Jenica and Steve celebrated their wedding day with an elegant garden wedding ceremony at the beautiful Fairholme Manor and a sunset rooftop reception at the Parkside Victoria Resort. It was a fabulous day! And I was honoured to work with such a lovely couple. Jenica and Steve, I had so much fun working with you and wish you a lifetime of happiness together.
Beautiful florals by Rook and Rose
I know that good things are worth the wait, and I can’t tell you how true this is for our little princess, Marina Violet Spears. She kept mama waiting …. and waiting … and waiting. And at almost 42 weeks pregnant, 13 days overdue, she decided it was time to meet us.
I went into labour at 5:30pm on January 20th. Contractions started at 2.5 minutes apart and 45 seconds long. Now with Hayden’s birth being only a few hours long, I knew we may have a repeat on a speedy arrival. After timing a few more contractions I texted Darren at work to let him know that she was coming! 15 minutes later the contractions were only 2 minutes apart and I told him it was time to come home. He got home at 6:20pm. I called our midwife to say we would be heading to the hospital probably within the hour. I asked Darren to make me a sandwich lol. I was hungry and was worried I would get hangry if I didn’t eat something. I took two bites and knew it was time to go. Contractions were now 1.5 minutes apart by 6:45pm. We arrived at the hospital at 7:06 pm and Miss Marina Violet was born at 7:41pm after 1 minute of pushing. I couldn’t believe it !! I feel so lucky. And she is perfect !! Happy and healthy and we couldn’t ask for anything more.
I can’t express enough gratitude for our fabulous experience with Julia and Jill at the Victoria Midwives Collective. Julia delivered Marina and she was INCREDIBLE. So calm, and so knowledgeable, and helped me have the birth experience I hoped for. Can’t say enough thanks.
Now here she is. We are so in love with our little miracle.
Thanks to Kim at Jazz Craft Boutique for the adorable crown!
Love love love these two!! Katie and Greg are driven, inspiring, successful, sweet and just beautiful. Their gorgeous wedding day was such a perfect reflection of them. Lots of love. LOTS of laughter. And smiles, smiles, smiles. My favourite wedding accessory.
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And one last shot at sunset. The picture of Katie is one of my favourite portraits EVER. Love it !
VENUE: Laurel Point Inn
FLORALS: Verbena Floral Design
PLANNER: Details Wedding & Event Planning
DRESS: Blush Bridal Boutique Victoria
HAIR / MAKEUP: Ma-luxe
Despite the DOWNPOUR at our family photo session I am so happy with the images Emmy of E/A Photography, captured in this special time for our family. Â Awaiting our little ladies arrival ANY DAY NOW it truly putting my patience to the test. I just can’t wait to meet her! Knowing that in a matter of days our family will be forever changed makes these images that much more special. Thank you Emmy!
Just thrilled to have this fun New Years Eve shoot featured again! This time on the wonderful Grey Likes Weddings! You can view the feature here … and my previous blog post about it here and here.
Should help get you in the mood for your new years celebrations to come!
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She is gorgeous! Congratulations and I loved reading your post, especially the part about the sandwich made me laugh 🙂 Sending you big hugs.
Congrats Kim! I’ve never seen a more beautiful ‘after’ photo, you and your family look amazing! And the pink crown, so so adorable.
Congrats Kim – she is just perfect. Adorable.