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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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A little over a week ago I got to spend some time with a cute couple and their pups. Lucy is their new baby and they wanted to document her puppyness. :)

Charlie was definitely a ham for the camera.

Puppy kisses

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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

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This little family is quite near and dear to my heart for lots of various reasons I wont get into. But one of them is that they were my first “official session ever.” I met up with the girls when they were around 3 months old (that was the earliest I could get to them due to them being so tiny) and boy was I new to photography! I learned a lot that session- one being that I need to always insist to get at least a few family shots of everyone even if its just their faces. 20090209-DSC_0614

a year and some change later I met up with them again, they had grown quite a bit but still as cute as ever. mini Today they started a new chapter in their lives and moved back home to Minnesota- like seriously they are there right now! But before they left we made sure to get in one more session. Im glad it happened. We had scheduled something the weekend before I popped out Jack and it rained then I had the kid and you know how that goes. So when I happened to find this SUPER SWEET field of flowers I suggested we try again. And what do you know the day we planned for- it rained. BAH to the weather thats what I have to say. On another note did you know that in NC it is actually illegal to go traipsing through these fields of flowers and its also illegal to pick them. Well, we have some fugitives on our hands so I’m glad you ladies got out of the state while you could. ;) 20110509-DSC_2794 May these super cute Barbie sunglasses rest in peace. We lost them in the field. 20110509-DSC_2781 20110509-DSC_2837

While Eva was playing paddycakes with her mama..

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Stella wanted to play with me :) Which is quite hard with a camera. 20110509-DSC_2848

FAVORITE! Like seriously, this is love right here. 20110509-DSC_2876 20110509-DSC_2919 20110509-DSC_2936 20110509-DSC_2944

love these hugs! 20110509-DSC_2960

the best I could get for everyone looking at me. 20110509-DSC_2976 20110509-DSC_2999

PEEKaBOO! 20110509-DSC_3043

“awe mom really? do I have to?” 20110509-DSC_3051 20110509-DSC_3061 BW-2 ps: none of the eyes in ANY of these photos were edited to look more awesome. these ladies just have A M A Z I N G eyes. 20110509-DSC_3077

I brought out two of my suitcases cause it seemed fitting that they were moving and all. Plus.. I love me some bright colored props! 20110509-DSC_3112 They dragged these silly suitcases all over that field waving “bye” the whole time! 20110509-DSC_3121 still not sure where they thought they were off to… 20110509-DSC_3136 20110509-DSC_3140

for some reason my usual favorite family photo is ALWAYS families walking away- holding hands. I love it! 20110509-DSC_3161

these next two were for mom. She said, “well we might as well get a photo of all the things that arent moving!” I agree it was much easier to photograph these two photos. Toddlers sure do know how to not pay attention and how to move all around making my job really hard. They are fun, but definitely a work out. 20110509-DSC_3238 20110509-DSC_3241 then the girls went into melt down mode. 20110509-DSC_3235 and I think this was the best photo of the two little ones I got. Still adorable even though they are miserable. 20110509-DSC_3250

Angie- I hope you know how much Neil and I love you and the girls. You’ll always have a place in our hearts AND our homes. So if you ever need anything dont hesitate to ask.

Hawaii 2012! Lets do this. :)

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