Julia turns 5!!

Our little friend Julia turned 5 years old last month and brightened our day by lighting up the studio with her sweet smile!  It was bittersweet for us to photograph Julia's 5 year old session- we have been photographing this lovely family for years.  We have photographed her big brothers since they were just little babes!!  And now, Julia, the "little sister" is a big girl who is 5!! How is that possible?  Weren't we just photographing her newborn session with her brothers gazing lovingly at the little pink bundle of joy?!?  Can't these kiddos stay little forever?!?   We adore capturing families as they grow big and cannot wait to see how they continue to grow up and become big people!  Happy 5th birthday, lovely Miss Julia!!

13th Birthday blast!

There are many times when Melissa and I wish we were 13 again, and this party definitely made us envious that we aren't! Kate (who you may recognize as one of our ZOOM camp graduates from a few years back!) turned 13 and her parents wanted to throw her a party to remember that would mean a lot to her. Given Kate's love and talent for photography, Kate's mom asked if we would help her organize a party combining Kate's passion for photography and her love for her friends. We had balloons, cake, some serious high heel shoes, lots of laughter, super cool glitter and nine giggly 13 year old girls!! We thoroughly enjoyed meeting each and every one of Kate's friends - we can see why they have a special place in Kate's heart. Happy Birthday, sweet Kate! We love seeing you become such a strong, lovely, kind and fun teenager!

Birthday Girl!

Happy 1st birthday, sweet Ava!! Ava has a very special birthday-December 24th. So to celebrate her big day, Ava came into the studio just before the holiday break to enjoy her first birthday cake. Ava's big brother John had his first birthday cake at our studio a few years back-and one of his cake images is still one of our all time favorite cake images EVER!! (although Ava's might be giving him a run for his money!) Big brother John came to this session as well and was sooo impressed with the session that he set up his own photo session for his sister at home afterward! Mom sent us one of his images so we are including it here on the blog-a budding photographer!!! Maybe he will be of our ZOOM Campers in a few years?!?

Jax is one!!!

We are loving these brothers!!! It has been incredible for us to see this family grow over the past year and a half. When we first met them, Baby Jax was still in mom's belly so we created beautiful family of 3 portraits of them. How special was that? At that time, Jose was 2 years old and life as he knew it was about to change with the arrival of a baby brother! Over the past year, we have witnessed the relationship of these sweet brothers develop and grow. And now that Jax is one, it is all about playing together and discovering new things to do and play with. Creating art for their home has been such a joy and we look forward to adding to their collection in the years to come. Happy Birthday, Jax!!

Happy First Birthday, dear Eleanor!!!!

You will probably recall Baby Eleanor from previous posts when she was a brand newborn (wide awake!!) and as a happy 6 month old! Well, now she is a year old and there is nothing stopping her!! Eleanor is absolutely darling and she definitely keeps up with her two older brothers, Brennan age 5 and Davis, age 3. Although being the only girl, Eleanor certainly has a sweet feminine side that we captured as well during this session. Mom needs to become our studio stylist as she always finds the BEST accessories and outfits. It has been such an honor for us to capture Brennan, Davis and Eleanor since they were all babies-and we are excited for the many more sessions with this lovely family in the years to come!

And Greta makes 3!

When we first met this lovely family 2 years ago, there was just Jack, who was 4, and his little sister, Olivia, who was just 2! We loved getting to know them and we created beautiful family and sibling portraits for their home. Fast forward 2 years, and we were delighted to learn that Jack and Olivia have a one year old sister, Greta! These 3 siblings are absolutely darling! What a session we had with them...that concluded with first birthday cake for Greta, whose first birthday was that same week! Greta devoured the cake...although she was kind enough to share with big brother and big sister. We are thrilled to have created new portraits of all three siblings to add to their wall of portraits in their home!

"Ju-Ju Bean" turns one!!

It is hard to believe that this first image of Julia (aka Ju-Ju Bean...how cute is that?!?!?) was taken over a year ago when she was just days old!! The second image was at 6 months when sitting up by herself was a new development! Although very shortly after this, Julia began walking around on her own at age 9 months!! That's what having two big brothers does to you!! You need to learn to walk early!!!

Now Julia is a big girl at age one and the rest of the images are from her very fun one year old photo session last month! What a sweetheart!!! We so love seeing this family on a regular basis and find it hard to believe that they will be back in the summer when big brother Henry turns 5!!

Happy 1st Birthday, Ju-Ju Bean (best little nickname ever!!)

Little cherub!

These beautiful images of one year old Ingrid remind me of a little cherub...so dear and sweet! And we love that starting-to-walk stage! Such a great moment in time to capture! Ingrid came in with her whole family (older sister Marit was in during March for her own session) and we completed the images for the Tres Belle designer piece that will include super cool giraffe print frames!! We can't wait to see it finished!!! It will definitely be a conversation piece!!

This tender moment between mommy and Ingrid melts our hearts!

Of course the session wasn't complete without some lovin' from big sis!! What a great family!!