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. :)

Hilary Mercer is a Wedding Photographer in Tacoma, Washington. Her work is quickly becoming recognized as some of the most creative wedding and portrait photography in the Northwest. You can read the original blog post here The K Family has a tea party | Tacoma Childrens Photographer.

  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

Hilary Mercer is a Wedding Photographer in Tacoma, Washington. Her work is quickly becoming recognized as some of the most creative wedding and portrait photography in the Northwest. You can read the original blog post here Puppy love!.

We took a few photos at their house and then headed to a friends farm down the road.

Their nanny, Sarah joined us for a few shots as well.I am sad to say animals were harmed in the making of these photos…Those last two are my favorites! I love his expression!

Hilary Mercer is a Wedding Photographer in Tacoma, Washington. Her work is quickly becoming recognized as some of the most creative wedding and portrait photography in the Northwest. You can read the original blog post here Tacoma Portrait Photography | Just a little Love!.

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.

immunnaeatchooooo!

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

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.

this is love right here.

bee sting and location change

<333

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.then started the awesome game of “lets keep the toddler out of the road”found a tick and then called it a day. what is it with NC and ticks! My goodness!

Hilary Mercer is a Wedding Photographer in Tacoma, Washington. Her work is quickly becoming recognized as some of the most creative wedding and portrait photography in the Northwest. You can read the original blog post here Tacoma Portrait Photographer | A Super Sweet Family.

a year and some change later I met up with them again, they had grown quite a bit but still as cute as ever.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. ;)May these super cute Barbie sunglasses rest in peace. We lost them in the field.

While Eva was playing paddycakes with her mama..

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

FAVORITE! Like seriously, this is love right here.

love these hugs!

the best I could get for everyone looking at me.

PEEKaBOO!

“awe mom really? do I have to?”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.

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!They dragged these silly suitcases all over that field waving “bye” the whole time!still not sure where they thought they were off to…

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

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.then the girls went into melt down mode.and I think this was the best photo of the two little ones I got. Still adorable even though they are miserable.

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. :)

Hilary Mercer is a Wedding Photographer in Tacoma, Washington. Her work is quickly becoming recognized as some of the most creative wedding and portrait photography in the Northwest. You can read the original blog post here the G ladies | goldsboro family photographer.

Little Anna Gray just turned one at the end of January.

Dad tells funny stories.

He was going to make sure she smiled ;)

This is my favorite photo from the whole day. She was just not having a good day and they were so cute to try and make her smile.They brought cupcakes from Gigi’s Cupcakes in Raleigh at Cameron Village.

She was still freezing but happy with that huge cupcake.

Looking back at these next 2 photos. It MAY not have been a good idea after chowing down on those cupcakes to go swinging the boys all around but it ended well. :)It was so much fun getting to hang out with your cute little family!! Ya’ll are awesome!

Hilary Mercer is a Wedding Photographer in Tacoma, Washington. Her work is quickly becoming recognized as some of the most creative wedding and portrait photography in the Northwest. You can read the original blog post here Meet the T’s | Raleigh Family Photographer.

Hilary Mercer is a Wedding Photographer in Tacoma, Washington. Her work is quickly becoming recognized as some of the most creative wedding and portrait photography in the Northwest. You can read the original blog post here The T Family | Sneak Peek!.

Will being a creeper…

So they totally did this on their own. How cute are they!?

Hilary Mercer is a Wedding Photographer in Tacoma, Washington. Her work is quickly becoming recognized as some of the most creative wedding and portrait photography in the Northwest. You can read the original blog post here Will + Gabby.