I have a slight addiction to the girls in this family. They are so cute!! I love everything Macie posts of them. Especially Sully and all the animals she loves.
So obviously, the girls take the cutest photos. I love this one though, this is them in their natural state with their grandfather. Eating, hanging out, being ranch girls. In cute dresses. Love them to pieces.
I missed these two so much. I currently miss them right now. I have been working with them from birth and they have the best biggest personalities. I am friends with both of their parents on Facebook and I love all their posts. They make me smile, so I hope these photos make you smile.
I went home with a bunch of flowers in my hair that day, gifts from the girls. =)
Such a beautiful family. The girls were SO cute! I wish they could have been cute together for sister pictures, but I really couldn’t have asked much more from them. For their age, they did so well and I can’t believe the outfits Norma picked for them– couldn’t be cuter!
This is Alyssa, if you read all my blogs, you’ve already seen her in the Christmas sessions. She’s a little bit smaller here…. like a few months smaller.
We did a few photos for Kaylee’s birthday too. She wanted them outside. So, she took me on an adventure and picked the place. =)
I can tell these two are going to be great friends!
Get ready and hold on tight. This is going to be a HUGE one. 73 photos, 16 different sessions!
First up, JJ. He’s 3. I can’t beleieve it. He has gotten so much bigger and he looks so much like a little man now compared to last year.
Meet Anthony. He makes the BEST faces. =) I mean really, you have to love them.
Josiah. He and his sisters were SO much fun. He has such a big personality and he LOVES his big sisters.
Peyton. We have two posts with Miss Peyton. Her 3 month photos and then her 6 month session. I am totally in love with her. I am also totally biased because her Mom, Ryann, is one of my oldest friends. I was totally excited to do these photos.
Look at how much bigger she got!
Guilliana is turning 1! And Raymond 3. Joesph just gets to be the cute older brother. Another instance where I get to do photos for my childhood friends children. Why do they all make such cute kids??
Deegan. AGAIN with the childhood friend. He has such an expressive face. I fell in love instantly.
Junior. He got SO big. I couldn’t believe it. It had been too long since the last session. It was done during the Christmas Mini Sessions.
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Ahh, Gianna and Clayton. This was the FIRST time Gianna was not wanting to take photos. Normally, shes my perfect little angel and Clayton hates the pictures. Not this time, this time was opposite.
Avery! LOVE Avery. =) 6 months makes such a difference when you compare them to these.
My first Kaleb in this post. These two are SO close in age. I love them. My albums are all labeled Kaleb F or Kaleb B with months and years. lol. This guy’s smile is infectious!
Olivia, the oldest sister, Ava, the little sister, and baby brother Jacob. Normally, I love talking about the little ones, but I really connected with Olivia on this session. She reminded me so much of myself in high school and I was so impressed with what a great big sister she was. Ava and Jacob love her so much and really look up to her.
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Isabella and Delilah. This is one of the most recent sessions in this blog. We went to a park in Dublin and I was so impressed with its size and the different background options. Then we went to this awesome pumpkin patch!
LOOK AT THIS LION!
This was the end of an Oh Baby! package. Dominick’s one year session. I love the Kallie & James always want to be in his photos. I love they document their family and thier son’s growth at the same time. =)
Dominick didn’t like the cake very much. So Mom and Dad had fun getting messy with him. He loved that.
Here is Kaleb number 2. Kaleb B. His one year session is the best way to end this blog. I can’t believe how fast his first year has gone by. Way too fast. He looks just like his Dad. Just like him. lol
This week has been so overwhelmingly amazing. I ran a contest on facebook where people posted why they deserved a free photo session. First of all, I got way more response than I expected. Second of all, the stories were so amazing and touching. Every single person deserved a free session. I just wish I had the time and resources to make that happen. The family who won was one that made me cry. This was her post.
“Why we deserve a free shoot. We had you do a shoot with us when I was pregnant with my 2nd son in 2010 and we loved the photos. We are now facing the worst nightmare, our 4 1/2 year old has Leukemia. We would love photos of him and our family as we have learned to appreciate all the smaller things in life…especially family. My son is a real life hero and I would love to capture that!”
There were many more just as heartbreaking stories. I am honored all of these amazing and strong people want me to capture their memories.
The second major event was winning the city newspaper contest, Best of Brentwood! They do three winners in each category; Gold, Silver, and Bronze. I won Gold for the second year in a row!!! Two years ago, I won Bronze. I am so grateful, thankful and blessed that I have that many people who admire my work so much they are willing to take the time to vote for me! It is truly awesome. I had gotten the message when I was unavailable and I was driving when I listened to the voice mail. I screamed so loud I had to listen to it again because I couldn’t hear the end. It was coming out of my car speakers too!
I’ve neglected this blog. I’ve been busy. I moved. None of these reasons is a really great excuse to explain my over a month absence…..I promise to be better. I say that a lot, I know. It will happen one day!
This time around, I wanted to update different categories instead of doing a big month post at a time. Today is families (obviously). I’ll do an update for children, maternity, and newborns in the next week or so. I finally found a way to catch up. In the mean time, enjoy!
