I was grinning ear to ear during their entire session. And when I got home. And when I proofed their images. And now while I'm posting this. They were the giggliest girls I had ever met...a love of life, their family, and this precious time they spend together. Those girls are so lucky to have one another. They're lucky to have such a warm, relaxed, loving, caring family. And I'm pretty sure mom and dad know just how lucky they are to have all of that.

To this:

I LOVE how she's like an exact copy of herself, just a little more alert and a little more filled out! Never ceases to amaze me! She was our 2nd in-home model for the last workshop and oh boy, did we have a blast with her. I don't know how her parents can get anything done with her around...I'd be too busy pinching her cheeks and working for that adorable little smile.

Can't complain one bit about our last photography workshop! Perfect weather, a great group of women, and a peachy little baby boy, wrapped in blue, on a lovely red blanket.

A little birdie told me that butterflies were among this little beauty's favorite things. SOOOO, I enlisted the help of my boys to round up a collection of butterflies for their family session. I was so eager to show her my surprise for her, but much to *our* surprise, she was quite afraid of them :-(. Well...she was cool with it when mommy or daddy was holding them, but if one landed on her...oh my. At least we were lucky enough to get that one lovely shot up there.

But my personal fav is the one I caught of dad hanging on the monkey bars. So glad we went to the park so he could have some playtime, LOL!

I mentioned when I posted their little preview on Facebook that I was hesitant to actually even share a certain image. Why? Because that kind of thing just doesn't happen. It doesn't. It's like the Holy Grail of the newborn photography world. And I don't want everyone to think that I'm magical or something and I can make that happen. I try. Believe me, I try. But this was just pure love and adoration.

While we're on the topic of session magic and Holy Grails, baby girl may have been the most smiley newborn ever:

Or maybe they're more like smirks. Either way, I wish I knew what joke she was in on that we were not aware of at the time.

You *might* recognize this family from a few years ago. Big sister wasn't always so big, but she certainly had the most captivating eyes...even back when. She reminds me of the Afghan girl...she's got the kind of eyes that you will never forget. Even if I saw her on the street 10 years from now, I would 100% be able to know exactly who she was. Lucky, lucky girl.