Baby Henry + Family

What better way to start off the year than with a newborn session! This is the 2nd time I have been fortunate enough to photograph my cousin's family and my how things change! Just last year they were a lovely family of 4 and are now complete as a family of 5! Dare I say family of 6 next year?? :) They are so fun and the older siblings, Lily and Charlie are so good with their new baby brother. Lily was all about having her pictures taken with Henry while Charlie was off playing… typical right? Girl in front of the camera, boy in the other room playing…:) I love photographing this family and can't wait for the next time around this summer! Enjoy the photos! We are so happy to have baby Henry in our family!

Don't you just want to squish that little face?!?!

Henry is really rocking that sweet mohawk. 

Can't get enough of baby's feet!!

Matt & Katie, you are such wonderful parents. These kids are lucky :)

I love me a sweet mother & new baby candid moment.

Enter in big sister, Lily! 

The moment a newborn and parents lock eyes in pure love….priceless.

Comfort.

What you can't see through this photo is me taking a bunch of photos while these two are yelling "cheeeeeese, cheeeeeese, cheeeeeeese" over and over and over. They sure do know how to make you smile!

I absolutely love the chaotic love in a family with little kids and babies. No family is perfect and kids rarely pose perfectly for photos, so why make it look staged? Charlie is the perfect image of a little boy at his age. 1 1/2 years old and lovin' life.

And how can you forget the glue that holds all families together….the pup :)

Winter Has Arrived

These are just some personal photos that I took over the holidays. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a very happy New Years! :) God Bless you all, friends!

Santa stopped by to give all the little ones their gifts :)

My God-Daughter on Christmas looking at Santa :) Pure happiness.

My younger cousin and Santa, he was in Heaven!

First snowfall of the season at my parents house in Dayton, OH! This is a beautiful tree in our backyard 

Oh Hey, cutest little kid ever!

Winter wonderland in Ohio! 

Some winter scenery from my parent's house for your viewing pleasure!

Kind of in love with this one

Enjoying some hot tea in my new mug surrounded by Christmas goodness :)

Ryan + Gina + Jase + Misha + Rowan

The Salin's everyone!

These kids could not be any cuter and Ryan and Gina could not be nicer. This was a fantastic family to shoot. 

I feel like I should explain why this was so fun. See, Gina is Janah's sister. So on that day, we did a wholeeeee lot of shooting. We included the grandparents, and with all the kids there was definitely lots of giggling going on and maybeeeeee some acting like a monkey to get the kids to smile (not naming any names….. Gina…..) ;) Jase and Misha were amazing- all I had to do was promise to take some of Jase by himself so he would smile… and of course, I happily obliged. I hope you enjoy these photos as much as I enjoyed taking them!

This is definitely one good looking family.

Proud Mama.

Proud papa.

You two are beautiful.

I was SO excited about doing this picture. I tackled sewing for the first time ever… everrrrr. And I have to say I'm pretty proud of myself. With some help from wonderful friends we were able to make these cute props for the shot! I mean seriously, how cute they? 

Rowan is killing me with his cuteness, for reals.

The Salin family! :)

Jase's self portrait!

Here's Misha!

And last, but certainly not least…. Rowan!

We had to improvise to get Rowan to smile…why not throw him in the air?

I think this is my favorite. Rowan was beating to his own drum all day, the kids would run to Gina and Ryan and he'd run the opposite way… He's a little rebel :)
I love the love this family has for each other.

Janah + Duane + Leo

Lots of photos comin' at ya!!

I can't believe it's been 7 MONTHS since I've last photographed this family. Leo was my first newborn session and he was even more amazing this time around.  He has the most amazing rolls I think I've ever seen on a baby!

This session was so fun to do. We started off with some updated family shots outdoors followed by holiday shots for Leo's first Christmas and the Christmas card! What a wonderful time of year :)

That smile and giggles he has is just infectious and I am so lucky to have these people in my life. Being around these three you can't help but feel anything but happiness.  Janah and Duane, thank you for trusting me to document this journey in your life :) Love you all to the moon and back!

The Esquivel boys :)

Remember a similar photo from the maternity session?? :) Time sure-does-fly.

THOSE CHEEKS!!

Leooooo!

There's something about Christmas lights that just makes you feel all warm & bright inside.

Ugh Leo you are too stinkin' cute!

Best Christmas gift Janah and Duane could ask for.

Pure happiness.

Money. Shot. Seriously… are you kidding me with those cheeks?!

Investigating the bright things.

I'm kind of in love with this photo. Santa's little helper :)

You guys rock. FUH-Real.

Jason + Stacie + Clara

I had the wonderful pleasure of photographing this amazing family. I know Stacie through work and she nothing short of awesome. Her husband Jason, a 1st grade teacher (can I get a collective "awwwww") is a wonderful father to Clara. Speaking of Clara, this girl has got some personality! Not shy-at-all. She is a gem and a half. She just wanted to play the whole time during the session and I can't say I blame her- we were taking pictures in her playroom after all :) It was a little tough for her to pose for the camera so what did we do? Took a bunch of candids! Here are a few family pictures for Clara turning 2 and some lovely holiday family photos. Enjoy!

I love how blissfully unaware children are of what is going on around them :)

Clara's 2!!

This is what I like to call a money shot. Love the light, love the innocence, love the softness...

Stacie & Jason :)

This little girl is lucky to have a wonderful mother like you, Stacie. 

....and for the Christmas card! Merry Christmas friends! :)