Newborn, Maternity and Family Photography Blog

Throw Back Thursday…{McAllen Texas Photographer}

05.08.14

Yep, those are some of my fabulous cousins!! But can you tell which one is me? Yeah, I’m the one wearing that hip hop looking gold chain that I got at a thrift store and wore ALL THE TIME because I was positive it was super cool. But hey, at least my hair looked good! Sheesh, what I would give to have that hair now! I don’t get to see my cousins often, but I look back on being a teenager and remember having at least one of them around all the time. Especially with us living close to BYU it seemed once a month whoever was attending college came over for a big Sunday dinner.

And see that cute little button of a girl in the front? That is my youngest cousin…the last grandchild (i think?!) and this weekend she is getting MARRIED!!! And I was thrilled when she asked Gerardo and I to come and photograph it for her. Not only do I get to see some cousins that I haven’t seen in YEARS, I also get to photograph a wedding in a freakin’ GORGEOUS location. Oregon is where my family originates from I am excited to see it again…love the forest and the trees and flowers and everything is green. As much as I love being in Texas, lets face it…the Valley won’t be winning beauty pageants any time soon. So, we are off to Oregon for the next few days and I can’t wait to show off all the beautiful images I know we are going to get while we are there…Happy Mother’s Day Weekend!

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BAM! {McAllen Texas Photographer}

05.06.14

Um, never experienced a shoot like this before! When Kristal emailed me saying she wanted to book a shoot for the twins and her nephew I was excited. I sent her some ideas to gauge what type of a setting she was wanting and was so pleasantly surprised when she texted me a photo of a little boy in PJ’s with a super hero cape and said ‘can we do this?’ Heck yes! Love that she wanted something out of the box. And then it got even better when Grandma and Grandpa got into the act and decided to bust out the Captain America regalia. One of my favorite parts was the fact that the kids all had their initials monogrammed on their capes…which just happened to spell BAM! when posed together! Super cute!!! Hope you all enjoy looking at these ’cause I sure had a TON of fun taking them… 5V6C3295 5V6C3402

Spring…{McAllen Texas Photographer}

05.06.14

Spring Mini Sessions this year were a great success…it seems as though I had lots of adorable little boys come through this time! I loved being able to use my new studio space. And I am anxious to blog about it!!! Just figuring out a few more kinks and then I should be able to show it all off…WooHoo!

So, each of these little guys (plus Bella and Zoe) were so much fun. Gavin played it cool yet gave me some seriously cute smiles, Silas was serious but sweet, Zoe and the boys were all laughs, Owen was giggly and I had a full on conversation to keep him engaged, Christian’s parents had to pretended to fall down to make him smile, Bella was just all giggles and easily entertained, and Lucas would not hold still and finally started smiling when we made our way outside…all that little man wanted to do was run, run, run!

Baby, You’re the Best…{McAllen Texas Photographer}

05.02.14

I happen to have a slight obsession for this child. Why? Who knows. Maybe its because she looks just like my Abby from the moment she was born. Maybe its because I was so happy and excited for her parents when she finally arrived. I’m not sure, but from the moment I saw her it seemed as if her sweet spirit spoke to mine and I felt a connection to her. One of my favorite memories of her is when she was just a few months old we got to have her spend the night since her entire family had some nasty flu bug. I picked up and took her home and was amazed at how GOOD of a baby she was! I could actually just sit there and watch her sleep. And I could enjoy her like I never enjoyed my own kids because I knew I was going to have to give her back! And then when her mommy was out of commission for a few weeks last fall she got to spend a few days hanging out with my friends and I…coming with me to photography consults and lunch meetings. She was such a good baby.

And then she started walking and it seemed like she realized she could rule the world. She went from sweet to sassy but I just loved her more for it! In a house with two big brothers a girl has to stick up for herself! So when I wanted to do a concept shoot in my new studio (more on that to come!!!) she was the perfect little one for me to photograph. I spent an hour or so just watching her play around and run circles in her pretty dress (which is actually my Jocelyne’s blessing dress), until she burst into tears and let me know she wasn’t going ‘sit in her pretty chair and smile’ anymore. Ugh…I could just pick her up and squish her all day long!! I was so sad to have her family move out of my church bounderies since now I don’t get to see her very week. My Sunday’s have become a bit dimmer…sigh.

But I LOVE that I was able to capture all parts of her personality in this shoot. Many of the props were used from Rosie’s tea house Just Between Friends (part of Vintage on Main) located at 1409 N. Main in McAllen. The best part is that my studio is located right above Rosie’s so I get to go to work in a wonderfully beautiful environment! If you have never been to Rosie’s, you HAVE to come in and see her store. I had my daughter’s 12th birthday there a couple of years ago and it is still one of the highlights of my girls lives. Anyway…here is to Taylor’s sweet spirit and my total adoration for her…baby, you are the best!

Sweet Child of Mine…{McAllen Newborn Photographer}

04.28.14

It’s the first blog post of my brand spankin’ new blog and I couldn’t be more excited to debut it with the birth of baby Natalia! Mommy Ginna Villareal (click here for her awesome fashion blog!) and I met a couple weeks before hand to discuss options for the birth coverage because I certainly don’t want to be up in a friend’s lady parts unless she wants me to capture that whole process…everyone is different and has their own vision of how they would like their birth story captured, so it has become important to meet and get a clear view on the expectations before that big day arrives. And let me tell you…I am a nervous wreck with excitement before births. With Ginna’s I had a nightmare that I had missed her call in the middle of the night and she had gone into labor. Ahhhhh! Would have died if that had happened! And then when Ginna really did go into labor, baby Natalia took her own sweet time getting here…until the end when she decided she had obviously had enough waiting around and popped out within 2 pushes. Crazy how fast she slipped out! Love that Ginna is all smiles as she is in labor…who is supposed to look that good as they push a human being out, right? And I also love that Dr. Vela holds her up at proudly as if she were his own. Natalia was (and still is) absolutely adorable…so petite and delicate looking! Her features were just precious. I spent the next hour or so at Doctor’s Hosptial at Renaissance hanging out and chatting with everyone while snapping away at all of Natalia’s firsts…first time seeing mom, dad, grandma, brother and sister…first time breastfeeding, first time holding mom’s hand. I just love being able to witness and capture all of those sweet moments. Births are so freakin’ awesome. I don’t ever get tired of shooting them. For more information on birth coverage, please click on the contact link above and fill out the form…I will get back to you asap with all the info and hopefully will get to meet with you soon! For now, enjoy the sweetness of baby Natalia’s debut…

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