Paige Peterson Photography

This is sweet baby stella. She is so sweet and beautiful. I was able to photograph her at her home at about 8 weeks old. She was born only a few weeks after ryan so mom and I were able to swap stories, and tips, and gripe about the crummy weather.  Sweet Stella was a tired little angel, she actually slept through the whole photo shoot. No matter what we did, she was determined to get some sleep. We were able to get some beautiful photos of her all wrapped up in her parents love, but not able to see her beautiful baby blues. I went back about a week later for round two and she was wide awake for me then.

Welcome to the world sweet Stella. You are loved.

Stella's cat was very curious the whole day, he would make guest appearances here and there.

These are my parents. I love my parents. I was able to do a quick, and very cold, photo shoot of them before this nasty winter set in. These photos are taken at their house on Lake Panorama. A place where so many memories are rooted, a place that I am so thankful to have been able to enjoy all of my life.  I wanted to be able to give them some photos of themselves for christmas this year. They have photos everywhere (i’m convinced my love for pictures was genetically passed down by my mom. That and my uncanny ability to loose my car keys in seconds). However, they don’t have many photos of them together. They still laugh and snuggle and kiss and hug. They are my inspiration. I can only hope that i still do all those things with Jason after 38 years. I believe that becoming a mom myself has made me a better daughter. I never used to cry at things, now I will cry at nearly anything. Now that i think about it, I am more like my mother then I ever thought. The woman cries at everything. Ok, so does my brother.

When you look at life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses. ~~~joyce brothers

I just wanted to do a quick post about our new addition!!

On November 19th we were blessed with a new baby girl. Her name is Ryan Paige Connolly. She came in weighing 8lbs 3 oz and was 20 inches long. We just love her to pieces and feel so lucky to have such a beautiful, healthy, little girl to call our own. Thanks to all of you for putting up with me (and my pregnant brain) these last few months. I look forward to sharing many photos of our life and taking photos of  and meeting more of you in the coming year.

our cup runneth over.

we have been blessed.

joyce and nick, where do i begin! first off, this wedding was on the hottest day of the year. no question. it was pushing 109 with the heat index. hard to remember those days considering it is all of 46 right now. oh iowa.  the fact that the trolly they rented didn’t have any air conditioning (how convenient) didn’t make things much better. that said, Joyce made 109 degrees look fun, beautiful and downright amazing. despite the heat we still had a lot of fun, a stop at the hessen haus was a great decision, after all what else can cool down a wedding party like a few cold boots of beer!?

joyce and nick also have amazing families. Everyone from the parents to the wedding party to the guests were so kind and friendly. I had such a joyous time at their wedding. joyce and her father were wonderful to witness, i can only hope that in the future my children look at their dad the way the joyce looks at hers.

I couldn’t decide on what images to post….

i think the photo above might be my favorite photo from this year!one of the groomsmen found a toad, i believe they named him ted. Notice the look of fear on the faces of the bridesmaids. so funny.

above photo by aaron hall