Betsy Marie

I’m sure you all remember Lucy as a newborn… she is the one who slept the entire time and gave me a taste of what is possible in the world of newborns when they cooperate!  Well… Lucy just turned one!  I’ve had the pleasure of photographing her many times along this year-long journey and it’s been a ball!  She is adorable… and her mommy has been hoping for some photos with actual smiles for a long time… and I guess she just wanted to wait until she was one to make them even more special, because we got a lot of smiles!  (Thanks mostly to her daddy!… I can’t take the credit this time).

ENJOY:

Here she was as a beautiful newborn:

And now as an adorable 1 year old:

Newborn & turquoise:

One year old & turrquoise!  :)

Love when parents bring along adorable props!

I know Lucy’s parents are dying to see some pics… so more are coming tonight.  Here is one to hold you over!  ENJOY!

These three girls were SOOO easy… even little Livi.  She just followed her two older sisters’ lead.  It was adorable.  There was a storm coming, so we rushed to get these pictures in and then the storm went somewhere else, so we got to hang out more!  My kids LOVED these girls… they played games they have never played before and are still asking with they are coming back!

I’ve known their Mommy (and Daddy!) forever…. it’s so much fun photographing kids of parents I grew up with!  I need to come back to Michigan more often because I really love and miss all these friends!  OR… you could come visit us in Texas– and I’d probably take a few pictures for you! 

I hope you love this preview!  Great seeing you all!

PS… I will not be responding to emails until I return to Texas (August 8th)… so please call my cell phone if it is urgent!  I’ll update my blog if we have an internet connection!

ENJOY:

The first of the Michigan sessions… and this one is LONG overdue.  The grandpa of these two boys was going to fly me to Michigan from Texas for newborn shots of little Brennan (5 months ago).  We couldn’t work out our schedules to make it happen when he was actually a newborn, so we took some photos now since I’m in town and “grandpa Phil” is going to buy them a ticket to Texas to come see me!  (not sure he knows this yet… but that is their Mama & my plan!)…  I photographed Logan last year– and I’m sure you remember him.  He’s so cute.  His little brother is equally as cute and super sweet and smiley.  Love them (and also love their Mama, who I have known since I was about 2 days old and released from the hospital… she is MUCH older (18 days).

ENJOY… and look for Logan & Brenna’s new cousin (born yesterday… name TBD) on my blog soon!  Love when newborns are born where I am! 

I am SO SO SO sorry to all the families who have been patiently waiting for this post.  The 2nd part (with the other families) will be this week!  Promise.  My vacation has gotten away from me… and I forgot how much work having two four year olds at a lake can me (and exhausting), so by the time we get off the lake, in the shower, fed, read to, tucked in and there is finally a moment of quietness– all I want to do is sit on the deck with my parents and take a deep breath!….

But… I had a great day of mini-sessions before we got to Michigan (while we were in Chicago where we were SUPPOSED to see the U2 concert, but instead will be back in 2011 for it… so if you missed out on these sessions, there is always next year!).  I had lots of cute kids and some great moms (and grandmas) there to help at the shoot!  SO… enjoy and I’ll be sure to tell you all when the albums are ready (but at this rate… it will probably be in August after we return to Dallas!).

Sidenote:  Can’t get the pictures to look quite right on this computer that isn’t mine… not sure if it is the screen or the internet.  Anyway, I’m going to post them because they still are adorable, just not looking how they do in photoshop once I post them to the blog… hmmm?

First… the model for my business cards that I’ve had for years (she’s bigger, just as sweet and has an adorable sister… remember them from last year’s Chicago sessions?):

Ruby is model-esque… and so is her sister… but Frances wasn’t quite so thrilled to be in the pictures.  However, I think I captured them well– and love the shots with Mama– one perfectly adorable and the other perfectly real!    Enjoy:

And these three were a hoot!  Such personality… and so sweet!  Again, the youngest took some time to warm up… but I got what I needed!