Archive | May, 2010

Read My Guest Blog!

9 May

Team "Bonnie's Braves"

 

I am SO honored to report that I was asked to be a guest blogger for the fabulous website I shared with you once before. 

One Way Everyday — written by Don H.  What an amazing story.  He shares that he lost his sister to cancer and chose to start a year-long project in which he highlights a different charity each day.  He doesn’t always talk about donating money, either.  He offers creative ways to help different organizations through every day activities. 

I emailed Don and asked him to highlight Alzheimer’s Disease in honor of my Grandma.  I was so pleased when he responded and asked me to guest blog on his website about Alzheimer’s. 

I want to give Don a BIG thank you for taking the time to create such a truly inspirational website and for allowing me to be a part of it.  Thank you for highlighting OUR very important cause (Don also shared with me that he has a family member who suffers from AD). 

Click here to read my post! Click here to read my original post about One Way Everyday! 

I would also like to say Happy Mother’s Day to all the Grandma’s, Mom’s, Stepmom’s, Mom’s-to-Be and Mom’s to animals.  Being pregnant sure makes me appreciate all the fabulous women in my life!

Wait – I’m Chandler Bing?

4 May

Monica and Chandler Bing. Photo courtesy of "Friends."

 

On April 18th my husband and I had the pleasure of meeting Wen.  Wen is the owner/founder of Wen Photographer.  Wen is from Malaysia and came to the states to finish her college degree.  Seems she is here to stay!  She is a Chicago (and suburbs) wedding photographer and lives in the suburbs with her husband and two kitties.  

We met Wen at Busse Woods in Schaumburg on a beautiful sunny (albeit chilly) Sunday afternoon for a maternity photo session.  We were Wen’s first maternity session.  I don’t know if she was as nervous as we were, but she definitely had her hands full with us! 

My husband is a total jokester.  He’s like the embarrassing parent where he says something and the teenager roles her eyes and says, “Dad, you are so embarrassing!”  That’s how I feel half the time.  And me?  I TOTALLY have Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry from the sitcom “Friends”) syndrome – I just can’t seem to take a “normal” picture.  I’m totally un-photogenic which in turn makes me try even harder to take a good picture.  Apparently I make this weird face as soon as the camera flashes – a la Chandler Bing – and I always look off. 

You might think I’m being too critical of myself, but truth be told, the first time I met my friend’s brother he said, “Hi, you’re Jen?  You look so much better in person!” 

I know, WTF, (seriously, who says that!) and now I have a complex. (Thanks Mikel). 

I shouldn’t be so hard on Mikel.  Even my husband tells me I ‘try too hard’ especially when I try to look sexy.  LOL, gee thanks! 

Well, apparently Wen and my husband were in agreement on my strange facial expressions and Wen kept trying to catch me off-guard.  Bless her heart, as I said, she definitely had her hands full with a sensitive prego and her wise-cracking husband. 

That said, we absolutely adored her.  She was friendly and personable, yet patient and kind.  She definitely has a talent for making her clients feel comfortable in order to catch their most natural and beautiful selves.  We had such a great time on our photo shoot, and we loved Wen.  I would recommend her to anyone who is looking for a wedding photographer. 

Please click here to check out my maternity shots and a big BIG thank you to Wen for taking the time to make this event special for both my husband and I and our future Bambino! 

Photo courtesy of Wen Photographer. http://www.wenphotos.com

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