Friday I drove up to Mount Vernon, Ohio for a shoot with the Burke and Wentworth families. He’s a couple quick previews from my time there…

(that’s a caterpillar on her head)

Saturday I was so excited to shoot Ana and Bob’s Worthington Hills Country Club wedding. It was gorgeous, and FRESH rocked out some incredibly floral design for them. Can’t wait to share the details!

I then made my way to New Buffalo Michigan to shoot the absolutely beautiful vineyard wedding for Frank and April. This one will also be awesome to share with you:)

Hair for this wedding done by my fave (and in-studio stylist), Leanna Murphey. She’s is THE BEST.

Oh and he’s in the most adorable lion button-up from Lottie Da

I figured the best way to catch you up is with some visuals:) And as you can see below…there are a TON of blog posts coming your way. 4 more weddings, families, portraits, travel, engagement. All the goods!

Wednesday the 14th was the Murphy family. This is one of my FAVORITE shots from our evening sunny-orange session.

Saturday the 17th…

An early morning session with the beautiful White family…

Then a barefoot-baby back patio shoot with the Hinkle family later that night…

Then, Monday, I hopped on a plane with my travel-crazy clients Jill & Lee for their destination engagement shoot in Washington DC. They’re both living in Columbus currently but DC holds a special place in their hearts. I can totally see why after the amazing time we had. You know me…I tried as many of the great restaurants as I could and stayed at the best B&B in the area – The Swann House. I HIGHLY recommend The Swann House, btw. Location – perfect. Management – perfect. Decor – adorable. I’m ready to go back:) Actually, it’s in the works. HUUUUGEEEE thanks to my lovely friend Cassidy for taking my call at 8 am the morning of the flight and accepting my spontaneous request to join me on the trip:) I couldn’t have done it without her. I wish you could see how opposite our planning styles are but we had a great time.

Here’s the hot couple in the city …

Shooting in Georgetown…

And lastly, I shot two more sessions Friday and Saturday. Amy & Shawn’s anniversary pics…

…and Melissa & Derek’s Engagement session.

You may even see some of these changed up for fall:) I had the pleasure to shoot with a bunch of cuties again while they played in the new styles. They were A-DORABLE.

This shot was a favorite from the evening:) And I seriously can’t get enough of this dress!

April kicked off with a chunk of commercial work. A loud and giggly, high-pitched-voice-chattery (that voice you use when you’re around kids and puppies), binkie dropping, cuddly, cheek-pinching, spit-up clean-up happening, ULTRA ADORABLE 4-day photoshoot with 37 kiddos…all under the age of 2. A blast. More details on that to come!  Kara, our studio stylist, worked so so SO hard outfitting every child and pinning as they were running away from her. It was a fun challenge:)

Up next: a newborn-ish shoot:) Baby ABE! Love. this. face.

Then, came a photoshoot in late April filled with goodies. Cupcakes. I wanted all of them.

Then wedding season hit.

May 1 – Robyn and Rob’s simple family-filled hometown wedding. Fave pic of him carrying her across the cobblestone driveway.

May 8 – Maribeth and Taylor’s loud, fun, energetic (and HUGE) Dayton wedding! Record was set for me – 22 in the wedding party.

TO FINISH OUT MAY WEDDINGS: May 22 in Cincinnati for Mary Ann and Scott’s wedding, then headed down to Charleston SC 4 days later for Kurt and Nina’s seaside destination wedding!

Amidst all of this excitement, renovations are still being made to the studio. A designer has joined the team to help us create a fun and inspiring space to meet with all of you! We also have learned that Leanna’s (hair stylist) mom can do ANYTHING> I mean anything you ask her if she can do, the answer is always yes. It’s amazing. You’ll meet her at grand opening too:)

Here’s a peek.

Our GRAND OPENING party is right around the corner! Consider this your save-the-date but the “official” invite (blog post with pretty stuff and an email to all of you) will be going out soon!

Sunday, JUNE 27, 5-8.

You don’t wanna miss the goodies, tour, giveaways and more:)

That catches us up to May 8. Still more to show but I think that’s enough for now.

I’m sure I forgot something.

Oh…right…I remember one thing. If you’re wanting to book for fall, book now. Summer has a couple open dates here and there. No weekends open. Fall is slowly filling right now so if you want to get a good choice of dates, contact me soon!

ANnnnnndd…stay tuned for more fun Lottie/Lauryn Byrdy Photography giveaways:)

I can tell, and hear all the time there is nothing like the connection between mommy and baby. NOTHING like it. And I LOVE being there to see it myself.