Stella is cute as can be! I loved her little outfits that she wore for her shoot! Her eyes are just gorgeous! I was excited when her Dad brought me a couple of goodies on the day of her session. He loves collecting old rustic pieces and he knows I like them, too! I now have a really funky old white window pane that I can’t wait to do something with. It needs some photos and to be hung on the wall. He also gave me a little wooden bench as a prop that he found. I can’t wait to paint it! Thankful for my thoughtful clients!! YAY!

You wouldn’t believe the phone calls I get from clients or family members when they see props somewhere that I might like. Stuff at antique stores, on the side of road, where ever!!  Our house is a bit taken over right now when all my odds and ends! I think I need storage unit, haha!

Here are some of my favs from Stella’s session!!! Such a little DOLL!

And… another one of my past brides has a BABY! :) I remember photographing Justin & Sarah’s Wedding like it was yesterday! Now they have the most adorable little girl and I am so excited to be documenting her milestones over the upcoming year. She is precious! She’s awake cracking up and then we have some of her sleeping! I love the outfits, the first one is just beautiful with the headpiece. Then of course you have to have a little fun sassy tutu outfit :) I can’t wait until our next session!

Here are my favs from our shoot:

I had so much fun photographing handsome Madden last week! His parents Ashley & Danny always crack me up and truly are a joy to hang out with! Two of the sweetest people ever! They live in River Ridge right near me, so we did these at their house! They have lots of natural light in the den which helped us get some great indoor portraits. We also did some cute shots in their back yard :) His outfits were adorable. His momma gave him a big ole’ kiss with some red lipstick for his Valentine’s outfit and then we did the Mardi Gras themed one too! Madden passed out at the end because he was having way too much fun! Thanks for a wonderful shoot guys, I can’t wait until our 6 month session!!!!

Another one of my little ‘grow with me’ kiddos turns ONE! Soon I am going to make a blogpost of all of my “Grow with Me” kids from their newborn session to their 1 year session to show their progression! I can’t wait to do that :)  We took these at the Audubon Zoo! Mallory’s mom had a animal/zoo/safari themed 1st Birthday party for her, so this was the perfect place to capture her turning ONE! I hope to see she and big sister Madison again really soon, those two girls love the camera :)

This is an email I received from Mallory’s mom, Christi the day we finished up Mallory’s session. I just wanted to share it with you guys…

“I would like to express my deepest appreciation for all you do for your clients. You have always been over accommodating and a gift from GOD with your generosity during our  photo sessions. I am really going to miss seeing you every three months. You have been so sweet and lovely to work with, you don’t meet people like you often in the business world. I just can’t begin to tell you how your photos will be cherished forever. You are so very talented and have a great eye for locations and beauty. Thanks again for being you. “

I sat at my desk and got teary after reading this. I am so thankful to do what I do. Now you know why I often overbook myself and take on extra shoots per week. I have a really hard telling people No. I truly am addicted to my job and I get so attached to my clients. It takes tons of patience, hard work and self-motivation to keep trucking along…. but the people I photograph make my day! Thank you Christi for being a wonderful Mom who truly treasures the photos I take :) That makes my heart happy.

Here are my favs from Mallory’s session:

Madison jumped in for a few!!

Giulianna did great for her 6 month session last week! She has the sweetest little smile, I could just eat her up! What a DOLL! We took these at Rivertown Heritage Park, I like the pops of color there! Her outfits are always precious… Miss July, the Makeup & the Red Valentine’s outfit!! Can’t wait until her upcoming shoots!!

I mean seriously…. look at that face!!!! ;)

Momma… I think we are done…. :(