It’s been so fun to have so many cute kiddos featured on the blog recently!  Don’t they just put a huge smile on your face?  Well, I’ve got another one for you to start the weekend!  Eden turned 1 in June!  And I was lucky enough to capture this important milestone with her!  You may remember her adorable newborn session and fall family session.  This past year has flown by, and she just keeps getting sweeter and sweeter!  Oh, and those blue eyes of hers!  Just you wait and see…she will melt your heart!    Eden, thank you for sharing your afternoon with me!  And now for some of my favorites!  Friends and family can view Eden’s entire online gallery here.

I’ve known this next sweetheart since she was a newborn.  Actually, I met her parents when they were anxiously awaiting her arrival in July just two years ago.  Emily Claire has become the light of her parents’ lives, as well as the rest of their family, and it’s so easy to see why.  This blue-eyed, fair-haired beauty is sweet as can be.  I always look forward to our time together.  At our most recent session, just a few weeks after capturing her 2nd birthday party with close family, she sang the latest songs from Adele and Katy Perry as admired colorful blooms and played in her backyard on a sunny summer morning.  It was a ton of fun, and I can’t believe I’m the lucky one chosen to capture these special moments!  To see more from this adorable family, click here, here, here, here, and here.  Friends and family can view the entire online gallery here.  And now for some of my favorites from Emily Claire’s amazing Minnie Mouse boutique themed birthday celebration and her portrait session!  Happy 2nd Birthday, Emily!!!

A few months ago, I posted a little sneak peek on facebook from Mason’s 3 year session…and since then, we’ve been planning a family session.  Life happens.  It rains, then it gets HOT and stays hot for what seems like an eternity!  I’m happy to say that you’ll be seeing more of Mason and her parents more on this blog soon!  Until then, I thought I’d go ahead and share some favorites from our spring portraits of Mason to celebrate her 3rd birthday.  We had a nice evening with great light…along with an adorable polka dot dress and pink umbrella just for fun!  Mason has been in front of my lens since she was born, and I have loved watching her grow up!  And she is so excited to meet our little guy in the coming weeks!  I know they are going to be wonderful friends!  (To see more of Mason – and you know you want to! – click here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.)  Mason, you are completely adorable, and I always love our time together!

A few months ago, my husband Reggie and I met a sweet couple at an event.  We shared something in common, we were both first time expectant parents!  However, in Natalie and Tom’s case, they were expecting not one little boy but two!  We spent the evening sharing pregnancy stories, experiences, and questions.   Natalie glowed with excitement as she described her journey so far.   I received a message a few weeks after meeting them both, and I had the wonderful opportunity to photograph their new family.  And what a joy it was!  These two beamed with pride and awe when holding their new little bundles of love, Nick and Henry!  And, I must admit, it made me all the more anxious about meeting our little guy in September!  Natalie and Tom, you are already wonderful parents, and I can’t wait to see your family grow!  Congratulations on two handsome little guys!  They are perfectly sweet and adorable!  Friends and family can view their entire online gallery here.  And now for some of my favorites from the session!

We couldn’t have asked for a more lovely evening for family portraits!  I met up with John, Amy, Danielle, John’s sister Jan, and their sweet pup, Romeo to roam one of their favorite places in the city.  The session had been a long time in the making, and for good reason.  Their other daughter, Brittany, would be home for a week from serving in the peace corps.  Unfortunately, she wasn’t able to join us after all, but she was dearly missed by her family.  Brittany, I hope to get to meet you the next time you are in the States!  In the meantime, I hope these photos will bring you some hope and joy knowing that these people love you and miss you so much!  Keep up your wonderful work, what an inspiration you are!  And a big thank you to John, Amy, Danielle, Jan – thank you for making our session so much fun!  You are such a beautiful family, inside and out!  Friends and family can view their entire gallery here.  Let’s get right to some images, shall we?