Merry Christmas!!!!

Our card is finally out the door so I now can show you here what it looks like. A huge Thank you to Margie Scherschligt, an awesome photographer friend, for taking our pictures. It was so relaxing having her capture Ava instead of me for a change! She did a great job with Ava and chasing her down.. by the end Ava was really hamming it up for her. She really captured Ava's personality and how I want to remember her at this age. After the holidays I will post more of my favorites from our session. Margie is a very creative individual with her photography and other artwork. I am so excited for her to launch her blogsite in 2009.






I want to say a huge Thank you to all of my friends and clients this year for giving me this amazing opportunity to photograph your children and families. I have enjoyed getting to know all of you. I am so looking forward to all the new things and changes that will be happening in 2009, so stay tune in my adventure in photography and life! Thank you also to my very special and understanding husband, Matt. I could not do this without you!

Ava 's first dance recital (maybe her only)

So Sunday was Ava's very first Dance Recital! She was so excited to put on her outfit and dance for us... two hour later she was in tears and there was no dancing. I knew we were in trouble when she came running to me and hug my legs 9she never does this) Then she sat for a awhile with her group and the tears started flowing. I went down to talk to her and used a bribe (yes, I know this does not always work). The tears stopped and I thought we were okay. She ran with her group to the center of the gym and went to her spot. I thought "Yeah" she was going to dance! Nope, she stood in her spot the whole time and preceded to suck her thumb looking at the crowd with her tiny little face and at her shoes. Even her teacher tried to get her to join the group but she was not moving... Afterwards she ran off when they were done and I sat with her and the rest of the group. She kept saying "It was too much, MOM, just too much". She skipped the second routine and of course was better after the performance.. I think we will have a short lived dance career! Oh well, at least she didn't run around in circles and not listen (that was my fear!)

All alone on her side, She went to her spot and was not moving.

Even her teacher tried to get her to join the others, nope not moving....

She started to think about it with her toes..... maybe.....


Here she is after the show was over, much more like the Ava we know!

I at least got one nice one with her dad...

Meet Caden

Meet Caden: Caden is about two months old here but he was born at 29 weeks and spent the first two months at the NICU. He is doing great at home and he has just wonderful, loving parents. Caden is still pretty little but he was awake and alert for most of our session. He finally fell asleep towards the end. Both Mom, Dad and I were exhausted by the end and I think everyone slept good that night! Thank you again for having me take pictures of Caden.

Such amazing blue Eyes!

Love this one, just a reassuring hand from Mom would calm him down.

Mom giving her little guy a gentle kiss.

Mom and Dad enjoy a laugh over some "sounds" that all babies make. You know what I mean here!

This photo is a little blurry but I love it and to me it shows such a connection and emotion to their bonding.

Mom had the cutest boots for him that we had to get a picture of.

Again another one that really shows a strong connection for everything that they have been through with bringing in their little miracle.

Meet Ethan: newborn

Ethan was about 10 days old when we did his session. He did such a great job and we were able to capture so many different moments and different settings. Mom and Dad had the HEAT turned up (which is soooo key for newborn sessions) that Ethan slept for 95% of it. Mom and Dad made it so easy for me and so did Ethan! Congratulations again on your newest addition!!

Such a beautiful baby! It was a great way to spend my day!

Dad is a golf instructor and this was his idea! I love it when clients and especially Dad's have a few ideas. It makes it so meaningful to them.

Love his little hands and arms!

So tiny....

LOVE this image! Mom and her new baby! You can just see how much she loves him already!

The chair was in his nursery and it was perfect to use as a cool backdrop!


What a beautiful family!

My last picture taken of the session!

Cookie Palooza!

Okay every year the Saturday after thanksgiving we head over to my Aunt's house with all of my cousins and all the grandkids to make about 10,000 cookies. You read that correctly. It is not 1000 cookies it is a ton more then that (okay 10,000 might be a bit much) but at least 3200 cookies. There was only 500 cut out cookies that we had to frost this year and that was down from last year! We absolutely love going there and being with family and Ava gets to play with all of her cousins. This was the first year that I think she actually got the purpose of the whole thing! COOKIES! My aunt works weeks and days before with prepping dough and baking some things ahead of time and then we start at about 8:00 am and we finished this year at about 7:00 pm. It has become such a family tradition for us with Ava and Matt (who is an only child and does not come from a large family) that it is what we like best about Thanksgiving weekend. Well the cookies we get to take home aren't bad either. Plus I get to put little tins together and share the wealth of cookies wit friends and neighbors (if Matt doesn't eat all the good ones first!). The lighting was a little harsh but you get the picture. (this is just a small sample).

What a great day and Mr. Adorable

Okay so get ready for a whole lot of cuteness. I meet up with a former co-worker of mine and her family to capture some pictures of Ezra (he is in quite a few pics on my website). He is about 10 months old now and still as cute as he was at 5 months. If we ever have a boy I hope he is as adorable and good natured as Ezra.

BRRRRRR it was cold...

I had a great time with Ben and Grace and of course Mom and Dad on Saturday. While it was a little chilly everybody was really great sports about it and we got some really awesome images at the Mills Museum. Thank you guys for braving the cold!!

One of my favorites from the session! I love Grace's boots with the hearts!

Grace has beautiful Hazel eyes!

Just love this one! She did such a great job considering it was COLD!!

I love the texture of the building here and again a favorite one of mine of Ben.

Love this Family one and the awesome background, I love how both Ben and Grace are in the picture! They were seriously the best behaved kids ever!

Love this one and her sweet smile and again those eyes!!

I think Grace got a little more air on her then Ben in this one.

The serious side of Ben!

Of course Ben showed me some moves and we captured some really great action shots!

Apple Orchard!!

Okay so the weather here has been so COLD and yucky out I thought I share a few warmer ones. Now granted the day we went to the Apple orchard it was a little chilly in the morning but at least we had the sun. We went with some friends are ours, Ava best friend from daycare and her fabulous sister and awesome Mom and Dad.

Waiting for their turn and picking out which horses they were going to ride!


Sophie peaking thru the fence!


Mia loved the white horse!


What can I say I love this kid!



Two best friends off to pick apples (we found out later we were not suppose to pick them off the trees.)


The girls enjoying their apples (notice they are two fisting them!)


Ava decided to join their family when I said let's do a family walking pic thru the orchard!


This is what I was trying to capture!


Here is a little storyboard of the day. We also enjoyed some apple donuts!!!