Glimpses of 2014 So Far

You may think by how little I post here on my blog that I'm not doing very many photo shoots, not so. Blogging just always come last. So, every now and then I'll post a few from recent shoots. 

In February I had a sleepless night that was well worth it. I had the awesome privilege of documenting the birth of my best friend's 4th child and 2nd daughter. It was an amazing experience!

My favorite subject are little kids, and this little guy was a cutie!

I have documented everything for this couple...their engagement session, their wedding, their maternity session and just last week I got to do their daughter's first photo shoot!

I'll try to do more of these glimpses of my work more often! 

I am here & big sister...

I am here.

I am alive.

Every year the busy season gets busier...it's always a good thing. Even with the busyness this year it is, was and will always be more important for me to keep my priorities straight. My family time, my kid's schooling, and having yummy, healthy dinners on the table at a decent time will always come first.

I have been shooting...a lot. And there are lots of lovely sessions that you will see...soon! You'll meet adorable new babies, see cute kids, dogs and families.

The season is starting to slow down and that means I'm starting to have more time. So if you have a session with me in the last few months, your pictures will be posted.

I appreciate your patience! My clients are awesome!

Here's something to hold you all over...an adorable little/new big sister in action.

My New Nephew

I love capturing new life, and it is such a blessing when that new life if family! Introducing the latest addition to my family...Baby Luke! I was blessed to be able to spend a few days in California getting to know him. I'm not kidding when I say he is the best baby I have ever met!

"fearfully & wondrfully made" Update

A few months ago I did a shoot with my friends whose little boy has half a heart. Click: here.
I have been to see him twice now, both time taking pictures and I wanted to share them with you.
There are two sets. The first is the day after he was born. The goal was to get some pictures of his chest before his heart surgery. The doctor gave us 3 minutes to take off the nitrogen bubble that he had to have on to keep balance in his oxygen levels. 

And this is minutes after his first surgery:

Please pray for this little boy. His parents blog and you can keep up on his progress here:
Pray for John's Heart

"All Good Things Come In 3s"

This is a personal shoot. In God's providence the 3 of us, my step mother-in-law, my sister-in-law and I, got pregnant within 2 months of each other...now 9 years later we're capturing the special-ness. We titled it "All Good Things Come In 3s" because after finding out that my sister-in-law and I were going to be pregnant together, my step mother-in-law broke her news by saying, "Well, ya know they say all good things come in threes". And I just want to note that these ladies are so much more than family! They are both my very best friends! I couldn't have planned the uniqueness of the whole thing...the Lord had his hand in all of it!

But, before we got into the 3 special babies the 3 girly-girls of the family had to get in on the fun.

Now on to the dynamic trio. And in order of their birth...

And to give you a little perspective, here we are exactly 9 years ago on July4th.

(Yes I remember silly details like that)

And here are the babies at 3, 4 and 5 months.

 We couldn't have pulled this shoot of without the help of a friend!