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    Hola, pull-up a chair and enjoy our little corner of the web, we call the {blog}. We are Jake & Erica, officially known as Erica Joyce Photography. Loving what we do & doing what we love is what we build our business upon. We are a husband & wife duo – capturing little moments in life – one at a time.

    Speaking of one at a time – 2008 brought our family an amazing, heartbreaking adventure that forever changed our lives – and now, we treasure each day & try our best to live our lives, one day at a time – treasuring the moments we all have together. This is our business, personal, family, fun, educating – really, all encompassing {blog}, where we showcase it all to the world.

    We love our clients – and we love to show them all off to the world, so here you will find session showcases, family videos, fun facts and no telling what else on any given day! So…we’re glad you are here – please stay awhile – and please, if you like the {blog}, let someone know about it!

    Jake~

It’s a BOY!

Our miracle “Baby J” has made his entrance into the world!
Introducing Mr. Pierce Edward Jaggears
Pierce just couldn’t wait for his “scheduled” birthday of Friday, so on Thursday, March 4th at 2:18am he decided it was time to enter this world!

Pierce Edward Jaggears
Birthday: 3/4/2010
Time: 2:18am
Length: 20 1/2in
Weight: 9lbs 11oz

I am such a proud papa and I am so incredibly proud of my wife!  She was awesome and did everything perfectly!  We are at home now and unfortunately Pierce has a high level of bilirubin (jaundice) and has to spend the entire day, other than feeding, inside a “light-crib“.  We go back to the Pediatrician on Monday and we are definitely hoping & praying for some lower bilirubin levels so we can cuddle and squeeze our big baby-boy all day!

Pierce - Byalor Grapevine

Pierce - Byalor Grapevine

Pierce - Byalor Grapevine

Pierce - Byalor Grapevine

Espinosa FamilyMarch 11, 2010 - 10:26 pm

Congratulations Erica & Jake! Erica we are extremely happy for you and Jake. Your son is blessed to have such loving parents. Hold him, snuggle him, and kiss him because the time will pass quicker than you want it to. Congrats again on your new addition.

Mark, Cecilia, Santos, and Jimena

Tammy WrightMarch 10, 2010 - 9:47 pm

I cannot believe what a chunky monkey he is! We are so proud of you both and your awesome families who have supported you both through it all! MUCH love from your nurses at Baylor!!!

Lauren DukeMarch 9, 2010 - 5:36 pm

Congratulations on a perfect blessing from the Lord! He looks wonderful and Morgon and I can’t wait to hold him. Hope you are both resting!

KatieMarch 7, 2010 - 9:12 pm

What a beautiful, perfect baby boy!! Congrats to you, I am sure you still can’t believe it when you look at him.

Sara BethMarch 7, 2010 - 8:17 pm

Congrats!!! He is so perfect looking! Look at those adorable little baby rolls. Babies are so much work, but so much fun!

Whitney JohnsonMarch 7, 2010 - 6:03 pm

Erica & Jake!
Blessings to you on your little bundle! We are ALL (labor and delivery, antepartum staff) so excited to welcome baby Pierce to the world. Congratulations! I am just a sucker for a happy ending. God bless your family :)

Jenn & Joel | NRH, TX Weddings

Last weekend we were privileged to capture the beautiful wedding of Jennifer & Joel as they begin a new chapter in their lives together. I have to give some major props to my dear friend Dori, for helping us out once again, as Erica was 38 weeks pregnant and definitely was not going to spend 8 hours on her feet shooting!  We had a great time shooting the wedding and we feel so lucky to be a part of something so sacred & special!  Jenn & Joel, thank you once again for allowing us to be a part of your big day – we wish you both all the best in life!

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Fort Worth Weddings

JenniferMarch 2, 2010 - 12:23 pm

Our cake was delicious : ) We had a good time and the pics came out great! Thank y’all!

Hello? Anyone Home?!?

Sorry blogstalkers, I know – I dropped the ball and haven’t posted a new blog post in like ten days!  So, let me take this opportunity to update you a little to our busy doings!

  1. Erica is almost at 39 weeks & going strong!  If she hasn’t gone into labor before March 5th, then they’ll go ahead and induce that Friday!  It’s so crazy to think about how much our lives are about to change!
  2. Albums, albums & albums!!!  We are trying to wrap-up all our loose ends before we take the month of March off & that includes several wedding albums on top of a brand new sample album design!
  3. Soccer & more soccer.  Both our boys are playing soccer again…Zach plays for a select club team as well as the high school & now Alex has decided he wants to give it a go once more!  So between the practices, games, oh yea – Zach is also working as a soccer referee on the weekends….we just run around – a lot.
  4. Last Friday we shot our last wedding before the baby arrives and we are almost through editing it already!  We are hoping to have it complete on Saturday, allowing a few days just in case Baby J decides to arrive a little early.
  5. Last but certainly not least, the boys and I are gearing-up for a boys trip over spring break to go snowboarding!  Yep, you heard it right, I’m leaving my baby-mama for a few days & trading the baby-powder for shredding some fresh powder on the slopes!  It’ll be a quick trip but we are crazy excited about hitting the mountains!

Just a couple notes to remember…we are not accepting any shoots during the month of March as we adjust to our new lives with baby.  We will still be working on a couple projects, answering emails , scheduling client meetings & getting all our gear ready for the upcoming wedding season!

So now you are all caught-up!  Keep your eyes peeled for a sneak-peak of last week’s wedding – and you know when Baby J makes his/her arrival this blog will be bombarded with Baby J photos!

{ Happy Valentines Day Babe }

I just wanted to take a second to wish my beautiful wife a very Happy Valentines Day!  I am so blessed by you and I am so thankful for everything you do for this family.  It’s hard to believe that in only a couple weeks we will be meeting our miracle Baby J! I love you more and more each day!

Family Portraits – Twin Boys | Grapevine, TX

Despite the cooler temperatures, we snuck-out for a quick family portrait session with the cutest twin boys yesterday!  I go WAY back with this fabulous mother of twins, 6th grade Colleyville Middle School to be exact! It was great to re-unite with her and meet her new family. I have loved to reconnect with old friends on Facebook and seeing where their lives have taken them and meeting their new families. They are so adorable and looked quite handsome in their matching overalls (good call Mom)!  We wish that we had more time to capture more of these two but between them being only 15 months old and it only reaching a high of about 42 degrees – we were quite happy with the results! We look forward to capturing these boys as they grow over the years. – Erica

JenniferFebruary 7, 2010 - 8:51 pm

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these pictures so much! I can’t believe you were able to catch such good shots with the challenges we were having (between the crying and the snotty noses – thank you 42 degrees outside!). The coloring and the lighting look fantastic – you outdid yourself! I can’t wait to see more. Thank you so much for capturing this special time in our lives. We just can’t say thank you enough.
Love,
Jennifer