If it was me getting married, I’d want my day to feel exactly like Ender + Lizzie’s.
Srsly.

Thanksgiving week + Bates blog week are aligned!
How fitting!
+How about we do a crossover post to celebrate?

These two, they get it.
Sydney and Michael know how to bring the love, cue the laughs, and how much it all matters.
They also know how to add a precious layer of meaning to their engagement session and chose the most perfect place for their shoot—

Thoughtful.
Tis the adjective for B+A that keeps rising to the top as I’ve been editing their stunner of a day at the Calhoun Beach Club.
It’s the glue that binds every little detail together (after Becky and Alan of course) making their wedding day feel fully intentional. My favorite.

Laura and Haleigh are pretty excellent huggers which was an accurate + immediate way to know that our session was going to continue along that path.

It was the sound of sniffles as the brides entered the loft hand-in-hand to begin their ceremony. ..

If I had to pick the one thing I adore most about Dylan + Bri, it’d be this—

I already knew my job was cool. Most Saturdays, I’m there getting to witness the first moments of a couple’s married life together.
But this—this!—is even a bit more magical:
The first moments of life full stop.

Wanna see a couple faves from my session with Family H?
GOOD, you’ve come to the right place!

Are you thinking what I’m thinking?
That this is the happiest lookin’ couple you ever did see?
(And if you’re not, you will be by the time you’re done scrolling.)

What’s their secret, do you suppose?

I keep wondering about Future Harper as I’m editing.
The one that just turned 21, 31, even 81.

Meet baby Beckett—
One more ember for that baby fever flame.