Brad + Crystal

I love materinty sessions. There is something about the expectant mother's glow, the proud glimmer in the new dad's eye, the perfectly round tummy, and the sense anticipation waiting for your little gift from God to finally arrive; it's like you can feel all the emotion radiating out of each image!

Meet Brad + Crystal, and baby-to-be, Braelyn. Crystal is a life-long friend of mine, and I was so flattered when she asked me to shoot these for her. We really got down to the wire, these were taken just about a week or so before she had little Braelyn Claire! This session was my craziest shooting adventure yet. There were police. Yes. Police. A first, and hopefully, last for me. Someone apparently thought we were doing something we were not supposed to be doing, and called the police. Very dramatic. But, fortunately, we were not doing anything illegal, and were sent on our merry way! Not the best kind of stress for a lady who is 8 months pregnant, but it makes for a good story!

Fabuloso...

Danielle + Jason came over tonight, and Dan & I were playing w/ her pics, and came up with this! I likey mucho. Just thought I'd share it w/ ya!

Micah is 1!

My sweet little baby girl is not such a baby anymore! She turned one on July 8th, we celebrated with a ladybug birthday party at our house, lots of great food and tons of family. Thought I'd share some pics from her party, her cake was made by a client, January... if you're a dedicated blogstalker you've already seen her E-session pics... we were going to go with just a cookie cake from the mall, but when I found out that January could make super-cool cakes and that we could trade services, I jumped at the chance. I asked her for a ladybug cake, and I was so excited when she showed up with this in her hands! It was sooooo much better than I could have imagined!

We're finally back from our second summer vacation to South Padre (which was stinkin' awesome, by they way) so I thought I'd catch up on my posting and share these pics with you. My cousin Molly took the people shots for me, she's a great up and coming photographer from my hometown, Giddings. I'd post her info here if she had a blog... a hint, hint for you Mols! :)


My favorite, she was embarrased when everyone sang her Happy Birthday!

That cake was flippin' everywhere!


I love this one too... Aiden's little heart looks broken!

She seemed to understand the concept of opening her gifts... she pulled each thing out and held it up! Yes, she's brilliant. :)

My mom had my old baby doll redone for Micah. She looooves it. She hugs it and gives it kisses, it's too sweet.

Some of the decor...

Amazing!

Yes, it's the only image w/ my logo, only b/c I'm too lazy to do more.

Micah & her cousin Nat, in their matching bee outfits...

Hannah is here!

Sweet little Hannah made her grand entrance on June 10th! Her newborn session was quite an experience... there was a lot of pee, and even some poop...right on Daddy! It was too funny! I hadn't laughed that hard in quite a while. I know I say it all the time, but I am so lucky to have this job. I am so impressed with Mandy & Garrett... they have an awesome spirit, and are those kind of people who I feel like I've known forever. I was super excited to make this announcement for them, and I'll post more from their session soon...

David, Hope & Aiden

Finally these are blogged. Yay!

In case you didn't know, David is my brother, and Hope is his awesome wife, and one of my dearest friends. Obviously that makes Aiden my nephew, and my favorite little boy in the world! We shot these in Giddings one afternoon, and we want to do more in Temple pretty soon... so keep a watch out for those!

My favorite is the 2nd one... except I have a problem with losing color when I post to Blogger, so it does not appear as vividly as it really is. Any Blogger pros have any tips for proper color management?