I thought I would wake up to more wrinkles and saggy skin. I thought turning thirty sounded old, boring, and extremely undesirable. I thought when the time came, I would want to hide in a hole and be by myself while the world passed me by for a moment.
Well, I thought wrong.
September 19th, I turned...
You are SO gorgeous! Happy 30th!!! You two look like you have a blast together 
You are such a honest soul. I can’t wait to be 30 and immature like you I mean that is the most heartfelt way.
AHHHHHHH I’M SO JEALOUS! Not just that you went to vegas for your birthday, but because you look so hot at 30!
You guys are entirely too perfect together. Happy birthday melissa!!!!!
A great entry into your book of life. When you are 60 you will appreciate reading this entry even more. I CAN’TS believe you were even worried about turning thirty but take your word for it. Just know that you are loved even more at 30 than you were at 20 if that is possible!!
So cute. That is one FUN city!
You and your hubs are so beautiful. You seriously don’t look a day over 21. I’m loving that you went to Vegas. How great is that? I think the first on is amazing, but the last one with the OCF, is super outstanding. Happy birthday girl.
your pictures are beautiful as always. but these some how are so sincere. love them!
Well, I’m sad it wasn’t NYC but looks like you had a blast anyway
Happy birthday girlfriend!
xo
Cute pictures! We had such a fun weekend, thanks for having us! I would love to get some of the pictures from the weekend if you have time! Thanks again for a great time!
Happy Birthday Melissa. You’re still gorgeous, whether 29 or 30. I suspect you’ll still be lovely at 39 too.
I’m glad you had a great time! Sorry we couldn’t make it. Happy Birthday. I love ya!
Happy belated birthday Melissa! I also celebrated my 30th in Vegas with friends and Supercross. Love Vegas!
Sweet images. Happy 30th. I’m right around the corner. Glad to see it’s been done before, and done well.
I’m a sucker for a challenge, and this was definitely stepping outside of my own little comfortable happy box. Thanks to B Roll’s ingenious skills and ridiculous equipment, I decided to pick up their Canon HD camera and record some history, and publicly read moments from my own personal entries.
I loved this process. There is...
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What DON’T you do??????!!!!!!!! That was amazing!!!!!!!!
Melissa congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are in for a ride
Melissa this brought tears to my eyes!!! You are so unbelievably talented and yet that is not even the beginning of what makes you so amazing! I love you and am so lucky to be counted among your friends!
LOVE this video! What precious moments to capture. I guess the ’surprises’ are going around! That is what ours is too-CONGRATS!!!!
The “laying down your life” part….still crying.
Congrats! Beautiful video and words as always!!
Oh my goodness. Congratulations.
Yeeeeah!!! I’m so excited for you guys, that was awesome! I got the biggest goosebumps and just cried at the end! Congrats!
congrats!! that’s very exciting. i hope you are feeling ok.
that was amazing!! Gave me Chills!! Congrats on the new edition!! How exciting!!! 
Pulling out all the stops on such a wonderful announcement! Congrats to you all!
Now I have to go and stop crying…thanks a lot (again!)
p.s. 3 is not as hard as I thought it would be.
Lovely work as always. Liv’s “scary” face cracked me up. Many many congrats to you guys on your new little one.
You have such a sweet little family. Thank you for sharing.
P.s. We should meet up sometime. (it’s only a couple states difference right?)
So precious!
Congratulations Melissa!! I am so happy for you guys! You are amazing and soooo talented!! Hopefully you will have another girl and you can match us… 
girls rock!! xoxo
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This is the cutest video. Dad and I are so thrilled for you and your family and can’t think of a nicer thing to have happen for you.
Melissa! That was just awesome! Wow, I’m choked up…and congratulations on baby #3!! What a beautiful family you have.
-Little Bill
Unbelievable. What a treasure!!!
There is something special about things that are not our plan, but someone else’s. Enjoy the ride Melissa, you will be amazing with three!
Congrats! We are thrilled for your family.
Congratulations Melissa. What a lucky little spirit!
Melissa, that was beautiful! Congratulations to you and your beautiful family! I have three beautiful wonderful children all grown, happy, and married. One of them is Nicole Klingler. I thought you might like to know that besides her own family,you were a major sorce of inspiration to her with your amazing photography. Back when Nicole was just getting started with photography I went to a yard sale of a delightful person. We got chatting I had told her of my two daughters intrest in photography and she told me of hers as well,then she mentioned she was looking for some one to do their family photos. That’s when I told her our whole family admired your beautiful work so I told her of your photo site and thought she would absolutly love you. That was Tiffiny Howard! We all loved the family photos you did for them! Couldn’t leave off without the mention of what a beautiful writer you are as well, congratulations again from Renae and the Bowen family!
Seriously, this made me cry! I have three and its such a HUGE blessing. It just adds a little more fun to the mix. Congratulations.
Melissa – Congrats! Is there anything you don’t do? Truly an artist. I’m sure #3 will be as beautiful as the first 2…Congrats!
simply beautiful! and congratulations!
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