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Well, almost babies. It seems like I’m doing tons of maternity sessions lately! I love it because that means there will soon be adorable little babies to fulfill my baby craving . Kiera & Josh were gifted my Baby Cakes package for their baby shower. So you will be seeing a lot of them on the blog this year. This is the sweetest couple and they are filling to the brim with excitement and anticipation for the arrival of their baby boy! We did this session in my home on Friday morning and my amazing neighbor  came over to babysit ~ Hailey and our newest addition, a gorgeous 2 year old husky named Tank. Unfortunately, both of them were hyped up beyond belief. You would have thought I fed them Mountain Dew for breakfast! Thank you Shannon ~ you are a Godsend! And Josh almost snuck out with Tank .

Thank you for hanging out with me you two! I can’t wait to meet your baby boy and follow your family as it grows throughout this next year!

Drumroll please……

Congratulations!! After almost 700 votes these two cuties won! I am overwhelmed with the amount of love and support I’ve received throughout this contest and this past year. A big huge thanks to everyone who took the time to vote! I always say, and will always continue to say that I have the best clients anyone could ask for! Derek and Jenni, I’ll be ordering your gorgeous print and get in touch soon!

Let me just say that the following images are possibly the most precious ones I’ve ever captured of this little angel. One afternoon I was standing there washing our dishes, listening to her wander around the house talking to her toys. I heard the inevitable “mom! mom! mom! mommy! mama! mom! mom!” So I turned around expecting to hear the typical “hi” that follows. Instead, I saw this. Yes, its a Canon (I am a Nikon girl…but this was my first baby), yes it is upside down.  And yes she is searching for the digital display on the back even though its a film camera. But she makes her mama proud . To get to share something that I am so incredibly, unbelievably passionate about with my daughter would make me the happiest mommy in the entire world! Love you baby girl!

PS ~ don’t forget to vote for your favorite in AMP’s Photo of the Year contest! Voting ends THIS Thursday (Jan 21, 2010) at 6:00pm. And let me tell you folks, it is CLOSE!

Because inquiring minds want to know …

We have a couple ties! Keep in mind voting ends next Thursday!

Sigh…isn’t it pretty? This is where I grew up. Well, in the suburbs of Chicago. Circumstances have landed us in central Illinois, but my heart will always be ‘up there’. So…a chance for me to go back and visit some great friends and take some great photos? I’m IN!

I’ve had a lot of session requests from people in the Chicago area, so I’m finally going to do a marathon weekend! Nothing is set in stone yet, I want to hear from you first. So here’s the deal. I’m looking at the following weekends:

Feb 13-14
Feb 20-21
Feb 2-28
March 6-7

If you are interested in an AMP session and live in the general Chicago area send an email to me at  stacy@anastasiamariephotography.com. Let me know where you live, what type of session you’re interested in (maternity, family, children, etc) and which date works best for you. Once I have a general idea of the weekend that works best for everyone I’ll announce the details. I am SO excited to get back up there!

Just a few sneak peeks from Saturday’s maternity session. I got to photograph this little family over the summer. So when mom told me she was expecting I was thrilled to be able to do her maternity session! And I so look forward to meeting their sweet baby girl! Check out the tats…they have baby soon to be big brother’s name tattooed (tattooed? is that right? anyway…) in Japanese and when little sister arrives her name will be joining. Love it!

PS…have you voted for AMP’s 2009 Photo of the Year yet?! I am speechless that there are almost 500 votes! And it hasn’t even been a week yet! You guys rock . We’ve got some ties…#1 and #5 are duking it out for the top spot!

Thought I’d show you a peek of the results so far. My jaw about dropped when I saw 369 votes! Great job guys! I am truly so greatful to all of my amazing clients. The feedback I’ve gotten so far just warms my heart.

Now, unless you want #1 to win…spread the word and get your votes!

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