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my daughter chloe is 1 year old!

Rachel — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:17:24 +0000

Dear Chloe,

I am in awe of you and your beauty and sweetness. I can’t believe that God blessed me with such a an incredible child. I can remember the day we found out you we were going to have you, and being in disbelief. After a hard pregnancy, I went to the doctor to be checked and they told me that you were going to be coming that night! We couldn’t believe it. We went to the hospital and felt scared, jumpy, but mostly overjoyed. I remember how hard it was to get you out of me, and the precious moment when I saw you for the first time and got to kiss your sweet little face. Then they took you and cleaned you up, and brought you back to me after the doctor’s checked you and I over to make sure we were going to be ok. You were so quiet, sweet, and alert. I remember when your eyes looked at me, and taking pictures of you and having the family around just in awe of you.

Chloe only a few hours old, March 9, 2010

Chloe at 1 year old, March 9, 2011 with her present from mommy & daddy

It’s been one year since that day, and you have changed so much. It goes so rapidly, I feel like I blink and you are a new child, with some new talent or babble to show us that day! When friends and family come to visit, you just light up when people enter the room!

Chloe, your birth and life has completely changed me and your daddy. We are absolutely smitten with you, and our love for you is so deep, it is hard to describe. We will always always love you, and always be there for you, and be proud of you. I pray to God that you will know Him, and have a relationship with Him, and that the Father will protect your little life from harm. I lift you up into His hands right now, my precious, beautiful daughter.

merry christmas

Rachel — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:47:33 +0000

In lieu of paper cards this year, mainly because we don’t have the $$ to send a christmas card to everyone of you in the mail since we love you all so much, I designed a little digital one for the world.

We love you all, and have had an incredible year, with the birth of our daughter Chloe our lives have been totally changed for the better. She is our light and laughter, and the joy of both of our families! My sister got married this year to an awesome young man, Josh, and we are so happy to have him in our family. We were blessed enough to take a trip to Myrtle Beach with Brian’s family in september, and then to Maryland for Thanksgiving with Chloe where she ate her first thanksgiving treats Chloe is growing and learning and we are just trying to hang on for the ride! 2010 saw a great year of business for Rachel’s business, Puremotif, as well, and is set for some big changes in 2011 and I can’t wait to annouce them and show you our new look! Brian saw a lot of changes at Grace this year as well, and has begun preaching more and accepting new responsibilities as a Pastor.

We couldn’t have asked for more and are so thankful for all the ways that our friends and family have been near us, reached out to us, and helped us during our first year as parents!

chloe grace

Rachel — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:14:45 +0000

Our beautiful daughter Chloe Grace was born March 9, 2010, weighing 8lbs 2.5 oz and 21 inches long at 11:18am. We are totally taken with her. Life has completely turned upside down for this little one! It’s amazing and hard all at the same time!

So bear with me if I don’t get back to inquiries right away or respond to your emails and calls. I promise to try to stay as caught up as possible Here’s a bunch more pictures too.

some personal news

Rachel — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:19:36 +0000

Well, I have some good personal news. Brian and I are 8 weeks pregnant, set to have our first child around March 9! Due to some odd pains I was having today, we called and they had us come in for our first sonogram a week early, and confirmed everything was healthy and on track. It was a beautiful and exciting experience, and I feel like I’m on cloud 9 right now.

priscilla & joe

Rachel — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:27:17 +0000

Yes, I am back from Italy – and yes, I ate a ton of pasta Italy pics to come at some point next week, I hope. In the meantime though, I wanted to blog a wedding before I get too far behind!

I shot Priscilla & Joe’s wedding June 13, consequently the day after my husband and I’s 5 year anniversary, and the day my grandmother died. So the wedding will probably always be pretty significant for me for those two reasons. It was very beautiful, and I actually really enjoyed shooting on the top floor of the Masonic temple. The way they set up the lights in the background makes for some really interesting shots while dancing, toasting, etc. Just a great backdrop. Here are a few of my favorite pictures, and you can see a few more here.

italy-bound

Rachel — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:58:48 +0000

As many of you know, my husband and I will be heading to the beautiful country of Italy (specifically Rome, Florence & Venice) to celebrate our five year wedding anniversary. So, the blog and most tweeting will be a bit slow for the next week and half! I am so excited, and other than being nervous about the flight, I can’t wait to get there. It’s been so hard to shift focus from Extreme Home Makeover to feeling a bit selfish and letting myself get excited and be ready to enjoy the trip. It’s so hard to believe. We are so blessed, and have been putting aside money for the last 4 months so we could do our best to get into no extra debt on this trip!

