I’d been praying for a few things pertaining to this session 1. The weather would work with us and 2. The Vanderpool dogs treat me kindly! I guess you can say everything went accordingly except for the fact that it was a pretttttty chilly day. Somehow we still managed to get some beautiful smiles from the little ones…and they were definitely a treat to work with!

I’m used to working with small dogs, but they made sure they treated me well. I’m glad we were able to include their fur babies!

Baby E’s big smiles just warm my little heart.

Such a little lady.

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I truly enjoyed working with this family. They were extremely eeeeasy to work with from the second they contacted me. I laughed throughout their entire photo shoot because baby girl was such a well behaved DIVAAAA at the young age of two! I will just let the photos do the rest of the talking…You will surely be able to tell.

She has so much personality and was a joy to work with!

 

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I’ve been mighty busy and haven’t been keeping up with blogging each session like I rrreally really want to, but I’m here today with a little familiar face. You might remember Jada from a cake smash shoot that I did last year. If you don’t…let me share what is probably my ALL TIME FAAAVORITE photo…

Well, Vy brought her baby girl back to me for Christmas pictures, and decided that they’d make it a family affair this time around. If you follow are a friend, follow me on any social networks, or frequent my blog then you should know by now that I stress the importance of parents getting in the shot, therefore it should come as no surprise when I say… I am SO glad that they decided to jump in more shots with Jada!  After I posted a sneak peek, my best friend actually called me to tell me how “fly” this family was. Jada was just as busy as ever, but definitely gave me a ton to work with. They came out and braved such a cold colllld day, and I couldn’t be happier with the way their shoot turned out. I hope we are making this an annual thing, Vy! Hehe! 😉

As independent as she is, she had her “daddy’s girl” moments!

Again, Jada is SOOO independent. She didn’t want her parents holding her and she insisted on getting off of her dad’s lap, moving forward, and sitting down for the picture in front of them! I was laughing so hard at her a few times that I could barely get the shot. Talk about pictures speaking a thousand words! The first photo is what I had in mind, the second photo is how it really is!

Jada rrreally wanted to get to the park. This was her giving me a quick smile so she could be left alone to play! LOL! Such a little character, but I’llllll take it!

This shoot has kind of been in the works since Kandice was pregnant. She’s followed my work since the beginning, and when she found out she was pregnant, we began setting up her maternity shoot. Unfortunately, distance and timing got in the way of that. Welp, Baby MJ came and he was soooooo cute…so we started planning for a perhaps a newborn shoot…..aaaand once again, time and distance stood between things. Here we are about 7/8 months later and we were FINALLY able to make it happen!

MJ was a little busy body, and I think  Kandice was concerned that he was TOO busy, but like I always tell my clients, I don’t mind a busy baby. In fact, that’s my comfort zone. I pride myself on being patient with little ones, and I don’t mind running for a bit to catch that perfect shot. I also appreciate Kandice and Mike for pulling all of their little tricks out of the bag to help get this little man to give me such gorgeous smiles.

I’m glad we were able to make this happen, and I sure hope that I get the opportunity to work with your sweet & beautiful family again, Kandice & Mike!

Goodness! I edited these pictures thinking “Dear Lord. If you ever decide to bless me with twins…or even just one sweet baby…pppplease let me look like this during my pregnancy!” Nikita is carrying these babies with so much confidence. I mean, I’m sure she has her moments, but for her and her husband’s maternity session, she sure showed up and blew me away! She’d planted the seed of me shooting her TWIN maternity session months ago…so I’d always thought about cute things we could do, but her session surpassed anything that I saw in my head.

These two were a dream. They trusted me on the location, the time, the props, the everrrrything. The only request they  had was to incorporate the dad-to-be’s job. When she told me he was a firefighter…I thought HECK YEAH! I knew it’d be HOT and different from anything I’d ever done, but again…it turned out so amazing in my opinion. They rocked the shots with that hot gear on like I’m sure no one else could do (or at least they set the bar pretty high)! I’m just loving incorporating a little of my client’s visions + a little of my vision.

On a deeper & personal note, when Nikita saw these images for the first time, she sent me the most thoughtful message that made me tear up and feel so honored and blessed to be a part of these moments for such amazing people! 🙂 Believe me, each and every time I hear such powerful words from my clients and just people in general I humbly think “Really?!” I compare myself so often to photographers that have been doing this for YEARS, but you guys sure push and inspire me to keep on keepin’ on with this photography journey.

Anyway, take a look at these awesome parents-to-be.

I really love the evening sunlight. I’m thinking about just shooting exclusively during the “golden hours” now.

The tops that Baby Girl and Baby Boy will wear home!

I can’t imagine Nikita and Eddie’s excitement…I’m even overly anxious to see their pictures when they make it here!!!:D

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