Bridget Frances Reseburg | April 26, 2016

Finally! 

Bridget Frances Reseburg arrived at 10:01 AM on April 26. She weighed 7lbs 6oz, the exact same as Miss Betty when she was born. She even LOOKS just like baby Betty. It's uncanny....and contributing to some MAJOR deja vu. 

Just like when I had Molly, I've been spending the last week since Bridget's birth battling post-partum preeclampsia. It's some scary stuff...and although I had warned my doctors about the possibility of it happening again, I really wasn't terribly prepared for it knocking me down as fast as it did.

I went home with Bridget and the first few days were fine and dandy, but by the third post-partum day I was starting not to feel very well. My blood pressure was topping off around 160/110 and higher. Finally, I went to the emergency room and they admitted me back into the hospital for a magnesium IV. That was highly unpleasant, to say the least. Mag makes you feel like absolute GARBAGE.....and I already felt like garbage...so it was just garbage on top of garbage. 

I was gonna get released at one point and they readmitted me. We just couldn't get my readings to go down. 

They released me this Tuesday and the BP spiked again. 

Finally, after trying some different medications over the past few days we seem to have landed on one that worked. With Molly I had to be on bed rest, post-partum, for three weeks. It was awful. I couldn't help with the baby or anything. Thankfully, this doesn't seem to be the case this time around. 

Seriously, pregnant ladies...talk to your doctors about post-partum preeclampsia. It's not talked about nearly enough and if gone unchecked can lead to seizure, stroke, or death. 

Doctors will tell you that the way to "cure" preeclampsia is to deliver, but this isn't always the case. My blood pressures were completely normal through delivery.

That's my PSA for the day! 

Otherwise, the actual birth went REALLY well....I was able to get my epidural (thank the Sweet Baby Jesus) and it was 6 1/2 hours from the time my water broke at home to birth, so relatively short labor time. 

I seriously feel like she was the missing piece of our family puzzle and I love her like crazy already. 

I will be coming back from maternity leave on May 15th. If you need to schedule anything, let me know and we'll get you in! 

Ozaukee Country Club Wedding | Lindsay and Cameron | Mequon WI Wedding Photographer

Who: Lindsay and Cameron

Where: St. Boniface Church ~ Mequon, WI & Ozaukee Country Club
 

Way back in August I found out I was pregnant with #3....surprise!  Well, it just so happened that, unfortunately, my due date fell on Lindsay and Cameron's wedding day! This was a predicament I had never found myself in before, but I have to say....thank God for great friends who also happen to be phenomenal photographers.

Andrea from Andrea Paradowski Photography, the other half of the A-Team, was able to step in and cover the wedding for me. And she knocked it out of the park, for sure. Even with a little rain....no problem! 

Cam and Lindsay, I hope you had a fabulous day! Thank you so much for rollin' with the punches (and pregnancy) and for welcoming Andrea with open arms. 

Enjoy your sneak peek! 

 

Fractured Thought(s) ~ Wisconsin Wedding Photographer

- STILL. PREGNANT. Okay, yes...I am only 38 weeks 4 days. I still have time. I need to be patient. She'll come when she's ready. BLAH BLAH BLAHDY BLAH BLAH (I may be a tad crabby).

Yesterday I had contractions all day long....nothing regular, all over the friggin' place. Around 6pm they decided to get their act together and start coming at regular intervals. 2-3 minutes apart by the time we decided "eh, let's head for the hospital"

Then, because Baby 3 likes to mess with me, they stopped COLD as soon as I got on the monitor. 

Baby, do you not realize every time we grace the halls of Janesville Mercy they charge us about a bajillion dollars?!

Nurse said I was still contracting every 5-6 minutes but nothing else was going on and "wouldn't you be more comfortable laboring at home?"

No. The answer to that is no. I'd be more comfortable getting this show on the road. But, alas, I didn't have much choice in the matter. Baby 3 has decided she's darn comfy where she is at this point so I'm home. Laboring. At least we know things are getting started.....very. slowly. 

- I feel like I've watched more TV and movies over the past month than I have in my entire lifetime combined. So far, most of it has been background noise. Did see Seth McFarlane's "100 Ways to Die in the West" which I thought was pretty dang funny. (Plus he's pretty foxy, so that helps).

- Hubby happened upon what is quite possibly our local dream house online. Sadly, we are in absolutely no position to buy right now. I pouted over it for a few days, but I know I have to be all responsible and stuff. Stupid adulthood.

