Luke {1 year}

I had so much fun with little Luke for his 1st birthday cake smash!  He is such a cutie - and I love all that blue, especially those big blue eyes!  Shout out to his momma for the awesome cake!  Love those sessions where it is practically impossible to pick favorites because they are all so fun.  Happy 1st birthday Luke!

Happy 1st birthday Luke!

Love this!

And love that "caught" look!

He has the best smile - blue frosting and all!

Sitting so perfectly while covered in cake

The rest!

Jameson {newborn}

I'm a pretty lucky auntie that I have yet another sweet nephew to love on!  Jameson is the 4th little man to my brother Ryan and his wife Pam, all sweet as can be.  He was the perfect little subject at photo time and let me try out several new props and things on him.  We did the photos over two sessions so we could spend some quality time just getting newborn photos before getting the whole crazy crew involved.  Big brothers Carter, Avery and Reed also did a fantastic job for photos.  I absolutely love how all the pictures turned out... almost as much as I love this family! 

Jameson Levi, 8 days new

King of all Wild Things

Love those little toes

And sweet dimpled baby hands

The whole Martin Family

And then there were 6!

Love this little face and that totally fantastic hair

Brothers!

Carter, age 7

Average, age 5 1/2

Reed, age 2

Elliot {newborn}

It's been a fun couple of months for me photography-wise with so many sweet little babies to photograph.  Elliot was no exception.  Such a handsome little man, and the first boy in his family of three big sisters!  He will certainly be adored by those girls.

Elliot Jacob, 9 days new

Baby smiles! 

With 2 of his 3 proud big sisters, Olivia and Savannah

The girls

Olivia, age 10

Savannah, almost 3

Such a sweet little man!

Tristina {newborn} & family

Every now and then the stars totally align and I finish a session feeling like it was just meant to be!  I've known Kate since she was in middle school and I was a new college graduate working in youth ministry at the church her family attended.  I distinctly remember a van ride back from a retreat center after the first ministry event I participated in during my time there, chatting with her sister most of the drive.  I met Kate at some point down the road, and courtesy of the wonders of social media, I was able to reconnect with both of them even after leaving my ministry position and starting my family.  Fast forward to now!  Kate and her husband Doug welcomed their first daughter into the world a few weeks ago.  The Friday night before our session, she sent me a message on Facebook saying she ought to start thinking about newborn photos and asked for my availability.  Long story short, we crazily decided to do them the next morning... especially crazy considering she doesn't really live that close to me!  Still, the three of them arrived ready to go and baby Tristina was just absolutely the perfect model!  I love newborns, and she was just a dream.  Even though it was super last minute and seemed insane, I know these pictures were meant to happen exactly as they did - despite all my rambling, I'm pretty sure they speak for themselves!  Loved photographing baby Tristina, meeting her proud dad, and catching up with her momma after many years!  So hard to pick just a few favorites from our time together.  Thanks again Kate, it was so great to see you and meet your lovely family!  Looking forward to next time!

Tristina, 9 days new

She was so cooperative about this adorable pose!

Precious ballet slippers for the princess's bed, courtesy of her grandma

Sweet baby smiles

Perfectly cuddled with Daddy's childhood Snoopy

The sweet new family!