I went on a LOT of biking trips this summer ... mainly with my friend Heather who is also a professional photographer. We're so lucky to be able to work, and then schedule time in our day to get together for an hour or two to ride. Most of my pictures are posted to my Facebook page, but here's one I really like because it was on one of my favorite trails.
I won't be skiing this year because of the pregnancy, so I got in as much biking as I could. Our last ride was mid November...an unexpected warm day that we took advantage of.

Back in August, I volunteered my services photographing a model for the Rochester Wedding Magazine. There were about 20 photographers that participated and a handful of models dressed in bridal couture as the magazine was looking for images for their book. I went more for the experience in photographing a model and to practice posing brides since I tend to be more on the candid, catch it as it happens kind of photographer. I love being able to anticipate what might happen through the lens, but there are definitely circumstances that insist on you being able to direct a person to reveal a better image. So, I worked with my model for about an hour...ducking in and out of the shade which was tricky since we had to shoot in the middle of the afternoon, sun high in the sky, with limited places to hide out. I posted a lot of them earlier in the blog...back in August if you want to see what I submitted.

Luck was on my side that day because I recently found out that one of my images was chosen for the November cover!!

Jayda was simply stunning, and I am honored to have won this privilege! Thank you Rochester Wedding Magazine
Here's the new cover!

The more we look at pink themed rooms, the more we don't like them very much...it's overwhelming.

We keep coming back to the sea life themes...they're so cute, and we love the soothing color themes too.

Here's the pattern we've decided on...we love the muted colors in it ... it doesn't look so great in the demo against the pale yellow wall...but our walls are similar to the blue green color in the blanket so it will look a lot better. We've also chosen dark wood for the crib and dresser as shown below in the dresser. 'Cappuccino'







Fun!
:)

We've also pretty much completed our registry ... wow, that was stressful. A HUGE thank you to my friend Carrie for providing a list of things we'd need, and there's no way I would have gotten through selecting everything without my amazing friend and mom Sue by my side to help me.



Sue, you're my angel. I had another panic attack while I was in the store and she calmed me right down and helped me to have fun with it.

We're registered at:

BabiesRus

and

Target

(Sue Egan-Mongiovi, and Bob Mongiovi)
Wait til you see all the sea life stuff...really cute :)

First I want to start with very very thankful news...as some of you knew, Bob was out of work for the summer...he was laid off in May. Very scary summer.
He recently got a contract job at a company that he really liked, and just the other day, after a few weeks as a contractor, he was hired FULL Time! We're on track again.
:)
Because he was working though, he didn't get to come with me to the ultrasound where we found out the sex of the baby. So, I had the nurse write the results on paper, and put it in a sealed envelope so we could find out together when he got home. I had to wait all day...so curious!

We met out for dinner before heading over to his mom's to tell her the news, so we opened the envelope in the car. She put an ultrasound picture in the envelope and typed the word 'GIRL' on top showing us in a diagram what we were looking at. It's a girl! Let the planning begin
:)

Yeah, so it's been a long time since I've updated this. Not sure if anyone is even reading it ... but here goes anyways.

I found a new place to take couples for their Engagement sessions, and then took Bob and Buddy there for the walk...a beautiful hidden park that was so excited to discover.



Kristina and Ben over for dinner on the patio, and then a bike ride to the lake







Happy Birthday Jenn!





I took the picture of her months ago, but then doctored it up for her bday and posted it to Facebook ;)



Finally cleaned :) Buddy's hair from under the bed..woah!



Buddy had a friend over...he even shared the sunlight on the futon...aw. :)



The summer of biking! Making up for the fact that I won't be able to ski this winter :(

















Greater Rochester Professional Photographers Summer Picnic





















More to come...and p.s. we're at 19 weeks. One more week til we find out if it's a Boy or a Girl! :)