Growing up, I always imagined that I’d go to college to become a doctor! I’ve always loved children and decided straight out of high school that I wanted to be a Pediatrician! It would be the best of both worlds! I’d get to practice medicine and work with children on a daily basis! It would be amazing! That was my plan up until my freshman year at East Carolina University!

Here’s a little backstory! I’ve never really liked science! It wasn’t until I was sitting in Biology class that I realized that my dreams of becoming a doctor probably weren’t going to happen! I seriously did not like science! The road to becoming a doctor consisted of a lot of exactly what I didn’t like! Science! Now that I look back on it, I realize that it wasn’t that I hated science so much! But my heart just wasn’t in it! I had this idea of becoming a Pediatrician but it wasn’t my true passion! At that time, I didn’t know what my true passion was. I knew that I wanted to work with people and I loved children!

Years later, I did find myself working in the Pediatric field! Not as a Pediatrician, but as a Pediatric Assistant! I loved it, but I wasn’t completely happy! I loved meeting new families and helping lots of children, but I still wasn’t completely happy! It’s really crazy to think of the journey that I took to becoming a photographer! I’ve always loved photography, but never thought that I’d actually be able to make that jump into the photography world! So when Brian and I decided that I’d stay home when Addie was born over 7 years ago, I knew that it was now or never! My dreams of becoming a pediatrician were over and it was time to pursue the one thing that I’ve loved since I was a kid! Photography!