Brittani Louise Oliver

Well most of you might have heard through the grapevine by now (or Facebook) that Corey and I are expecting twins!  We couldn’t be more excited!  We feel so blessed that God has trusted us with these angels and can’t wait to meet them!  Hazel and Delilah are quite thrilled as well!  We are due August 23rd but in actuality we will get to meet them between the last week in July and the second week in August!

I anticipate that I will need to rest quite a bit this summer and because of that we will be limiting our session availability.  I have had quite a few inquiries for spring availability so I have listed available dates and times below.  Please know that these are subject to change.

We are also hoping to set up a time to head to Brenham and offer mini-session in the bluebonnets!  We will post more information on those sessions in the coming month.

If you are interested in booking a session for this spring please contact us as soon as possible with the date and time of your choice.  Also, please note that our session fee has changed as well as our other pricing.

Sunday, Feb 7th - 3:30pm

Saturday, Feb 13th - 9:00am

Sunday, Feb 21st - 3:30pm

Saturday, Mar 20th - 9:00am

Sunday, Mar 21th - 3:30pm

Saturday, Mar 27th - 9:00am

Sunday, Mar 28th - 3:30pm

Saturday, April 3rd - 9:00am

Saturday, April 10th - 9:00am

Sunday, April 11th - 3:30pm

Saturday, April 17th - 9:00am

Sunday, April 18th - 3:30pm

Saturday, April 24th - 9:00am

Sunday, April 25th - 3:30pm

Sunday, May 2nd - 3:30pm

Saturday, May 8th - 9:00am

Saturday, May 15th - 9:00 am

Sunday, May 16th - 3:30pm

Saturday, May 22nd - 9:00am

Sunday, May 23rd - 3:30pm

Saturday, May 29th - 9:00am

Sunday, May 30th - 3:30pm

We are thankful for so many things! Our health, our clients, our puppies, family, wonderful friends, and a God who rescued our hearts.

I know it looks like we only take photos of others but we really do have other things to share! These are a bit late but we snapped a few photos of our girls in their Halloween costumes (on Halloween). Better late than never, right?

These two puppies bring so much joy to our lives. They didn’t enjoy being in their costumes very much so this was short and sweet! We wish you and your family a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Warning: This blog has been hijacked. The photos below are not of the quality you normally come here to see… but they are full of just as much love!

Brittani - You are a rockstar! You can’t possibly understand how proud I am of all that you do. With your business, your classroom, your “girls”, my appetite, and me always having clean running socks… I could not have asked for more. I love you. We love you. Lets get old together. Happy Birthday! ~ Corey

p.s. the girls and I had a photoshoot yesterday!

Well the post I had planned for today has changed due to the earlier high jacking of my blog. Once again I have to brag that I have the worlds best husband. Please don’t even try to argue!

He treated me to breakfast at my favorite restaurant - Cracker Barrel where I gorged myself with blueberry pancakes. On top of that he is even taking me to my favorite restaurant for dinner with our two favorite people (take a wild guess!).

Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for the sweet and thoughtful birthday wishes! You really know how to make a girl feel loved!

Now you can drool over my birthday snow cone from yesterday!

Well I thought I’d have a fun/random post this week! I’ve been told by several people this week that I am in rare form! I’m a lucky woman because Corey hasn’t had to travel this week so I think that alone puts me in good spirits! As most of you know I am a follower of hundreds of blogs of all kinds. I saw this on a craft blog I follow and thought I’d complete it for myself! Happy Friday!

3 years ago today I married my best friend! These have definitely been the best 3 years of my life and I love to reflect on each year of marriage as we begin again. I smile when I think about spending the rest of my life with Corey!

Our anniversary “tradition” is to take a trip each summer around our anniversary to get away and relax. Corey’s Dad writes his Mom a poem each year on their anniversary. Our best friends write each other a letter in a journal each year on their anniversary. I wish I would have started that! What are your anniversary traditions?

I am working like a dog to get all of the sessions edited and orders filled before we leave. We will be on the beach in the Bahamas as of Friday. We will not return until the evening of August 5th. If you need anything please contact me before July 31st because I will be unable to answer any emails or phone calls until we return.

