Despite the cold and the snow this sweet little family traveled from Indianapolis to Cincinnati for a family session.  We were so happy and flattered that they did!  It was so wonderful that they were able to have gorgeous snow falling during their entire session.  It was beautiful!

Just look at this precious family……

Since it was so chilly, we shot some of the session inside the Krohn’s Conservatory near downtown Cincinnati.

Meet little Mattea…the star of the show.  :)

We instantly loved how lovey they were with one another.

Mattea just turned one, and she is so STINKIN CUTE!!  I could eat her up!

There was a little train going around, and she was growling at it as it went by.  :)  I love this age.

A few upside down kisses…..

And then back outside we went!  I love how her little bear is in her photos.  That will probably be so precious to look back on. :)

A smile while walking with Daddy.

A family sqqquueeezzze!!

LOVE LOVE LOVE.  I think Mattea knows she is LOVED, and that is awesome.

After a while Mattea was almost finished modeling…so this is her “I’m done” face. I don’t blame her, it was COLD!

I took Mattea to see the ducks and  Brett got some of just Jon + Sam.  They are adorably in love.

They told us the story of how they met….on a school trip in Italy.  (Che romantico! Sorry if I botched that.)

So sweet.

One of my absolute favorites of the session.  Moments like this are what make our jobs the best ever.  (Mattea’s hair and all!!)

While I was taking photos of mom and dad alone, Brett was getting a few pointers from the expert.

Thanks Samantha, Jonathan and Mattea for traveling to Cincy and braving the weather to have us do your session!  We really enjoyed getting to know you guys, and you are such an adorable little family.   :)

jess + brett

Well, I had hoped to have one new surprise for you all today….but alas, it is not quite finished.  The end of the year is always so chock full and we are busting our little behinds over here to get things in order.  (I have had one of those weeks…you know the kind?)  Anyhow, our first big surprise is our new “in love” website dedicated to our engagement and wedding portfolio!  We wanted an organized place our future bride-to-be’s could go to and see more of our work without having to wade through massive amounts of children to get there.   This is just the first of our THREE new sites to debut in the next couple months….yes, you heard me correct, three.  Not to mention the new blog look on it’s way.  We are busy little bees over here.

My original plan was to debut the site on here today and get your feedback….so I thought I would give you a taste of what is coming for our “in love” site. Soooo, whatcha think??

Other things on the way:

• Photos of 2008 coming soon!! I will pick my favorites in each category and then you will vote your favorite!  The winner in each category will receive a free 8×10.

• In January we are going to have some free time on the blog and I am going to be posting WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANT. Sooooo, tell me what you would like to see on here.  If you a photographer with a question, or you just want to see more photos of cute Gabriel (I don’t blame you) just drop me a comment and tell me what you want to see on the blog.  I have a few fun ideas brewing.  :)

• We have a trip to California in the works!! That’s right, studio3z is hoping to go out to the west coast for photography sessions.  If you are interested write us at info@studio3z.com for more information.

• We are already booking our Spring sessions. We are also scaling back on the amount of sessions we do, so if you want to get scheduled you need to do that sooner than later!

That’s all I have for now.  My brain hurts.