I first laid eyes on him freshman year in the cafeteria. I even went home that day from school and told my mother I was going to marry him. She just rolled her eyes and giggled, I knew that this was silly and an impossible fantasy... but something inside me knew he was my future! You see, he was not just a smokin hot senior football player... he was the new young Health & Phys Ed teacher. Yep, you read that write! HE WAS MY TEACHER! Fast forward to 3 years after high school graduation. We connected on Facebook (of course I pursued) I could not help myself! Something came over me, I just knew this man was my SOULMATE! It was my duty to show him that I was his! A Spartan Race & good conversation at Lupi & Leo's is all it took, he fell... HARD! Fast forward 8 months later... we closed on a house and he proposed all within the same weekend! We exchanged vows a little over a year after that and about a few weeks after our wedding... I found out I was pregnant!!! We did not even go on our honeymoon yet! I fell in LOVE with the birth world during my pregnancy! I quickly became certified in ALL THE THINGS (Doula/Birthkeeper, Peer Lactation Counselor, Fertility Specialist, Placenta Preparation Specialist, AND Birth + Fresh 48 Photographer) after giving birth naturally to my beautiful daughter!
Our love story is a nicholas sparks book,
on steroids...
I'm Mallory! I am a passionate, easy going kinda gal with a heart of gold! You can always find me trying out something new and taking on any challenge that comes my way! I talk with my hands a lot and could live off of white bread and pasta (just your typical Italian here!) I love adventure... my little family WILL travel the world (once my industrious husband finishes our fixer upper!) But nothing beats my love for people! Making new friends is my jam. My mother did not call me her "wanderer" and "social butterfly" for no reason! I was raised in a blue collar household. Five siblings, I was #4 in the line up... I am a "middle child" through and through! Most people do not believe me when I tell them that I was homeschooled due to my outgoing personality... you know, because those homeschoolers have zero social skills... did I mention I am sarcastic? Family is EVERYTHING to me! I fight for the people I love, I always go against the status quo and my Faith helps me to embrace my organized, messy life!
hey there mama!
HER: mascara + lipstick kinda gal // favorite snack = chips // wants to be bffs with Michael Scott // organized mess // night owl // always up for a good competition // journaling queen // breastfeeding advocate // obsessed with birth
HIM: Jack of all trades // real life Bob the Builder // cannot live without podcasts // should be a famous country singer creates homemade Halloween costumes // girl Dad // one mean chef in our kitchen // Meat Eater fanatic // outdoorsman
US: kill it on the dance floor // life of the party // aries squared // prone to be utter goofballs // live by faith // “high school” sweethearts // fav show = The Office // old souls // hard headed Italians
I first laid eyes on him freshman year in the cafeteria. I even went home that day from school and told my mother I was going to marry him. She just rolled her eyes and giggled, I knew that this was silly and an impossible fantasy... but something inside me knew he was my future! You see, he was not just a smokin hot senior football player... he was the new young Health & Phys Ed teacher. Yep, you read that write! HE WAS MY TEACHER! Fast forward to 3 years after high school graduation. We connected on Facebook (of course I pursued) I could not help myself! Something came over me, I just knew this man was my SOULMATE! It was my duty to show him that I was his! A Spartan Race & good conversation at Lupi & Leo's is all it took, he fell... HARD! Fast forward 8 months later... we closed on a house and he proposed all within the same weekend! We exchanged vows a little over a year after that and about a few weeks after our wedding... I found out I was pregnant!!! We did not even go on our honeymoon yet! I fell in LOVE with the birth world during my pregnancy! I quickly became certified in ALL THE THINGS (Doula/Birthkeeper, Peer Lactation Counselor, Fertility Specialist, Placenta Preparation Specialist, AND Birth + Fresh 48 Photographer) after giving birth naturally to my beautiful daughter!
Our love story is a nicholas sparks book,
on steroids...
"there is no other organ quite like the uterus, if men had such an organ they would brag about it. So should we."
- ina may gaskin
m+j
HER: mascara + lipstick kinda gal // favorite snack = chips // wants to be bffs with Michael Scott // organized mess // night owl // always up for a good competition // journaling queen // breastfeeding advocate // obsessed with birth
HIM: Jack of all trades // real life Bob the Builder // cannot live without podcasts // should be a famous country singer creates homemade Halloween costumes // girl Dad // one mean chef in our kitchen // Meat Eater fanatic // outdoorsman
US: kill it on the dance floor // life of the party // aries squared // prone to be utter goofballs // live by faith // “high school” sweethearts // fav show = The Office // old souls // hard headed Italians
I first laid eyes on him freshman year in the cafeteria. I even went home that day from school and told my mother I was going to marry him. She just rolled her eyes and giggled, I knew that this was silly and an impossible fantasy... but something inside me knew he was my future! You see, he was not just a smokin hot senior football player... he was the new young Health & Phys Ed teacher. Yep, you read that write! HE WAS MY TEACHER! Fast forward to 3 years after high school graduation. We connected on Facebook (of course I pursued) I could not help myself! Something came over me, I just knew this man was my SOULMATE! It was my duty to show him that I was his! A Spartan Race & good conversation at Lupi & Leo's is all it took, he fell... HARD! Fast forward 8 months later... we closed on a house and he proposed all within the same weekend! We exchanged vows a little over a year after that and about a few weeks after our wedding... I found out I was pregnant!!! We did not even go on our honeymoon yet! I fell in LOVE with the birth world during my pregnancy! I quickly became certified in ALL THE THINGS (Doula/Birthkeeper, Peer Lactation Counselor, Fertility Specialist, Placenta Preparation Specialist, AND Birth + Fresh 48 Photographer) after giving birth naturally to my beautiful daughter!
Our love story is a nicholas sparks book,
on steroids...
what I wish I would of done different...
Welcoming my daughter earth side was the most rewarding moment of my life! I was determined to have a natural birth and I DID! It was love at first sight... HER SMELL... THOSE CHEEKS... THOSE PERFECT LITTLE FINGERS AND TOES... yet, I have one regret... this picture to the left is all I have of the immediate, PRICELESS "first look" moments. All that hard work... hours upon hours of back labor... contraction after contraction... 45 minutes of pushing... zero proof. As the days, months and years go by I slowly start to forget bits and pieces of that day. I never want you to feel the same regret I still feel and forever will. You owe it to yourself to have your birth photographed. You owe it to yourself to make an investment. Never forget your journey, your story... for not one birth story is the same!
