Yum, cupcakes!

A year seems like nothing when it come to a baby's first year. Time couldn't go any faster! Soon it will be Vivienne's first birthday and she loved the icing on the cupcakes. That's the best part. She wasn't too sure in the beginning, almost asking mom, "should I be doing this?" Soon, she threw caution to the wind and dug in. Happy Birthday beautiful girl!

baby surprise

This is an adorable family. One of my favorite pictures happened by me asking little Lilly, "So, are you going to have a baby brother or sister?" She replied, "I don't know!!! It's a baby surprise!!!" Um, is that cute or what? I can't think of a better surprise.

Happy Easter Emma

Emma is one of my two beautiful nieces. She's a ham for the camera. I tried out my new bunny props on her. She liked holding them but she was interested more in the eggs and what was inside them. A bummer to find out the Easter bunny hasn't put anything in them yet!

baby Bailey

I was looking forward to taking "sleeping" newborn portraits. I figured I had a great shot since little miss Bailey was a few weeks early. She was too nosy though. She wanted to see what was going on. Bailey was very interactive with the camera and she didn't cry or even whimper. It was an amazing session.

Yawn.....so tired.

Ayanna and Thomas

Tara, the mom, warned me about these two. She said they were a little camera shy. I shrugged it off, never fearing a challenge. Arriving at the house that morning I took the first 15 minutes or so to just sit on the floor and play with them. You know, let them warm up to me. It worked!!! They were laughing and having fun so I picked up my camera. Instantly, they looked at me like they had never seen me before. After some tears and stare downs, I knew there was not going to be any "posing". Candids were what mom wanted anyway! They were great. They gave me one of my all time favorite images. (shirt up, laughing) I mean can anyone look at that image and not smile? Impossible!

waiting for baby Owen.....

There is nothing like waiting for the arrival of your baby, especially the first one. Tim and Heather were oozing with nervousness and anticipation. As I started edited their images, all I saw was a couple in love, excited and so happy to be entering into this adventure together. I couldn't be happier for them. There is no doubt in my mind they will be excellent parents.

Alaina

It's so exciting to photograph in different homes, especially when they have really cool walls like this! I am in love with the script handwriting and it really added to the images. Alaina was a lot of fun to photograph. She smiled so much I had a hard time getting any serious ones! She looks so grown up.