It's my BIRTHDAY and for just for you, 33% off!!

I haven't done any specials or mini-sessions in a while and with March being my birthday month I've decided it would be the perfect time!
In honor of my 33rd birthday any sessions booked during the month of March will be 33% off. Since $217.75 is strange number, and probably one I'll never remember, I'm going to drop it even lower to $200! A session lasts typically one hour to an hour and a half, AND you get all your session images on CD.
Sessions must be booked AND completed during the month of March to receive this fantastic offer!

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By the looks of this blog you must be thinking I crawled myself into a dark corner and never found my way out. Perhaps I did. Those of you with 4 or more kids can certainly understand how tempting that may sound!!! However that is not the case at all, it's quite the opposite. I have been so busy with this booming business AND my home life that I need to make sacrifices in other places.  One being this blog, my facebook fan page and my poor, poor neglected and outdated website.  Unfortunately those places are what keeps me going, what keeps you coming back to me.  I must learn to take the time to UPDATE and show off all of the amazing sessions we've had.
I'll just leave you with a sweet sweet moment until I finish up these last holiday cards and my final weddings that I can't wait to share....

Markie [6 months]

When I imagined what my little boy would look like (because imagining is as close to a boy as I will ever get!) Markie is all of that, plus some!  Desirable loooong eyelashes leading up to the biggest, most exquisite brown eyes with a gummy smile that will melt your heart. 

 

  

 

 

  

  

When life takes over....

(BIG LOOONG POST coming up!!)

I cannot believe it has been MONTHS since my last update. Such is life when your days are spent in fast forward. Our world since April has been shaken, not stirred, yet filled with excitement.
We have been in our NEW house since June 3rd. Packing, moving and changing your life while 8 months pregnant with 3 children during the end of the school year/dance/softball season is something NO ONE should ever have to endure. I will look back at our experience (being homeless for 5 days with our entire life possessions on a cross country moving truck in a storage unit unsure if we will have a home to go to, thank you very much wells fargo) and have faith that it will always work out.


We moved in on a Tuesday with Wednesday and Thursday nights filled with dance rehearsals. The recital was 3 shows on Saturday (we were only in the morning and evening show) which I enjoyed EVERY minute of. Nina had 6 dances, Gianna, 2 and Marea, 1.

Nina's Jazz... Boogie Fever

Gianna's Ballet.... Dance of the Sugarplum fairies

Marea's Ballet... Little Bitty Pretty one

Nina's Production... Annie (with Marea..look at those LIPS!)

The following weekend I drove to Ithaca for Kim and Chris's wedding..which was absolutely BEAUTIFUL!! I've finally begun to edit now that life is consistant once again. (photos taken from one of my assistants, Danielle of DiLoPhoto coming up next!)

In rushes July..
On the 6th we scheduled an induction and were blessed with the birth of our FOURTH baby girl!!! Talia Grace Cicione.


Typically I like the hospital stay after delivery and almost wish I could stay longer. However, with the terrible spread of Swine Flu, children under 18 were no longer permitted anywhere on the birthing floors at Strong hospital. I missed my girls and wanted them so badly to meet their new baby sister.
2 days later and after the limo ride home (you can't do for one and not all of them, we just never knew we'd have FOUR!! lol) the girls finally met their new baby sister.



They longed to hold her and love her.
and well, try to hold her. lol



Our life is crazy. The laundry is OUT OF CONTROL. Sleep is rare. My sessions are backing up on my computer DYING to be edited. So I will waste no more of this precious day catching you up on the last few months of our lives.....

Cleaning out the hard drive

We have a ton of life changes going on in the near future. To make my life easier I'm trying to get all the simple things done now before the big move and most importantly before the baby comes (all in less than 16 weeks!!) Not to mention the 2 weddings I have before then. Weddings, however, are a breath of fresh air for me; I am doing nothing other than being in the moment with that couple, their friends and family, for the day. It's invigorating!
My first plan was to clean out the hard drive which is going fairly well. I'm still slacking on catching up with personal pictures but that's next!
In the meantime, I found a session that was never blogged and because I took off from sessions I need to blog SOMETHING!

Even further back than November...stretching all the way behind us to June, I had the chance to photograph the gorgeous Smalline family. I have no idea how I get so lucky and get such good looking families all the time! You guys make my job E A S Y!
I must apologize AGAIN to poor Sue for keeping these to myself for so long. They were definitely worth sharing long ago!

Olivia's 3 month session

I absolutely adore photographing this family. Little Olivia is just a doll, honestly, her little face is so perfect she looks just like a doll! I seemed to time this session wrong, knowing babies work best early morning; I arrived a bit after lunch time. While she wasn't crabby in the least giving me lots of smiles early on, you can see from the photos a nap was clearly the first thing on her mind.

I do have to admit, I think this may be one of my most favorite captures ever. The feelings of love, admiration, and joy that a child brings her mother is so beyond anything else, that when you can see it in an image, it's just moving. And Allison being just so naturally beautiful it draws your eye to the photo.

Baby Olivia

I have no idea how I'm always so lucky to photograph such BEAUTIFUL babies! We all know that sometimes babies aren't the cutest, I'll even admit to thinking my own wasn't that great looking (but she IS the cutest 4 year old now that I know!). Little Olivia was just perfect with her perfect little family.

A few of my favorites...









I typically like the stark white with the deep black for B&W photos but I went with a warmer touch for these. I love the softness it gives the photos.