A Cake Smash

Let's have a conversation about how cute cake smash photo shoots are.  A cute baby + a pretty cake/cupcake  can only = cute/fun/messy.  I have been photographing this little guys since he was a newborn...cue flashback....

awwww isn't he heavenly and sweet?!  Fast forward a year....and he's a chubby little one year old boy! I LOVE it!  So do yourself a favor and if you have a baby who is nearing 1 year old, do a cake smash session.  Your memories will thank you. :)

Baby A and Baby O

We had some friends of ours come for a visit twice in the past few weeks...they stopped in on their way UP to Chicago, and on the way back DOWN.  We had a lot of fun with them and their 3 kiddos.  We had one small house with 6 children 4 and under.  'Twas a bit crazy. :) Our two youngest are really close in age...Owen is older but baby A was due first.  Hey i had to keep all of our kids older than theirs right?  Enjoy some baby cutenesses!!  While i'm partial to the bigger one, the aptly named 'Mr Tiny Pants' is pretty darn cute too...and those eyes...well....'nuff said.

Baby E and his parents too...

This family is one that you've seen before.  I met them through a facebook connection and have 'shot' them twice now.  I love when I have repeat clients...especially those with children.  I love seeing how kids grow and change, and sometimes how they don't ever change. :)

Baby S

Well folks...I hope you are comfortable, because you are about to be inundated with photographs...and this time..NOT of my own kids.  Last weekend i got together with a little family from our church.  We had the great honor seeing these two get married less than 2 years ago, and NOW...I got to photograph their sweet little baby boy.  Steve and Amber are two amazing people that Joel and I have come to know better recently.  They are so on fire for God and have hopes to go join the mission field soon.  While they would be greatly missed, we pray that God utilizes the fire in their hearts to share his WORD.  But for now, we are all enjoying seeing them grow from a family of 2, to a family of 3.  You guys are going to be amazing parents to this sweet little boy and I wish you all the best in years to come...and MANY more children as cute and well behaved as this one!!

Baby A

Last weekend I traveled down to Georgia to take some pictures of my sweet little 1st cousin once removed....which means my cousin's baby girl, lol.  Relationships are complicated :)

This little baby girl was 3 weeks old so she fought sleeping through her photo shoot, and was not having ANY diaper removals, but i think she was just trying to work the camera!  Who wants to SLEEP for photos?!  So here they are, a sweet baby girl and her pretty momma!

Baby Girl Miss M

Well folks it happened!  A baby girl was born to people that I knew....so I got to photograph a baby GIRL!  It's too bad that her daddy is anti-headbands.  BUT since he wasn't there at the photoshoot I did get to sneak in a few girly things :)  How a man with now 4 girls can manage to be anti-headband i'm not sure lol.  Miss M is an absolute sweetheart and her mommy is smitten by her, as she is with her other 3 daughters too I know.  We'll be doing a followup shoot with her other sister and daddy soon but here she is!

Twin boys

So a good friend of mine likes to time her pregnancies with mine.  There seems to be a running theme like that with most of my friends though...we are all, always pregnant.  With her latest pregnancy she had a wonderful blessing...she had twins.  I thank God daily that i wasn't blessed with that because i'm not a person that can handle that...not to mention that she also has a foster child in the same age group as her other 2 biological children....which if you haven't been keeping track makes a grand total of 5, count them 5 children under the age of 4!!  She however, is a fantastic mom.  She can handle this type of challenge and still manage to crochet blankets, and sew their clothes, and bake cookies, and renovate a home.  She's my super hero. :)  So anyways....i begged her to let me photograph her newest little boys once they were born and she happily obliged ...so without further ado...I give you baby S and Baby N...

and last but most certainly not least....my favorite....

Busy Month Already!

This month has been a crazy one so far and since I have more children than i can usually count most days, i'm dedicating one blog post to everything i've done in 2 weeks!  :)

2 seniors....

 

One female munchkin...

 

 

One male munchkin and his family...

 

and one baby munchkin and his family....

 

 

Sorry I can't write more but with hardly enough time to shower these days much less BLOG it's the best i can do. :)  Thank you to everyone who i've worked with these past couple of weeks...you guys rock!

So many things...

Well i've kept up my facebook page with preview pics and updates, but haven't done much on here so i'll post a little random here and there update...

my boy loves his bear...

My daughter is crazy...

had a blast with a wedding dress re-shoot...

 a gift for a firefighter on father's day...

and while this was MONTHS ago....it's still a favorite :)

ETA:

when did my baby girl get this big?!

2 yr old Mr. J

the last time i saw this little guy was last fall and my my has he grown, but still some gorgeous hazel eyes!