I had the pleasure of meeting The H Family and shooting their newborn session a couple of weeks ago. They were such a pleasure to work with from start to finish, and it helps that they look AH-MAZING on camera.  Their baby girl was a dream in all of her newness. She slept throughout most of her session, and actually cried a bit when we took her OFF of the bean bag because we’d finished. That NEVER happens! Here are a few of my favorites from their session. They’re a party of FOUR now! 😉 LOOOOOVE it when grandparents are around for “picture day”! The sweetest details.

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I was pretty excited to hear that The Vanderpool crew is expecting a new addition, and I can’t hide that I was ECSTATIC when Cheryl asked me to shoot their maternity pictures. Since working with their family back in 2013,  I have enjoyed watching their family blossom via FB! It is always an honor and a blessing to be able to “grow” with families. I’ve probably said that here before, but I truly mean it. Anyhow – Enjoy the pictures below! 😉

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There are many things that I love more than repeat clients, especially when they’re old friends! Laura and Jeremy are cool, but the excitement stems from knowing I’ll be working with their little Cady…sorry guys! Lol! We’ve done a birth, a newborn, and now a family/8 month old shoot together. It’s been great watching little Cady grow and also watchingLaura improve with her own pictures. If it’s one thing I know about Laura, it’s that she’s ambitious so it’s only a matter of time before she’s an amazing mom-tog. 😉  I love that Laura is just as into keeping these memories in the form of pictures as I am. I’m actually trying to persuade her to start “memory keeping” via Project Life now. LOL! I don’t want to go on a tangent so that’ll have to be in another post. Enjoy The Polack’s most recent shoot.

I think Cady was going with the serious look here. Lol!

You’d probably give the same expression if you saw the ridiculousness that myself and parents reduce to in an effort to get those smiles from time to time. LOL!

FAVE.

I think the hat was for laughs, but I ended up thinking it was soooo adorable.

I’m not quite sure that she agreed with the whole hat thing. Lol!

So adorable!

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It’s pretty interesting how this year worked out. Jessica happens to be the teacher who’s second grade class I ended up taking over. All I’d heard prior to getting the position was that she was an amazing teacher, and that she would soon be an amazing mother. Of course, none of us knew just how soon it would all come to be. I think  KNOW that everyone was right, and I have SO much respect for her because in spite of welcoming a baby earlier than expected, she managed to find the time to help me settle into the classroom.

After a 3 month stay in the hospital, I was sooo excited to get the text that this sweet little one was home and ready for her newborn shoot! I knew Jessica from the elementary school, and hearing that she had her baby girl early broke my heart, but working at the school kept me in the loop of things. The Epstein parents are so fortunate and blessed to have such a little fighter, but she’s also blessed to have such supportive, faithful, and dedicated parents. Even during her  shoot they were working hard to make sure she had exactly what she needed, when she needed it. I’ve seen first hand how hard it is to care for a newborn baby, and these parents are doing an amazing job! I hope that this will  be the first of many family shoots with you all! 🙂

I almost melted when Baby P gave me this smile.

She’s a natural.

Resting in her daddy’s arms.

I just love this one.

Beautiful family!

I’m happy to finally be here (on the blog), sharing THIS family’s photos…I believe Que was one of the first to compliment my work and to tell me that I would be doing her family photos one day. Fast forward a couple of years, and we fiiiinally made it happen! YAY! Not only did I have the pleasure of “shooting” her family, but I was one of the first to find out the gender of their new baby…After two super cute and cool boys…there’s a BABY GIRL on the way! Eeek! So excited for this beautiful family! I pray that this will not be the first and last time that I get them in front of my camera 😉

I think the right pic pretty is pretty accurate as far as how they feel about a little sister coming along. 🙂

Her name will be J-O-L-I

They were giving me quick smiles because they wanted the PINK paint OFF of them! LOL!

One of my all-time favorite maternity shots!!!

Finally throwing a little pink in the mix!

Congrats to the Butler Family! I really can’t wait to see her!

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