Friendship

My friend Jenny (who is an amazing photographer) and her baby Josiah came to play! We had a great time chatting, making tutus, watching Ryleigh poke Josiah ;), and of course I had to take some pictures while they were here!! I even got to take some of Jenny and Josiah together! She got peed on and had to lay on the rug covered with his drool and pee, but I think they were worth it ;). Here's a bunch because they were too cute to narrow down:

What a sweetheart!

Remember Norah from about 6 months ago? Here is one of her newborn portraits to jog your memory:

Norah is in the Watch Me Grow program and came for her six month portraits. I could not believe how much she had grown when they walked through the door! She is absolutely beautiful!! Norah hasn't quite mastered the whole sitting business, and doesn't like being on her tummy, so she was quite challenging for me and her mom and dad. The images we were able to capture were SO worth the challenge. I think I am in love with Norah ;), she looked like such a little angel. Here are a few of the amazing little expressions she gave me! (And don't worry mom and dad, there are some great smiles I am saving for your gallery!)

We're back!

We are back from our family vacation! It was such a nice relaxing time. I was only on the computer once in the past 12 days!! That means I have a LOT of emails to catch up on, so please be patient. I will definitely post more details and photos from our trip soon, but here's a couple so I'm not posting without pictures ;).

Meet Chance!

I had the pleasure of photographing Chance today. He was such a sweet little bundle of joy. You can tell how loved he is just by walking into his home. He has a puppy Bella who seems to be sharing the attention very well! Chance decided to stay awake a long time even though he was very sleepy today! I think he wanted to spend some quality awake time with his grandma. Once we finally got him to sleep we had to work quickly so we could get some priceless images before we woke him. Here are a couple to share. We leave for vacation bright and early and I wanted to give his mommy some to look at while she waits for me to finish their gallery! Enjoy!

Grab some popcorn...

this is going to be a long post ;)! I feel absolutely terrible that I haven't blogged Ryleigh's first birthday yet, and it has been a month!! Leighton's birthday is Wednesday so don't expect a post on that until April! First was a "smash the cake" shoot for her birthday invitations!




The front:


The inside:


The back:


For her birthday we took her to Build A Bear Workshop (it's a family birthday tradition)! It was SO cute they way she kept hugging her bear! She didn't want anyone else to touch it. She looked so small in the big store. She even kissed the heart when she was supposed to! She tried to find an outfit for her bear, but the selection is very limited when you can only reach the bottom shelf ;).





Then it was time for her actual party! So many friends and family came to celebrate her special day with us. My aunt made her invitation cake and her party cake and they were both beautiful! Ryleigh made such a mess with her cake she had to go straight into the bathtub when she was finished. Mady and Leighton helped decorate everything in hearts since she's a Valentine's Day baby! My friend Jenny is a talented photographer brought along her camera and captured some precious moments while I was too busy!!








And then a few failed attempts at her "official" one year portrait!