The Coetzer Family + Jacob - Brand New!

I was excited to schedule another shoot with the Coetzer family. We put baby Jacob's newborn session on the calendar for sometime in January - so I was surprised when I saw on Facebook that the little guy decided to make his appearance 6 weeks early in the beginning of December!
This little guy is a champ and is doing great - not to mention, he is absolutely adorable!

I had to include this hilarious picture - welcome to the family, little guy :) 

 

Big brother is having to make some adjustments too :) 

Little Jacob smiled often during the session - melt my heart! 

 

Justin + Steph - Wedding portraits

This sweet couple is such a blessing to my family and we have really enjoyed becoming friends with them over the past year. 

I went to highschool with Justin and Steph, but we didn't really know each other because we were grade apart.  We reconnected when they started visiting our church (The City Church) right before Steph and were due to have our little boys.  We ended up having Levi and Jaxon 15 hours apart in hospital rooms right next to each other - crazy timing! - and started spending time with each other after that. 

It was obvious that the Lord was at work in their lives, and in November of 2011, Justin gave his life to the Lord for the first time.  A few months later, Steph realized that she didn't have a relationship with Jesus, and gave her life to Him as well! Our families have become fast friends and we are so thankful that the Lord allowed our paths to cross again. 

Steph and Justin got married young, and didn't have a typical wedding.  So, right in time for their 5 year anniversary, they wanted to celebrate with official wedding portraits.  I was thrilled to do the honors, and tickled to see them see each other in wedding clothes for the first time :).

To me, these pictures represent the pivotal crossroads in their marriage where they declared Jesus as Lord and started rebuilding and restructuring everything in their lives according to His Word. Not an easy change to make when you've been walking on a different path for so many years together, but it's beautiful, and so, so worth it. 

  

 

I'm loved that they wanted to do a "reveal" to see each other in their wedding attire for the first time, because that moment was priceless!

 

 

  

 

Steph doesn't think she has a good serious face. I totally disagree.

Favorite!

 

Steph - you're beautiful!

Another favorite!