Today I had the pleasure of shooting one year old Justin.  He is such a sweet little boy and oh so cute!  My littlest is the same age, just a couple months older but it’s always fun shooting a familiar age because I know exactly what to expect.  One year old’s just don’t like to sit still, but we were able to get some great shots of this little guy, maybe someday I’ll get some of my own little one year old.

Enjoy the sneak peek!

I loved this little spot just down the street from their house.  I have to say that it was not a bad area at all! =)

I think Justin looks so adorable and snuggly here, this was one of my favorites!

Yesterday I took a trip out to L.A. to see a fellow photographer friend and her new baby girl.  I always get nervouse when other photographers ask me to take pictures of them or their kids, I don’t know why, maybe I just feel like I’m always being watched.  But needless to say Haven’s mom needed my help and I was there no questions asked.  Haven’s older brother Angel just had a liver, bowel and pancreas transplant about a month ago and his family had to relocate to L.A. to be closer to the hospital for his recovery.  We all know how much work it takes to have a baby but then add all the other stress of a sick child and moving to a new place without all the comforts of home, Sarah you are definitely Super Mom!  You can read more about Sarah’s oldest son Angel, here.

Check it out mommies!!!

www.tinyoranges.com

If you’re like me you can’t get enough information and advice about your little ones, and this is a hot new resource for mommies. Just make sure your babies are sleeping when you head on over to Tiny Oranges because you will get lost reading for hours. Check them out again in a few weeks, I’ll be featured on the blog because I’m shooting pictures of the CEO of Tiny Oranges, 2 year old Emma.

Meet Arion, he is my very good friend’s little boy and beleive it or not but this is the first picture I’ve ever taken of him.  Not only the first but the only, he just didn’t like the camera and I didn’t want to scare him too much so I kept the camera out of his face most of the day.  Hopefully it won’t be the last time I get to take his picture, he’s such a darling little guy and doesn’t he look so much like Zakk?!  Arion and Gavin are the same age by less than a month and I have a feeling they’ll grow up to be the best of friends!

I have been a bad blogger.  But it’s wedding season people.  I haven’t had a break!  But the next couple weeks I will have a little less workload on my plate and will be catching up.  Once school starts in a couple weeks I will be a much better blogger, I also won’t be obsessing over which preschool to put Gavin in.  I have visited about 15 schools in the last two weeks and today we finally found a winner.  I will have to start working a lot more though to pay for it.  ;)  So if you’re thinking about having a session with me, now’s a great time!!

I promised mom a sneak peek from this session last week and I am so sorry it’s taken so long.  Seriously though I think that my biggest problem, and I guess it’s really not a problem, but it is having too many good pictures to choose from to post on the blog.  I spend close to an hour just trying to choose my favorites and then I realize that they’re all my favorites.  I also always want mom to be surprised when the gallery goes up so I don’t like giving too much away on the blog.

It’s so much fun doing maternity sessions when there is an old sister or brother, especially when the older sibling is a toddler.  It’s fun but hard to get the right shots.  I think I asked little Leia, “where is baby Mikey?” about 100 or more times in an hour.  Mom probably said the same thing about 101 times.  =)

This family is soon going to go down in the books as “most photographed by me” winner!  With Leia and the new baby on the way I know that I’ll be seeing a lot of them!  But I couldn’t be more happier!!  It is the absolute best to become friends with my clients and even better to have a job where I feel like I’m spending time with my friends rather than just working.

Imee, I know that you said no pictures of you by yourself but I couldn’t resist because you looked so cute here!  I can’t wait to see you as soon as that little guy is born!!

Mom reading to both her babies.