AC MADE Photography

AC MADE Photography Indiana based natural light photographer with a passion for Love & Adventure. Families, Seniors, Engagements & Weddings
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My baby is TWO.
02/14/2023

My baby is TWO.

Very much loving this little phase of life. Today I made garlic chili oil and tried a new pickled onion recipe for the w...
01/29/2023

Very much loving this little phase of life. Today I made garlic chili oil and tried a new pickled onion recipe for the week. What are your favorite things to make from scratch for yourself?!

What do I miss most about my life before becoming a Mother?The list is short. It starts and ends with my health. Until o...
01/20/2023

What do I miss most about my life before becoming a Mother?

The list is short. It starts and ends with my health. Until our very first prenatal appointment with our midwife I hadn’t stepped foot inside a medical office for over 8 years. Pregnancy and a rough first year of little to no sleep was the most jarring experience I’ve lived thus far. I trusted my body to get me through 9 months of growing organs and limbs, and an intense, 10 hour unmedicated, home birth. But now this body is a complete stranger to me. I want to be proud of it, to worship it and all it has done, but it’s become unwilling to function the way I need and want it to. And it’s an increasingly difficult problem to navigate. It’s isolating. It’s humbling. I’ve complained more in the last two years than I have in my entire life. I’ve felt like a burden to friends and family who I’ve needed to lean on for support and validation. And mostly, I’ve just spent so long being so hard on myself as if it’s my fault that I can’t lose the weight, or know what it is to experience sound sleep. The concepts of diet and exercise have plagued my days and the feelings of shame have ruined my nights. Just eat healthier. Just stay consistent in the gym. Just drink enough water. Just get 8 hours of sleep every night. Just cut down on screen time before bed. Just do your daily walk. Just take a daily vitamin. Just be patient you just had a baby. Just do everything just right and maybe, just maybe, you’ll feel like yourself again.

Just make it stop.

I’m at my wits end, as I know so many other women are too. It’s not normal to feel this way after having a baby, but it’s common. And to anyone who is advocating for themselves with their doctors, searching for answers within the realm of holistic medicine, or figuring out what insurance will cover to see if you can even afford the care you need..I hear you. I’m with you. And I can’t wait until the day our bodies are our own again.

Happy Holidays! 🧡
12/24/2022

Happy Holidays! 🧡

They said we may falter, and falter we did. For our standards. Because at the end of the day it’s all relative, isn’t it...
12/11/2022

They said we may falter, and falter we did.

For our standards. Because at the end of the day it’s all relative, isn’t it?

The foundation and house we took 5 years to build felt like it was cracking beneath the weight of being new parents, but looking back I think we may have just scuffed a few walls in the midst of all the moving and all of the change. Hourly nightly wakings, new financial responsibilities, unfamiliar identities, tests and trials all brought to you by ten tiny fingers and ten tiny toes.

The truth is, we did everything they said we should and still couldn’t escape the surreal vulnerability and relationship struggles that new parenthood can and will cause. I no longer feel any shame about that. We went to the therapy sessions. We had some necessary conversations. Long ones. Difficult ones. We settled into this new life and on each of our own timelines, discovered what type of Mom, Dad or partner we wanted to be.

If comparison is the thief of joy, I would never dare to say we find ourselves stronger than before because we have morphed into two completely different people. It would be foolish to think our Love would be the one thing that remained the same. But every single morning when I wake up, the easiest thing I do is choose you. Home.

A few years, a baby, and a new subie later.. it’s still my favorite Christmas tradition. ✨
11/27/2022

A few years, a baby, and a new subie later.. it’s still my favorite Christmas tradition. ✨

I’ve got nothin but thanks to give.
11/25/2022

I’ve got nothin but thanks to give.

I did not have snow on my bingo card today ❄️
11/12/2022

I did not have snow on my bingo card today ❄️

Sanctuary.
11/10/2022

Sanctuary.

I just love this season & my clients.
11/03/2022

I just love this season & my clients.

Shelby & Jordan are running away to elope in California next year, but I was so happy to document their engagement sessi...
11/03/2022

Shelby & Jordan are running away to elope in California next year, but I was so happy to document their engagement session for them in the Fall colors!

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