Mary | {super sweet}

What a great morning I had with this little beauty, Mary, and her mom, Melinda, a couple weeks ago.  Melinda had contacted me about a session for Mary who had turned 3 this summer and she was hoping to get it in while the weather was still nice. We first met at a small “tot lot” in our neighborhood, as we both live in the same neighborhood…we got acquainted, I met Mary and set up a date and time for the session. The morning we met for the session it was a bit cooler, but that did not slow Mary down one bit! She is a REAL beauty and her mom had told me she didn’t like to smile much for the camera…I was determined to find that beautiful smile and capture it. Well, it didn’t take long before she couldn’t contain those smiles any longer and we were running and playing in the park and I managed to captured some great smiles! Mary is so sweet and was a real delight…although she just turned three, she certainly seemed older three and when she smiled, I certainly couldn’t contain my own smiles…how can you not smile when you are around someone so sweet and fun! Not only did I have the pleasure to photograph this sweet little girl, but now, whenever I drive past her home, I have a friendly face to wave to and say hello…and I look forward to seeing more of this little girl and watching her grow up!

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Mary “tried” to play coy when we first got to the park…and she hid behind her mom, peeking out, I manage to capture this adorable smile – I knew it would be a great session!

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This beautiful little girl has an incredible natural streak of blond in her hair…which is stunning and who wouldn’t love to have some natural highlights like this…it’s truly amazing and just one more incredible feature that adds to this beautiful little girl!

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Yes, I know generally the goal is to capture the beautiful smile of a child, but when I saw this…I couldn’t help but click the shutter…it’s such a natural look that I instantly fell in love with…

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SMILES…Mary has the BEST smile and when she does smile, her eyes just light up…this little girl is going to be a REAL beauty when she grows up…good luck to her parents…start your game plan now!

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When I see this picture, I just laugh…and I’m guessing that Mary’s parents have seen this look before…I’ve seen it with my own children and even my granddaughter…and those eyes, Mary certainly knows how to play the game and I would imagine it would be hard to say no to that face!!

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Kisses for mama….such a sweet moment!

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Ahh, bubbles, what child doesn’t enjoy bubbles and Mary did a great job of blowing them, as you can see by this bubble!

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You can see where Mary gets her beauty from…her mother, although I must say, I haven’t met her dad…all I know is that I thoroughly enjoyed meeting Mary and Melinda and capturing some special memories for them. I look forward to getting to know them better in the future and capturing some more “memories” for their family!

It’s My Party | {Celebrating Indy}

As promised, here are just a few photos from the birthday celebration for Indy! It couldn’t have been a nicer day, the skies were clear, temperatures around 80 and many family and friends came out to join Jason and Katie in celebrating INDY! As I said in the previous post, this little one is exceptional…this was not your typical one year old birthday, it was quite the event and let me tell you, Indy enjoyed EVERY minute of it and I don’t believe I heard her cry except one time when someone took the empty juice box away from her! Not many this age can handle a couple of hours of such excitement, but this beauty did just that! I am guessing that her parents were probably more worn out than Indy by the end of the party. Kids, big and little alike, enjoyed the evening which included, swimming, trampoline jumping, lawn bowling, visiting, eating and of course, watching Indy who managed quite well as the center of attention.

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As I said, a beautiful evening…right on a nice little lake in Auburn, you can see how peaceful it is right here. Jason and Katie, thank you for asking me to capture some very special memories for you and I look forward to capturing more special memories for your family in the future!

INDY turns ONE | {exceptional}

This adorable little girl turned one last month and I was fortunate to be asked to do her one year photos as well photographing her first birthday.  Who wouldn’t enjoy capturing some special memories for this cute little one?! It hardly seems possible that it had been 9 months since I first met Indy – and to see what she is doing, truly amazing and exceptional! She’s petite, but most certainly makes up for that in nearly every other way possible. She’s been walking for three months and communicates quite well with her parents using sign language. What a great way for both her and her parents to figure out what they are saying. It was quite funny, she used the sign for “please” after her dad gave her her first sip of soda (ginger ale) and she wanted more….and used please – again and again…we couldn’t help but laugh…she knew what she liked and wanted more! This afternoon was beautiful and the yard at their home was perfect to capture some photos to commemorate her first birthday.  We had so much fun and I was truly in awe of how good and cooperative Indy was during the session…she was a real trooper and was so good and sweet!!

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I absolutely this photo…it wasn’t easy to get Indy to hold still with the umbrella, but we managed to get a couple of shots and this was my favorite…her expressions and those eyes, oh, those eyes…so striking and beautiful!!

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Indy certainly enjoys time with her dad and mom and as you can see, whether it be play or snuggle time…she loves being with them….as well as their dogs, Roxy and Lily who are very sweet dogs!
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Ahhh, the cupcake smash…I must say, she was the BEST little one with her cupcake of all I’ve ever done. It might be because she’s never had anything like this before or maybe she just knows what is good and who can resist this yummy looking cupcake with the pink icing?!! NO help or encouragement was needed with Indy, all of this “mess” is all her, she totally ROCKED this cupcake smash!!!!!undefined

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Naturally, we had to get some of Indy with her parents…we didn’t want to leave them out and besides, Indy will have to share “mom and dad” come next spring, so she might as well get in all the one on one time she can now! What a great family…this is what makes my job the best ever…getting to meet and hang out with such a neat family…I’m truly blessed as is this family…they have one another and being with those you love is what life is all about!