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Yesterday, Chris and I celebrated our wedding anniversary…the best three years ever. <3

 

Photos by eWed Photography. 

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We have our Kit Kat giveaway winner–

Comment #2, Elizabeth J. McTear!

Congrats, Beth! Email us (or Facebook) us with your mailing address and we’ll get these out for you to enjoy.

Thanks everyone else for commenting…better luck on our next giveaway ;)
 
 

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A few days after we returned from New Orleans, Chris and I battled what we were pretty sure was the flu. We both felt horrible that first weekend back, couldn’t breathe, kept coughing, and had low-grade fevers.  The kicker was on Tuesday last week, when I woke up with my right eye crusted shut and my eyelid red, puffy, and swollen (gross, I know). My first thought was, OMG I HAVE PINK EYE! I have pretty bad vision as it is, and knowing how painful a scratched cornea is, pink eye wasn’t something I wanted to deal with.

I went in for an emergency eye appointment with my optometrist, and she quickly ruled that it wasn’t pink eye (whew), but this other thing called orbital cellulitis. Huh? It’s a fancy term for an acute infection of the eye. That being said, it can get very serious and dangerous, so I’m super thankful that it didn’t get that bad. She prescribed me an oral antibiotic and an antibiotic ointment, and I was on my merry way.

I wasn’t prepared for the hilarity that was the size of the ointment tube (that’s a quarter for comparison):

It’s a small price to pay to get my eye back to normal.  Eye injuries are not fun when you’re a photographer!

For the past week, I wasn’t allowed to wear contact lenses. The sad thing is, wearing glasses always throws me off. Here are a few battle stories of my epic bad vision:

• I first found out just how bad my vision was during an eye exam in middle school. I took off my glasses, and the optometrist asked me what I could see below the green line across the room. I looked and said, “What green line?” Upon putting my glasses back on, I realized this green line was painted on the wall, and it was about 6 feet across and at least a foot high.
• Walking down the hall at work once, I noticed a shadowy figure walking towards me. I didn’t pay any attention until I realized it was my coworker…who had been waving at me for the entire length of the hallway.
• This very same thing happened after my eye appointment, only it was my boss waving at me.
• You know when you switch from contacts to glasses and the floor seems like it’s closer than it really is? This resulted in me nearly tumbling out of a bus once.
• Waving to the wrong people because they look like someone else? Yeah, that’s happened to me a few times…and my contacts were in.

Stay healthy, everyone, especially with the holidays right around the corner! And if you have any battle stories about bad vision mishaps, feel free to leave them in the comments below. :)

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I’m up super early because Chris had work at 5am (!). We spent Thanksgiving yesterday at our friend Steph’s house. Steph moved to San Francisco this past summer, so seeing her and everyone else was a reunion of sorts. :)

This time of year always gets me in a sort of melancholy mood, especially since my parents are on the other side of the world and the rest of our families are scattered, mostly on the west coast. Nevertheless, I have a list of blessings! In addition to life and good health; my husband, parents, and family; and a steady job and a wonderful boss and coworkers, here’s what else I’m thankful for…

• Our fledgling business. It’s taught me a lot about what I can handle, how I like things to be run, and most importantly, that Chris and I can work on something like this…together.
• Our awesome couples & families who have trusted us at the early stages of our business, and their never-ending encouragement (and word-of-mouth referrals!).
• The equally awesome photographers we’ve met along the way, especially the ones who have taken the time to teach, to help, or even grab a cup of coffee.
• Facebook and Twitter, as cliche as it sounds. But it’s hard moving across the country! Facebook and Twitter has helped me keep in touch with everyone back home and relatives all over the world.
• Weekends off, so I can catch up on sleep and business stuff.
• Spotify. Sometimes all you need is to blast a little rock n’ roll and you’re good to go.
• My passport. Travel opens up your eyes to the world and I’m so thankful that I have the opportunity to go to places, especially places overseas. Bonus points: Chris has the travel bug too!
• All the material things that aren’t necessary to survive, but make life fun nonetheless: iPhone, iPad, a car, Open Table, Yelp, WordPress, Adobe photo editing products, Amazon Prime, and Cyber Monday.
• Baked goods, because everyone loves a cupcake (or cake pop!).
• Free heat at our apartment. Cuz you know this cold is no joke! Likewise with the down comforter. Sooo comfy.
• Crawling into bed at the end of a long day (under aforementioned down comforter), snuggling up next to Chris, and thanking God for another day lived.

Cheers to the 2011 holiday season, and here’s to being grateful for every blessing you have, no matter how big or small…even if it’s a cardboard box to play in. :)

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This week, we’re Juno-sitting! She actually has a new friend named Daisy (a 4-month-old puppy, also a whippet), but our friends took Daisy along on vacation to continue her puppy training. Juno has our undivided attention for the week and I think she’s totally loving the fact that Chris is here.

She’s getting older and you can definitely tell from these photos. She’s a really good model though…she knows the camera is pointed at her and doesn’t move. If only humans were like this! ;)

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