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22Feb/113

Happy Birthday Cade!

The boy who made me an aunt 10 years ago hit the double digits today! I have so many memories of this guy. The first time I ever felt him kick (in-utero, of course), my sister leaned over me while we were sharing a bed and he kicked me in the bum! When he was born I went around telling all my friends in high school that I was an aunt. I couldn't have been happier and he couldn't have been more perfect. I even vividly remember taking care of him overnight when he was around 6 months old; I woke up frequently to make sure he was still sleeping on his back and breathing!

Cade, I can't believe you're growing up so fast. You're the coolest 10-year-old I know (and the sweetest, best at sports, and most definitely the most handsome). Happy Birthday!!!

Filed under: Children, My Family, North Carolina 3 Comments

27Jan/113

L Family

I photographed my oldest sister's family back in October in Minnesota and not even the rest of my family ever saw these pics! Here ya go, family.

We got this little stool for this shoot and I'm so glad we did! Max thought he couldn't get off it since his feet didn't touch the ground, so it was the only way to get pictures of him by himself.

At the time, this Buzz Lightyear doll was his favorite thing in the world.

Swords are his other favorite thing (and don't even get him started on basketball).

Ty is getting so big. I'm going to be in complete denial when he starts dating (which will hopefully be when he's 25 as he's totally oblivious to girls at the moment). I wish I had pictures of him as a baby online, but that was back when I shot all film!

Doesn't Tessa look sweet? Don't let her fool you .

Dang, the kids in my family have some blue eyes!!

I got to spend Christmas in Minnesota building snow tunnels and it looked a bit different than it did in October . I officially love Minnesota and can't wait to go back!

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25Dec/106

Merry Christmas!

I hope you all enjoy a very happy holiday and get to spend lots of time with family and loved ones!

Filed under: Babies, My Family 6 Comments

25Nov/102

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you have/had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I'm so grateful I get to spend the week with these little monkeys.

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3Aug/106

Lyla

I'm working on a "Tips for shooting newborns" post with lots of pictures of this pretty little lady, but I couldn't hold off from posting at least a few any longer! This is my newest niece, Lyla.

4 days new.

6 days.

9 days.

She looks perfect, right? If only we had known that after about 5 days this little missy would get her nights and days all worked out and liked to stay awake during the day. She was one of my hardest newborns ever. I took the girl out at sunrise near the end of my trip (below) in hopes that she'd stay asleep for me. Little did we know that this was her happy time! When she started giving me these giant smiles I could hardly believe it. She did this every five minutes like clockwork for about 30 minutes.

Lyla at 10 days.