I am in Virginia Beach hanging out with my brand new (18 day old) niece, Rebecca Grace. Guess where her middle name came from??

And she is PRECIOUS. We are all seriously so in love with her. So, her photographer aunt was going to waste no time getting some pics (even though she may already have the most well-documented life of an infant thus far, when you consider the number of FB pics already attributed to her…)

She makes some seriously awesome faces. Like this one, that we call “the Elvis.”

I can assure you: there will be more. She has turned me into a crazy person.

Next: The man who put the bling on my finger. He liked it so he put a ring on it (I had that song in my head for DAYS afterward!)

The happy couple

A few days later at Thunder over Louisville. Yep, I was still pretty darn excited about my ring

And, our very first engagement/wedding present, from my dear friend Kayla Nuby. Aren’t these ADORABLE!?

I’m so, so in love with this man. I spent some time typing up our story the other day, so, rather than rewriting or pasting it: to read about our love story and engagement, you can read it here on our wedding website!

This first one makes me what to sing “All the women, who independent, throw your hands up at me!”

Julie loves to laugh, and is pretty much doing it all the time. So I think these next ones are a good reflection of her laugh and smile.

We loved these random chairs we found along the road… Problem was, the seats cushions were totally filled with water from the last rain. Julie was a trooper!

Can we say sassy pants??

There is something just so moody and evocative about this next image. Something about her expression, I think.