Welcome Baby Avery!

After getting to record baby Ali's first year, I was so excited when Rye and Eddie asked me to do some newborn pics for their newest little girl, Avery. What a sweet baby! And Ali is a good big sister :)

It's hard to believe how much Ali has grown!

I love this one - it looks like they are telling each other a secret!

I love this one because it shows them all working together as a team.

She wasn't so excited about her bath :)

Congratulations to the three of you - Avery is beautiful! :)

Welcome Baby Brylee!

Ahh, I love my job! Seriously - does life get any better than this? :)

I had been watching Christy's facebook page, so I was thrilled when I saw that she had finally had baby Brylee.. and even more so because I knew I'd get to meet her. Mom and Dad were of course in love, however, they CLAIMED she has something of a temper.. though I never saw any evidence of it, as she slept like a log for the entire session! :)

I'll get to photograph Brylee again when she is 6 months old - I am so excited to watch her grow!

Ryan and Jessica

Last fall I had the honor of photographing Ryan and Jessica's wedding. Due to several circumstances, we were unable to shoot their engagement session before their wedding.. so we decided to do it afterwards. This turned out to be a really good idea, as it was actually raining on their wedding day during what would have been our time for portraits of the two of them. So, for this session they put their wedding clothes back on. It was so much fun to have an entire hour, instead of the roughly 10 minutes I usually get on the day of a wedding!

I think this is my favorite!

Congratulations again you two! I hope you love the pictures :)

Happy 1st Birthday, Ross!

It is so hard to believe that it has already been a year since my neighbors Mark and Kelly brought their adopted son, Ross, home from the hospital. But what a year!
I have known Mark and Kelly since we moved into this house 5 years ago. We quickly became friends, and I knew that though they desired to be parents, the Lord had not yet answered that prayer. Until last year.
It has been so much fun to not only photograph little Ross as he has grown, but to see him in daily life... or at least at our afternoon chats at the mailbox :) He is a smart, funny little guy for sure - he's bound to be quite a little heartbreaker!

Happy 1st birthday, Ross!

This is the same picture that we took at each session.. (here he is as a newborn, and at 3, 6, and 10 months old.)

Just in case he has a future as a pianist :)

Hmm.. wonder how this will taste...

Not too bad!

I love this shot, because to me it represents Mark and Kelly as parents. They are two of the most loving parents I know - always there for their little boy.

Ross is a cute kid, but I think this is my favorite shot from the day.

Getting pictures of the three of them was difficult - Ross wanted to explore!

I took several shots from the front as Mark and Kelly pushed Ross in his little car, but I think I like this one the best.

Thank you two so much for allowing me to be a part of Ross's first year! What an amazing God we serve!