John and Heather Plus One

Do you remember Heather from my Paint That Belly Session? Of course you do!  Well it is with GREAT excitement that I introduce you to her daughter!  Isn't she just the most perfect newborn EVER!  My goodness what a beautiful baby!!

My husband has known John and Heather for years, he used to work with both of them (John and Heather met at work :) ).. and now still works with Heather.  About 2 1/2 years ago, the "boys" decided that we should all get together outside of work, and the rest is just history. :)  I just can not say enough nice things about John and Heather.. they are awesome people and are truly some of our best friends. Words just can't not describe how happy for them, this little peanut is absolutely perfect!!

Little lady was wide away for our entire shoot, just 6 days old and didn't want to miss a minute of the action!

She really did not want to part with the pacifier :)

I adore baby feet :)

I absolutely love being around new parents.. the amount of love that overcomes you when you have a baby is unreal and just incomparable to anything else.  I just love witnessing the love spill out!

I had a really hard time choosing which picture to show of the three of them together.. so I chose a few :)

Just so much love :)

A BIG thank you to John and Heather for letting me take your adorable family pictures!!  I am beyond excited for the two of you, and know that you are going to be wonderful parents!!

I also want to thank my (other) friend Heather for providing me with the most ADORABLE accessories for our shoot!!  You can find Heather's work in her Etsy Shop  <---- p="p">

Kelli, Tony, and a Handsom Little Man!

The little man in these pictures may look familiar, I took his Christmas pictures last year as well.  (You can see them here) I can't believe how big he has grown over the past year!!!  This year his mom and dad (Kelli and Tony) wanted to get in on the christmas picture action (and you can see where little man gets his looks from!  What good lookin' parents!!)

Enjoy :)

totally hamin' it up for the pictures!

I SO enjoyed taking these pictures!! A big THANK YOU to Kelli and Tony for letting me take your family pictures this year :)

Tiffany, Jaclyn, and Families!

I know by now you have got to be sick of me talking about my October mini-session day.  Tiffany and Jaclyn are sisters and were scheduled for my mini session day to bring their kids to the park.  Like many other people, they got rained out due to the hurricane. They could not attend the make up day, so we scheduled a family shoot for their Parent's house.  Not that I am happy that they missed mini-sessoin day, (of course I would have loved to see them there), but if they had not been rained out, this session may not have happened, and I am SO happy that it did!!

Their parents live in downtown Mullica Hill,  giving us the perfect location for our photo shoot.  Both of their families were there as well as their parents, and I just loved photographing this group!  They were all so easy going, fun, and not a bad looking one in the bunch! ;) I had such a hard time narrowing down which pictures I wanted to show in the blog, so there are a little more than usual.  I hope you enjoy!

Little lady was woken up from her nap to attend the photo session, and she was less than thrilled to have lights and a camera in her face.  I had to include this picture, because if you follow my blog, you know I LOVE a grumpy baby/kid picture!  Even mad, she is absolutely adorable!!

Little lady snapped right out of her funk as soon as we told her that she was going to hold her adorable little cousin.  I mean who could still be upset holding this little cutie!!

lol.. I think we equated holding a squirmy baby to wrestling an alligator.. little lady was up for the challenge! 

Telling your baby cousin to come back to get his picture taken is VERY serious business!

Sometimes you really just need a hug from Grandpa

Thank you Tiffany and Jaclyn for allowing me to photograph your amazingly beautiful family!!!

Nicole and Brandon's BIG announcement!!!

I have known Nicole for about 8 years, she is one of those feels-like-family, even though we are not actually related people.  I could go on and on about my love and respect for this girl, but thats not what this post is about.. this post is about the BIG news that Nicole and her husband Brandon want to share with their friends and family. :)

A few months ago Nicole told me she was pregnant (YAY!) but swore me to secrecy.  She asked me if once she got past the first trimester, would I take some announcement pictures for her and Brandon.  Of course I said yes!!  I am BEYOND excited for Nicole and Brandon, and I am SO thrilled that they let  me help them announce their amazing news to the world!!!

The day of the shoot was FREEZING, we did the pictures at Red Bank National Park, that is where they had their wedding pictures done, so the place had some sentimental value to them.  I live only 10 minutes from the park, and it was a nice, mild day where I live.. but right on the water it was just breathtakingly cold.  Thanks for hanging in there with me guys!!!  I know we were all shivering!

Thank you again Nicole and Brandon for including me on your big news!!  You are going to be such wonderful parents!!!