Roadtrip and Christmas party

Recently we were invited to join the annual Christmas party of my husbands company close to their headquarters in Ulm.

Due to the fact that we had to drive there for a couple of hours I decided I would enjoy the Christmas market before the party started while my poor husband had to sit in a meeting. I went there with a friend, Micha (who´s husband also had to be in said meeting) and we were both blown away by those cute little market stalls, the pretty lights and the impressive Ulmer Münster in the background.
I really LOVE Christmas markets. I love that you can go to five different ones and none of them looks the same but they all have that same feel to it. I love that you almost HAVE to snuggle together because it´s just too cold to be walking by yourself (yep, missed my husband there).
I could cope with a little higher temperature though, but then I guess it just wouldn´t be the same.
Now I didn´t wanna carry too heavy that day and therefore left all of my lenses besides one at home, so I couldn´t get the complete Ulmer Münster on the pictures.
But I hope you can still grasp the spirit. :D

The Christmas party itself was a lot of fun as it involved ridiculous amounts of incredibly amazing food (let me just say 1,5m of chocolate fountain... *yum* I ate so much I was nauseous afterwards.), meeting and getting to know very nice people and sleeping in a hotel while the kids where taken care of at my parents.

Now besides the crazy Christmas decoration (and yes, I do have a thing for huge candle bearers, see also the pretty one in THIS post) there was a ladies bathroom that looked like no other than Barbie herself had been the interior decorator.

(The location, by the way, was pretty cool. It´s called Wiley Club and has a really nice atmosphere with its wooden floors and the high ceilings.
So if anyone is planning on having their wedding reception there, I´d gladly take your photos! :D )

The last few pictures I took on our way back home and played a little bit with my lightroom settings.

Have you been to any Christmas markets this year? What was it that you enjoyed about them?

Lots of love, Chrissy

And here is that said foyer of the woman´s bathroom. I don´t know whether I should love it or hate it. There´s just SO.MUCH.PINK.

Silke, Hans, Leopold and the little one inside

A couple of weeks ago Silke approached me wanting to book me for a family photoshoot with maternity pictures.
As this was already at the end of November we both had no clue how the weather would turn out and if it might be too cold for pictures outside.
But when the day finally arrived and it was snowing so beautifully we both knew that we had to get outside to take some romantic pictures in the snow.
The outside pictures where shot at their family´s mill, a cozy and cute little hut.
It was a lot of fun taking these pictures as Silke and Hans where giggling away and clearly in love. And Leopold was as charming as can be and cute as a button.
When his Mom shoved up her shirt to take some of those belly pictures he wanted to do the same which was just adorable! But see for yourself!