Category Archives: Baby's First Year

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Smiley Sleepy 3 Month Old

The Thursday before last, Sabrina brought her adorable 3 month old son over for a portrait session.  Dad said it was cute to watch him go from smiling to making funny faces and sticking his tongue out to falling right to sleep.  He was such a good baby!  The pictures of him sleeping precious with him curling his arm up around his face.  Thanks for coming over for your session and we hope you had a fun time!

Carly and Will’s Baby Girl

We are so happy for Carly and Will!  They were recently blessed with a baby girl joining their family.  They waited until the birth to find out if they were having a boy or a girl and dad commends them on their restraint!  Dad had said he wanted to do that the first time mom was pregnant but he only lasted until the ultrasound tech asked him if he wanted to know and he broke down and asked.  Carly and Will are filled with love and are already fantastic parents.  We cannot wait to see them all again!  Congratulations Carly and Will!

Mom loves the baby’s funny expression in this picture:

Celebrating 6 Months

Raegan and Todd have a little girl who was born just one week after our little sister.  It is lots of fun every time we get to see them.  They are terrific people and if they lived closer we’d have tons of play dates!  Dad photographed their daughter’s 6 month session and said it was a great time.  We love seeing how much their little girl and our little sister grow together!  We can’t wait until the next session!

From her newborn session:

And now at 6 months old:

This is one of mom’s favorites.  What a funny expression, and what beautiful blue eyes!

Baby Boy in the Blue Blanket

Kristen and Elton’s baby boy was born a month and a half after dad first met Kristen for her maternity session.  It was wonderful to see them again and to meet the new baby!  During Kristen’s maternity session, she brought a special blue blanket that she had t0 use for the baby when he was born.  Mom loves when people incorporate things into their maternity sessions that they can then use in a newborn session.  It makes the item that much more special when you save it and pass it on to your son or daughter.  Congratulations to the growing family!

The blue blanket for Kristen’s maternity session:

Her baby boy wrapped in the same blue blanket for his newborn session:

Little Sister’s 1/2 Birthday!

Mom Blogging:

I consider myself to be incredibly blessed, and whenever I look at my kids I am amazed at God’s goodness and so grateful for everything that has been given to me.  Our daughter recently turned six months old and Jason photographed her six month pictures.  Her beautiful smiles just melt my heart!  In six short months she has changed from a tiny newborn to a crawling, babbling, laughing baby!  She has three (almost four) teeth already, she is pulling herself up to stand, and she loves playing peek-a-boo with her big brothers.  They are great with her, and both of them are very proud to be big brothers.  Our toddler even gives up his toys without complaint whenever she reaches for something he is playing with, and that is saying a lot for a two year old!

I love my family and am blessed with an amazing life!  Time goes by so quickly when you are trying to hold onto all of the moments with your kids as they grow.  Jason and I are taking it all in and holding these memories close to our hearts.

Our daughter, in the hospital just born:

From her newborn session:

3 months old:

And now at 1/2 a year old!

I love this face with her scrunched up nose!  She makes it all the time and does this funny nose laugh sound when she is happy :)

So maybe she outgrew the swim suit before she even got a chance to really wear it.  I’m a proud nursing mom!

On His First Birthday

Dad had been looking forward to a session with Portia and Aundre’s son for a long time.  He was so excited to photograph their son on his first birthday!  He played with some toys, tasted a bit of cake, and showed how much changes in just a year when he sat next to the belly cast of his mom’s pregnant belly.  We hope you had a fun first birthday!

Sporting his Kenneth Cole sweater:

This is one of mom’s favorites from the session:

Already Growing

Dominique and Phillip first had dad photograph their baby girl for a newborn session when she was just under a week old.  They brought her in for a studio session a month later and she already looked so much bigger!  Babies grow so quickly so it makes these pictures mean so much more.

Fistfuls of Frosting

The day before her son’s birthday, Sophie had dad come over to photograph her little boy’s first birthday session.  He showed dad around his play room, played peek-a-boo through his tunnels, and then showed dad how he liked to eat the fake fruit and sneak tupperware out of the kitchen cabinets that he can reach!  Dad said it was so cute to watch him explore his house.  Then his mom brought out the cake and the fun really got started!  Happy first birthday!

Baby Boom, Part Three

The last of the three newborn sessions dad photographed just before Christmas was with a baby girl who was just six days old.  Dominique and Phillip had a maternity session with dad just one month ago and we were looking forward to hearing that their daughter had arrived.  After she made her debut, dad went over to their house to meet the baby and photograph her newborn session.  She was so precious and her parents are head over heels for her of course!  Dad is looking forward to the next session and cannot wait to see Dominique and Phillip’s daughter grow!

Baby Boom, Part Two

The second of three newborn sessions that dad photographed the Monday before Christmas was with Jennifer and Shawn’s one week old son.  Dad had photographed Jennifer and Shawn’s wedding 4 1/2 years ago (they had one of our favorite groom’s cakes) and was thrilled to see them again and hear their good news.  It is a wonderful thing to have full circle moments like this, where dad gets to share in a wedding day and the family growing after.  Jennifer and Shawn’s son was born just a couple days after Jennifer’s birthday.  What a perfect birthday gift!  Newborn babies are just so cute.  Congratulations on your new blessing Jennifer and Shawn!

Jennifer and Shawn brought this hat and the picture makes mom laugh!  It will be fun to see pictures of him with the hat on as he gets bigger, until it finally fits.