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! 😉

Thanks for looking! XO.

 

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!

Thanks for looking!

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!

Here’s another family that I have been privileged to watch grow…and take their pics along the way! 🙂 We started with a maternity shoot, and thennn a newborn shoot, and nooow a sweet little holiday shoot. It was tough on the first day because it was SO SO SOOO cold & Baby Ken wasn’t feeling too well. I pride myself on genuinely caring about my families…especially with little ones, so we ended up getting what we could on the first try and then I went back out to their amazing home to finish their holiday session a few days later. It ended up working out perfect the next go around AND we even got some smiles from Baby Ken! They are just so easy to work with, definitely one of my favorite families!

 

Let’s take a litttle walk back down memory lane!

Awaiting Baby Ken

Ken’s Newborn Shoot

Such a little cutie pie! 

Now Holiday 2013 with The Johnson’s:

Lol! He’s so cool.

Cliché but picture perfect!

Ah! I just LOVE LOVE LOOOVE his smiles! I got excited when I was uploading their session and saw these shots.

This is going to be a bit of a long post. It’s ALWAYS a treat when I get a phone call about a shoot and after a little while of chatting, we realize that we actually know each other!!! This was one those clients. Allyson and I are both here in Atlanta now, but we met yeeears ago in Augusta. I was still a little high schooler and this was before Allyson was a wife and mommy! How exciting to be able to meet and work with her beautiful & sweet family! 🙂

Any who, I was preparing for this family’s holiday blog, and it hit me that I never shared their family session from earlier this year. They have named me their new family photographer so I definitely do want to neglect to show their growth while I’m working with them.

Let’ start with our RAINY summer day session earlier this year:

Braxton was around 6 or 7 months, so we got one of my personal fave shots…naked little baby in all of their juicy glory!

& Little Miss Kennedi had just celebrated her THIRD birthday. I still can’t believe she’s only 3. She’s a very intelligent little one. 

& Brax was also recently Christened so we got a few shots of him in his Christening outfit.

Seconds before it started pouring on us! 🙁

 

2013 Holiday Session:

Braxton is getting ready to be THE BIG 1! He looks like a baby man now!

SO cute in their Christmas PJs!

I love this shot of them! 

Thanks for looking!