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Abe sneak peek | Green Bay Family Photographer
I have no words for how amazingly adorable this guy is, just proof…
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Katie + Don | Green Bay Wedding Photographer
I don’t have enough words for how much I love these images. You can just feel how happy these two make each other. Currently, he is serving our country in the Army so their time together is few and far between and they don’t waste a minute of it. Can’t wait for their big day!
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Katie + Don | Green Bay Wedding Photographer
Just a little sneak peek of an engagement shoot I got to do for a friend recently. So excited for these two and their big day 🙂
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McKendry Family | Green Bay Family Photographer
I am so lucky to have photography to help keep me connected to people I’ve known for a while. This mom started cutting my hair when I was in graduate school. Never would’ve thought at the time, I’d be going to her house to take photos of her family, but I couldn’t be happier to do it (and the fact that it’s an excuse to still get my hair cut in Milwaukee by the BEST stylist around isn’t so bad either 😉 ) And you couldn’t ask for better looking subjects who truly enjoy being together. Me = one lucky photographer/person! Here’s to many more captured memories (and great haircuts!)
Tomorrow: 2 years later
Two years ago today I blogged a post called Tomorrow.
It has been quite a journey over the last two years, but I really feel like I can’t say much. I’m not the little person who had to endure (and continues to have to endure) having to face JDM as a part of my life. Maura is such a strong person and I am in awe of her courage and determination daily. We have high expectations for her and I think at times I know that I forget that day by day her little brain has to comprehend weekly chemotherapy, daily steroids; the possibility that she’ll wake up and her legs won’t work again. I can’t even imagine what that is like in the mind of a 5 year-old. And oh how I wish I could bear that burden for her.
She is doing very well – she’s strong physically, balance is good, no rash. We are so thankful and blessed for all the wonderful care she has received not only from the medical professionals here in Green Bay, but also for all of our friends and family who have supported her (and us) through the last two years.
Just a little video with one of her favorite songs. (If you are visiting through a link from a friend and unfamiliar with our daughters condition, please be kind in your thoughts regarding physical changes you see, they are caused by the medicine and out of her control).
Maura – JDM Journey, two years later from Amanda Couch on Vimeo.
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Introducing Abe | Green Bay Newborn Photographer
Nothing better on a cold night than these images to make you want to snuggle in.
This is one of my all-time favorite images. Sam gets full credit for the idea and making it happen (and she gifted me the ruler, so I have it for the future!!)
And if that wasn’t creative enough – these blocks…and it has days/months/years on the other sides, so I think we will see more than one appearance of them 🙂
As Maura would say – Mom and Dad clearly love you to the moon and back (and consequently Maura does too – cries big tears when she has to leave his house – melts my heart!) 
Abe – I am so lucky to get to see you grow. Welcome to the world sweet baby 🙂
Snowy Engagement Sneak Peek | Green Bay Wedding Photographer
Just a quick peek at some engagement photos I had the pleasure of taking this weekend. Luckily we got out there when the snow was still fresh and white and before the deep freeze temperatures. Many more to come!
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Merry Christmas!
The annual Couch Family Year in Review (and yes I was doing this before the Apple commericial…)
2013 Year in Review from Amanda Couch on Vimeo.
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Giving back
Maura has benefited from being in contact with many different and equally amazing groups of people who have helped her to manage and deal with being diagnosed with a chronic, life-threatening illness. Cure JM is one of these groups. They fund the much needed research for JDM and provide so much needed information and awareness to families in need. This is especially important because Juvenile Dermatomyositis is so rare, there just isn’t much out there. These kids really appreciate having the support too. Maura wont leave the house without her cureJM bracelet and I think this picture (from another kid fighting JDM) speaks for itself. 
Starting tomorrow Cure JM is a part of the CrowdRise Holiday Challenge. Another mom, Kimberly Miller, who blogs at www.livingwithjuvenilearthritis.com posted the information so much more eloquently than I could…
“On November 18th, the kids of the JM community are participating in a huge Crowdrise event. Individually, they are doing whatever they can to raise funds for CureJM through the event. Some are making quilts, others are painting pictures, some are making paracord bracelets (visit Facebook and search for “Paintings for a cure” and “paracord for a cure” to see their work.) The variety is huge! Collectively,their pages through Crowdrise are all linked to the CureJM team. If their “team” earns the most, then they are eligible for a $100,000 prize. read more here ”
So if you do end of the year giving, I know a little girl (and many others who go through similar struggles) who would love to thank you personally.
And since you are here, a little update. Maura is doing so well. She just had her first parent-teacher conference and we were so happy to hear about all the things she is doing, how she is able to accomplish things that one year ago we weren’t sure about. We continue to cautiously and slowly taper her prednisone in the hopes that we will be done in the next year and then can begin to taper her methotrexate.
And what’s a blog post without a picture of cute kids?! I did not take these intending to post them here but really this coudn’t be a more perfect photo
Fundraising Websites – Crowdrise
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Sneak Peek | Green Bay Area Photographer
I met the sweetest family today, couldn’t resist a little sneak peek …