Robbers and theives, my house will not be unoccupied, so don’t get any ideas.

In the meantime, I wanted to leave you with this image, a sneak-peak from Priscilla & Joe’s amazing wedding that I shot a few weekends ago. This is by far my favorite image from the whole day. And I did nothing too it, it just was perfect as it was.

27 years old

Rachel — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:26:43 +0000

Birthdays come and go so fast. March/April are mad with all their celebrations of life among my family and friends. Yesterday we celebrated by going to Olive Garden and my sister making me the most light and fruity birthday cake. So awesome! Some highlights.

Also – Brian has been holding back on me. We’ve been planning a “real” vacation where it’s just the two of us (first time since our Honeymoon where we would go further/somewhere else then Myrtle Beach), but we hadn’t quite decided where. Well, he had decided – and revealed it on my birthday yesterday. We’re going to go to ITALY FOR 10 DAYS!!! What? This is utter crazyness – I mean, we are young and poor – people like us don’t go to Italy! It’s going to take a ton of scrimping and saving, but I know it will be worth it. Brian sees it as a milestone to our life changing this year and a celebration of our 5 years together (FIVE YEARS? wow). We’re going to go to Rome, Florence & Venice. It will be a bit short for that much, but I’m just so grateful anyway. I will not take this for granted. Holy crap!!!! I can’t wait to observe and take pictures of things I’ve only seen in history books and on the internet! LOL.

Ahhhh!!!!

And this is seriously a little weird cuz — Today I have to work, with one awesome Kristin, then tonight I’m going to hang out with my other two amazing Kristin’s – one for dinner and then one for a little movie, R&R on my bday till Brian gets back from practice. LOL. Get different names people! Anyway — Yay!

myeriewedding.com

Rachel — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:16:52 +0000

Ok so… I had a really nice post that updated you all on what I’ve been up to the last 4 days… and wordpress keeps signing me out and lost it. I’m a bit perturbed. Just know the last 4 days have been fun but crazy and very productive.

At the last minute, a group of exciting wedding vendors got together to talk about our first Erie Wedding Professionals meeting. I am honored to be a part of the group, especially being new to this particular industry. Luckily, what I’m not new to is creating graphics for websites With the help of Heather Mencer and Heather Neckers-Kinal we had a crash session and came up with this concept which I worked on Sunday night for MyErieWedding.com, run by John Gallagher. I hope to help translate it’s modern feel to the rest of the site in the future.

What else is new? I’m winding down to 13 days left at my 5 year art director job. There are such a mix of emotions at this stage in life. I’m sad, but so excited to stop juggling so many things and be able to focus on one thing (well many things, but with one focus) It’s weird how *aware* you are of the time running down.

Can’t wait to post about the important people’s birthdays coming up at the end of the week.

happy birthday kristin (s)

Rachel — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:05:39 +0000

Yesterday (March 16) was my dear friend Kristin H.’s birthday. I didn’t get to see her and I was bummed about that. Kristin and I have been friends for so long, I don’t even remember when we met because we were so little. Kristin is a source of hope, joy, beauty and laughter in my life and I could never picture it without her. She has a worshipping heart and loves Jesus like no one I know. She’s also my Will & Grace chum, the only person who truly can quote almost every line, and no matter which line I say, she knows exactly what episode it’s from. She also alerts me to new music and makes me love Hillsongs big time.

I also love how whenever I talk about any sort of fantasy, science fiction books or movies I love, she doesn’t even try to be into it – she stays true to herself and says “that’s just not me.” lol!

Happy Birthday dear Kristin H.!

Friday is Kristin L.’s bday! Kristin is a newer addition to my life and to the many Kristins, Christy’s, and Christas, and Christies that I know. Kristin is hilarious, and she makes me feel like I am worth it to be a friend to. I don’t think you could find a more loyal person to be your friend or your confidant. Her advice is so sound, I only wish she’d take it more herself We enjoy similar things, and she always helps me with anything I need, even when I don’t ask.

Also she loves cats as much as I do, and is the only friend I can talk to about my cats like they are people who GETS it, and won’t make fun of me for it

I hope I can be even half the friend to her that she is to others. I’m excited to see where her life is going to go and to see the potential for incredible leadership in her that I see right now.

Happy Birthday on Friday Kristin L.!

tycho funnies

Rachel — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:30:48 +0000

This is something that’s been going on in our house now for the last few months. He does it to the tv, to mirrors, to other surfaces. I’ve been trying to video it for a while and finally he starting going transe-like and nuts in the office so I got it. Enjoy… maybe i’m the only one who finds it amusing (and annoying).