The blue tie

I was lucky enough to spend my Sunday morning with this beautiful family. Little Mr. R was adorable and such a sweet guy. Being 3 years old, and like all 3 year olds, he had his mind on something and we weren't going to distract him. He wanted ALL of his pictures taken with his blue tie and cowboy hat. He seriously wanted them so genuinely bad that it was hard to not give in! We managed to distract him here and there, but he never forgot, and it still makes me chuckle right now. Thanks for being SO patient N and R, you're amazing parents! Here's a few to hold you over!

Yard sale ends era...

So Friday night, as I organized my maternity clothes to sell at our semi-annual community yard sale, I felt mixed emotions. Excited in a way, because we are on the road to a different phase. Goodbye to the sleepless nights, hello to family game nights, big-kid activities, to me getting more "me time", to read a book, expand my business, find myself.

However, I'm also sad, because all I ever wanted was to be a mom, and although I'll always be a mom now, it's the end of my "child-bearing" years and that's bittersweet. I love being pregnant, love meeting that new person for the first time, wondering what she will look like, how he will fit in to our family, smelling that perfect smell... what an amazing journey it has been!

I hope my maternity clothes (I LOVED my summer stuff lol!) are worn with the same excitement, joy, and anticipation that I wore them with!

Photographers-hawaiian-get-together

Every quarter another local photographer, Willow (who is an AMAZING high school senior photographer btw! Check her out!) hosts a get-together for area photographers. She finds somewhere for us to shoot and then provides an incredible dinner! This time it was a hawaiian plate lunch, soooooo goood! Oh yeah, and the session locations were amazing too! ;-) Here's a few of our models who baked in the heat for our benefit!













And my own Ally, photographer in the making?!

Adorable Family

I spent my morning with the "K" family, newly a family of 3! There's just something magical about witnessing the amazing love that new parents have for their baby; I love being a part of that! This little guy was just (yes I have to use the infamous word for irresitible babes) so smushy! I enjoyed all of the awake moments too! Thanks for having me over S & J!

The new logo!

So I was going to wait to unveil the logo with the new website, but I haven't been able to even touch the new site lately so it may be a while! So without further ado... the new BabySnap logo (& new colors), created by my dear friend (and talented designer of many things) Rebekah! Thanks R!

"A" Family

These 2 little girls were so sweet, with big gorgeous brown eyes! Thanks for hanging out with me today C & B!

One month old "E"

This little guy was amazingly laid back for a one month old! He didn't even give me a hard time with much stretching or fussing and was easily wooed into doing what we asked. Congrats L & B, on the birth of your handsome little guy!

An adult on my blog!

(well an adult without a baby!) Last week I went to a conference given by Sandy Puc and got to spend some quality time with some other local (and not so local) photographers. I learned alot, from the seminar and the other photographers, and had a fun time just hanging out too. We were early and had to kill some time so of course we found an old house falling apart to photograph but had no subjects... hence WE became the subjects! Here's one of gorgeous Beth, thanks for letting me post it! ;-)