Where to start...

I have decided to create a family blog. Alex is from Wisconsin and all of his family still resides there so I thought this would be a good way for us to share with them and our friends too. Facebook has been a great wayfor that until recently it's just become so crowded on there! Plus here I can put whatever is on my mind and you don't have to read it if you don't want to :)~

I was trying to think of a catchy title for this blog. I am currently working as a professional photographer in the Chattanooga area and my husband is a police officer. My first idea was "we shoot people for a living"...haha, so yeah that wouldn't work as my husband has never even fired his gun outside the shooting range :)~ He immediately debunked that idea. I agreed-but it was nice for a little giggle. So I am just going to stick with "{Shots} Fired" it can kinda go both ways.

I am a very proud police wife. It's actually the very beginning of a long journey as I plan to spend the rest of my life with my officer. I have met so many other awesome police wives. It's great to have that sense of knowing other people are going through what you go through. None of my other friends have a clue and it's just a job to them. They don't know those nights where we literally sit with our phones in our sweaty palms, a nervous wreck b/c our husbands (or wives for that matter) are still out on a call that should have only lasted 20-30 min and it's been hours and we've heard nothing back. When your spouse goes to work you most likely aren't worried about what kind of dangerous situation they may be in and sadly if they are going to come home that night. It is a very scary situation and sometimes a little overwhelming to say the least. However, I just KNOW Alex was made for this. He makes an excellent officer and he really truly enjoys helping people and "laying down the law" when need be. In the future I won't go into any details about his job as it's actually a pretty well kept secret-there are just some things I don't want to know. This is a crazy world we live in and there is so much out there we don't see on a normal day-like our police officers do.

This will be my longest post to kind of get everything out there...so if you get tired of reading-well I'll never know you stopped :)

I currently work as a professional photographer. I have a partner, Courtney Boyd, we work together as a team @ Boyd and Olson Photography, easy enough to remember! She and I started working together almost exactly a year ago, right after my daughter Willow was born. Courtney and her husband are now expecting their first child. They were trying and it's a pretty exciting time for them. So she and I are going to actually be splitting up some of our work to make time in our schedules for our family. Alex, my husband and Courtney and her husband all work full time jobs so the schedules are all wonky! Courtney and I have decided to finish up what we have scheduled on our books and from here on out work solely as a team only on our newborn shoots. Newborns are so much fun to work with. For the most part they sleep like crazy and let you curl them up and sweet little positions to make adorable {shots}. Unfortunately, out of all of the newborn shoots we have had I am always the poop and pee target! No joke, Courtney has never been peed or pooped on. It's kind of hilarious! :)~ Her time will come...haha. PLUG TIME! check out our work here boydandolsonphoto.com

Now for the good stuff! Alex and I have two absolutely amazing children. Our son's name is Deacon-aka Deke, Bubba, Deko or DB. :)~ He was our first child and he is now 3. He is the coolest kid of all time (sorry moms but you know what I'm talking about). He is so smart and funny. He has always been the one to make me laugh until I cry. He has so much love for his daddy and he has become so interested in all things police, which of course makes Alex super proud. He's in the middle of potty training right now so send up some prayers on my behalf! ha! Willow is our daughter and just turned one yr old. She has definitely changed our life in a whole new way too! I decided to quit my job of five yrs working in insurance so I could stay at home with her and Deke.

Willow has the most beautiful smile I have ever laid my eyes on. She has the cutest little giggle too. She will come right up to your leg and just squeeeeeze. She spends most of her day eating, napping and driving her big brother bananas :)~ I could go on and on about these two. But I will save my fingers and your eyes for another day!

Some coolness is happening tomorrow and I will be posting all about it tomorrow evening. This is going to be a great way for me to get my wiggles out when the kids nap :)