A Good Family Friend

This post is for Keshia.. she has been in our family's life forever... and so have her boys! My grandmother is very good friends with her and loves stealing those boys of hers to go bowling and the science center and anywhere they will drag her. I swear its keeping her young! So Ms. Keshia has had a slew of health problems over the years and wanted some pictures done with her boys! I said Yes Ma'm and headed her way! I love these little guys... Ok they aren't little anymore but they are still little in my head, memories etc. They were such good smilers and really enjoyed the session which always makes any session good!

Snow.. Just in time for a session

Last week one of my clients that has been with me since before I officially started asked me to photograph her sister and her family while they were in town from Florida! They have the 3 cutest boys ever, a 7 year old and twin 5 year old boys. I am going to photograph everyone this summer again and I can't wait to get those little ones outside! I am learning more and more about indoor shoots and as we all know this is a learning process for me but its a great one! None the less these little guys kept me hopping and they were so good... everyone always expects a handful out of boys but they weren't they were so sweet! We also played outside, the first time they had ever seen snow! I wish it had dumped a little more but we took what we received!

Giving Back...

I am the worst blogger ever... maybe when Baby gets here I will get better about it, I will come up with a system to be better! I am hoping to add Baby to this blog instead of doing his own blog because I just don't think I can keep up with that! None the less, a client of mine who had recently done pictures with me had a gift card with me given to her and although we love each other dearly I had already seen her 4 times in 2009. So, she so nicely popped it up onto a forum I think and the R family picked it up! Their girls are 6 and 4 and beautiful. I asked the oldest child if people called her Abby short for Abigail and she said Yes and her adorable four year old sister said and "People call me Natalie short for Natalie". It was so cute!! I had such a great time hanging out with them at the Jewel Box! Also the R family have a string of genes that affect blue eyes and make them stunning! I have never seen eyes like this but am so thankful that I was able to and am able to share it with you!

M Family

I did a mini post on this family because I LOVED the compliment that mom gave me but here are a few more from their in home session!

Busy December...

Hello Everyone! Please don't think that because I haven't posted alot doesn't mean I haven't been busy! I have been slammed! Sometimes, I just totally forget to ask a family if I can blog about them and then it gets away from me, I probably have about 10 sessions that way. If we do a session and you remember and are okay with it please mention to me that you are fine with me blogging about you! I have done some really amazing sessions in home and at the Jewel Box in Forest Park and I promise when I get a minute to ask those Momma's I will be blogging about them! We are also 24 weeks pregnant! I can't even believe it! I remember 11 weeks ago just praying to get to that 12 week mark. Now here we are floating right along, its coming so quick! Last night my husband was leaning down to listen to baby because my mom swears she can hear him swishing around and I felt baby kick right at my belly button and so did my husband... right in his ear (holy runon sentence batman). I wish I had a picture of my husband's face to post because it was so cute! I have been feeling Baby for a few weeks now but it is fun for my husband to share that experience. I can't wait for him to get here to have my own little model. Although, most kids of photographers are the WORST in front of the camera because well, we have been taking their picture since day 1! If I don't get on here before the holidays, I hope everyone enjoys and I am so looking forward to whatever 2010 has to bring my way!! Please keep checking the blog, I have alot of new baby sessions coming up and I am so excited!!

My Little Man... Ok he's not really mine but I would claim him!

This is my little man CJ, who decides when we will take pictures, and what kind of mood he will be in! I started photographing him a year ago at Sears (YUCK!) and converted his mother to my style of photography! Okay, it wasn't a real tooth puller but I did steal her away! I love this little guy! He has spunk and attitude and I love that! He also is busy and really starting to come into his own little being. The other MAJOR problem is he is really really cute!! He has the best facial expressions and is starting to get to an age where he understands the only time he see's me is when I want him to smile so he really isn't going to play that game. But I did get some great shots!

Searched for and found!!

A couple of weeks ago I received and email from a mom who had searched under "Autism Photographer" and she found me! I could hardly believe it my excitement was near explosion!! On my list of dreams that is in my top 5! She had three children a 15 year old son, a 10 year old daughter and a 6 year old son, and she wanted pictures of them. In their previous experiences their littlest guy with autism was never quite in the crew with everyone else when it came to the family picture! He did amazing! He was so cute and so fun and so sweet to work with! Her older children were excellent helpers. I never know walking into a session with a special needs child what to expect, I do ALOT of praying and hope that I get something atleast a few shots! With this family I got a TON of shots and he really could not have been better. He was such a fantastic model! I look forward to working with more families with children with autism and though they won't all go as smoothly as they did with this family I know they will be successful! PS The temperature during this session was about 39 degrees, needless to say we worked quickly and kept moving!