Thanks for taking the time to visit our new & exciting, recently updated BLOG! We love it when we get the opportunity to showcase our customers to the rest of the world - and we could think of no other way than to show them right here on our brand spakin new BLOG - with H U G E photos!
For those of you who don't know us - my name is Jake, (photo right) and my wife's name is Erica (she carries the awesome responsibility of carrying around our business name)! We work together to bring all our clients the very best in all that we do! We take great pride in getting to know all of our clients and proudly build close friendships with many of them!
Please browse around our blog, our website and anything else you run across here! Oh yeah, one more thing - if you feel the need to "use" our photos off the blog or website - do us a favor and keep our logo in place and provide us with a nice link back! (It'll keep you out of trouble with us)! We love photos and we feel everyone should have some awesome photos to cherish and share. We take great pride in our work and really emphasize our "relaxed portraits" to our customers and friends. Thanks again for visiting & we look forward to meeting you! Now don't be shy - add your comments to any/all of the blog posts below!
~Jake & Erica
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Hey blog peeps! OK, see Tara, I DO update my blog every once and awhile!!! Personal Note - Part 1: Personal Note - Part 2: Business Announcement - 2: Business Announcement - 3: ……..:::::::: Our Weekend Engagement Session Teasers ::::::::……..
……..:::::::: Check Out These Super-Cool, Behind-The-Scenes Shots That Erica Grabbed ::::::::……..
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First things first, go check out Erica’s latest blog entry if you haven’t read it yet. It is stunning, and one of the best posts I’ve ever read.
Things are going well around the house - we’ve been busy getting Erica back to walking again - and trying our best to get back on a routine. We are having a small, private memorial service next week for our precious little ones - so we’ve been busy handling that as well. It has been a tough week - coming home and the reality of the situation setting-in. We have really accepted the following scripture as our “guidance” during these tough times:
Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plan I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future”.
Erica’s aunt gave us this incredible “statue”….such a perfect gift.
So…that is that - and that is what we’ve been doing this week.
We have been receiving SO many inquiries in the past few weeks for photo sessions - so I thought I would address them all here.
We have decided that we are going to take the month of December off from photo sessions, and use that time to “reconnect” our family and spend a lot of time together. Erica and I are trying to plan a trip “away”, just the two of us for a few days - to relax and spend some quality time together. We are hoping in the next week or so to unvail our new pricing plan for 2009. I think the time off will be great and we are looking forward to being “charged-up” for the new year and start things off on the right foot!
———- Keeping Up With Technology ———-
We are now on Facebook!
So…if you feel inclined - you can add us as “friends”…just search for “Jake Jaggears & Erica Ferreri Jaggears”!
And if you have an iPhone - you should totally check-out the Facebook app available in the App Store - P.S. IT’S FREE - and I think it is better than the online Facebook!
OK, enough of me rambling on and on about useless info. We look forward to some closure this next week and then we are really looking forward to the holiday season and spending some great time with family & friends. We are sad to announce that we are skipping out this year on our annual Christmas party - but that just means we are going to have to party even harder next year to make-up for it!
Everyone have a great weekend - spend some time with those that you love.
And remember - you never know what God is using you for - so be the light for someone’s darkness.
Jake~
It deeply saddens me to post this, but please pray for our precious babies as God has called them home today. We are doing well & grieving the loss of something so special and dear to us.
Trusting In Our Lord,
Jake & Erica~
Just when you think things are starting to look-up, BHAM! - you get socked right in the gut. Well, yesterday morning they did the normal Mon/Thur ultrasound and the strangest thing was going on. The top baby, baby C, had normal amount of fluid and the bottom baby, baby B, had no fluid….to top it off, baby B was sitting really low. So the doctor decided he wanted to come back that afternoon and do another scan.
So, that afternoon he returned, and you could totally tell from the ultrasound that baby B had moved further down, and was now into the “birth canal”. We were told that there was a really good chance that Erica would deliver sometime in the next 24-48hrs. Another punch in the stomach.
