Stay tuned for his 6-month session to follow shortly…

**I hope you enjoy and please feel free to leave some love for this sweet mama at the bottom. For every 5 comments she gets she will receive a free 5×7!

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Mini-sessions will be held from 4-7pm, and will be done in 30 minute intervals. The cost is $100 and includes your 30 minute session, the setup with all of the goodies, a gallery with 10 fully edited images and a DVD with 5 of your favorite High Resolution Images plus a print release! Get all 10 images on your DVD for only $50 more! Plus, a 15% discount will be given on prints if you decide to get them through me.

I hope you LOVE these photos just as much as I do… Can’t wait to see you again Nash!

Thank you so much Alicia and Kenny for once again letting me capture such a special time for your little guy. He is such a cutie!!

On Sunday, November 20th I received a call that people dread. My mother in California was bawling hysterically as she told me that my step-dad, Bob and my step-sister Nicole hit some black ice driving home from a day fishing trip, spun out and hit a car head-on. My sister was taken by ambulance to a local hospital with some minor injuries while my dad was medevaced to a specialty trauma hospital a 24 minute flight away. Over the next few days I received some updates and decided I needed to be out their to provide my support to my mom and family. Over the next 8 days I was in California my dad continued to make huge improvements after initially suffering from a collapsed lung, broken ribs, shattered nose and orbital bones as well as a traumatic brain injury. My sister was extremely fortunate to have only suffered from a broken wrist and some pretty severe bruising, as it could have been MUCH worse! The day before I left, I was given the best birthday present possible, after 9 days in ICU he was transferred to the Rehabilitation Institute on sight to get some cognitive and neuro-therapy.

I am so happy to report that today he will be released and heading home! It is so hard to imagine where he was just 16 days ago but being the God-loving person I am, I know it was made possible by the big guy upstairs! So I would like to give a very loud and proud Thank You to all of those who have prayed for my family during this time. Yours prayers have been heard and are definitely working! Your support and kind spoken words have truly meant a lot to all of us… so Thank You!

Lord Heavenly Father, I want to take a moment to Thank You out loud for all of the blessings you have brought my family. I know that it is your healing hand and comforting grace that has, and will continue to help us get through this. I ask Lord God that you continue to touch my step-dad and help guide him through each stage of his amazing recovery. The glory of this is because of you and I Thank You again for your presence in my life… the source of my understanding and strength! Amen!

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So it is safe to say that “I’m back” at work. I have been working at a feverish pace to get caught up all while squeezing in some newborn yummy goodness along the way. Lol. So of course, over the next few weeks you will get to see some of the work I have done over the last few months as I get caught up on my blog posts. Here is your first one… Madeline’s 1-year shoot!I just love my baby girl… and her little cheeky grin. Makes me smile every time I see it!!

I would like to thank Zekveld’s Garden Market on London Line here in Wyoming. Check out their amazing “Pick-Your-Own” fruits and veggies as well as yummy baked goods. They even make amazing fruit baskets for the Holidays!!!

It is hard to believe that it has been almost a year since I began my business, Bonnie V Photography. I never would have imagined when my friends and family urged me to follow my passion, that I would have garnered such success in such a short amount of time. I am so truly blessed and grateful to everyone who had such faith in my abilities and has allowed me to capture such special times in their lives.

Starting out I have photographed high school seniors, families (big and small), grandparents, couples/ engagements, weddings, children, maternity and newborns. I have gotten my business to the point now where I would love to focus on what I have the greatest passion for which is my maternity and newborn clients. There is nothing more amazing to me than the glow on an expectant mothers face, the look in a daddy’s eyes when he rubs the belly of his unborn child, the innocence and mere miracle of a newborn baby with their teeny tiny fingers and toes… it touches me so deeply every time!

So beginning in 2012 I will only be booking 2-3 sessions per month with priority given to Maternity and Newborn sessions. As many of you know I have a daughter who just turned 1 in October and my son will be 3 in April. My family is so dearly important to me that I am making it a priority to balance my work and family life. We all know that can be tricky so it can be a challenge. I am seeing how fast my babies are growing up and really don’t want to look back knowing I missed such a precious time in their lives.

I will do periodic specials (Spring, Fall, etc.) for children, and will of course photograph the babies I have been with since day one! And of course, for my California friends and family I will have a few limited spots available during trips out.

So if you are expecting please contact me to reserve your spot! I am already working on bookings for January, one in March and 2 in June!!! With limited spaces available it is never to early to secure your spot!

I also provide gift certificates if you would like to give someone the gift of photos that they will cherish for a lifetime.

Thank you so much again for a HUGE success in 2011 and I can’t wait to see where the next year will take us!

Here are some photos from her cake smash with photos from her outdoor session at Zekveld’s will follow shortly!

Cake is courtesy of Carrie’s Cake Shoppe in Petrolia. Madeline’s cute “1″ onesie and beautiful headband are from Janice at Peanut Baby Designs. Thank you so much ladies for sharing your talents with me on such a special occasion.

Here are some photos from her newborn session.

Here is one of my favorites from her newborn session… LOVE!!!