- It was David Tennant's birthday this week. I prayed and prayed for Baby 3 to make her entrance that day so she could share her day of birth with the ultimate Timelord. Wasn't to be. #geekgoals

- So, about a week or so ago I got it in my head that "Hey, you know those articles on places like Scary Mommy and Babble or whatever that people read and pass around Facebook"......I enjoy those....heck, I could WRITE those.....Maybe..... I got adventurous (and lets face it, I was bored)....so I wrote an article. A parenting article. I hemmed and hawwed over actually submitting it because it involves some rather embarrassing personal info about me....but, I decided to quit being a wuss and just see what happens.

Well, they're going to publish it on Scary Mommy. WHOA.  First thought that went through my head was : ABORT! ABORT MISSION!   Articles like that get a wild amount of feedback and not always positive. Can I handle that? 

Well, here's hoping...because it drops May 6th.

EEK.

- One of my favorite bands is on an Apple commercial. With a song that came out when I was 21 years old. Lip Sync'd by Taylor Swift. It's now cracked the Top 100 on iTunes downloads.

Now everyone is gonna love Jimmy Eat World......not sure how I feel about that.  : ) I saw Jim Adkins first, ladies! Mitts off! 

WORK STUFF

- WEDDINGS: Booking 2017 at this point. Have a precious few dates for late fall/winter 2016 open. 

- SENIORS: I am completely full for Summer 2016 weekends, so if you are looking to get your senior portraits done this summer we're going to have to schedule you during the week. Not a problem over here, but I would get your dates in sooner rather than later to avoid being left out in the cold. 

- STUDIO: The new studio is going to be located in MILTON, WI.  Why am I moving to Milton, WI? Because the studio is amazing and I get to share it with the other half of the A-Team (Andrea). Stay tuned to the Facebook and Blog for opening day info! 

- SALES: Right now I'm running a quick and dirty Mother's Day sale. Make any Smugmug purchase today through April 24 (that's this Sunday) and save 25% off by using the code MOM16. 


And now, your moment of Kid Zen.

Fractured Thought(s) ~ Wisconsin Wedding Photographer

- I've reached new levels of BORED. I am not one who can just easily lay around just WAITING for something to happen. But, since I can't really work myself into labor (or will it to be done).....I wait. 

I've watched more crappy movies in the last weeks than I care to mention. 

19 days to go!!! 

- So, Madison's Wizard World came and went....David Tennant and all...and I was not there to welcome him to the great state of Wisconsin with open arms. 

Pretty much bummed me out for an entire weekend, but I have high hopes he'll return next year and I can sell a kidney or something in order to attend.

- Been doing quite a bit of coloring with the girls. Snagged myself an Anne of Green Gables adult coloring book at Woodmans (of all places). The other half of the A-Team Andrea also got me a Doctor Who coloring book. Helps pass all this waiting around time.

- That whole nesting thing has taken affect, as much as I can contribute. I'm a bit slow moving as of late but I got a burst of energy yesterday and managed to get some laundry taken care of. The thought of bringing a kiddo home to a less than immaculate house kind of makes my skin crawl.

- Ran up to Milwaukee with my mother-in-law to finish up the baby shopping. Forgot how much fun buying adorable baby clothes is (no matter how impractical they may be sometimes).

- Got in to the hairdresser just in time. Betty got herself some purple streaks (what a rebel!) and I went red. Still getting used to it and may lighten it up just a TAD next time......plus I had way too much cut off. Thankfully my hair grows like a weed. 

- Survived the primaries here in WI. If anything, this election year has been entertaining....to say the least. It's also led to a lot of Facebook hiding. 

- Have you had a chance to check out my personal finance blog yet? As if I didn't have enough going on with, you know, growing a kid and photographing things and stuff....I started a personal finance blog. Yup. It's kind a "hobby" of mine...if that can be a hobby. I'd love if you'd check it out HERE 

- WEDDINGS!! People have been majorly on the ball with wedding inquiries for 2017 these past few weeks. Looks like early bookings are going to be the name of the game this season...thus far. So, if you're planning your 2017 wedding, rest assured popular dates are already being looked at. I'd love to chat with you, even as I wait on Nugget #3! 

- PORTRAITS!  Someone asked me this week if I was still doing family portraits. YES! and YES! Late Spring is already getting pretty booked and Summer dates are open. If you want to reserve a time, it's a great time to do it! Plan ahead! 

- SENIORS!  I give you guys priority, so if you're graduating in 2017 and would like to schedule your senior session, the time is NOW! Deadlines come fast and furious at the start of the school year so don't be a last-minute type-person. This summer is a GREAT time to get them in and with the new studio opening, you can be one of the first to take advantage of the new digs! 

