Baby P

What a precious bundle little Patrick is! I spent some quality time chatting with little P's mommy and daddy while mommy bounced, rocked and sh...sh...shooshed, trying to get those eyes to close! He just didn't want to miss out on anything ;) Not so surprisingly, it was the loud construction and concrete trucks across the street that lulled the little guy to sleep!

Major Tude

Believe it or not, our girl has got some MAJOR attitude! She is becoming quite the diva! You would think that a diva would love to be in front of the camera. Not so much for this little one, on this particular day. I believe her words were something along the lines of "Mama...NO MORE PICTURES!" coupled with the most pathetic frown you've ever seen! Unless of course I'm trying to snap a shot of baby Emma...then she's all up in our business, craving the spotlight ;)

This was right after I noticed my flower pot and that she plucked every last flower off it's lonely little stem. At least she took the time to smell the roses (or whatever the flower is) :)

Sweet Caroline

I'll just start by saying, it's a good thing I'm still suffering slightly from lack of sleep. If not, I'm sure I'd have a case of baby fever! Caroline was about a week old when we did her newborn session. She is not just tiny, but teeny tiny! Pretty sure she's the smallest little one I've ever held :) Congratulations Amy, Nick and big brother Harrison...Thanks for letting me capture the sweetness of your new one :)

Welcome Charlie!

Over the past few months I've been contemplating a new venture. In the past year I've developed a new love of photography. We bought our Canon DSLR right around Elly's first birthday. Since then, I have played with it and, for the most part, self taught myself the ropes. The workshop I took (by the oh so talented Heather Essian) gave me the motivation to learn my camera a little bit more. I've loved the switch to shooting manual. It makes a huge difference when you understand the relationship between your light and your settings. I feel like I have a lot of fine tuning to do, but am up for the challenge! Practice makes perfect, right?! I decided to step out of my comfort zone and offer myself up to a couple of friends ;) Today I headed to the Bass house for my first ever newborn shoot!  Back in the day, Kristy and I went to high school together. Thanks to Facebook, I have been able to keep up with her and her precious boys! Charlie is two weeks old and just about as cute as they come. I got all giddy inside when I walked up to big brother Connor's room and saw his argyle wall. I knew it would make for great pictures of their new little one...who, might I add, was WIDE awake for most of the session! When we made our way to Charlie's room, I got giddy again when I saw his big ole monogram on the navy wall. We all know I'm a sucker for a monogram :) Kristy, thanks for letting me invade your home and sneak in a little cuddle with your new one :)  

Sweet brothers :)

If you have any thoughts let me know! If you think I'm a horrible photographer and have no chance, please tell me! I surely don't want to be like the American Idol contestants whose mothers have always told them how fabulous their voices are and that they can do anything they put their minds to and are then shocked when they wind up on the outtakes ;)