be a part of bringing our Ruthie home!

Last week we unveiled our Puzzle fundraiser and we would love for you to participate!


It's as simple as $30 for a puzzle piece- and YOU can make a difference.


For more details visit our adoption blog here!

We love you and look forward to showing your pictures of our baby girl in coming months!

Freeze Family Fun

On Thanksgiving weekend Diana and I had the pleasure of making a sweet Mama's birthday wish come true.  

Everyone, meet Mama Freeze and her "kids!"

 

To celebrate this sweet lady's birthday we had ourselves an EXTRA LARGE family shoot!  Complete with 17 family members!

We had a hilarious time with this family doing everything we could to catch the attention of the 5 precious grandkids.  My favorite shots were the ones with the grandparents- primarily because the 4 sets of parents were hilarious to watch as they tried to get their kids to smile!

Good times were indeed had by all.


Here are a few of my favorites from the shoot!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you, Freeze Family, for a chance to capture your absolutely beautiful family.  We truly enjoyed ourselves.  And thank you for your support and thoughtful questions about our adoption- it really means the world to me.



And I couldn't close without thanking the Lord for 3 very special Freeze's...

Trevor, Beth and Isaac are such a blessing to me and to my family.  Beth and Trevor have walked alongside us this year as we have both waited for the Lord to bring us our babies... they have understood and empathized with our feelings on this roller coaster ride of adoption.  

And now, by God's grace, our prayers have been answered and baby Isaac has joined their family!  I am so grateful for their friendship and look forward to introducing Isaac to our Ruthie when she comes home! 

Thanks again everyone.  

And Happy Birthday again Mama Freeze!