Enjoy!

So without further ado, I’d love to let you meet Carl & Traci.  Carl & my husband are in the Air National Guard together and they go many years back…and though we don’t live in the same town, we do enjoy opportunities to hang out with them!

They have one little boy, B, who is precious and absolutely hilarious!

And on this particular day, our goal was to get some family pictures for Carl & Tracie, Carl’s dad, and Carl’s sister’s family. Naturally, the only time our schedules really meshed was when it was blazing hot and…wouldn’t you know…right in the middle of naptime!

Heat and naptime are typically not to be reckoned with, but in this case, there wasn’t a lot we could do about it, and despite those 2 challenges, we got some fun pictures! Here are B’s cousins:

They’re just a family with very pretty children! I’m sure Carl’s dad has to be one proud grandpa!!

This photo is not a technically great photo, but I had to share it, anyway, because…well, it just illustrates the life of a grandfather.  The children were naturally WAY more interested in the rocks than they were in my camera, so we just went with it!

Little B LOVED the trees.

By “loved,” I mean he LOVED them.  He wanted to sit in them, swing from the branches, and I’m pretty sure that he would’ve been perfectly content if we had left him to play in the trees all afternoon.

See?

Sweet family!

And another sweet family!

A tired little B…

A sweet father/son moment…

And a very tired father/daughter moment…

And now? The end! Thank you, to all of you for hanging with me on that h.o.t., tiring day!

Well…a month ago, their precious baby made his debut into the world, and I got the awesome opportunity to photograph him. He was just over a week old at the time of our session, and was just as snuggly and precious as newborns come. He started out full, warm, and sleepy…which allowed for some great photos, and then he woke up and wouldn’t go back to sleep! It was as if he just didn’t want to miss anything, and I can’t say I blame him!

I want you to take a look at this sweet, snuggly baby.

And his feet.  How I love baby feet!

When he puts his arm up by his head, his mama said he was “assuming the position” – time for sleep!

And more that don’t even need words…

And oh, to have such sweet great-grandparents.  Every baby should be so fortunate!!  I just loved these folks…so sweet and patient.

This may be my favorite picture.  The great grandson with his great grandparents.  And he looks so happy to be snuggled right with them!

I’ve mentioned how much I love to pair baby hands with adult hands.  The contrast is always so striking.

Andree’ is one proud and beautiful mama!

…with one beautiful (and sleepy) baby!

Congratulations, Andree’, Victor, and baby Nathaniel! I am looking forward to seeing you again soon!

I fully expected, since she was so young, that Addie would just sleep contentedly while I snapped photographs unbeknownst to her.  Ha!  That’s the problem with “expecting” something…things rarely work like one thinks they will.  This sweet baby slept for the first few minutes, and then she became alert and peered at me through her beautiful newborn eyes – the sleepy photos were overwith at that point!  But she really is beautiful, and I took all my expectations back out the front door and ended up with some really precious photos of a precious baby.

So with that, sit back, and enjoy some pure, baby goodness!

And all proceeds from my photo sessions will go directly into our adoption fund savings account.

Which brings me to the photo session I mention in the title of this post….

Are you interested in being entered into a drawing for a photo session? Everyone needs photos, and this is the perfect time of year to do them…when the grass is green and things are still blooming! Or, maybe you want a photo session that you can save to use for your Christmas cards this year. Or, maybe your baby turns 1 early next year, and you would like to save your photo session for then. Or…..the possibilities are endless!!

So, you want to learn how you can be entered into the drawing??

Head over to The Great Big Giveaway and check it out…plus, while you’re there, maybe you want to enter the drawing for an Apple iPad or one of the other great items!!

Hope to see you there!