Kinzie Nowell Jones was born on Christmas morning at home~our very own Christmas gift from God! We had an amazing birth experience and are absolutely blessed. All my boys have been wonderful and we couldn’t be happier-exhausted but happy!!!!

I am sorry to say we just haven’t had the energy to get out props and backgrounds and lights and take some professional photos of our baby. I think Landrie was 19 days old when we finally managed to do that, and by then, of course, he was well past the sleepy newborn stage where you can pose them in all kinds of crazy ways and they’ll sleep right through it. Maybe we’ll get it done in the coming days…but for now, we just have some snapshots to share of our little man, and that will have to do!

We are expecting our Christmas baby any day now, so I am officially on maternity leave. I will be spending the next weeks with my family and new baby. We wish you all a wonderful holiday season and thank you for your support and your business. God bless!

I’m sure many of you remember my first assistant and dear friend, Darcy. She is due just four weeks after I am, though she looks a heckuva lot better than some of us that have gained almost 50 pounds already! I was so excited to be able to move around enough still to do her maternity portraits. She and Caleb and baby boy were all great fun and we got some wonderful images from the session. Here’s a peek! She is so young, beautiful, and radiant…I can’t wait for the baby to arrive!!!!!

These two had me running my big pregnant buns off, but you’d never know it by looking at their images! I often photograph twins that really don’t seem to like each other (I always find this very curious!) but such is not the case with Ben and Ellie. They actually DO like each other so I was able to capture some images of them showcasing their “twins closeness.” The family portraits were another matter…it’s always much more difficult to get everyone looking at the camera and being happy at the same time than just following the little ones around and letting them create their own moments. I think I may start boycotting moms and dads from future portrait sessions! Enjoy the sneak peek!

This is my fourth session with Joey, and my fave to date! It is always wonderful to photograph a little one in his own home. He was comfortable and in his element, and I could just chase him around and let him go where he wanted and capture images of him being completely himself. He gave me so many pure expressions, from huge grins to very serious face to “Lady, why the heck are you still following me around with that thing?” intense face. Love it. Here’s a peek.

When I first met Kristen and her little Louie down at the Rialto for Louie’s one year portrait session, the words we used were “happy” and “smiley” and “adorable.” And that’s how little Louie was, while sitting in his stroller watching us fuss over the outfits his Mom picked out for him. And then we went outside with the camera and it all just fell apart! Suddenly the poor little guy remembered that he’d had 5 shots the day before, and that he had a tooth coming in, and it was kind of chilly outside, and well, honestly, I’m just so excited that we actually got some cute images of this little guy after all that!

My first post on the new blog was this adorable little munchkin as a newborn. She was beautiful then, and now at 6 months she is a ray of sunshine and I could’ve photographed her all darn day! Can you believe those eyes and that smile? Yum!!!! Here are some faves…there are too many…thanks to Monica and John for allowing me to document their baby girl as she grows!

Just a snap of my Landrie, ’cause I haven’t posted any of him in so long. Sigh. Growing up too quickly. I’m treasuring every moment with him before new baby arrives.