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Last week I was lucky enough to get to photograph little Eden’s cake smash. Eden has the most gorgeous eyes. I am a sucker for some baby blues.

She was a little hesitant at first.
Then she was all about it.
Next, she didnt want to move because she was covered in frosting.
Mom started to eat some too then she was ok and happy again.

It was the first cake smash Ive ever done and it was so much fun watching her do something she had never done before. Made me quite excited for my own little guys one year photos coming up so soon.

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Anna is my adorable little neighbor. Ive been wanting to have a session with her since she was a wee little one but now she is all grown up and kissing boys. Yes, those boys might be only my 5 month old son..but she at least has great taste! She loves her baby Jack!

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I love when I get to see babies grow up. It is definitely one of my favorite things about this job.

I think the first time I met Cassie she was a little over a year old. Here was the first time I saw her:

And of course little Ben the first time I saw him back in February…

Little Benjamin is now a cute little 6 month old!

Their mom had some awesome plans for this photo session which mainly involved his adorable older sister Cassie. They had a tea party on their front lawn. I think Cassie definitely ate her share in lemon cookies.

aweeeeeee

Cassie’s favorite flowers are daises!

gotta love those boys and their beautiful, long eyelashes

then she got changed and had a little fun out on the tramopline.

Sarah, thank you for being awesome. Your kids are the cutest ever!

I wasnt kidding I totally want to see you all when you make it out to the Seattle Tacoma area. :)

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Okay, I totally went cheeseball on the blog title because their last name IS Love. I met the Love’s last year when I had a newborn session with little Drake. He is now a year and a half and probably one of the smartest kids I’ve ever met. He is spitting out super long words like they are nothing and is so into everything. Its awesome! The last time I saw him he looked like this: 20100111-Drake (91)-32 you might remember him being the cabbage patch baby :) A lot of you really liked the concept. Drake didnt. 20100111-Drake (393)-140

We took a few photos at their house and then headed to a friends farm down the road. 20110717-DSC_2780 20110717-DSC_2887 20110717-DSC_2967 20110717-DSC_2995 20110717-DSC_3001

Their nanny, Sarah joined us for a few shots as well. 20110717-DSC_3020 20110717-DSC_3035 20110717-DSC_3071 20110717-DSC_3078 20110717-DSC_3100 20110717-DSC_3145 20110717-DSC_3162 20110717-DSC_3201 20110717-DSC_3209 20110717-DSC_3220 20110717-DSC_3248 20110717-DSC_3251 20110717-DSC_3293 20110717-DSC_3303 I am sad to say animals were harmed in the making of these photos… 20110717-DSC_3308 20110717-DSC_3305 20110717-DSC_3311 20110717-DSC_3425 20110717-DSC_3445 20110717-DSC_3453 20110717-DSC_3458 Those last two are my favorites! I love his expression!

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a family so sweet bees were hanging all around them.

Autumn has been at all my major life events over the past 4 months. And surprisingly enough there have been a lot of them. My husband coming home from war, me being el preggo, giving birth and then she was there to help document Jack’s life out of the hospital. Neil and I are so fortunate to have had her there. She has given us something completely priceless. So, I FINALLY got to repay her.. well with what I could. Shes not pregnant or giving birth but I could give her a family session. I think we tried to get together for a month and it would either rain or her little one just wasn’t feeling it. Well, last week it finally happened and not 10 minutes in and we had B O T H been stung by bees.

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immunnaeatchooooo! 20110531-DSC_5779

after they were “done eating Lana” .. I said something like ” I couldn’t have eaten her better myself.” They thought it was pretty funny. ;) 20110531-DSC_5773 20110531-DSC_5792

She kept saying their were bees around.. who knew a few minutes later we’d be stung. I should have surrendered my camera to the bees- cause that one bee REALLY wanted it. 20110531-DSC_5806 20110531-DSC_5813 20110531-DSC_5817

this is love right here. 20110531-DSC_5833 20110531-DSC_5835

bee sting and location change 20110531-DSC_5857 20110531-DSC_5889

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how fun it must be to be a kid. i wish I could do this. i also wish i had a photo of me doing this as a kid. 20110531-DSC_6040 20110531-DSC_6066 20110531-DSC_6078 copy then started the awesome game of “lets keep the toddler out of the road” 20110531-DSC_6097 found a tick and then called it a day. what is it with NC and ticks! My goodness! 20110531-DSC_6114 20110531-DSC_6125