Martha emailed me after seeing Melissa & Spencer’s wedding photos!

We had originally scheduled a session for early in the year – but decided to wait until her little one was a year old!

While it would have been a fun session – I’m so happy we waited until July to schedule their photos!

AND I got to use my new lens! WIN WIN WIN!

This little guy warmed right up to me!

Having a dinosaur on my car really helps with making me the cool photographer – when dealing with toddler boys!

Those moments were so sweet – I had to keep them!

ISN’T SHE ADORABLE!!

You all KNOW how I feel about squishy babies!

SUCH A HAPPY GIRL!!

OH MY HEART!!!

SO SWEET!!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE those shots!!

Can you swing me again? And again? AND AGAIN?

That sweet smile!

Martha – thank you SO much for scheduling a session! I had a GREAT time!

I hope to see you again soon!

I graduated with Ryan and ran into him recently at his niece’s birthday party! His wife messaged me about scheduling a family session in the spring!

It rained and rained the weekend we were supposed to have our session – but we rescheduled and it was BEAUTIFUL!

ADORABLE!

LOVE LOVE LOVE!!

SO CUTE!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH for coming up to the farm and braving the wind and bugs!

I hope to see you guys again soon!

I’ve been taking pictures of Kelly and her family long before they had their babies! Over EIGHT YEARS!!

I LOVE THAT SHOT!!

THESE are my kind of photos! FUN AND REAL!

THOSE DIMPLES!!

That shot on the left – MY FAVORITE!!

Isn’t she DARLING?!

Once most little boys find out I have a dinosaur on my car AND my arm – we become quick friends!

I LOVE that shot – multi-tasking momming FOR THE WIN!! Tickling toes and building legos!

Kelly – THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I cannot WAIT to see you again!

Since I started a job in March – I needed somewhere for Enoch to go while I worked – and NCA is SUPER AMAZING for so many reasons!

They were totally on board with Enoch coming only one day a week until the end of the school year!

While Enoch wasn’t graduating preschool this year – they still wanted him to be part of the program!

Fitzy was able to come down with his class to watch his brother in his special program!

He was SO VERY PROUD of himself!

LOOK AT THAT SMILE!!

Those brothers – they sure do love each other!

Thank you Mrs. Wilson and Brenda for POURING your love and energy into these kiddos! THEY LOVE YOU!!!

As you may or may not know – I took a very part-time job in March!

I LOVE being a secretary and I LOVE being a photographer and I LOVE being able to stay home with my boys while they grow up!

Matt Neal is our contractor and the husband of one of my best friends – and he needed a secretary for his contracting business!

They are building a house right up the road from us and I’ve been taking weekly progress pictures (added bonus to my new job) and the boys LOVE coming with me!

BECAUSE OF THE DIRT!! SO MUCH DIRT!!

AND THAT VIEW! SUCH A GORGEOUS VIEW!!

I met Megan and Brian when I photographed their wedding in 2010! At least – I think it was 2010!

We’ve been praying for their sweet little baby for the last FIVE years!

I was SO excited to hear the good news of a positive test! The good news of a first ultrasound with a healthy little baby! The good news of finding out it’s a BOY!

THE GREAT NEWS OF – HE IS HERE!!

LOOK AT THAT SMILE! SHE IS SO VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THAT BABY IN HER ARMS!!

THOSE SQUISHY LITTLE LIPS!!

THOSE HAPPY FACES!!

SWEET LITTLE ONE!!

IT’S SO TIRED IN HERE!

I absolutely LOVE lifestyle newborn sessions!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE THOSE SHOTS!! He will be so much bigger in just a few months!

It’s hard to remember that they were EVER that tiny!!

And these shots – MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE!!

LOOK AT THAT LITTLE FACE!!

He was the sleepiest and happiest and squishiest baby!

Megan & Brian – THANK YOU SO MUCH! For asking me to pray with you. For sharing your heartache and your joys with me.

THANK YOU for asking me to come back into your lives to photograph this little miracle!

I’ve been taking their family pictures for a LONG time! Since their oldest was a newborn!

And this little sweetie – she is FULL of personality!

I LOVE THOSE SHOTS!!

LOVE LOVE LOVE!!

I LOVE those ones!

OH! AND THOSE!!

I ABSOLUTELY ADORE THAT BLACK & WHITE SHOT! I know it’s not technically perfect – but it might be my FAVORITE shot of the session!

We ALWAYS take a shot of them in this bay window! I almost forgot this time!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME BACK YEAR AND AFTER YEAR!!

Carie and I have been WAITING and WAITING for warm weather!

Have I mentioned that I LOVE when families come back to me year after year to document them!?

This is the first time I met little *J* – he’s SO GORGEOUS!!

And that little sweetie – she’s such a doll baby! I love those imperfect pictures!

Aren’t they ADORABLE!!

You can send me all the perfectly posed pictures you want – but sometimes – MOST times – kids are kids – and when a 2 year old doesn’t want to lay down and get the perfect picture – you improvise!

WHO? ME? Could you possibly be talking about me?!

THE SWEETEST!

And sometimes you have to break out the BUBBLES! Because sometimes the only way to get the 2 year old to stop screaming and squirming is to break out the bubbles!

And I LOVE how those turned out!

DARLING!!

Sometimes you need to see behind the scenes to truly appreciate what goes into a photo session!

HE IS SO BEAUTIFUL!

AHHHH!!!

We were really hoping for a group picture with these outfits – but that little sweetie was DONE!

I happen to like these shots better than any perfectly posed smiles!

LOVE LOVE LOVE!!

Also – WHERE ARE THE BUBBLES!?

Carie & Michael – thank you SO MUCH for asking me to capture your family year after year!

I met Carrie through our MOPS group AND her daughter goes to preschool with E!

She needed some photos for an article in an upcoming DoTerra publication about her success within the company!

MY FAVORITE SHOTS – the unexpected ones!

SISTERS!

I LOVE THOSE!!

SNACK BREAK!!

I LOVE THOSE SHOTS!!

ADORABLE!!

SO SWEET!!!

ADORABLE!!

SO ADORABLE!!

Those are my FAVORITE!!

ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL! SWEET SWEET SISTERS!!

BALANCE!!

Carrie – I CANNOT wait to photograph your family this summer! Thank you SO MUCH for asking me to capture this EXCITING time in your lives!!

Typically we have a BIG party with all the people but this year he asked me if a few friends from school could come over for a NERF gun fight!

OH – and mom – can we invite people over from 1 to 4 so that we don’t have to do lunch or dinner? Just cake?

OH SWEET BOY! ALL THE YES!!

Did you know that I wanted to put EAT BEFORE YOU COME on my wedding invitations!? SO – this whole “we don’t have to feed people” was speaking my language!!

And THANK YOU ERICA for the AMAZING cake!!

WHERE DID THE LAST SEVEN YEARS GO?!

Fitzy – you are kind and sensitive. You are sympathetic and caring. You are SO silly and SO helpful.

I tell you this often – but I’ll say it again and again – you are more than my momma heart could have ever dreamt!

They had a GREAT time!