sweet little Casey

It's funny how fast babies grow into real people. I mean, think about it. In a year they develop not only muscles that allow them to be mobile, but also the brain capacity that says, 'hey, I want that toy. I bet if I move my hand like this...yep, that's mine!'. Let alone rolling, crawling, identifying colors and sounds...Not to mention the mad skills it takes to use a bottle. Try it sometime. How do they do it!? Blows my mind!

Casey is no different and she had some funny little noises to go along with her wide range of facial expressions...too bad photos don't capture sound...yet, anyway. :-) Lovely!!!

One of my most favorites

...and my other most favorite

quintessential

Is not my style nor is it my outlook on life. Ha, for that matter it isn't my life. Period. But isn't it such a sweet sounding word?

Anywho, I just finished editing my first session with my new camera and I'm all goo-goo eyes and lollypops with it. I mean, seriously. Hands down sweet-arse purchase!!! I had to call Mollie right away and tell her the images of her B•E•A•U•T•I•F•U•L daughter were ready. Perhaps I shouldn't be sharing this, but as a person quite critical of her own craft, there are very, ver-ahy rare times when I am over the top, excited as all can be, pleased-as-punch with what I designed, created, imagined. If I über adore more than a handful of images from one session, my clients are destined to enjoy four times that many. It's like a weird twist of fate or something...don't ask me. I'm not a scientologist. When I started to process the images of little Ella, I knew this was going to be one of those times where I would power through all the images at once for the sole purpose of enjoying the end result. All to myself. With my bowl of peanut M&Ms as my guide.

I hope you enjoy as well.

These are all almost 100% natural light. My favorite kind of light to shoot in...rock it.

love it!

The photo behind her is of big brother Keegen at her age...they look identical...awesome...

precious addition

boy meets girl

girl falls in love with boy

boy asks girl to marry him

two become one

then a few years later...

one becomes three

Casey

I recently became an aunt-of-sorts-not-in-law to one particularly captivating, beautiful little girl. For months we watched Heidi’s belly grow and move, while this little one was created into a perfect being. She arrived last month boasting a head of thick dark hair and some fairly stellar baby blues…well…let’s just say you’ll be seeing many more photos of this teeny precious one…

sweet little ava

I started playing around with some new techniques and tried a few different tweeks with these images and I am so super stoked about the results!!!

If Ava were my first newborn shoot ever, I think I would be ruined. She spoiled me with her big, baby blues and sleepy ways. This little one is going to be a heartbreaker and a natural born poser...take a look...see what I mean?

sweet brody

I was super pumped to meet this little guy a month ago and even more so to see him again last week--curious how babies change so much so fast! I absolutely adore his puffy cheeks, über soft skin and (yes, it's true!) his wailing cry (I know, I know, it's easy to adore when you're not there 24/7!)!! Yay for little men!

Enjoy.



Yeah, like I wouldn't get his teeny tiny feets. So sweet. Num.

other people’s children...

Rock my socks off.

I actually wrote this blog entry last night. I needed to go to bed so badly, but sleep was nowhere to be found. Low and behold, I found myself cross-legged in my pj’s at the kitchen table with a large wooden spoon in one hand, steaming pot of spiral mac’n’cheese in the other (yes, I said ‘pot and large wooden spoon’), so thrilled at the opportunity to boast such fabulous news. I didn’t post until today for two reasons; 1) I don’t have Internet at my house. Yes, a drawback in my line of work, but I love stalking local coffeehouses and friends’ homes, and 2) posts are SO much better with a photog, so I just had to get my grubby, baby cheek-loving hands on a few before I even thought about throwing this out there for all to savor in all it’s cheesy glory.

So, last night…

I got a phone call from my cousin, whom I still very affectionately call Dute (even though I’m not entirely sure where the nickname came from…). Derek and I go way back; we even made up our own club with a secret handshake. We were the only members. Guess it was a complicated handshake. Anywho, he was calling to inform me that after spending all day (and part of the night) in the hospital, my cousin (his older brother) and his wife welcomed their first born into the world. Perhaps you remember Aaron and Melissa from one of my first blog posts last August…

Oh, Internet, what a glorious day! After he told me all the details, I hung up the phone and was just all a-twitter. I was staring down the long end of an hour drive coming home from a photo shoot in Mankato (post on that later) and just had to talk to someone! Of course I called Nick who was equally as pumped as I was (in a manly, ‘cool, a baby!’ way), but I needed to really share my excitement…so, obviously, I called Dute back for some serious lowdown of the situation. I peppered him with more questions, he Dute-ifully (haha) answered, we laughed, we cried…it certainly was the best of times.

I got to meet the little man just a few hours ago and he is just a little peanut. His cry is so soft and needy, his skin silky smooth (newborn skin is the absolute coolest texture), with eyes so big and beautifully dark blue. Aaron was obviously thrilled to be a father and Mel looked wonderful-can’t believe she just went through 18+ hours of labor!!!

A huge congrats and shout out to Aaron and Melissa; may Brody be healthy and good, may you get some well-deserved rest and good luck and God bless the beginning of your beautiful family. Love you guys.

Isabella :: Wyatt

Leslie started out a bit nervous that she didn't have enough space in her house for me to come in and set up my little studio...alas, it was not a problem at all!!! Isabella was full of giggles and smiles--and has the CUTEST little dimple!!! Of course it didn't hurt that big-brother-Wyatt hammed it up (in front and behind the camera) to get some priceless shots of little miss sweetness.

Lovely, don't you think?

Leslie and I were laughing throughout the shoot because Miss Isabella kept throwing her feet in the air-It was so cute and so funny! That girl is going to have some really good abs someday!




Wyatt has over 60 of these monster trucks! Super cool...I had him pick out his most favorite and strike a few poses. He reminds me of my cousin, Ev, in that he was so NOT shy or stubborn when the lens was focused on him. Ha, he wasn't even shy when the lens was pointed toward baby girl. Sweet kid!