What is going on? Who knows…this pregnancy has been one day at a time - and now we have progressed to one hour at a time. Twenty-one weeks, five days = no chance. Yesterday we also met with the doctor from the NICU to talk about what we could expect if we deliver at 23, 24 weeks and so on. Our somewhat optimistic outlook on having a 24 week baby was quickly put in it’s place. A 23, 24 or even 25 week old baby = a long and tough road.
Erica is doing good, and her spirits and still strong and faithful. We aren’t giving up just yet. There is still a chance that this baby will deliver and then the labor stop - is it likely, no - but possible, yes. We would love it if the labor would stop and we can “hold” baby C in for six more weeks or so. That would be our miracle.
So now you know what we know. We sit, patiently waiting for the labor to begin on baby B - hopefully it is a relatively easy process and won’t put Erica in much pain. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers - as you can imagine this is a tough time for us all - but we have great faith that God will provide. Thank you all for your continued prayers & support - you are awesome!
Jake~
Happy Election Day!
By this time tomorrow we’ll all be jumping for joy or banging our heads on the wall!
Totally not my quote, but I do love it…
”~ The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid. ~”
With the famous quote from my wife, (who is borrowing it from Gray’s Anatomy)…”Seriously”…I need to update this blog!
First of all – I want to give some big, scratch that, major props to the blog readers out there. Erica decided that she was gonna start her blog when we found out about the twins…and well, according to our super-secret hit-counter, she has almost reached the same total of hits on her blog as this one! The most impressive part about it is that her blog has only been up for about an 1/8th of the time that this one has! Great job babe!
OK…pregnancy update here. The last post that I put-up on Saturday was rather quick and to the point. So, I’ll give you a little more info now. Yes, she did have a contraction that ended-up causing one of the amniotic-sacs to rupture and we lost the water in one of the babies. However, and I say this in a large and echoing voice, “however” – when the doctors did an ultrasound the next day both babies have what he said was “normal” amounts of fluid around them! God – you are SO awesome! The doctors said that they can’t say that the fluid will be there next week – but for now it is, and we are on our knees giving thanks! For all you out there praying for us…”thank you a hundred times over”, and we ask that you please keep us in your prayers. Erica advances each week on Sundays, so as of tonight we are 21 weeks, 2 days. Tons more on Erica’s blog!
Unfortunately, I didn’t get shoot with the Photogenics crew this weekend, as I was needed elsewhere – and I’m OK with that. My family needed me more than the super Jason & Dori photographers. I think they understannd! A couple posts ago I teased some photos of a precious little girl with a stunning handmade head-piece…and so I thought I’d leave you tonight with more to share! Good night all – may the morning bring you all that you hoped it would!
So you didnt mention a fee for Parker County aka the next-door state to Texas (according to some people that is!!)
1. I’m so glad that you guys are moving forward as a business :0)
2. I cant wait to hear all about your trip to Boston
3. Apparently you shot in Fort Worth and failed to notify me :0) One less christmas cupcake for you
4. I cant believe you actually climbed that old stair case by the jewelry store. I’m really happy I’m not your insurance agent otherwise I’d be recovering from a heart attack right now. How ’bout we not do that again.
Miss you guys!!
that was my photo session… and erica and i were like…ughh those stairs don’t look too safe.. oh, ok i guess just keep.. climbing.. higher?
First, I would like to state for the record that I never said that you don’t update your blog, I just said that Erica updates her blog…perhaps there was en emphasis on the “her blog” part……
Second, KUDOS to Erica on the behind the scene shots, I love the staircase one…she captured so much around you guys, love it. And of course I love your pictures too, that goes without saying!
As usual the pictures are amazing. Erica did a great job “behind the scenes”. I’m so glad you guys are taking some time to get away and I can’t wait to see all the amazing pictures you get in Boston. Also, once you guys get up and rolling again you will need to put the Mueller Family down for a make-up session. We can’t wait!! Still praying for you guys.