Her first time in a pool.
From last weekend, but it was on Sunday, so it counts for this week! She was a little scared, but was getting used to it by the end of the weekend. I’m sure she’ll be a little waterbug before we know it.

Her first time in a pool.
From last weekend, but it was on Sunday, so it counts for this week! She was a little scared, but was getting used to it by the end of the weekend. I’m sure she’ll be a little waterbug before we know it.

Being the cheeseball that she is.
I can’t believe how lucky we are to have her.

Summer has finally arrived around here. Woo!
This image shows something I’ve always said I’d never do: let my kid wear crocs. Well, I am TOTALLY eating my words now. They are completely perfect for running around outside in the summertime: I don’t care if they get wet, or covered in sand, grass, dirt, mulch from the park, etc. And they’re just too cute on her.

You’re getting a bonus image today.
I couldn’t decide between these two images I took of Lila yesterday at the park. We go to the park pretty much every day lately. It’s within walking distance from our house, and the perfect way to spend time between her nap and dinner.
These were both taken “from the hip”, meaning, I wasn’t looking through the viewfinder. I had the camera down by my side as I walked ahead of Lila, and snapped away as we walked.

We’ve had a bit of an early welcome to summer this year, so I have already broken out the water table a few times. Lila LOVES playing with it, and can be soaked in a matter of seconds.

I will have to post some more from this day once I edit them, because I’m totally in love with her bathing suit, it is SO cute.
I took pictures of Big Brother S way back when he was 9 weeks old, and so when Little Brother J arrived on Valentine’s Day, it was only fitting that we get some shots of him at the same age as well. I gladly swooped in on this chance to hang out with this wonderful family again, and to create some new memories with them.
J was slightly less than impressed with me, and with my camera. Always with the suspicious look on his face, I’m convinced he was just making sure he didn’t have to share his toys with me, in addition to his older brother.
Big Brother, hamming it up:

S wasn’t really up for sitting still this morning, but we still managed to grab a couple of shots of him being “gentle!” with little J.

The next few I LOVE, because they’re not posed. I just had everyone sit on the couch, and watched them interact with each other. I completely love images like this. This is their life, their home, their love. And it’s amazing.

I think it’s safe to say at least one brother warmed up to me by the end of the session.
(That’s my knee in the corner of the first one, he was *very* excited about seeing his mug on the back of the camera after I took each shot. It was too cute!)

I get a lump in my throat from this one. Again, not posed at all, they were just waiting for mom to come back with S, who was building me a pyramid on the floor. ![]()

And one last one from Mr. Suspicious. This image pretty much sums up his feelings for me…at least for now. I’ll win him over eventually!

Just misbehaving at her grandparents’ house! We were there this past weekend visiting, and had a blast. Lila LOVED all the attention and being able to do things that don’t normally fly at home (like hang out on the stairs to the 2nd floor…).

Finally, caught up! Another shot from the marathon on Monday, I love how this came out in black & white.

I’m behind on posting my project, so wanted to get this one, and the next one up asap!
This is my typical kid: being a clown. It’s not ALL drama around here, she’s a total goofball, and loves making us laugh.

Inevitably, we photographers will run into “the difficult session”. The child who wants nothing to do with us, the outdoor family session scheduled during torrential rains, the newborn who only wants to exercise their new lungs instead of sleep. We never let on during these sessions, and just smile and do what we do — because that’s our job. We figure it out, and we push for every shot.
And then you have a session, like this one. Where everything just falls into place, and you wonder why you ever did anything different for work. You walk away encouraged, inspired, and fulfilled.
This family was awesome. M here is about 9 months old–not normally the easiest age for toddlers. He’s not quite standing, not quite walking, but definitely sitting. And grinning. And clapping. Basically, he’s just being the cutest 9 month old ever, as well as the easiest I’ve ever worked with. Tell me you can resist his charms. I dare you.


I think this one is my fave, the look on M’s face cracks me up.




And we ended our session with a few shots of M in this Radio Flyer, he was LOVING it.

A, D, & M, you guys truly made my Sunday. It was so fun hanging out with you, we will definitely have to do this again soon!