- SPECIALS!  I'm currently booking for a MAY HEADSHOT MARATHON.  Yes, I do business headshots. Quite a few of them, actually and Spring, the time of renewal, is a GREAT time to update your business look. I'm running a special ($50 single headshots, $250 team) from May 15 to the 31st. If you're interested in getting in on this, you can either come to the studio or I can come to you with the mobile studio set up! Shoot me an email and let's get rid of that circa-1992 big-bangs and shoulder pads headshot, shall we?

Excuse the cell-phone pictures as of late. I've been far too lazy to pick up the "real camera".....besides, they're both on deck for the "big game" so I'm leaving them alone until then! 

I promise, pictures of the Oncoming Storm won't be so fuzzy! 

 

Molly had some minor surgery at the end of March (she had a blocked duct by her eye. Do you know how hard it is to get a 5 year old to sit still in order to take care  of a blocked duct? So yeah, they had to put her under.....funsies)Bucket cam…

Molly had some minor surgery at the end of March (she had a blocked duct by her eye. Do you know how hard it is to get a 5 year old to sit still in order to take care  of a blocked duct? So yeah, they had to put her under.....funsies)

Bucket came along for the ride.....

Betty gets punk rawk. : ) 

Betty gets punk rawk. : ) 

Molly give Baby #3's new seat a test run (She's 5, people. FIVE....and she nearly fits snugly in an infant seat. MY.KID.IS.WEE.

Molly give Baby #3's new seat a test run (She's 5, people. FIVE....and she nearly fits snugly in an infant seat. MY.KID.IS.WEE.

Family coloring marathon. 

Family coloring marathon. 

37 Weeks 1 DayOy. Already have made it past Molly's birth-date....so we're doing good! 

37 Weeks 1 Day

Oy. 

Already have made it past Molly's birth-date....so we're doing good! 

Fractured Thought(s) ~ Wisconsin Wedding Photographer

- I have murdered so many boxes of cereal this month......it's not even funny. Just call me Amanda: Cereal Killer.

- Got to make my first "trial run" to Labor and Delivery when I started feeling some weird-o pains. Everything was fine. Realized the gowns they give you at the hospital are worse than I remembered. So, I'm one of "those people" who ordered a special labor gown.

No judging. 

I'm 36 weeks this week. Molly was born at 36 weeks and a few days. Commence freak out.

- Husband and I have spent the last month or so dreaming about house building. Still 2 years down the road but it's becoming more and more of a reachable goal. The longer I stay put where I am, the longer I realize I probably want to move. 

- SPEAKING of moving....the new studio will be all rarin' to go in June. So, if you want to schedule your Senior or regular portrait session and want to be one of the first people to try out the new studio (and you DO want to be one of these people, because its AWESOME)....shoot me a message at typeaimages@gmail.com

- Molly had her kindergarten screening....and passed with flying colors. More evidence that I think all her "I don't wanna count to 20" malarky is just her punking us.

- I actually WATCHED a sports-ball game. March Madness is kind of fun, once you get into it. Of course, Wisconsin is out so I've lost all interest.

- Easter went well....very low-key. Did the whole baskets and hiding eggs spiel. Girls went to church (we didn't.....because I'm a terrible Catholic, apparently). Girls received about a billion Shopkins. I totally don't get those things.

Remember that scene in the movie Big where they're talking about the Transformers toys and Josh says "What's fun about playing with a building?" 

I ask you, children, what is fun about playing with a shoe with eyes.....a sandwich.....or a fridge?

Don't. Get. It. They trade these things like baseball cards.....it's weird.

- The husband and I decided to sit down and watch every single Harry Potter movie, since I had never seen any of them except the 1st. Yes, I should probably just turn in my nerd card now. 

They were really good. Of course, Barty Crouch Jr. is my favorite : ) Even if he was a bad guy.

- This week...MATERNITY LEAVE! WOOT WOOT! I have one more Senior session on Thursday and then I am LAZY CAKES until this kid comes. Cannot WAIT! 

Tomorrow Molly is having very minor outpatient surgery....same day as the big Donald Trump rally in Janesville. Great. I'm certain the freeway will be a freakin' madhouse. Glad the hospital is nowhere near the rally site. 

Friday I decided to splurge a bit (pssst....don't tell Dave Ramsey!) and get Betty and I haircuts. It's been 8 months since I've touched my hair.....Betty is looking a bit shaggy....thought it would be nice to have a little Betty/Mommy time before Baby comes.

Thinking of going red....hmmmmm

 

Got the girls in the studio during my Mini Sessions......