last session of the year

I'm looking forward to a little break and some much needed time to edit past sessions! I'm so happy to end 2008 on a good note. Thank goodness we had this session before the temperature got into the single digits--here is a high school cutie...not a senior, but I think his mom had one of those moments that all of us moms have where we sense time slipping away, and we just want to capture it before it's away from us. And who in their right mind wouldn't want to get some shots of this guy? :)





I had to beg her to be in one!

such a nice gift

This past spring, I got a call from a man who had started his own home building business. He wanted to give a gift certificate to a family who had just moved into the home he had built. So I sent one his way, and then I never heard anything. A few months ago, I did get a call from the recipient of the gift certificate. This weekend I had the pleasure of meeting them (and I do mean it was a pleasure...they were genuinely sweet people), and they pointed out the frame he had given to them in which to place his gift of an 8x10. We did a few more shots, but I hope they put this one in the frame:


And mom had a special request to shoot the girls playing the piano...this one is my favorite from that sequence.


And of course I couldn't resist getting each child in his/her room.
She loves snow globes!

you'd have never guessed...

..that this guy was going to be an 8 pounder! His mommy was teeny tiny. And even when they are 8 pounds, they are still so little!

mommy's little surprise

The mommy of this little one was exhausted, and understandably so. So we insisted that she get some rest while her husband and I put together a little surprise for her. I'm afraid they had to wake her up after I left, because I think we worked up little A an appetite :) This session really made me want another little one. Then I got home and jumped back into reality!












And my favorite (look how alert she is! At 6 days old!)

homeboys

These parents don't get to sit down and be lazy very often, but I'm just guessing. These two are constantly moving, boys down to the core. They look so much alike, and with those eyes I know they'll be breaking some hearts.





I love the look on the little guy's face here.


Wait a minute...who is picking on who here?


These curls are just too sweet.


When we told him it was ok to jump on the bed just this once, he didn't know what to do with himself. He jumped once, then stopped and looked at his mom as if to say, "are you sure?" Once he got the hang of it, he looked like a natural.