Look at the cute little belly on Mommy.

I can’t wait to meet their baby girl.

Her second little girl is due in early March. I can’t wait!!!

You get this,

And this. The hair, the smile, the dimples, the eyes…..poor Daddy will have his hands full in about 12 years.

Remember I mentioned the loving family? Love is just oozing from this family hug.

A sweet little Daddy kiss.

I enjoyed meeting this family. Not sure about them, but I had a blast playing with Miss A.

The first 2 days were touch and go for her but now she loves it!

The next big event for her was getting a loose tooth. She was so excited, until she saw the blood. But after she calmed down she could not wait for the tooth fairy to come and visit. We had made a tooth fairy pillow to hang on her door but she as a little uneasy about ever being able to see her tooth again. So her tooth fairy, Miranda, left her a little tiny note with $5! A big amount because it is her first tooth. Miranda told her that she would keep her tooth in a very safe place. She was a very happy girl in the morning. Here is a snapshot of her pillow and here goodies left by Miranda including purple “fairy dust.”

Mommy is a little sad because her baby teeth are the last part of her that is still “baby.” I can already see that big girl tooth coming in. Her new smile is still adorable but I will miss all of those tiny baby teeth.

The weather finally allowed us a morning to get little Miss C outdoors. And that baby NEVER stopped moving. She walked, ran, and happily explored the entire time. I tried to stay 5 steps in front of her but at one point I just gave up and stopped. When she caught up to me, she reached out those little arms, put her head on my shoulder and hugged me. It made me just melt.

Here she is giving her Daddy one of those sweet hugs.

See how big she is now!

Mommy and Daddy’s pride and joy.

Happy Birthday sweet girl. Thank you for letting me be a part of the first year of your life. It has been an honor to watch you grow.

Now she is turning one. No matter how many times I see her I fall in love with her beautiful eyes every time.

She is so girly and I felt this needed a peaches and creme finish.

Look at these eyes.

She was not too sure about the cake.

But, eventually, she got into it.

Stay tuned for her next session. We are planning an outdoor session, without messy cake. But with this horrible heat wave, we had to postponed it.

Happy 1st Birthday Miss C!!!!

The twins.

The youngest. Having purple hair myself, I knew I would get along with him. I loved his frosted “Guy Fieri” hair.

All three brothers.

I am so glad we were able to work this session in. I hope Grandma enjoyed her visit and the new portraits of her Grandsons.

Thank you K Family!

We went on vacation to Disney World!! It was our daughter’s first visit and it was, as Disney claims it to be, MAGICAL!

The week after we returned, we got an offer on our house. It had been on the market for a long, long 19 months.

I then had a little over a month to pack, find a new home and move.

We are now living with my Dad for 3 weeks until our new home is ready. I finally have time to relax a little.

Instead of trying to catch you up on my sessions and blogs, I will finish up the last 2 sessions and restart my blogging. I also hope to blog the Disney trip in a few weeks.

This week, Super Moon was not exactly a new thing for us. We look and admire the moon almost daily. I could see that it was much brighter but to my daughter, it was the same old beautiful moon. I figured with everyone else snapping and sharing their shots of the moon, I would too.

Since the moon was brighter so I actually got a little bit of moon flare with some rim lighting on the flowers. Normally flares are captured from the sun so this was neat to see.

Almost any night or day is a great time to photography the moon. I thought I would share a few tips.

You need to use a telephoto lens. You really need a lens that will go at least 200mm but the longer it is, the better. If you only have a point and shoot camera, zoom it out as far as you can. Also, include the landscape. Find something visually interesting to add to the scene since you will not be able to get really close to it. Trees, mountains, a body of water, or even a person’s hands “holding” the moon.

Use a tripod. Get that camera perfectly still for a nice crisp picture. If it is windy, use something to weigh down the tripod.

Do not use a shallow dept of field. Set your aperture around F9, F11 to get lots of detail. Take a shot and then play around with your settings.

Photograph the moon in its different phases. A full moon is not your only option. A crescent moon is just as beautiful.

If there are bare tree branches in front of the moon or clouds are moving across it, GREAT! That makes it look a little spooky.

I hope everyone enjoyed the Super Moon but in our house, the moon is super every night.

Everyone had so much fun. Christy, owner of Christy’s DancExplosion, did a great job with the dance. Lots of food and fun. The last song of the night was “Butterfly Kisses.” So mean of Christy to play that, right? You can tell in my candid shots when that song was being played. Those poor Dads, trying not to cry. And yep, Christy and I had tears too.

I had such a hard time choosing the ones for the blog so I basically just closed my eyes and picked!!