Puyallup Family Photography

 by Terri

Baby Kennedy | {Puyallup Newborn Photography}

This beautiful new baby was 10 days old when I had the pleasure of meeting him. Kennedy Allen Curtis is a handsome little guy and in a short time has totally wrapped his parents around his little fingers. Earlier this fall, I had the pleasure of meeting his parents, Alicia and Marcus, when I did their maternity photos. Such a great couple and SO very excited for their son to arrive…I quickly could see that they now felt complete with Kennedy in their arms. Now, if you saw the maternity photos, you know what great looking parents Kennedy has…and this little guy is taking after his parents…such a beautiful family and capturing some of their first family photos was an honor for me. These will hopefully be a wonderful memory of when their son joined their family! This little guy wasn’t so sure about sleeping and definitely let us know what he liked and didn’t like…and he LOVES snuggling with his mom or dad…the most precious sight…a new parent holding tight to their new baby…you can just feel the love!Aren’t they all gorgeous…I loved watching these parents with their new son!

And this outfit was perfect since Kennedy arrive a month before Christmas and is the great gift to his parents and the rest of the family…he’s such a perfect baby…a little angel!
Be still my heart…..

OH, how I love little feet and with his momma’s ring on his tiny toe…I couldn’t resist!

Daddy and son…ahhh, I love this!

TOO darn cute…love his sweet mouth!

Congratulations Alicia and Marcus on your beautiful new son…Kennedy is adorable and I loved sharing a bit of your time with him and capturing some memories for all of you! My best to you for a wonderful holiday season with your newly expanded family!

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 by Terri

Landon turns ONE | {Puyallup Children Photography}

MY OH MY…how much fun are ONE year olds!! This ADORABLE and HANDSOME little guy just turned one, actually on the day we did his session and I had a blast with him. He’s a happy boy, filled with many smiles and dimples that are sure to capture the hearts of many (girls!!) over his lifetime! Now, I’ve said this before, I love photographing people, but I must admit that the little ones, and maybe just one year olds…the very best. You just never know what they are going to do and you get to play through the entire session! Of course, this gives me the right to do and say silly things…and get away with it!! Landon, as you can see is SUPER cute, but he’s quite sweet…he played a little bit shy, but not for long and watching him light up with the toys and the smiles he gave me…oh, how excited I am for his parents to see the photos. He will be SO much fun at Christmas this year…I can only imagine the joy his parents will experience as they watch their baby boy during the holidays this year…they are truly blessed…as is Landon to have such loving and caring parents!!

Landon was standing and not taking more than a step or two on his birthday, but I’ve heard he’s now getting the hang of walking…and I would imagine keeping his parents busy with his explorations!!Talk about handsome…he certainly takes the cake!!!And, then came time for the BEST part of the session…the cupcake smash! Landon didn’t let me down…he seemed to have as much fun as I (and his mom) did, watching him!!!I couldn’t believe how gentle he was with the cupcake pedestal, this was neat to watch and shows just how sweet he really is!
YEAH…I get to play in food and make a mess and I like it!!!!He did a great job on it!!So, this is what being ONE is all about…hmm, I kind of like it!!As I said, he did a good job with it!!The “leftovers!”

Happy Birthday, Landon…you are a sweetheart and I adored my time with you…here’s to many more wonderful birthday’s filled with lots of love and joy!!

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 by Terri

Family time…with the Perry’s | {Tacoma Family Photography}

While I’m on a personal and slightly biased roll with the blog…here’s one more to share with you! This stars our beautiful daughter, her husband and Emma…all such incredible people and we love them all! With the amazing fall weather we had (until this past week)…it was obvious that an outdoor session was in order to commemorate Emma turning six months and get some new family photos for her parents! Of course, they all are very used to the camera (maybe not always liking it!!)…so this was something they know, but this was the first session with them having a little one who maybe challenges or should I say, changes, some of the ideas for the session. Emma was a rockstar and did great throughout the session and LOVED playing in the dry grasses…and naturally, trying to eat or at least taste some of it. The curiosity of a baby is SO fun to watch, but it also means you have to watch them closely…which we did as she explores all sorts of new things this afternoon. With helpers and entertainment along, the session was a success and I am so excited about what I captured and will be updating their family photo in our living room…now to just figure out what one!??!! I must say that watching Jessalyn and Sean as parents is wonderful…they are both loving, caring, dedicated and so happy with their new family. Even though the beginning wasn’t quite what they had pictured when Emma arrived…spending over 5 weeks in the hospital, I believe helped form part of just who they are as parents and how thankful they are for their beautiful daughter. Now, healthy, happy and doing everything she should…Emma is amazing and wonderful and I’m very proud to share with you these photos…of a beautiful family!!!

I think if you looked in Sean’s (aka…daddy) eyes, you’d see a reflection of Emma…she truly adores her and loves playing with her…as you can see!!

I LOVE the photo on the left, seeing how Emma takes her mom’s face in her hands and plants a kiss on her…so sweet!!

Aren’t they a beautiful young family?!!!

This little grin looks a bit mischievous to me…I’m sure that in time, she’ll be testing her parents…once she’s mobile!Beautiful mother and daughter… L O V EDaddy is showing her just what she can do with the grasses…she quickly figured it out! Can you see the little piece in the corner of her mouth!?!Oopsie…balance is not 100% yet, good thing daddy was there to catch her!

Oh, this smile and those eyes…they are amazing!

All because two people fell in love…I’m so happy they did!!!

Getting a bit tired…upside down usually helps with distracting!!

Couldn’t resist sharing this photo of our daughter, Jessalyn is a beautiful woman, amazing mother, loving wife, GREAT teacher and more…we are so proud of her…and Sean…they are such great people and we are so blessed they are part of our family!!

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