One Month Old

Miss Stella is now a month old...my how time flies! I don't get to photograph her nearly as much as I would like. It takes two hands to hold that big 'ol camera and with a 6 year old, a 2 year old, and a newborn I rarely ever have two hands free! So yesterday we headed down to the basement studio on a mission to get a few one month shots of Stella. She's growing so much and weighs over 8 pounds now. She is also starting to wake up a bit more so we were able to get some shots of her "with her eyes up" ( as Claire calls it). Here is Stella at one month:





Here is an example of why newborn sessions should be in the first two weeks if you want those beautiful curled up newborn shots. Stella is five weeks old and already "stretching out." I kept tucking her feet under for this shot but she just kept on stretching them out.


And finally, here is what Stella thinks of the whole experience--what a bore!



Don't worry, this hasn't turned into a family blog--I can't wait to start sharing some session photos soon! If you need a September appointment, please email me. Also, some people are scheduling fall appointments and even holiday sessions to be sure they get the dates they would like, so feel free to contact me if you'd like to book something between now and the end of the year. Finally, I am working on a new website, so I can't wait to share it with everyone when it's finished!

Sometime's You Get What You Asked For...And More

As I'm sure many of you remember, my sister and brother-in-law welcomed sweet baby Paige into their family in March. After two boys, my sister was very much wishing for a girl and boy did her wish come true! Paige has turned out to be a definite girly girl--full of beauty and also full of drama. She is quite the diva--as she proved yesterday at her three-month photo session. She is also one of the most stunning babies I've ever seen so I hope I was able to capture her beauty in these shots! Paige turned three months a couple of days after Stella was born so we had to work in her 3 month session before she was no longer three months old. My two older girls went to bible school with their grandparents, so we just brought Stella down to the studio in her bouncy seat. She slept right through the session, thankfully! Here are a few of my favorites of our family's beautiful little drama queen--Paige Elizabeth:

Growing and Changing

Two weeks--that's how long I went without using the "big camera" before I started having withdrawals! So I had to get some new shots of the girls and get some practice in for me. The girls are just growing and changing everyday--all three of them. Grace lost her first tooth on Friday. It has been loose for a while and her new tooth was already coming in behind it. If you know Grace, you know she was never going to actually pull that tooth or let us pull it, so my husband came up with quite a plan. He tied a string to her tooth and tied the other end to Claire's belt loop. Then he put them both at the top of our slide and sent Claire down. The tooth popped right out! I still can't believe Grace let him do it. Here are a couple of pictures of her with her new "space."



Claire is growing and changing too. I'd love to say this growth involved potty training, but she seems to have no interest in that whatsoever yet! Instead she has learned to sing her ABCs (okay, so the LMNOP part is a little sketchy)! It is so totally adorable. She has also become my best little model for the camera--I think mostly because she doesn't want baby Stella to get all the camera time. Here are a couple of new ones of Claire. The black and white one shows her new little "camera pose". I think we have a future supermodel on our hands!



And, of course, little Stella is growing and changing as well. She is three weeks old today! Everyone keeps asking who she looks like, but we really can't figure it out. She has her own unique look about her. She still sleeps most of the time but she is growing and gaining weight like crazy. So far, she is definitely our most laid back baby--just taking it all in when she's awake and along for the ride the rest of the time! I did manage to get some shots of her awake the other night after her bath--here she is:



I hope everyone is enjoying a great summer and I look forward so seeing many of you again as I start fall sessions!