Fitzy has beautiful blonde hair – curly hair! Unfortunately it’s a hot mess most of the time!

Samm cut it over Thanksgiving for me – just a teeny trim!

LOOK AT THOSE FRIZZY CURLS!

I kept one little strand!

He does indeed cry – I assure you. He loves getting a bath but HATES having his hair washed!

He looks like such a little man now!

My sister is a ROCK STAR – she’s lost over 100 pounds in SEVEN MONTHS!

She was home over Thanksgiving and we took some pictures to show off her new bod!

Fitzy had to join in too!

OH MY HEART!

HANDSOME! OH SO HANDSOME!

Baby boy – you hold my heart!

Samm – I am SO proud of you!

And we can’t forget to add one of Fitzy and Gramma!

ONE HUNDRED POUNDS GONE! SO PROUD OF YOU! She’s got quite a bit more to lose to reach her goal! Pray for her with me! Encourage her! Uplift her! I’m afraid to say that she will probably be skinnier than me when she reaches her goal! I better step it up too!

I met Stephanie in 2009. She was looking for a wedding photographer! I didn’t have a date open – but after meeting her – I made an opening! She is sweet and caring and kindhearted and gorgeous and has such a heart for Jesus!

We did two bridal sessions and became friends – the BEST kind of clients! I photographed her wedding in June of 2010 and have done a few sessions here and there with her family since then!

She had asked me to pray for them – they wanted a baby!

My mom made that quilt for our wedding! The squares with the black yarn were crocheted when she was pregnant with me!

Pregnancy looks GREAT on you Stephanie!

They are due right after Christmas – so this picture was perfect!

OH MY WORD!

SERIOUSLY – so beautiful!

Thank you SO much for letting me capture one more BEAUTIFUL moment in your life!

I cannot WAIT to see the pictures of your new family!

Sadie and I have had this session scheduled since JANUARY! We scheduled for August – then September – then October – then FINALLY  November was OUR month!

Thank you guys SO much for sticking it out in the cold and being patient with our lovely weather this year!

I met Libby a few years ago when I took some 5th generation photos for her! We have a lot of mutual friends and stayed in touch on FACEBOOK. Then she started dating Dan. Dan is one of Fitzy’s namesakes – and we LOVE him.

She wanted some photos of her little guy *E* and Dan – well – just because. Libby’s house was one of those that got hit hard with the flooding last year – she lost EVERYTHING on the first floor. She needs some smiles on her new walls!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE those shots!

I know I’ve done this pose a lot lately – but I just can’t get enough of it!

Throw a cute baby boy in there – and it’s even BETTER!

SERIOUSLY!

MELT MY HEART!

How to get the best shots of a little boy? Let him climb a dirt mound –  WORKS EVERY TIME!

Seriously – a photographer’s DREAM!

*E* threw his head back on that last shot – PERFECTION!

Libby & Dan – we just LOVE you guys so much! Thanks for asking me to capture THIS moment in your lives!

I love this family! I cannot believe that little *B* is 6 months old already!

OH MY WORD!

I just cannot get over her MANY expressions! She is such a happy baby!

I LOVE that outfit!

Jessica – thanks SO much for having me! I love seeing your sweet kids!

I am SO behind on this blog – getting caught up slowly – but this was written a little over a month ago!

On October 28th – Fitzy officially turned a year and a half – 18 months. It’s crazy!

It’s gone SO fast overall and sometimes so slowly day by day. Looking through his month pictures – I can’t believe he was ever so tiny.

He is such a little toddler now – it’s hard to imagine that at one time he didn’t walk – didn’t babble – didn’t give kisses.

He loves farm animals. He can moo like a cow – bock bock like a chicken – cock a doo like a rooster – roar like a lion and dinosaur. He moves his head out when you ask him what an elephant says. He loves to read. He loves to cook and clean. He loves Barney and Fraggle Rock. He understands SO much but doesn’t say a whole lot of words. He babbles almost constantly – repeating himself quite a bit. He has said I LOVE YOU – 3 times – and only to my sister. He LOVES his grandpas and grandmas. He eats a TON and weighs 31 lbs. He is in 24 month to 3T clothing. He has one bottle at night about an hour before bed. I still rock him to sleep and sing Silent Night – every night. He hates socks. He loves to throw balls. He brings it up by his eye and looks at the ball and looks at you and then the ball again and aims – he’s a pretty good shot! He is beautiful and wonderful and such a miracle.

I love his little belly in that shot! I was kinda sad – it’s 18 months – that’s a big one – and I was only able to get pictures of him in his jammies – around the house in our horrible lighting. It’s been raining all day – so no handsome little man pictures today.

He LOVES his dadda!

I got him this little cow on a shopping trip. He dances and does a split. Within 30 seconds of having his chubby little fingers on him – he now ONLY does splits.

ROAR – like a lion!

I got this picture in the attic and planned on giving it to my friend Belinda. Fitzy took one look at it and has been carrying it around mooing. He is so cute about it – it’s his new favorite.

Fitzy – I love you SO much. You’ve changed our lives and our hearts. Happy half birthday baby boy!

Ronda and Lew came into our lives about 2 years ago – and we haven’t been the same. Just kidding. Not really.

I gave Ronda a family session for her birthday – LAST December – and she finally scheduled it. I don’t know what took her so long – they are obviously meant to be in front of the camera!

LOVE THOSE!

I need an old barn – in my yard – with different panels of colors! I would be set!

MY FAVORITE!

I had some ideas in my head for their session – but I KNEW we had to do this shot! It describes them PERFECTLY!

Thanks so much for being awesome – we love you guys!

I met Becky and her family two years ago when I took their pictures!

Last year I was booked solid – so I missed them. But this year we scheduled EARLY – in August. And then rescheduled a few more times. And FINALLY in October – we prayed the rain away and had a BEAUTIFUL session!

I’ve taken pictures at this spot in Corning A LOT. But I’ve never spotted this angle before! I LOVE it!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE those shots! I wanted them to both look at their parents – but little *E* turned around and it worked out even better than I hoped!

LOVE!

Thank you SO MUCH for being flexible and patient with finally fitting our session in! Can’t wait to see you next year!

Jenna and her family have been in front of my lens since *E* was a little guy!

I LOVE seeing them every year – sometimes twice!

We scheduled a session then I needed to reschedule it – then the leaves changed too quick – so we rescheduled again! I love when a reschedule works out SO PERFECTLY! We couldn’t have asked for a better day!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE those shots! We had the sessions in my parents field! It was PERFECT!

I NEED to have a print of this on my wall! I LOVE little *S* – she is SO sweet!

LOOK AT THOSE COLORS! Seriously – perfect!

Jenna – it was SO great to see you guys! This has been my favorite session so far!