{"id":10582,"date":"2015-08-24T20:10:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T00:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/?p=10582"},"modified":"2015-08-24T20:18:21","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T00:18:21","slug":"evies-first-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/10582","title":{"rendered":"Evie&#8217;s First Birthday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10630\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_009-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_009\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_009-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_009-750x499.jpg 750w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_009.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Erica and Matt, and the family they&#8217;ve created over the years, hold a special place in our hearts. Years ago, Molly and Erica sat across from each other in a Downtown Frederick office, working together as journalists covering the city.\u00a0Back then, Erica was single, and admitted to\u00a0stalking the Spence Photo website, loving\u00a0all of the weddings we posted there. One day, if she ever got married, she said, David would shoot her wedding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10611\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/erica_matt_engage_116_upload.jpg\" alt=\"erica_matt_engage_116_upload\" width=\"665\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/erica_matt_engage_116_upload.jpg 665w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/erica_matt_engage_116_upload-499x750.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10610\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/erica_matt_engage_074_upload.jpg\" alt=\"erica_matt_engage_074_upload\" width=\"1000\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/erica_matt_engage_074_upload.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/erica_matt_engage_074_upload-750x344.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10612\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/erica_matt_engage_150_upload.jpg\" alt=\"erica_matt_engage_150_upload\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/erica_matt_engage_150_upload.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/erica_matt_engage_150_upload-750x499.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When she and Matt became\u00a0engaged, sure enough, they asked\u00a0David to capture\u00a0their Inner Harbor engagement session, followed by their gorgeous wedding ceremony and reception at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegrandbaltimore.com\/weddings-in-baltimore.htm\" target=\"_blank\">The Grand<\/a>\u00a0in Baltimore one lovely October evening.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10607\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/erica_matt_0607_upload.jpg\" alt=\"erica_matt_0607_upload\" width=\"665\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/erica_matt_0607_upload.jpg 665w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/erica_matt_0607_upload-499x750.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10608\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/erica_matt_0640_upload.jpg\" alt=\"erica_matt_0640_upload\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/erica_matt_0640_upload.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/erica_matt_0640_upload-750x498.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10609\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/erica_matt_0757_upload.jpg\" alt=\"erica_matt_0757_upload\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/erica_matt_0757_upload.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/erica_matt_0757_upload-750x499.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Next, Erica and Matt expanded their family by welcoming the cutest little dog named Sadie, and moved into a new home. Right about that time, Erica announced she was expecting a baby, too. So, we captured all of those milestones for Matt and Erica\u00a0as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10606\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/Baltimore_Green_Maternity_028_upload.jpg\" alt=\"Baltimore_Green_Maternity_028_upload\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/Baltimore_Green_Maternity_028_upload.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/Baltimore_Green_Maternity_028_upload-750x499.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10605\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/Baltimore_Green_Maternity_004_upload.jpg\" alt=\"Baltimore_Green_Maternity_004_upload\" width=\"665\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/Baltimore_Green_Maternity_004_upload.jpg 665w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/Baltimore_Green_Maternity_004_upload-499x750.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Finally, last August, Everly stormed into the world, and changed Erica and Matt&#8217;s lives forever. We captured some portraits of her when she was just a few months old.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10616\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/Pikesville_Newborn_Everly_Simon_062_upload.jpg\" alt=\"Pikesville_Newborn_Everly_Simon_062_upload\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/Pikesville_Newborn_Everly_Simon_062_upload.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/Pikesville_Newborn_Everly_Simon_062_upload-750x499.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10617\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/Pikesville_Newborn_Everly_Simon_087_upload.jpg\" alt=\"Pikesville_Newborn_Everly_Simon_087_upload\" width=\"1000\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/Pikesville_Newborn_Everly_Simon_087_upload.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/Pikesville_Newborn_Everly_Simon_087_upload-750x344.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And this past week, Miss Everly turned one year old. We were thrilled to be invited to the party, to\u00a0capture this special little girl&#8217;s portraits. Here&#8217;s a few highlights of our favorite one-year-old&#8217;s cupcake birthday celebration&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10613\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_001_upload.jpg\" alt=\"Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_001_upload\" width=\"1000\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_001_upload.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_001_upload-750x344.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10623\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_003-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_003\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_003-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_003-499x750.jpg 499w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_003.jpg 1363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10624\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_004-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_004\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_004-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_004-750x499.jpg 750w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_004.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10626\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_005-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_005\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_005-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_005-750x499.jpg 750w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_005.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10632\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_011-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_011\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_011-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_011-750x499.jpg 750w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_011.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10615\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_013_upload.jpg\" alt=\"Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_013_upload\" width=\"997\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_013_upload.jpg 997w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_013_upload-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_013_upload-748x750.jpg 748w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 997px) 100vw, 997px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10638\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_017-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_017\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_017-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_017-499x750.jpg 499w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_017.jpg 1363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10637\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_016-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_016\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_016-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_016-499x750.jpg 499w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_016.jpg 1363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10636\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_015-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_015\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_015-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_015-750x499.jpg 750w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_015.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10614\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_010_upload.jpg\" alt=\"Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_010_upload\" width=\"1000\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_010_upload.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/24-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_010_upload-750x344.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10640\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_019-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_019\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_019-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_019-750x499.jpg 750w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_019.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10641\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_020-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_020\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_020-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_020-750x499.jpg 750w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_020.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10639\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_018-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_018\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_018-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_018-499x750.jpg 499w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/25-10582-post\/Everlys_1st_Birthday_sneak_018.jpg 1363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Matt, Erica, Everly, and Sadie&#8230; we are so excited to be on this journey with you. It&#8217;s an honor to capture your beautiful family as it grows. Happy 1st birthday, Evie, and many, many more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erica and Matt, and the family they&#8217;ve created over the years, hold a special place in our hearts. Years ago, Molly and Erica sat across from each other in a Downtown Frederick office, working together as journalists covering the city.\u00a0Back then, Erica was single, and admitted to\u00a0stalking the Spence Photo website, loving\u00a0all of the weddings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,74],"tags":[776,777,75,77,774,782,781,76,775,778,779,295,780,36,9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10582"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}