This family was a lot of fun. They don’t get to get together often. Unfortunately they were all brought together by a death in the family but it was great they took the unfortunate event and used it to capture these great memories.
You can tell they grew up in the same house, right?
I love Trinity. And Stephanie. And Rich. Trinity might be my favorite though. She is just too cute for words. I have gotten to see her grow since she was just a few weeks old! I can’t believe how big she has gotten and I am sure she is bigger now.
Meet Bella. How can you not love that smile? This was a Mother’s day session I did of Bella and her mother, Danielle. I just got to see them again this past weekend. I love my job.
This is Tiffany, and her daughter, Allie, and son, Braden. I had lots of fun with them. Allie and Braden had so much energy!
Some of my all time favorite clients right here. Maybe because Tawnee has been working with my since the very start of my business. Maybe because Tristan has had such a huge personality from day one. I just can’t get enough of him.
If you follow me on facebook, you saw a sneak peek of this session the other day. These are the Navarette’s. Sonya, Daniel, Jojo and Jackie. Oh and Brooklyn in Mommy’s tummy. I can’t wait to meet her. Cannot wait.
Blake! He has grown into such a handsome little man. I am so proud of Lacey for raising such a fun, happy little guy!
I was so in love the the light and sass of Tierra’s little girls. They were totally posing and smiling and her younger daughter totally looks up to the older!
It was so cute to see siblings that totally get along, because let me tell you, my brother and I have never been that cute together. At that age, we were lucky if we were within a couple feet of each other and not hurting each other.
Of the three, I have worked with Tai the most, she is such a little woman. She is wise beyond her years when it comes to posing and taking direction. Fallon has the sweetest smile and she loves doing whatever her sister is doing. Dakota (Sully), if you remember, had a horrible first photo experience. She was so over it. (Check that out here.) She was fabulous this time though. I love her sweet smile and she loves her sisters!
Macie, their mother, wanted headshots done to submit to a modeling agency. They are all so beautiful I thought it was a great idea.
Fallon
Tai
Sully (Dakota)
Gosh, I just love them!
Her name is Dakota, but she has been Sully since way before she was born. Before her parents even know she was a she.
Her older sisters informed me at a photoshoot shortly after Macie found out she was pregnant that, “It’s a boy, and his name is going to be Sully.” The name stuck from there, even when they found our Sully was a girl. Sometimes, I have to think about what her name really is.
She is a lot older now, and gorgeous, but we had fun taking these photos. Fun, as in she cried the whole time, her mom and aunt had to shake the crib while I was taking photos (notice I said crib… not a rocker), and one of her sister put lip gloss all over her face while we were taking photos, and ate some too, I’m sure. It was an eventful shoot.
I have to share though, because I love her already! This family is one of my favorites. Sully’s sisters, Fallon & Tai, are awesome. As well as their parents. =)
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
I thought today was the perfect day to write my Fall Mini Session blog because so many of my clients wore Halloween costumes for part of the session. I ended up will 11 sessions, it was a HUGE success. A half hour was perfect! It was just short enough that I was able to keep the kids focused and it was long enough to get great photos. I can’t wait till the Christmas Sessions! They are going to be just as much fun!
Here are my favorites from the sessions!
Grace is SO cute. =) I hope I get to see her again in the future.
This is Junior. He REALLY had fun doing this mini session. I actually have a full blog from another session with Junior to post later this week! Keep an eye out. =)
See? He loved it.
Meet Aiden. He is SUCH a happy baby. I was so excited to meet him because I did a session with his parents and brother when he was in the womb.
Aiden loves his big brother Noah.
I hadn’t seen Abby and Christan in years! They have gotten so big and they brought their new little sister, Baylee, for me to meet. =)
How cute is her skeleton costume?
Anthony is another kid you will see again really soon. He is going to be a big brother soon and we did a gender reveal shoot!
This is Anthony’s cousin, Caleb.
How can you not say ‘aw’ to this face?
Buzz lightyear and Batman! Here to save the world.
Now, I am going to put it out there. I am totally biased when it comes to these four. They are my nieces and nephews. From the top left we have Maurice or Momo, Cruz, Eva on the bottom right, and Yesenia or Yesi. I love them so much!
I die laughing every time I see this photo. This is so typical of their personalities.
Yesi and Cruz are always great at these über cute sibling photos.
These are Fawn’s boy’s. Christopher, Luke and Skylar.
This is Angelina, I have only done a few shoots with her, I do more for just her mother, but she manages to get the best photos! She loves the camera.
Bella is Angelina’s littlest sister. =)
I love cousin photos. They turn out better than sibling photos because everyone loves their cousin! This is Trevin, Tyela & Bobby.
Trevin & Tyela threw their leaves different directions.
Last, we have Tristan. Tristan is normally GREAT. This time, he just wanted mom. It took us 15 minutes to distract him with the pumpkins. Then we got the normal, happy, expressive Tristan.
Hope you enjoyed!!
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