I can't help myself . . .

I just want to share one more of Steve and Cristina. Well, as of today it's just one more. Who knows what tomorrow holds. :)

Little Austin

This is Austin. Isn't he just the sweetest little boy?? Austin and his parents came over yesterday afternoon and that silly boy wanted NOTHING to do with sleep! They rocked him, talked to him, cuddled him, bounced with him, patted him, fed him . . . and he stubbornly kept those little peepers open. There was so much to see! (Not to mention the strange lady with the big black clicking thing in his face.)

Renee and Matt, it was really nice to meet you! Congratulations on your beautiful baby boy - you are both wonderful parents and he is one lucky dude! I hope you enjoy your sneak peek. :)

Steve & Cristina

I am late in adding text to this posting. Sorry! I wanted to get the pictures up early yesterday morning and didn't have a minute to write anything. But that doesn't mean I didn't WANT to! This is Steve and Cristina - some really awesome friends of ours. They asked to have their pictures taken for a special reason - Cristina leaves in less than a month to deploy to Germany for just over 6 months. She wanted something to take with her, as well as something to leave behind with Steve. I'm excited for her to have this experience but of course we're all sad to be left behind. She's leaving behind a great hubby, a brand new house (congrats!), ME, oh and the rest of her family and friends. :) Anyway, love you guys so much, thanks for letting me spend this time with you and I hope you love your images!

Happy 1st Birthday, Ethan!

Little Ethan celebrated his first birthday just before I left for Canada a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately I am just now finishing up his Birthday Cake Session pictures. I would love to tell you that he THOROUGHLY enjoyed the cake and the mess but . . . well, that would be a lie. That poor baby did not want ANYTHING to do with my cake. (Note to self: Do NOT refrigerate prior to baby sticking warm toes and fingers into cake!) Oops. My bad!

We started off just playing together a bit (and he was really NOT wanting much to do with me and NOTHING to do with my camera), so we went outside by ourselves. He was pretty interested in the grass and of course everything that was NOT on the blanket. :) Emily was a WONDERFUL test subject for me and her mama's got a couple of cute pictures of her because she was SUCH a big help. :) Oh well, Ethan DID eat SOME of the cake, and he didn't cry the WHOLE time - evidenced by the abundance of pictures where you see no tears. (I decided NOT to be "that photographer" who posts pictures of babies crying . . . while it is sometimes funny, his mama would probably whack me for it!

Anyway, Happy (late) First Birthday Ethan! I cannot believe you're one year old - for rememberance sake, I'll post one picture of TEENY TINY Ethan before his birthday pictures. :)

Plimpton Baby

These are the images from a maternity session that Kara and I had a few weeks ago. Since then, she and her hubby have welcomed their little boy into the world! I am so excited to go over and meet him (hopefully later this week!) and I might even sneak my camera in with me to show him off to everybody else (as if they're not doing that on their own!). Kara and I met up three times during her pregnancy to get a little bit of an "overview" of their baby's growth - and BOY did that boy grow! :) One set below is a storyboard set of the changes Kara went through the last nine months. Congratulations Kara and Micah - I cannot WAIT to meet that sweet baby boy of yours!

Also, on a side note - My own son, Micah (otherwise known as "little micah" when Kara's "Big Micah" is around) has always loved Kara. Ever since he was born (my Micah) has been fascinated with her curly blonde hair, her smile - he's just always LOVED her! Nothing has changed - although he was a little concerned about her belly being in the way - but I loved this little series . . . and how Kara always finds just a few minutes to make Little Micah feel special. :)