Now that the cat is out of the bag....I can blog!

A few weeks ago, I got a text that said "Is this still Carrie's phone number?" Ummmm yes, yes it is. It was my old buddy Xander. With a secret.

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Xander and I went to high school together for one year. We never talked. We didn't know each other. We had mutual friends, but not many.

In college, our friend group became larger, and we became friends through those mutual friends. We spent a lot of time at Sharkey's, and we spent our college biology class trying to stay awake or not laugh. I will be forever thankful because Xander is one of the best guys I know. Really, he is.

Over the years I saw Xander date girls who probably didn't deserve him or understand him or get his weird sense of humor, then he met Soleil. And that was it.

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They have been married for a little over two years now, so I immediately guessed that there would be a little one soon. I love nothing more than seeing someone's face who just found out they're pregnant. Happy, scared, tired, hopeful, excited. I was honored that they would have thought of me to help them with how they would announce their big news.

We spent an afternoon last weekend at Gage Park, looking for trees that Soleil could safely get in and looking for great light. Not hard. Plus Xander and Soleil are so photogenic that it was a breeze.

Can't wait to see their baby in just 7 months!