Little Miesha wasn’t ready to meet the world…she was perfectly happy staying in mom’s tummy. What a life! Baby Miesha was a week overdue, and it was time for her to make her grand entrance.  We scheduled her newborn shoot based off of her expected due date. The week of her shoot, Mom shot me an email to let me know that she hadn’t given birth yet.  I was ready to reschedule our shoot, but mom made a miraculous recovery after delivering. Somehow she managed to keep our scheduled shoot date.  Really?!  Look at how great mom looks just days after giving birth…absolutely amazing!  I wish I knew her secret. I was a hot mess for literally an month after Bradley was born.  Miesha was equally amazing.  For a barely 4-day old baby, she was incredibly alert. Her eyes would focus for brief moments, and boy was she strong! I’d swear she was almost 2 weeks old (maybe it was that extra week incubating in Mom’s tummy).  Thank you, Mom and Dad, for sharing your wonderful family with us! I hope you are all enjoying your first few weeks with your little angel  🙂  Here’s your sneak peek:

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It was a crazy, hot day. I swear I could literally see steam rising from our sidewalks, and our AC still wasn’t working (thank goodness, it was finally fixed yesterday afternoon).  It was so muggy that I was worried that we wouldn’t have any smiles for our shoot with Kara and Drew.  Thankfully, they proved me wrong  🙂  In fact, Kara and Drew were some of the happiest siblings we’ve had the honor of shooting.  Both kiddos took direction well, and never stopped smiling for us.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!  Mom and Dad, thanks for enduring the unbearable heat (and Mom, thanks for the link to those amazing slippers!). Kara, every time I see a gummi bear, I will think of you  🙂  Here’s your sneak peek:

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It’s the middle of summer, and boy is it hot and humid! We’ve been plagued with frequent power and cable/WIFI outages for the past couple of weeks. Our air conditioner, pool pump and refrigerator all decided to give up on us, and I even accidentally used up all of our phone plan’s data in one day (since our cable/WIFI went out, I switched to data service to email a client, and forgot to switch it back to WIFI before I participated in a photography webcast). We needed something to brighten up our situation…and Baby Zara was our little angel  🙂  Zara had the most incredible eyelashes…ever!  They were so thick and long, they seemed to go on for days.  She had two amazing sisters, Remy and Issa. If Zara’s personality is anything like her siblings, Mom and Dad have to be the most fortunate parents on the face of the Earth!  Of course, children are often a reflection of their parents…so obviously this family is just amazing.  Zara slept like a champ, and allowed us to do both natural and prop poses (the best of both worlds, right?).  Thank you, Mom and Dad, for driving out to meet us.  It was an absolute pleasure working with all of you.  Here’s your sneak peek:

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We’ve had so many wonderful word-of-mouth referrals over the past several years.  So thankful to Sammie (can’t believe we did her Senior portrait shoot over 5 years ago!)  for referring Oliver and Ireland’s amazing family to us! I started off this child shoot with little Oliver, and the entire time I photographed him, two words continuously ran through my mind.  PURE. JOY.  I don’t think I’ve had the pleasure of photographing a happier little boy.  Ollie was incredibly happy with every single prop and in every single pose. Just look at that smile! We did some sibling shots, then I focused on baby Ireland.  Both she and Ollie had amazing eyes…piercing blue and grey. Ireland was a little too old for a newborn shoot, but 6 weeks is a great time to capture eye-open shots.  She batted her long lashes at me, and remained so calm throughout the shoot.  Ollie and Ireland definitely got Mom and Dad’s calm and gentle demeanor! Thanks for driving out to meet me, it was wonderful working with all of you.  Here’s your sneak peek:

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It’s been 7 months since the last time we saw “A”.  Since our newborn shoot (click HERE to see our newborn shoot with “A”), he’s developed his own little personality.  He loved the explore, and REALLY loved fur.  Our goal was to incorporate his lion in every shoot, but at the rate he’s going, we may have a lioness at our last shoot, LOL!  Little “A” loved not only pulling the lion’s mane, but also had a blast pulling on our faux fur throws.  I’ve never seen a baby love fur so much!  Just 7 months ago, he was able to lie flat on that suitcase.  Now he’s sitting up on it! I adored his cute little outfits…Mom definitely came prepared  🙂  We’ll see “A” in a couple of months…I’m sure he’ll be on the move!  We can’t wait  🙂  Here’s “A”‘s sneak peek:

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