Spring Family Session

This blog posting is long overdue! I'm in the middle of a super busy Spring season! I had such fun with this family of four on a beautiful Spring day.  We started at their house and let the kids get to know me for a bit and then we moved onto a great little orange grove with fantastic light down the road. The kids were a bit cranky on this particular afternoon and I told mom when we were finished with our session that it never fails, when the kids are out of sorts, they're usually coming down with something.  Low and behold they both woke up with a bug the following day. Oracle.....photographer....I wear many hats :) Regardless, we got some super fun shots of this family just being themselves and looking gorgeously natural together. Enjoy some of my faves from our session!

Sophia Turns One!

Wow, so many of my tiny babies from last year turning 1 already! Baby Sophia just turned 1 and I had the honor of photographing her on her very big day! We did a pre-party session and I just let her do her thing :) She was a happy little girl that day! We got a bunch of great shots with lots of color. The birthday theme was owls and the owl on the cake was gorgeous! Mom and Dad took my advice from the last first birthday party I shot and got a pool full of colored balls. Once again, it was amazingly entertaining to the babies!  Sophia is baby Ava's cousin, who you have seen several times on my blog over the last 9 months.  They were born 3 months apart and it has been so fun watching them grow up at the same time.  The girls had a great time together at the party, especially in the pool of balls! Then it was on to an owl cupcake for Sophia :) She preferred the fondant eyeballs the best-haha! All in all it was a great day and I had so much fun photographing Sopia and her family. Enjoy some of my faves from the day. 

Olivia's 1st Birthday Party

I had so much fun shooting Olivia's 1st Birthday Party! If any moms out there need a good idea for an infant/toddler birthday party, I highly suggest an inflatable pool full of colorful balls! This was a built in baby sitter that kept the little ones, including the birthday girl, fully entertained.  They all loved it, even the older tots :) I think every mom and dad at the party wanted to rush out and get one for their playroom. Olivia had a great time at her party, enjoying all of her friends, the pool of balls and LOTS of cake! She had to get cut off before she overdosed! Grandma gave her a good bath in the sink, which she was a huge fan of as well.  All in all it went swimmingly! Mom did a fab job on all the decor and attention to detail.  Thanks for letting me share this special day with you guys.  Enjoy some of my faves from the festivities!

Olivia's Turning 1 !!!!

I can hardly believe that a year has passed since I shot baby Olivia's newborn session. Why do the years seem to fly by so quickly?!! We shot Olivia's First Year mini session this week and I will be photographing her first birthday party this weekend.  We did a series with the letters "O", "N" and "E" and let me tell you, it isn't easy to convince a one year old to hold a letter in exactly the place that you'd like them to :) haha! But, we got some fun shots of her doing just what she felt like doing with them.  Then we took her out with a tutu and a bunch of red balloons and got all kinds of smiles! She loved it! Enjoy some of my faves from little Olivia's First Year mini session below.  I also posted one of her newborn pics at the end so you can see how she's grown.