Sweet Baby F

I had the pleasure of photographing this sweet, sweet baby girl back in March.  Her Mommy holds a VERY special place in my heart and I'm absolutely honored that I got to photograph her first child.  Baby F was absolutely perfect and her parents were so over the moon.  They are beyond blessed...and so am I to have been given the opportunity to capture this special time for this family.

Midweek Randomness: Reflections and Other Random Stuff

 I am repainting a few rooms in my house and while we had the hallway mirror down, the kids and I had some fun.  They thought it was so funny to take a picture in front of the mirror.  The really got into it, crawling under my legs, posing, making silly faces.  This one was my favorite.  I just love those two crazies!!

Another reflection shot as I was playing around with my settings.

4th of July!!

Photographing sparklers is a tricky and I wanted to practice.  My little boy just couldn't stay still long enough for me to get a whole lot of practice in and my little girl was nervous holding them.  This photo shows the effect I wanted to capture.  Unfortunately, it was the only good one I got.  I need more practice.  Maybe next year...

Baking with Play-doh.

 Car hotel.

Life Lessons From Dad

One afternoon I looked up from doing whatever it was that I was doing and found my daughter and my husband working on his car.  I could tell is was a teaching moment, so I grabbed my camera and ran outside.  They were changing a tail-light bulb and he was giving her instructions the entire way.  

I LOVE that my husband took the time to show my daughter how to be self sufficient. These kind of life lessons are good to learn, however THE most important thing she will take away from those ten minutes on the driveway is the fact that her Dad wanted to spend time with her.  His little princess. She may or may not remember how to change a tail-light bulb, but the memory of her Dad taking the time to try to teach her something will last a forever.

Last of the Chick Pics

I could NOT get enough of this cutie!!  I've said this before, but I could have taken him home with me in an instant.

As soon as his Mom walked up to the shoot with him in her arms, Little B was reaching for me.  He had never met me before, but he was excited to see me.  Of course, I scooped him right up.

After cuddling with him for a few minutes, we got busy with the photo shoot.  Little B was enamored with the chicks.  He quickly made friends with them.  Playing with the colored eggs was a fun bonus, too.  It was a great evening with this little guy.  I hope I get to photograph him again soon.  :)

Midweek Randomness in My Life

My sister and I were going through some of our childhood stuff at my Mom's house the other day.  Among the toys and books, we found a flower girl dress I wore back in the 80's.  I think I was around 7 years old when I wore this dress.  I remember vividly the seamstress measuring me to make the dress, wearing the dress in the wedding, and how twirly the dress was.  My sister and I used to use the dress for dress up play long after the wedding was over.  I'm so thrilled that my Mom kept this dress because it fits my Grace!!!  She is 7 years old. too, and it fit her perfectly.  The best part of all, the dress is still TWIRLY!!

I took her out to photograph her twirling in the dress.  She loved it!  Twirling and smiling through the whole photo shoot.  It made my heart flutter!

 I'm on the left, my beautiful Momma is in the middle, and my sister is on the right. Such happy memories!

 Those eyes!

She's so gorgeous and so silly at the same time!