about it being 100+ degrees outside:
it makes for super, happy, relaxed little newborn babies. Isn't she adorable? And I couldn't get over that perfect little pout!!!
it makes for super, happy, relaxed little newborn babies. Isn't she adorable? And I couldn't get over that perfect little pout!!!
This session had it all...
...three adorable children with a super wonderful, loving mama...
...family snuggles and special time just for dad + daughter...
...a piano prodigy, funny songs made up to Nirvana tunes by dad, headstands on a funky purple couch, lush green grass where mom and dad could rest for spell...
...bikes and wagons...
...sprinklers and watermelon...
...and even me! P.S. Remember the story about the bottom left photo? I still laugh about that.
...family snuggles and special time just for dad + daughter......a piano prodigy, funny songs made up to Nirvana tunes by dad, headstands on a funky purple couch, lush green grass where mom and dad could rest for spell......bikes and wagons......sprinklers and watermelon......and even me! P.S. Remember the story about the bottom left photo? I still laugh about that.It was such a pleasure to get to capture this family doing all the things they love to do together. Can't wait to put together their album, too! I LOVE making albums and knowing that the images are going to go together to tell the story...the pictures are going to get looked at and remembered time and time again. Makes my heart happy!
Her big bro was a little firecracker. They balance each other out ;-)
I've really been enjoying lifestyle newborn sessions like this. It's not about the latest prop or the coolest blanket or headband. It's about a family just being a family and pulling in elements of their current circumstances into the images so they can always remember these early, fleeting days.
I heard this song for the first time the other day and I couldn't help but to think of my own life, my kiddos when they grow up, and all of the families I've gotten to work with over the years. I'm not one for sappy country songs, but this one got me...and then became the soundtrack while I edited this session...
I think we all understand just how much children change in their first year of life. And yet going through the images from his earlier days here...
here...
and here...
...you still see "him" in all of the images.
here...and here......you still see "him" in all of the images.I have thoroughly enjoyed working with his family over the past year and it brings me so much joy to see this healthy, happy, smiley little boy now:
We had a blast at his one year session! It was hot, but thankfully, we started early enough in the morning that we were done before the heat really set in. And we were even fortunate enough to find an incredible patch of green grass (so very rare in this awful drought). Oh, my, he's cute!
We had a blast at his one year session! It was hot, but thankfully, we started early enough in the morning that we were done before the heat really set in. And we were even fortunate enough to find an incredible patch of green grass (so very rare in this awful drought). Oh, my, he's cute!
