Anastasia Marie Photography

we’ve moved!!

Stacy — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:35:32 +0000

one frame a day | 1.8.12

Stacy — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:23:45 +0000

pretend you don’t see all the laundry in the background, k?

one frame a day | 1.6.12

Stacy — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:43:43 +0000

one frame a day | 1.5.12

Stacy — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:36:01 +0000

one frame a day | 1.4.12

Stacy — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:28:31 +0000

winter | Decatur IL lifestyle photographer

Stacy — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:54:39 +0000

As it is for many people, winter is my down time. Beginning right before Christmas and going until usually April or so, people are just not thinking about photo shoots. And I can’t blame them. The weather is icky (usually…what is up with this weather lately?!), they’re trying to unwind from the Christmas craziness, and life in general is just not as conducive to taking photos.

Or so they think .

I love winter photo shoots because I am forced to think differently. Even with the warm weather lately, it was still a bit too chilly for this little guy this morning. We tried spending some time out by his parents’ beautiful pond, but the wind was just too much for a 3 month old. So we headed back inside to warm up and just spend some time playing. I loved it.

one frame a day | 1.2.12

Stacy — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:05:10 +0000

new year’s resolutions | central IL lifestyle photographer

Stacy — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:00:18 +0000

Somewhere along the line I forgot how to have fun with Hailey. At first, I was really good at it. I worked during naps, and when she was awake, it was all about her. We painted, colored, played with her toys, took walks, you name it. But then, she stopped taking a couple 2-3 hour naps a day and I began needing to work during ‘Hailey time’. And then, it became all about work. I am constantly trying to find things to occupy her time so I can work. It’s gotten out of control. I lost my sense of priority big time. Last week, we had the luxury of having daddy home for the entire week. Every year he gets the week after Christmas off. Usually we are busy doing things, either traveling or doing home improvement projects. But this year, we had nothing. We got a week of hanging out as a family…and it rocked. I don’t think I checked Facebook more than once. I know I slacked on my posting of anything AMP related, and we all survived. Life went on. Nobody dumped me as a photographer because I was off line for a week. Heck, I’m sure nobody even noticed. But what we got out of that week was something to be treasured.

In just a very short amount of time (less than 4 months now!!) we will no longer be a family of 3. We will be welcoming a precious baby boy into our lives. Things will be insanely different. I’m not really big on new year’s resolutions…I figure if there’s something that needs to be changed, do it today…not just because it’s a new year. But that’s just me. However, if I were going to make one, it would be to focus more time and energy spent on my family. To take the time to stop and do something with Hailey and not be checking my phone or trying to write a blog post at the same time. She deserves to be more important than my work. Period.

Did you make a new year’s resolution? Or should I say a ‘today’ resolution (because you don’t have to wait until the new year!) I’d love to hear about it!

one frame a day | 1.1.12

Stacy — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:56:16 +0000

Happy New Year!

one frame a day | 12.31.11

Stacy — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:52:54 +0000

She is more excited about playing wii than we are
PS ~ I made it the whole year!