Angel + Jordan // Relationships - Family Photography

"One time, at church camp..." That's the response I got when I asked Jordan how he and Angel met. No, but really. These two really hit a funny bone and a spot close to my heart when photographing them. Jordan is active duty in the Air Force and has been married to his beautiful wife Angel through two deployments. Yep, you read correctly, TWO whole deployments. He went off to war, she waited patiently (like us military wives do(; ) at home with their two little boys. Not only did that hit close to home with me, but on top of it, Angel is also a photographer and UH-MAZING at being in front of the camera, as well as behind it.

On top of all of the above mentioned, Jordan and Angel have some of the most perfect chemistry I've ever seen between two people. They made my job SO easy. I'll just let you sit back and see what I mean...

Ok, seriously...I have THE BEST clients ever. At least so far. (; Just kidding. But seriously, there was not a difficult part about photographing these two!

Jordan was even a treat! Not only was he comfortable in front of the camera, but he knew exactly what to do and when to do it to get the reactions I wanted from Angel. Her natural ones. 

Ok, I'll stop. But I'll still be obsessed with how cute these two are over here, in my chair...to myself.

Stay tuned for exciting announcements really super soon! Happy wednesday!

WARNING: This post may be sappy for your liking. I'm sorry, I'm a girl.

"When you try your best, but you don't succeed

When you get what you want, but not what you need

When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep

Stuck in reverse

Lights will guide you home

And ignite your bones

And I will try to fix you"

That's Coldplay. That was our wedding song. That is everything that my husband is.

This morning I woke up in a funk. You know, one of those days where you wake up and everything and nothing is wrong all at the same time? Well, that was me this morning. Feeling absolutely sorry for myself and then guilty for letting little things that shouldn't, get to me.

The truth is though, I'm a people pleaser. As my best friend Blair would say, "you're emotionally constipated." You see, if you're a people pleaser you know how the routine works. You hold things in, let things that bother you go to avoid confrontation and argument, you let them tick at you until finally something so minuscule makes you burst.Something that makes absolutely no sense to the victim of your bursting at the time as to why you got so upset about it.

That victim, most of the time, is Preston. He knows the routine by now, and even makes it generally into something really funny later.

Anyways, as with all of my bad days, when I woke up in a funk and cried (I cry at a pin drop, by the way) about nearly everything this morning. He just sat there as usual, and held me--saying sweet and funny things that always magically make everything that I'm being melodramatic about all better.

Isn't this a great picture of him, by the way? I know he probably will hate that I posted it. I have a knack for somehow loving the pictures of him that he hates. But that's when I say, "I have the eye and I win." Hehe. Just kidding.

Stay tuned, I may have an actual mother/baby photog post up by tonight!