Okay, I'll be the first to admit, this one had a tough start. This beautiful family ventured out quite a ways for our session and older bro fell asleep in the car. Understandably so, he was not thrilled with being awakened and then having to walk out into this field in the middle of nowhere. Oh my goodness, we tried *everything* and I mean everything to cheer him up, but it just wasn't working. I started to get scared because the sun was setting fast and we had already been out there about 20-30 min and I wasn't able to get much at all.

Finally I just decided to invite the whole crew back to my house for some drinks and snacks and Legos. Both boys brightened up at that idea and it actually turned out to be a lovely evening for us all (well, if you don't count the mosquitoes). We drug out the old purple couch into the bluebonnets in my yard and in between crackers and Lego creations, we managed to pull off a photo shoot before the sun set. Fresca saves the day once again!!!

You'd think she lead a miserable existence. In reality, her days are spent playing with her big brothers, snuggling with mom and dad, reading, singing, clapping, trying on shoes, and basically being waited on hand and adorable little foot. Poor, pitiful princess.

This one turned out to be a session near and dear to my heart. We had to reschedule time after time due to weather and births, so when we finally had the opportunity to get together, there was a lot of anxious anticipation.

But the second I saw their warm smiles and their "up for anything" approach, it was like we had been friends forever. And that baby girl has the richest, deepest, most sincere brown eyes I had ever seen. A truly beautiful evening with truly beautiful people and I'm so thankful to have met them.

And yes. That is a couch in the middle of a field (actually, we were tucked away behind a Dairy Queen ;-). And I don't care how cliché it is, I LOVE it!

I did something today that I don't normally do--actually, it was something I had never done: I photographed a birthday party for a client. Truth be told, I loved it and I was so honored to be invited there to capture this once in a lifetime milestone.

She looked like a little doll, but she was definitely more interested in things other than birthday parties and photo shoots. In fact, it took us quite a while to find the right formula to work for her, but when we found one (which involved her nanny Miss D holding a DVD player over my head), it was magic:

...sometimes, the coolest light is in the parking lot. ;-)

L...it was so great to meet you and your little family tonight and thank you again for understanding about the parking situation (I love Austin, I do, but people, parking is a nightmare). Hope you have a wonderful rest of your stay here!