Amanda Kern http://www.amandakern.com/blog Photographer, Educator, Student, Mother & Wife Obsessed with sharing moments through pictures & words Sat, 15 Jun 2013 03:42:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 AmandaKernbloghttp://feedburner.google.com Awaiting the next Mayer baby http://www.amandakern.com/blog/2013/06/awaiting-the-next-mayer-baby/ http://www.amandakern.com/blog/2013/06/awaiting-the-next-mayer-baby/#comments Sat, 15 Jun 2013 03:41:24 +0000 Amanda Kern http://www.amandakern.com/blog/?p=7250  

It’s always uplifting news when families I’ve gotten to know closely through my photography share the news that they’re expecting another little miracle. This coming August the Mayer family are expecting their 3rd baby boy. I photographed their baby boy Reese back in November 2010 as a newborn and have done photos for their family a few times since. It’s always fun to watch families grow. I know they’ve been praying for another little one and surely we’re all feeling blessed to know it’s only a matter of time before we meet their baby boy. We had fun recently as we all woke up at sunrise to meet at the beach and take some photos with hopes to capture these moments of anticipation as they await the arrival of baby boy #3. Rachel & Jeff I hope you enjoy the photos…can’t wait to meet your little man later this summer!

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I’m quite excited to finally share one of my favorite maternity photo sessions to date. Suzi and Jay are expecting their first baby boy in about five weeks and so we took some time recently to capture the moments they’ve spent in anticipation. We met at the beach for some incredibly memorable moments and then later at their home. Suzi and Jay I look forward to meeting Grayson in  a little over a month. He’s certainly lucky to have two awesome parents…thanks again for the memories. I hope you all enjoy looking back on the moments as you await the arrival of your baby boy. Best wishes to you both!

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I’ve been a tad bit busy with the change of semesters and a ton of other things, as usual…so I have tons of photos to share in the near future. I’m super excited to finally post precious little Mia’s newborn photos. You may recall that I took maternity photos of Michelle and Vince before Mia arrived so it was awesome to take a little time to visit them in the hospital when Mia was just a day old and then our schedules finally aligned to do official newborn photos when she was just over two weeks old. She’s such a precious little peanut with the most adorable personality. It’s always fun getting to watch a new family welcome a brand new baby to their lives…yes, following them this closely I almost feel like we’re family now. ;) Michelle and Vince congrats on your baby girl – she’s quite lucky to have such awesome parents – thanks for making all these photos so much fun…best wishes to you all.

]]> http://www.amandakern.com/blog/2013/05/mia/feed/ 2 Newborn twins: Rebecca & Sarah http://www.amandakern.com/blog/2013/04/newborn-twins-rebecca-sarah/ http://www.amandakern.com/blog/2013/04/newborn-twins-rebecca-sarah/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2013 03:08:19 +0000 Amanda Kern http://www.amandakern.com/blog/?p=7140 Recently I spent a little time with newborn twins, Rebecca and Sarah. I’ve photographed a handful of twins over the last five years but these two precious babies were the first identical twins. They were super sweet and tiny, only 4 & 5 lbs, so we had fun capturing a few of their newborn moments. Erica & Trevor thanks again for your patience and time…hope you all enjoy the photos!

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Recently I got to meet with newborn twins, Paige & Thomas, for some precious newborn moments. Each of them were adorable to work with individually but took a bit more work for their dreamy twin pictures…thankfully they were still brand new so they gave into cuddling with one another. Tom & Lori I hope your family enjoys the photos…thanks again for allowing me to be a part of all these memorable moments with your family. Best wishes to you all.

]]> http://www.amandakern.com/blog/2013/04/newborn-twins-paige-thomas/feed/ 0 Colton http://www.amandakern.com/blog/2013/04/colton/ http://www.amandakern.com/blog/2013/04/colton/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:33:17 +0000 Amanda Kern http://www.amandakern.com/blog/?p=7047 I’ve been quite blessed to meet some pretty amazing families over the years. Colton’s family sure has been amongst the more memorable ones to meet this year. I got to spend a bit of time with them for newborn photos recently when he was just five days old and then a few days later we met to take some adorable photos with him and their family on the beach. I’m pretty sure you all will enjoy the moments we captured…Sean & Kimberly thanks again for all your patience and supporting me through all these newborn moments we spent with your baby boy. Best wishes to you all…he surely is a sweet little blessing.

]]> http://www.amandakern.com/blog/2013/04/colton/feed/ 0 Shaan http://www.amandakern.com/blog/2013/04/shaan/ http://www.amandakern.com/blog/2013/04/shaan/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 04:35:46 +0000 Amanda Kern http://www.amandakern.com/blog/?p=6993  

This past week I got a chance to meet one of the most adorable little newborns, Shaan. Kavita & Prashanth’s baby boy was born about three weeks earlier than planned so at just six days old he was only about five pounds. This sweet little guy began a tad bit fidgety and didn’t enjoy being positioned into all the ideas I had. Instead he preferred to curl up, just as he was inside of his mother. Once he let me know the little secret to working with him we ended up having lots of fun capturing his newborn moments, which included some pretty priceless moments with the Kavita & Prasanth. Kavita thanks for welcoming me into your home to capture such precious memories…hope you all enjoy all the moments!

]]> http://www.amandakern.com/blog/2013/04/shaan/feed/ 1 Awaiting Michelle’s little one. http://www.amandakern.com/blog/2013/04/awaiting-michelles-little-one/ http://www.amandakern.com/blog/2013/04/awaiting-michelles-little-one/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:30:27 +0000 Amanda Kern http://www.amandakern.com/blog/?p=6973  

This past week I got the chance to meet Michelle & Vinny to take maternity photos before their little one arrives. Their baby is born any day now and it’s so obviously this little one is surrounded by love and the anticipation we all have to meet their new baby. I adore when couples wait to find out whether they’re having a boy or girl…it’s one of the most awesome surprises a couple can wait to find out on the day their baby is born – something we did with two of our three kids.  We’ll all have to wait just a little longer to find out what Michelle & Vinny are having…hopefully these some of these final moments captured during one of Michelle’s last week’s of her pregnancy help keep you all excited to await the arrival of their little one.  Michelle & Vinny I hope you both enjoy the moments we captured…thanks for being so amazing – can’t wait to see you all again soon for newborn photos.

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]]> http://www.amandakern.com/blog/2013/03/alexander/feed/ 1 Tanvi http://www.amandakern.com/blog/2013/03/tanvi/ http://www.amandakern.com/blog/2013/03/tanvi/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:23:18 +0000 Amanda Kern http://www.amandakern.com/blog/?p=6925 Another adorable little newborn to share with you all. Nisha & Bala visited me for their baby girl’s newborn photos…just five days old and she’s so precious. She greeted me with some of the biggest and best smiles I’ve captured with a newborn. We spent most of our time learning to work around her needs and learning to position her just how she wanted…despite all those sweet little smiles she surely let us know when she wasn’t fond of our ideas. Thankfully we fell in love with the ideas she had for us to capture of her newborn moments. Nisha & Bala I hope you all enjoy the moments we captured with your baby girl…she surely is a sweet little blessing. Best wishes to you all.

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