Okay, so I have A LOT of catching up to do with my blog…I literally have probably a zillion sessions to post.  In case you didn’t see it on my facebook fanpage, we are expecting baby # 2 in August!  I blame my absence on all of that really fun first trimester stuff that us expectant mother’s get to go through…you know, chained to your couch with a box of saltines and 2 liter of ginger-ale…maybe a pint of ice cream on a good day.  Good times.  Anyway, I am back in the saddle and ready to blow the dust off this little blog of mine and get it up and running again!  I know…promises, promises.  I’m not going to lie, I feel a bit overwhelmed with the sheer number of sessions that I need to post, but I am going to give it the good old college try!
Let’s start off with these sweet sisters, Pearce and Emerson.  I have since done Pearce’s 6 month’s photo’s (I told you I was behind!), wait until you see how much she has grown…seriously adorable!!

How lucky am I to have this precious little muse at my disposal anytime that I’m feeling expired!?  Gotta love gorgeous next door neighbors…

Okay, I think I need to start by apologizing for getting so far behind on my blog.  Totally and completely unacceptable that I haven’t done a blog post since May!  My daughter is in preschool now for three hours, two days a week, so I am going to try extra hard to start pumping out more posts.

Oh and as an update to my last blog post in May, I won!  Yippee!  I was super excited.  All of you photographer’s out there (amateur or professional) should really go enter I Heart Faces‘ weekly photo challenges, I had a lot of fun with it.

On to Allen.  I did Allen’s photos back in March (yes that’s really how far behind I am) shortly after he turned 1.  He is the youngest of three brothers and, since his two older brother’s both had beach photos done when they were 1, it was Allen’s turn!  His mom drove with him from Rock Hill for the session and I am so glad that I got to meet him and spend some time with him!  This kid is as sweet as they come.

I realize that this post might be a little bit excessive, but in my defense I just couldn’t narrow it down!  I don’t typically do family sessions (I think probably because they intimidate me a little), but when my cousin Christie asked me to do one for her…how could I say no?  She is family after all.  Once again, I worried for nothing.  They made it so easy!  It didn’t hurt of course that they are basically a family of freakishly good looking supermodels.  

Precious little Marin, I don’t even know what to say about her.  She was just so perfect and sweet all the way around, and MAN this girl can sleep!  She just let me pose her and move her and pose her some more and she just kept snoozing right along.  That’s my kind of baby!  And wait until you see her gorgeous smile…out of control.

I have probably photographed Cooper more than any other child so far (aside from my own, obviously).  I have done sessions for him at 8 months, 12 months, 18 months and just recently I was given the opportunity to do his 2 year pictures as well.  It has been such a joy to watch this little guy grow up over the past two years and I am so thankful that his wonderful parents continue to trust me with these precious memories.

This sweet baby boy was a long time in the making and his parents COULD NOT have been more proud.  Can you blame them?  Look at him!  I could eat him up.

I am starting to see more and more how much I love to photograph newborns.  They are so sweet and tiny and perfectly posable.  Welcome to the world little Ellie.  Isn’t she just perfect?  I think so.

Hayes was already 7 weeks old when his parents brought him to me again.  I have noticed a trend.  When clients bring their newborns to me after they are already over 2 weeks old, I worry, I sweat and I panic.  I have also noticed that I worry for nothing…every time.  Maybe I have just gotten lucky, but little Hayes was no exception, he slept just as soundly as could be and even gave me some precious awake shots!  He was pure perfection.