One Is So Fun!

I wish I could be one again. To just dive right into things and not worry if it was safe or ok to do. Rhyanna celebrated her first birthday in grand style.She's the baby you'ver seen grow up on my blog.She's SO funny! You're going to see these in backward motion.Meaning the end product first.I guess I wasn't paying attention.Rhyanna loved her strawberry cupcake.This was a "smash cake" session and it was fun.These are one of my favorite sessions to do. Look at her face!

She just dug right in. Here she has the wrapper in her mouth-just hanging. It's funny how all babies do this differently.Some don't want anything to do with it and others love every sugar-filled moment.

Here's the beginning.She's still clean. I love her smile in this one. Total happiness.

Rhyanna's mommy always dresses her to the 9's.I wonder where that saying came from? She left the headband on for all of five seconds.Then it was a game of putting the headband on-taking it off-putting it on-taking it off.Poor Mom-she got a workout this session.

LOVE,LOVE,LOVE the skirt! Rhyanna is lucky to have Mom's friend make these for her. They are beautiful!She has all different colors and they are good quality.She looks like cotton candy and she's just as sweet.My friend Tom was behind me,making her laugh.She just couldn't get enough of him.

We had quite a few good pictures from this part of the session. Rhyanna always has the cutest expressions.I could have posted her entire 1 yr old session-they were all good.I love the bikini!She had her friend Nemo in her hand and would pull the glasses up and just look at us.What a hoot!

Happy 1st Birthday, Rhyanna!Gina, I really feel honored to be documenting her growing up.
She's such a joy and so fun to work with.My kids are teenagers now and sometimes I just need a baby fix.Thanks for sharing Rhyanna with me.

This is my favorite out of all the shots. It's so hard to believe Rhianna is only 9 months old!She had the greatest expressions all day. Some serious,some quizical and a lot of funny ones. She was a blast to work with.

I photographed Rhianna as a newborn and before she was born. It's SO COOL to see the babies as they grow. She's the first child for Mom & Dad- so naturally she's always dressed to the 9's.

I couldn't get over how active she was. I think she's going to walk early. Maybe she'll be an olympian?

Gina- thanks SO much for bringing Rhianna back to see me. It was an absolute pleasure to work with her. She has a beautiful personality and is so smart. I have no doubts whatsoever that she's going to be a "mover & shaker" in life.

Perfect Portraits

Today Baby "M" came back to see me.It was time for 6 months pictures.It's so amazing how much they change in just a few months.She's such a happy baby .It's fun for me to see how much Jamie & Tom adore her and just enjoy being parents.

There were so many great shots from this session.Baby "M" is so photogenic. Good luck trying to narrow your choices down, Jamie & Tom

Baby "M" is definitely a Daddy's girl.

Thanks for letting me get my baby "fix"!

Baby Love

Today I took some pictures of Baby E. My kids are teenagers and you sometimes forget how sweet and innocent babies are.His mom & I have been friends for a long time(since jr.high/highschool).It's so cool to see how happy Sally is with her beautiful,baby boy. Talk about glowing!

Have you ever seen a sweeter expression?

Pretty soon he'll be in this same position with a t.v. remote and a can of pop .

Beautiful family shots.

I am so honored to share this exciting time in your lives. Evan is a very lucky baby.There is so much love and kindness in this family.I can't wait to watch him grow up !

New Beginnings

Ron & Gina- you did an awesome job.I can't wait to see your beautiful baby.Thanks for sharing this important event with me!



They are such a beautiful couple. Very devoted to each other.I can tell what awesome parents they will be.Lucky baby!

I totally love first-time parents-to-be. They are so full of life and excited about life. Gina & Ron were such a pleasure to work with.They were pretty laid-back-especially after moving 3 days ago,working full-time and having a baby due in 2 weeks!

Beautiful Baby

After we took the baby out of the crate,Tom's dog jumped in. You'll probably see a lot of his puppies on this blog. They are at the studio a lot and are very photogenic.Almost every kid's session I do - I have to bribe them with a picture with the dogs-if they are good.Works like a charm.

This baby's mom is really into wine and has a wine "thing" going on in her kitchen.So we thought it would be cool to take these pictures of the baby and frame them for the kitchen. Sounds weird but it totally worked. Don't you just want to snuggle him?

I wanted to share a couple of pictures that I did with my photography friends, Tom,Erin & Dawn.We sometimes work together on projects and these are a few from one of those sessions.