because if you need to doubt that, I’ll have to yell it . . . BECAUSE IT WAS SO FUN FOR ME. I think that must show;o)

An honest high. The light, the land, the color, the anthro, the lovely people . . . loveliness always shines through brightly.

(and a baby on the way!!!! Always good news.)

A little catching up to do! Since their next newborn session is coming up pretty soon, thought I’d start here! My hand is on the mend, which is slowing me down editing, but it’s a great time to catch up here! Did you know I can Siri my blog post, email it to myself and paste it here! Amazing. If my hand wasn’t hurt, I would say down right lazy, but for me today, it’s just genius.

I look like an idiot doing it – but whatever. At least you can’t see that!!!!

This was the last in a series of his 1st year of pictures! It will be a whole new chapter when his newborn baby sister arrives. I can’t wait for that newborn session.

This was him about 2 years ago at his newborn session.

And, since his gorgeous book archiving his first year is on my desk, I’ll just go ahead & share a couple of pages of that too! I love seeing the story come together in a book:

this quiet life (their maternity session at sunset)

to

this tiny innocent little newborn baby (his newborn session)

to THIS! His little-chunker-suspender-wearin-almost-sitting-up-holiday-session . . .

and all in the blink of an eye. Just wait – he’ll be back in a few weeks & I can’t even believe it. It makes me happy and sad all at the same time.

I would give all the money in the world for this last image. I secretly wish I could photoshop myself & at least one of my kids (whoever wanted to cooperate) right in their places.

someday . . .

Families that have 2 daughters (or more even) have a special place in my heart. You just don’t understand the level of whining, giggling, crying, shrieking, pinching, and sassiness that goes on in a house with more than one girl unless you are in that situation. It gets dramatic, emotional, FUN and scary at the drop of a hat crayon. You just never know with girls;o) This session was full of all of those things! And I appreciated every second of it.

And, Parker’s dad looked at me like I was crazy a lot (who can blame him). And, Parker’s mom slapped Parker’s dad on the arm a lot & told him to quit it. And, I stood on the hood of my (white) car to get one of these shots & my boots made a black mark that my husband is still mad about. It will come off I keep telling him, I just haven’t had time to remove it. It will!

And, the best part . . .  they looked cute the whole time. And, I was just a sweaty mess when we were all done.

And, I really do start my sentences with ‘and’ a lot. And, I’m going to work on dropping that habit.

sooooo, I just had to get that out of my system.

It’s that time of year . . . taxes & business plans. bleck.

And, seriously, a lot of things are up in the air for me right now. I know what I need to do . . . but it’s all hard. I’m being fickle. I really need someone to hold my hand & tell me what to do. Who that would be – I have no idea . . . so I just need to get over that fantasy.

BUT, it’s all good news because it will make me a better business owner & photographer for you:o)

So, happy New Year & it will all be in place by the end of the month!

This was truly a “mini” session from the fall . . . it was about 20 minutes & they were done! They did so awesome in 20 minutes that I’m not sure that mattered one bit.

Pretty. Sweet. Simple. baby Cousins.

The youngest baby was just a newborn (her newborn session) a few weeks before this session with her cousin. It never ceases to amaze how fast babies change. Just a few weeks later & she is so bright eyed here! That first year is priceless. Some of you may have read that strange letter ‘on my doorstep’ that was circulating facebook this week. It was an interesting idea, real or contrived?? Maybe it is, who knows. However, another local photographer brought up a good point in her cynicism (which I share, sorry) . . . At least it sparked some interesting conversations this week. And, that’s always fun to watch unfold. Even if you don’t have the means to document your baby professionally with custom newborn or baby photography . . . good grief. Who cares?! Get a decent camera and document each day/moment. Document the ones that frustrate you, make you happy, the quiet ones, the details, the messes of laundry & bottles. All of it. Because it will be gone fast & you won’t remember most of it without the tangible memories, which then wedge themselves into your brain to support your subconscious memories. AND, if you do have the means to hire us to do it for you. HECK yeah, it will be awesome . . . ridiculously awesome and beautiful. And, you sure won’t regret that;o)

p.s., and really . . . don’t leave me a weird letter . . . just reschedule when you realize the error of your ways. thanks.