This is a subject that is very near and dear to my heart right now. Some of you may know, but to those of you that don’t… My family is expecting a new baby this summer! Yup, number 3 for us – Weeeeeeee! We are super excited and my little “H” is practically coming out of her skin at the thought of being a big sister again. At 4 1/2 now she is well aware of what is going on and she is just beside herself with excitement:) She wants to know EVERYTHING! She asks constantly what is the baby doing? Tell me about your baby? Is your baby growing? It is such a huge difference to see her reaction to my son’s pregnacy when she was 2 vs. now that she is 4+.

Anyway, back to my post… This session was shot a couple months ago when this little sweetheart was patiently awaiting the birth of her new little sister. Big sis “C” was born prematurely at around 26 weeks and just over 1 lb. She perserviered through many months in the hospital as her tiny body worked to catch up to her inner strength. She is an amazing little girl with two amazing parents and now at 3 she is doing remarkably well. I had so much fun with this shoot and with mom making to her 3rd trimester, it needed to be documented to celebrate their second journey in pregnancy. Little sis “T” has since been born and I will be going to meet her for her very first photo session very soon (be on the lookout). But first, I wanted to celebrate big sisters excitement. Here are a few from our session:

Congratulations on the birth of your second little angel and I can’t wait to meet her and give big sis a big hug!

I just love these girls, I have known them for years and I especially love that there is a new girl in the family to photograph. Here are a few that were taken over 4 years ago when photography was just an experimental past time for me:) I still love these two shots and am so glad that this family has trusted me with their photography for so long! Thanks “C” family.

Now fast forward 4+ years to see what beautiful young women they have become, not to mention their gorgeous little sister.

Hello, I’m still alive! I have been having the best season and it’s coming to a close very soon, but I just couldn’t go one more day without posting some of the fun that I’ve been having.  So sit back, relax, grab a snack, maybe a cocktail and take a peek at what I’ve been so busy with.

Whew! Thanks for hangin’ in there for the mother of all posts. I am sooooo incredibly lucky and fortunate to have met all the lovely babies, children, pets and families that I had the pleasure of working with with season. Thank you all for making my year so wonderful by closing up the season on such a great note. I hope you are all enjoying your holiday cards which I can’t wait for you to send out and I hope to see you all in front of my camera again very soon! Have a great Thanksgiving and I am officially going to promise to be a better blogger. So I am going to rest up and get ready for my big debut as a cook. I am in charge of cooking one of the 2 turkeys for our family’s feast tomorrow and I’m praying that mine doesn’t resemble the Turkey from the movie Christmas Vacation when Clark Griswold begins to carve the beautiful bird just as it bursts open and steam fills the air with the charred remains of the holiday turkey. Lets all keep our fingers crossed!

I can’t believe I forgot to post this one with the last batch!

Well… back to my nightly editing ritual:) Good night.

Welcome “C” back to the spotlight, she is a regular of mine:) Her mother and I are best friends and I’m so glad, because she has two of the cutest stinkin’ kids I’ve ever seen! Little “C” has definitely been practicing her moves for the camera too might I add. This little pose was all her!

And I have been playing with some new post processing actions that are ALL so fun, but this is one of my new favorites. I am sure I will over use it, but I just can’t help it, so I am apologizing in advance:)

This just makes my heart melt into a puddle.

I love you guys!

I had a blast with this marvelous family this evening. We were able to get some great shots amidst the sea of photogs at this gorgeous, yet ever so popular location. Let’s start with this beauty “EG” I was able to get her very fascinated with the “butterflies” in my camera:) Such wonder is absolutely priceless. I absolutely love to be able to catch these kinds of expressions and share them with families. This images to me has precious written all over it. Thanks “EG”!

And lil’ bother? Don’t even get me started! This handsome little fella was super fun to chase down. For you “T” – any day!

And my favorite part was when mom said, “they’ll hug if you ask them to” How cute is that? I was very impressed because I was partially holding back laughter at the thought of asking mine to hug… I’m sure you’d say the word hug, but my oldest would hear “BODYSLAM” and my youngest would hear “HEADBUTT”…. you can fill in your own ending to that scenario:) But these two were just adorable.

Thanks for such a beautiful evening “E” family!

We’re gonna take our pictures where?

Well… Let me think about it for a minute.

Whoo Hooooooooo!

This was the funnest session EVER! There is just too many to pick from and I am determined to go to bed before morning, Yikes! Thanks “O” family. Nite Nite!