The M Family

Meet Justin and Amanda and three of the prettiest little girls you will know.  My daughter and one of the girls are BFF's to the point that they have their own language.  They are definitely two peas in a pod...

I've taken photos for them a few times, but this is the first session we've done where the whole family is involved so I was really excited.  There were all kinds of things we were dealing with during this session (bugs, poop,etc.), but I told them to have no fear :)  We would get some good pictures, and WOW did we ever.

What is really great is that this is some random lot that will be a commercial development soon, and it is literally right around the corner from our houses.  So it was nice and convenient, showing that you don't have to have a humungous field of bluebonnets to get good pictures :)

 This is a beautiful little family and I look forward to many more pictures with them.

Enjoy...

The P Family

Well, here we are again with my most photographed family ever of all times :)  Mr. Little M is having another surgery to repair his cleft palette and lip later this month and Mom and Dad wanted to make sure and get some good "before" pictures.  He was not very interested in this shoot, to say the least, but I still managed to get him to smile a few times for me.  The bluebonnets are absolutely gorgeous around here and if you are from Texas, you HAVE to have pictures in the bluebonnets.  So...here we are :) 

I don't think I've ever left a shoot with this family and NOT had my face hurt from laughing so much...both at the kids and the parents...

Enjoy...

The R Family...expanded

I have been photographing this family for quite a few years now, beginning with their wedding.  They were very good about keeping up with their family portraits every year.  Then one day when scheduling their family session, Vicki asked if we could do something a little different this time.  That's when she told me they were planning to adopt. And not just one child, but they were looking for a sibling group.  She needed a few pictures to put in their adoption book, so that's what we did.

 It was a really fun experience and I couldn't wait to see the outcome.  They are such a fun, loving family and I knew they would make some children very happy. 

Flash forward to October when I found out that they were in the process of adopting 3 young siblings :)  I was so excited and couldn't wait to do their new family pictures.  We got together for those and wow, what an adventure they were :)  Trying to get a family of 8 (3 of which are under the age of 3) to look at the same time was hilarious, to say the least.  But they turned out great and I couldn't wait until the adoption was finalized in a couple of weeks and I could officially share them.  Then the heartbreak came...

Unfortunately for this wonderful family, they would have to turn the youngest child back over to her father.  It's wonderful that he decided he wanted to have a relationship with his daughter, but it was so sad to think these sisters and brother were torn apart and of course, Vickie and David were devastated.  They are still coping with the reality of all this, but are still celebrating the other two and making them feel permanent and loved.  Please keep this family in your prayers and I look forward to watching these small children grow just as I have seen the older three grow...

This next picture was especially funny because I had this vision of the kids all standing lovingly in the background...that didn't happen.  2 of the 3 youngest kept trying to get away and the older 3 kept having to chase them down and hold on to them.  Especially the youngest, she wanted nothing to do with these pictures :)  We were all laughing and I know when Vicki and David look at this picture, they are probably going to crack up every time...

What a sweet family...

The L Family

I had the pleasure of photographing this family a couple of years ago when I was HUGELY pregnant with my last little monster.  Mr. H didn't give the smiles very freely then, but boy has he changed :)  He has such a great personality and I had a blast playing with him while sneaking in a few pictures here and there.  I'm not even sure he realized what was going on because he was having so much fun :)  Mom and Dad have this really cute game they play with H regarding the adventures of their beloved cat - man, how he loves that game :)  This shoot had another exciting twist, but that story will have to be for another time.  In the meantime, enjoy some shots of this super cute family...

Mr. Z is 1

Meet Mr. Z.  He is the most even-tempered, sweetest, happiest baby you will ever meet.  Oh, and he has the cutest little face you just want to kiss all over :)

Mr, Z is special to me because thanks to my other job, I have been able to see him grow from a tiny little infant into a happy, healthy one year old.  Smiling little faces like his make me love what I do.  I was so excited when his mom contacted me about taking his one year old pictures :)  We found it only fitting to take them at the place we all met, and I'm so happy we did.  He was super happy as always, and I think the pictures show it.  Most kids wouldn't let you stick bow ties on them and throw them in a suitcase, but Mr. Z didn't mind at all.  He did prefer to climb OUT of it or sit ON it instead of sit IN it, but that's ok. And a special thank you to big brother E for helping us tote around the props.  Extra hands are always helpful :)

Happy birthday, sweet boy...

Two times the fun

Well, this was a special shoot first off because it was for a fellow Arkansan.  Melissa and I grew up together in a very small town in Arkansas and somehow not only now live in the same state, but practically in the same city.  But oddly enough, we ran into each other for the first time in years in our hometown of all places, lol.  My family goes back every summer for the annual Smackover Oil Town Festival and happened to bump into the Melissas and their beautiful little twin girls.  So a few weeks ago, Melissa inquired about me taking some bluebonnet pictures for them and I was so excited to photograph twins, that is a first for me. 

What a treat :)  Those little girls were full of energy, curiosity, and never got fussy.  They weren't big fans of sitting where we put them, they were better off running around and exploring on their own - so that's what we did.  And the pictures turned out as cute as they could be.

Thank you Melissa and T for letting me share this special moment with you and I look forward to many more shoots and watching your girls grow.  :)