Here was part of my anniversary gift! A new luggage set - You’re thinking “How boring?!” I begged for this luggage and have been begging since we got married so it was a nice surprise that Corey said we could get it. We definitely will put it to good use!

AND here is the funniest anniversary card I’ve ever seen! Love it!

I will be out of the office all day today because I will be spending time with these guys! I’m so excited to see everyone - it’s been too long!

If you email or call, I will respond by Friday, July 24th. Enjoy the heat!

Today the love of my life turns 29! I have had the most incredible 5 years with this man and I love him more and more everyday! I am a sucker for birthdays and love to celebrate!   Corey on the other hand, really doesn’t care too much about his birthday or gifts.  He’d rather me save the money and not spend anything at all.  He should know better by now…

[My Top 10 Favorite Things about Corey]

1.  His passion to stay in shape, take care of his body and motivate others to do the same.  He loves to get others involved in improving their health in some way.

2.  He never complains….EVER!  Seriously, if I spent two days a week in an airport, I’d probably complain A LOT.   I rarely hear this man complain about anything and it reminds me of how content he is.

3.  His love for me and desire to give me the world.  He works SO hard every week to provide for me.  He always plans the most grand surprises and  he always finds a way to keep me on my toes.

4.  He is such a wonderful “assistant”, CEO and janitor to Brittani Louise Photography.  His passion is my passion and he goes where I go.  This was never something that I established or asked of him but he genuinely desires to help me in any way and to see me grow as an artist.

5.  He loves to watch trash TV with me.  He’ll sit down and watch The Bachelorette, Big Brother, or Kendra.  You name it - he’s there!

6.  He’s a great cuddler and loves to cuddle every night before bed.

7.  He always goes along with my crazy ideas.  If I ask him to make a huge flowerbed in the backyard, it’s done.  If I want him to plant 5 trees, he does it.  Again, never complaining.

8.  He’s my best friend. Simple but true.

9.  He has a heart of gold and would give someone the shirt off of his back.  He is so giving of his resources and time.  He’s always finding ways to love others.

10.  His strives to be a better person.  To be a better husband.  To grow in his relationship with the Lord.

Corey I love you to the sky!  I hope that your day is super duper special and I can’t wait for you to get home so that we can try Coldstone’s ice cream cupcakes!!

This is one of my favorite photos that was taken on Blitz’s last day!  My two favorite guys!

I have finally accepted the fact that I am just not very great with keeping up with our blog.  Unfortunately, over the past few weeks we’ve had a really good excuse.  We had to say goodbye to not only our dog, Blitz.

He was a member of our family.  We loved him as if he were our child.  It was by far, the most difficult decision we’ve ever made.  We have had so many tell us that we made the right decision, that he would be grateful, we were selfless, or that they too have been in this situation.  Unfortunately, none of these things have given me much comfort.  I am not sure anyone can understand the magnitude to which we loved this animal.  The hole in our hearts is so large.  I’m sure that this is just a stage of my grieving. I feel as if a part of me is missing. I look for him in our home and I smell him every time I come inside. I lay in bed at night waiting for him to come to the side of the bed to be pet. Life just isn’t the same without him.

I wanted to share a few of our favorite photos and I hope to put together a special project to share soon.

Blitz was a great cuddler, spooner, eater, listener, and conversationalist.  He always let us dress him up in silly costumes.  He loved to chase cats - even until his last few days.  He loved Corey more than anyone else and Corey loved to remind me of that!  He hated having his photo taken - typical photographer’s child.  He loved family time.

I picked up his urn today from the vet and although it is a bit creepy, I am comforted to know that he is home again.

I took a few photos several months ago and we have more recent ones to share soon.

One of my favorite photos.

He loved to talk and we loved to listen.

If you made it this far, congrats! I will share our most recent session soon.

We also let go of my childhood pet, Sugarbear, about 6 weeks before Blitz. I had her from elementary school all the way through college and marriage. I look forward to sharing some of my favorite photos of her!

One of my many favorites about Corey is that he always makes me breakfast on the weekend. This past weekend I woke up to bacon, egg and cheese biscuits. his specialty is usually eggs or omelets. He has had a lot of experience watching the experts prepare his breakfast every morning at his various hotels.  I’m such a lucky woman!