Holiday Catch up...

The holidays have come and gone. How sad to see the house without the Christmas tree and all the decorations. In my determination to enjoy the season I did not update the blog...at all. Yikes! Here are some pics from those fun sessions I did before the holiday craziness.







And easily my favorite photo to date...

It's not always fun and games around here! :)

Baby Girl!!

We all know I'm waaaay behind on my posts here. Hope that doesn't shock anyone. :) Well last month my oldest friend (we go back to middle school) had her first baby...a beautiful little girl. I was so excited to be able to share this experience with her now that she lives in the same city again. I had to visit her in the hospital and get some pictures of that cutie.

Then of course I offered to take her newborn pictures. You know I can't resist those tiny little things!!

Congrats, J and V! Thank you for allowing me to play with your precious little one...

Eeeeeekkkk...BABY!

Oh...my...goodness! I LOVE BABIES! I attended the class with Kelley Ryden back in October and I've been itching to get my hands on a little one. This was my big moment!!! I had a little warm bundle of joy come visit me this week and I could not have been more excited!

This little girlie is number 4 for Mommy and Daddy and as precious as her siblings. She was sleepy and cooperative. I was secretly hoping Mom would accidently forget her here so I could play with her all day. ;)

Onward!

This weekend was a packed one! Three sessions...6 parents, 6 kids, two locations and a blissfully exhausted photographer.

Here is our first cute family. I've known them for many years now. In fact, mom is quite the photographer herself. She's the one that invited me to photograph the priest ordinations back in May. So when she asked me to photograph their family I was quite flattered!

Now seriously, who can resist those eyes?!


Check out this little handsome guy...


It was so nice to spend the morning with you M family. Thank you for inviting me to capture each and everyone one of you just as you are today...

Another Believer

Here's the second family I mentioned. I've known Mom since she was just a middle schooler. :) Her sister and I were BFF in high school...partners in crime...Thing One and Thing Two. I started this blog more for myself, never did I expect to be contacted about photographing others. However, here's another one that believed in me before I did. I photographed this little guy when he was just six months old. I have to say, he's still as smiley as ever! :)

Thank you "I" family for all your support and encouragement! :)

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What a great day this was! I had two sessions, AM and PM, both with friends who believed in me before I believed in myself.

This morning I met with the P family. Mom asked me to photograph her when she was pregnant with the youngest...back in May of 2008! At that point I had only taken pictures of my own family. I was a nervous excited that day. Without her support and encouragement I know I would not be where I am right now.


This is the little cutie I photographed when she was still in Mommy's tummy. She's 16 months now! Wow, time really does fly!!

Omaha, Nebraska

Saturday my husband and I hopped on a couple of planes and made it to Omaha. I was beyond excited to finally meet Kelley Ryden and Tracy Raver...I tried very hard not to drool all over myself. :)

I felt like a little kid on Christmas Eve as I prepared my equipment and double checked my list of things I needed to have with me. Monday morning I was up and out the door to make the short drive out to their studio. Nebraska really is beautiful. So calm and peaceful...I can see why people love it.

The class started with our newborn models and they were all so precious. Each with their own personality and cute as buttons. I got a lot of helpful tips and met some other great photographers in the process. Half the battle of a good photo is the set up but the other half is taking your photos and editing them to make i hem beautiful. That afternoon we looked at the editing part and again, lots of great tips. Here's one of our little models...

I'm back at home now and ready to get my hands on some cuties!! Yes, I have one on the way but he will not be here until January. So in the meantime I need some newborns. Know of anyone that is about to have a baby? Send them my way!