Category Archives: Kids

I was tickled pink when my Marissa asked me to shoot a baptismal session for a little Olivia because I think those are the cutest things in the world… for each of my girls in our religion, we bless them when their infants and so I too have a blessing dress for each one of my daughters…and we took pictures of each one of them in them which I  love and treasure… I’m so glad that I took the time to do it.  They are  super fun we can usually get them done pretty quick.  Olivia is the most adorable, happy, laughable, cutest baby with those gorgeous, big brown eyes.  I mean I could not get over how adorable she was.  I was just smiling and smiling over this one particular one below…I thought it was totally cute!

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This family holds a pretty special place in my heart!  I love all things cultural so when Laju suggested doing an Indian themed shoot, I was totally up for it.  The hardest part was keeping it under wraps until Diwali had come!  Samina and Anayah are so big that every time I see them I literally feel myself getting older.  At least Samina smiles for me now though…that child would not smile for a whole year straight whenever I took her pictures!  But I guess if you bring Nani along, they will smile for anything.  I loved their dresses…the detail work is just beautiful.  And watching them interact with their grandparents is always endearing…I have never known a father and grandfather that shows love like Jacky Mahbubani.  I love taking pictures of him with his family because the love he feels freely shines through and it warms my heart.  Sigh…these pictures make me happy.

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So, Jessica called me to shoot a breast-feeding session, which I thought was totally awesome and although I’m not posting any of those pictures here, we did also take some mother and daughter’s pictures as well and I thought they were too cute and really wanted to show them off.  Of course Kaitlyn is just too adorable… I just love to be able to watch Jessica and Kaitlyn interact and have a great time.  Kaitlyn did not like me during our consult…she would not come to me she did not want to have anything to do with me.  But at her session, that child loved me!!   I wanted to take her home and make her a part of my family because she was snuggling up to me and she was loving on me and she was hugging me and kissing… oh my gosh, I ate it all up!  I love it when babies love me back and she just let me hold her almost the entire time.  I loved it!!   I was by my favorite part of the entire session.  And she was just the most hilarious thing ever to watch she has those biggest cheeks and these big bright eyes and those teeth are just too adorable I can’t even stand it!  I mean, I remember Jessica and Edelir from when they got married…to me, they are always the fire couple because our house fire happened the day that we shot their engagement session!!  I mean it was five years ago, so it’s fun to see the brides and grooms come back and see their families grow and meet their kids.  It’s got to be one of the most rewarding and most fulfilling parts of my job to see them from the very beginning of their families up until the present…love it!jessica01jessica002jessica02jessica08jessica03jessica04jessica06

Oh my gosh! Carter is too freaking cute for words… like really, could your eyes get any bluer son?!  And it’s always fun to see Krystle… I absolutely adore seeing her!  She is one of my most favorite people in the entire world…she’s just so wonderful.  And it’s fun that she had a baby so I go see her more often now that I get to take Carter’s pictures…he was just too much fun!

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Ahhhh!  Ginna and her girls are always the funnest to hang with.  Mia…aye yai yai!!  All she wanted to do was fall on the bed.  That girl can keep me laughing in stitches for days on end.  So freakin’ funny, that kid.  She almost stole the show from baby Natalia…who is 4 months old!  Um, where did those four months go please?  Sheesh, time is flying way too fast.

Anyway, these two were hilarious to watch together…Mia trying to hold sister, saying sweet things and then squishing, dropping, rolling, laying on top of her.  And Natalia just chillin’ took it all in stride.   Such a little cutie patootie with those chubby little rolls and chunk a monk cheeks!!!  Let me tell you, that last picture pretty much summed up the entire shoot…love the outtakes.

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