Since I first met Bev three years ago (and under the most stressful of circumstances), her world has changed just a little bit…and I would say for the better. I am so very impressed with how she took charge of her birth experience with this little chunky monkey and fought for what she knew she could do and searched and searched to find a doctor who believed in her just as much as she believed in herself. I hope she will get around to sharing her story someday online because it is truly inspirational and I am just in awe of what she did. Even during baby E’s newborn session, she kept exclaiming, “I can’t believe this baby came out of me!!!” I agree. I can’t believe it either. She is soooooo petite and he is sooooo…well, er…well nourished. He has the best personality already and truly captivates everyone who dares to lock eyes with him.  It was something else to watch how his big brother took such care of him. (Speaking of big brother: wow, he’s changed a tad since I saw him last).  More favs I couldn’t fit in this post HERE, HERE, and HERE. 😉

P.S. I am choosing to blame my clients/friends for my serious Kendra Scott addiction. That’s what I tell my husband, anyway.

I’ve been lucky enough to work with this family for several years now, and walking through their halls is very much a walk down memory lane of my time with them. One of the best things about getting to see a family year after year is keeping up to date with the kiddos’ latest and greatest obsessions. This year, it was a sword and “Slithers.” Slithers is her pet rubber snake and the way she cares for her is absolutely priceless. She has built an entire palace for Slithers, complete with a wardrobe of evening gowns, a full kitchen, a car, and a bathroom…with a toilet. Slithers is the most spoiled rubber snake I have ever met. 😉

You can try, but you are never going to meet a couple this kind, loving, generous, understanding, fun, and IN LOVE. I left this session on cloud nine, knowing I would love the pictures simply because I completely enjoyed the subjects. It makes my heart swell to think that good people like this in the world have found each other and will start a life together. I could not be happier for them. XOXO {another fav HERE}.

As cliché as it may sound, it really does seem like just yesterday I was photographing his big brother as a newborn baby. I really do enjoy getting to carry on the photo session tradition with siblings…I find it so fascinating to see the similarities and differences between them. And I like to imagine all of the fun things they’ll do together when they get older…especially when they learn how to gang up on their parents. Believe me, I’ve been on both sides of that one ;-). [My absolute favorite image from this session can be seen HERE.]

As evidenced by the second image up there, little man didn’t quite know what to make of me at first at his session. I first met him when he was just a babe, so I can understand that he probably didn’t remember me. However, little did we know, the true way to little boy blue’s heart was by letting him strip down and hop into a dub of water! Oh my word! You would have thought all of his dreams came true in that one little moment. His mommy and I kept commenting that we made it the best day of his life…and considering he’s only been around for 365 or so days, that is probably very, very true 😉 Fav image from this session pictured HERE.

That was a special reference just for her daddy who, for some reason, falls into this awesome southern lawyer courtroom voice whenever he’s talking to his baby girl ;-). This little doll baby is so incredibly photogenic (well, her whole family is, actually) and doesn’t she make the CUTEST faces? Such expression for a wee baby! Oh, I adore her!

[Not entirely out of place here, but thought I would mention that with the exception of the tractor, this is a pretty good look at the greenhouse we’ll be using for the upcoming .emme. boudoir Secret Garden mini sessions in September. We have just a couple of openings left, so contact me ASAP for full details.]

Twice…TWICE we are all geared up to head into downtown Austin for their photo session and we got rained out :-(. But finally, a week later, the clouds parted and we were able to make it happen. I did find it a little bit humorous, though, that we avoided the rain just so we could get soaking wet at the end of the session! But I guess it’s nice to have a little bit of control over the water levels all while letting the kids have the time of their lives!

Their timing couldn’t have been more perfect because we literally had just finished with the greenhouse construction (in preparation for the .emme. boudoir mini sessions coming up in September!) as they were pulling into my studio drive! We had a beautiful, golden sun setting behind us, and there was not a cloud in the sky. Great for pretty sunflare lighting, not-so-great for a greenhouse, we learned. While we didn’t get to spend quite as much time in the greenhouse as we had hoped, we did have plenty of opportunities to explore and bathe in this beautiful sunshine! Thank you Lauren for making the drive to Austin with your family to do your annual photo session and I hope you enjoy your pretty pictures of your pretty family!

Other favs can be seen HERE and HERE!

Oh, little one. Each time I’ve had the joy of getting to hang out with you, you have brought a smile to everyone’s faces. You have done your parents proud and you’re only 1/2 a year old. You are sunshine!

My boys used to go to preschool with these girls, so yes, we’ve known these guys for quite some while. After preschool ended, it became more and more difficult for us to get everyone together…sad how life and different schools and activities can pull you away from people you enjoy being around. None-the-less, we were able to get it together in downtown Austin for this very urban family photo session held in a building their daddy actually helped design and build. He’s pretty much an Austin architectural icon at this point ;-). And these girls have such PERSONALITY! What a blast we had that morning! (Loved this one of mom and dad alone for a couple of seconds, LOL).