A wedding preview

Raphael and Regina looked beautiful and it was a lovely day for a wedding! I hope you had a wonderful honeymoon and that you got moved into your new place without any troubles!

Here is a peek at your photographs!

The happy couple!And finally, my favorite of the day.....

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If I were you guys I would use the print credit to order this as a HUGE print!

TTFN! Martha

Nine month old

This is Mr C! I have been photographing him since he was two weeks old! I can't believe how much he has grown! He was teething, and so his tongue made an appearance in more than one photo! He also wasn't a big fan of the overalls, and he kept pulling at the top of them! I had to have his mom keep pulling down his hand!

Here is a peek for you to hold you over until I get his proofs ready!

See? The tongue and the pulling on the overalls!I love this one!Go Browns!I think that he was trying to throw it! It just kinda got stuck up there!

Happy in the tub!

TTFN! Martha

Ahhhhh....puppies!

These are my friend's puppies. They are 8 weeks old, and I think that they are mini yorkies. Their mom is only about 4 pounds. The female has been sold, but the male is still available!
This is the male. He is fluffier than the female.

Look how small they are!
TTFN! Martha

The P family

Here is a sneak peek for the P family! The proofs should be up in a few days!

TTFN! Martha

Christmas Portrait Time!

Can you believe that it is Christmas portrait time again? I can't either!
Every year I kill myself and ignore my family for the months of November and December because I am trying to take too many appointments. Well, this year is going to be different! I am only taking a limited number of appointments in November and then in December I will only be taking appointments for new babies, and maternity portraits. Any session that is done in December will not be guaranteed for Christmas.
I am hoping that this will help with my stress level and I am hoping that it will bring back the joy of the holiday for me.
So shoot me an email: stutzmans5@netzero.net, or give me a call 330.279.2121 to set up your holiday photo session!
TTFN! Martha

Engagement session

These two are getting married this fall and they have asked me to take their photos. I got to meet them this week while we did their engagement session. I am very excited about their wedding, because I love the fall! I hope that the trees are beautiful for them on their wedding day!

Here is a sneak peek at your session:

TTFN! Martha

One year old! x2

This is Mr G. This was his fourth visit to my studio in the past year and he was just as happy as he always is! It isn't even work to get grins out of him!

This is his three month session:Here he is at Six months!Loving the hair for his 9 month session!Now he is one! He looks great in green!Getting messy with the cake! I love this face!

My next session of the day was another one year old! I love one year olds that can't walk yet! That way they can't get away from me!
This is Mr C, and this was his first time here. He took a few minutes to warm up to me, but then I got a few smiles and grins out of him!

This is my new tub! Don't you just adore it?! I have been wanting this for about two years, so I finally broke down and bought it!I love this face! I think that the bucket was a little cold, plus, he heard that he was going to get some cake! Where was it??Ah, here it is!Finally, he was full, messy and happy! What a way to end a session!I hope that their mama's like their photos! Look for their proofs in the next week sometime!
TTFN! Martha

It's Olivia's Birthday!

My due date for baby #2 was fast approaching and I was scared to death! My oldest was just over one year old, so her horrible birth was still fresh in my mind! I certainly did not want to go through that again!

Often at night I would lay in bed and cry and beg God to let this baby come without any pain! I am sure God was laughing at me!

On the morning of September 3rd, at about 5:30am my water broke. I called my mom, because she was going to come and stay with Lauren, but I told her not to hurry because I wasn't having any labor pains yet. I decided to take a nice hot shower and the minute that my feet stepped on the bath mat to dry off, I had a huge contraction! Then about 3 minutes later I had another one! I called my mom, and told her to hurry!

She got to our house at about 8:00 and we took off for Orrville to the hospital. The pains were coming fast and furious! We got to the hospital just 9:00am, and I looked at Kurt and I told him that after all of this pain if they tell me that I am only 2 centimeters dialated that I am going to kick someone!

So they get me in a bed just after 9:00 and the nurse checks me. Right away she calls for the other nurses and they start rushing around with the warmer, new blankets, the dr's tools, and my husband said "What's going on?" And the nurse replied "Your wife is going to have a baby!" And then he says "yeah, but not right now right?" (remember that I was in labor for 44 hours with Lauren......FOURTY FOUR HOURS!!!) And she said "Yes! NOW!"

I started pushing at 9:30 and the chubbiest, darkest haired baby girl arrived on a beautiful, sunny, fall day at 10:25am. She weighed 9lb 3oz!

It was like a dream! It was so fast! It wasn't hard! Sure it hurt, but after Lauren's birth this seemed like a picnic! Right away I grabbed the phone and started calling people! The Dr was still stiching me up and I was calling everyone I could! "It's a GIRL!"..."She has HAIR!" (Lauren was bald, and at one she was still bald!"

We had agreed on Olivia for a name, but I still liked the name Maggie, so I had to look at her and say the names. Olivia just fit her. We chose Nicole for her middle name.

She was just the opposite of Lauren. Lauren had very little hair and what she had was white. Liv's was black and she had a ton of it! Lauren was very dark complected and Liv was white as a ghost! Lauren was so tiny and petite, and Liv was a chunck!

This is Olivia's three month picture, and it is one of my favorites! She didn't smile until she was three months old, and she hasn't stopped since!

Look at this face! She was so mad! But oh so cute! She is about 18 months old here.This was taken this Spring when she was 13½. Before braces and a haircut!


Here she is today. She is now 14, and an 8th grader!We love you Olivia!
TTFN! Martha

Out of Town

I was out of town at a Photography seminar all day yesterday, and I have an appointment coming this morning. If you need to get a hold of me, you can call me after noon today.

Just a note to say "Happy Birthday Olivia!" More on her story later today!

TTFN! Martha

Sweet little sailor

My dd Olivia has a friend named Olivia, and this is her little brother. He will be two in October and he wasn't too sure about getting his picture taken! He never fussed or cried, but he didn't give me too many smiles either!

His little face is sooooo sweet! All of his brothers and cousins have worn this sailor outfit, so yesterday it was N's turn to wear it!

I hope you like your sneak peek!
TTFN! Martha