sydney | 9 months!

Back by popular demand, I present to you, Sydney! I'm sure you remember her 6 month photos. How could anyone forget that larger-than-life smile?! She pretty much looked the same except this time except she had grown a little and she had the cutest curly hair! I can't get over this huge grin...check it out!

Doesn't her smile just put a smile on your face?!!


So excited!


I love Sydney's big eyes!



Big girl pose:)




You know me...I love baby feet photos! I think this may be one of my favorites though!!!


Checkout those two bottom teeth!






Thank you so much guys! I had a great time with you. Next time we'll be celebrating Sydney's 1st birthday. That should be a fun shoot! Enjoy your show!

owen.&.ellie!

The Steffen's were my second client at the very beginning, and I am so happy that I still get the opportunity to photograph this family and watch them grow. This time, I got to meet the newest family member, Ellie! We've really got these photo shoots down to a science. I work fast, we don't move around much, and they bring Aunt Amy to help get the kids' attention...perfecto! Owen and Ellie are great. Ellie handled it like a pro too considering this was her very first shoot! Checkout the results below...

Meet the lovely Miss Ellie!

...and I know you remember her big brother, Owen!

He is so grown up now!


I love this shot because it reminds me of Dr. Evil's hand gestures in Austin Powers!






Love this!

Without directing Carrie and Adam to look down at the kids, they created perfect symmetry:)



Owen just put a cookie in his mouth here, which explains the gerbil cheeks!

This cracks me up! Owen starting showing off for a brief minute:) (cookie still in the mouth. ha!)




I love this diaper shot of Ellie!




Our brief attempt to try and get a shot of JUST the kids. Owen was trying, but didn't realize that his hand was covering Ellie's eyes!

So sweet...

One of my faves!


Carrie & Adam, thank you so much! Ellie is precious, and Owen is full of life. Can't wait to see you guys again. Enjoy your show!

charlie!

You may remember this little guy from our shoot in September! This is one of my Chicago families, and I am so happy that I got to shoot for Megan and Brent again. It was hot on Saturday. So hot that we thought it would be a good idea to let Charlie take a dip in the pool near the end of our shoot. To start off though, this kid was stylin.' He had on his pink polo shirt with the sleeves rolled up and his True Religion jeans on. I do love great jeans (as I mention on my "about" page), and Charlie made a fine choice with the True Religions:) (I know I'm a jean snob, but I can't help myself when I see a great pair that I know will fit perfectly!). Charlie hasn't changed much, except that he's really tall now. I guess he's going to take after grandpa and Brent!!:) Checkout how we spent our time together...

I wanted to start you off with the cubs hat photo since we got a very similar shot back in Sept...and because Charlie's from Chicago!

I love Charlie's big smile:)

...and who can forget this guy's pretty blue eyes??!!

the studmuffin jeans I was talking about above...




Charlie really enjoyed going over to the playground!

I can't pinpoint what I love about this shot, but I think it's pretty cool...

Yeah, he thought the tunnel was pretty funny!






After the playground we went back home and got the swimming trunks on Charlie...


and after a rough hour of shooting, Charlie decided he needed to relax and kick up his feet!


I like that Charlie lifted his feet for me when he saw I was taking a picture of them!!

We thought we'd get a shot of Charlie out on the boat:)


Brent & Megan, thank you so much! I hope to see you guys again soon! Enjoy your show!