Nate & Chloe: Lynchburg, Virginia Family Session

These two cuties hold such a special place in my heart! I babysat Nate from the time he was 12 weeks old.. .and here he is 2.5! No matter how many times I tell them to stop growing up, they just keep getting bigger! I can't believe Chloe is over 6 months old now! But it's so fun and rewarding to have your kids and their friends growing up to these fun and energetic little people with oh so much personality! ;) 

Hard to believe that the weather here was nice enough for short sleeves just a few weeks ago! Now there's snow on the ground and temps have been hitting record lows. Oh Virginia!! But, I'll take the warm days- they help keep me sane until Spring comes for good! 

And since Emmie came along with me on this fun little shoot... I of course had to get a shot of these sweet friends! 

And.. I have to share this one! This entire shoot wasn't all smiles and giggles! Working with kids takes patience! :) 

I'm so ready for Spring and Sunshine now! Melt snow MELT!! 

Our Family: a Lynchburg, Virginia Snow Day!

Emmie has been praying "deep, deep snow and a blizzard" since Halloween. Every evening we lay her down and take turns praying, but her prayers have been the same.  So when we got our first big snow this year, we were all pretty excited for her! (and for the time off of work!) 

Alina Thomas Photography, another local Lynchburg, VA photographer and sweet friend volunteered to swap some fun snow day photos of our families! You can view the photos I took of her adorable family here! And I'm so excited to share these beautiful images she took of our family! 

I am so in love with these photos and so thankful for Alina volunteering to do these for us!! 

Lynchburg VA Photographer: a baking day with Emmie (personal)

Emmie is in that stage where she loves to "help" or even better, "do it all my myself." She was so thrilled the afternoon JiJi asked her to help her bake an apple pie.  She poured and stirred like a pro- and even better taste tested every few seconds.  Enough that we needed to add an extra apple into the mix. ;) 

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Love seeing the determination written all over her face. What are you brave enough to let your little ones do? 

2014 recap! Our amazing clients! {lynchburg, virginia wedding and portrait photographer}

This post has taken me forever to write! I mean, most people post about the best of 2014 the beginning on the new year... NOT the end of January! I had the hardest time picking out my favorites. I have really met some amazing people and am so honored to have been a big part of their lives- adoptions, newborns, families, engagements, weddings, senior portraits, just so so much! I've truly blessed and it truly makes me so excited for 2015! 

I'm so excited to share some of my favorite photos from the past year! Thank you to my amazing clients that supported Ashley Eiban Photography this year! 

Thanks for hanging around through that- I know it was SO long! But don't you agree- AMAZING 2014 huh?! So excited for 2015- we've already got so many amazing weddings scheduled for this year and are currently booking for the 2015 and 2016 wedding seasons! 

Newly engaged? Be sure to check out our giveaway running now through Feb 28th! All you need to do is tour The Trivium Estates in Lynchburg, Virginia to be entered for a FREE ENGAGEMENT SESSION! 

Lynchburg, Virginia Photographer: catching up on family photos

I am always so behind on posting my personal photos. Editing those is always the lowest priority for me, and these things always get pushed to the back burner. Now that my 2014 wedding season has wrapped up I am plugging through on those photos. 

Emmie got to go on some amazing field trips with school this year (the pumpkin patch, an apple orchard, etc). I missed out on these trips this year, so we made up for it by hitting up a few of those spots on the weekends.  One beautiful Saturday afternoon we headed out to the Gross' Apple Orchard Festival... and then realized once we were there we forgot to grab cash! Oops! We weren't able to enjoy all of the food local vendors had there, but we still had a blast walking around and hanging out together! 

We took a few family photos on our phones and Emmie insisted that she take some photos of me and Michael! So cute! She even got a few good ones! ;)