Wow!!  It’s been a busy weekend here!

I have had so much fun reconnecting with past clients and meeting new ones…

and look at all these cuties I’ll be sharing with you soon!

Sweet Mia {5 days}

Savine is 3 months!

Dominic had a little sister!  Alex {6 days}

And all these adorable head bands are from this cuties mom, Heidi with Lemonade Stand.

Website coming soon!

Now time to hunker down and get to editing

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I had so much fun with these cute kids…

They called me miss Erika…

it was super cute!

They wanted to spread some Valentine love as a surprise for their daddy!

I hope he likes them

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Serious picture overload…

with parents like these two can you imagine the beautiful girl I’ll get to meet in a few weeks?!

Can’t wait!!

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I love meeting new moms…

I love hearing about their experiences with their first pregnancy and bringing their baby into this world…

I especially love it when a couple has finally been able to start their family after really having to wait and wait…

it makes capturing their first moments so much sweeter.

Meet Leif…

He was brought into this world a month early and after a few days spent in the hospital he was brought to his new home surrounded by love

See more of sweet Leif in his slideshow HERE.

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If there is anything I have learned about babies…

it is the only thing you can count on…

is that nothing will stay the same.

As soon as you think you’ve got them on a schedule they decide to stop taking a nap…

they absolutely detest bananas even though last week they were the absolute favorite…

being a parent is tough work!

I often wonder with my own 3 children if who I put to bed at night is who will wake up the next morning.

Meet William…

he is sweet and happy and 100% in love with his momma

but on this day there was something a little different

an extra long nap that was out of the ordinary

a possible incoming tooth

followed by a photo session

where a silly lady with a black box in front of her face kept asking him to sit still

and his momma was worried.

As a mom I understand there is so much excitement, anxiety and preparation that goes into a portrait session.

You want a person you just recently met to see your child as you see them.

This is what I always try to do as I capture your children…

whether days or months or years old.

I’m always looking for the inbetween moments

the quick glances…

the sweet smiles…

the connections…

So even though it may look and feel like a total disaster

i know

that inside my camera I’ve captured a William who is happy and sweet and 100% in love with his momma.

See more in his slideshow HERE.

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I had so much fun hanging out with Brooke for her Senior pictures!  She is a natural in front of the camera!

I don’t photograph a ton of seniors, but I swear I photograph the prettiest!

Be sure to check out her slide show for lots more and a look at her awesome car! Click HERE!!

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I like this family…

a whole bunch…

these two boys are the same ages as my younger two and they are good buddies.

Their mom is the amazing talent behind monkey c baby.

If you have not visited her etsy shop take a minute and go take a peek…

I’ll wait…

just don’t forget to come back and look at there adorable pictures!!

They recently moved into a new home and the boys have an aviation theme in their bedroom!

I loved all these amazing planes!

Their dad is an air traffic controller so it must be in the DNA

I don’t know what it is about this picture, but it makes me want to watch Top Gun!  Not that I need much of an excuse…

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2011 was a year of growth…

a year of mistakes…

a year of learning and defining and refining…

I am so grateful to all the mommas to be, newborns and babies that visited me over the last 12 months.

Thank you for trusting me to capture your memories.

I pulled a few favorites from the past year, but hope you will take a minute and watch the newborn slideshow that features all the newborns from last year!  So many wonderful babies that are growing oh so fast!

Here’s to 2012 and a whole new set of faces and hopefully some familiar ones as well

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I’m embarrassed to admit this … but this is our first family picture in 4 years!!

And this one wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t had my parents in town to help me out.

I don’t love … scratch that … I hate being in front of the camera

I am forever too critical…

but I am so glad we have this picture of our entire family while my kids are still kids.

I’ve been feeling like my oldest is just getting too old too fast, but that’s a whole other topic about loose teeth, school crushes and wanting a cell phone!

Plus I’m so glad we were able to include our furry child, Mable.  We also have a cat, but there was a discussion about strange family cat pictures so Otis didn’t make the cut.  Nobody thinks it’s weird to include your dog in pictures, but I would question anyone who wanted to bring along their feline friend for a family portrait!

Ahh…my handsome boys!

…and were done…

I also thought I would include a little of the Snow family holiday cheer from our home.  This is the first year we got an actual full size tree.  We have always had a toddler in the house threatening to pull it over so we have had what my husband calls the Christmas bush for several years.  This year it got a new home on our front porch and I quite like it there.  One thing about having a full size tree is you realize how little ornaments you have.  You will find me at Target the day after Christmas this year!  We need to fill this baby up!  But my favorite holiday decor is hanging all your beautiful Christmas cards on the back of our front door.  It is my absolute favorite thing to walk past and see all the faces of our family and friends.

… and our Christmas card…

I hope that you all have the merriest of holiday with your families and loved ones!

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So the holiday season can be crazy for all of us, but for portrait photographers it is commonly called the “busy season” and without a game plan and a pretty strong backbone it is easy to have things get out of control.  I learned that lesson last year.  I had such a hard time telling clients “no” that I spent a lot of time telling my family no.  I worked so much and so close to Christmas that Santa left me a message saying if I didn’t get my but into bed he would skip our house!

I ended the year exhausted and uninspired.  The thing that I love to do is capturing babies with my camera.  Preserving those early memories for they last such a short time, but I had become more like a robot than a thinking, feeling, loving photographer.  Shoot, download, edit, order, package, deliver.  Repeat.  Repeat.  Repeat.

So this year I made a plan…

This was my last session for 2011.  And what a wonderful one to end on.  I loved meeting Kristen and Jason and feeling of their excitement about welcoming their first baby girl next year.

It also helps that Kristen is gorgeous and she and Jason make the cutest couple!

So at the end of this “busy season” I am left excited to meet this new baby girl, inspired to have an even better 2012 and just plain happy!

See more of this gorgeous couple in there slideshow HERE.

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