older brotherhood

This little guy was born right around the time that my little guy was born. Only mine is still the baby, and this little guy has lots of responsibility being the older brother. His mommy tells me that he has matured by leaps and bounds since baby sister's arrival. It's amazing how much older the two and three year old's seem once a newborn arrives and they are the big brothers or sisters. Not babies anymore! And I am definitely not ready for that yet :)









This one cracks me up.

a favor for a favor

We're good friends with the parents of this little girl. I don't need to tell you how cute she is, because well...that's obvious. At seven months she has more hair than I've ever had, and she is extremely content. I couldn't wait to get her in front of my camera, and since her mommy did me a big favor, I did her a favor :) She also has two adorable older brothers, but they were busy with other things. Maybe another day!





For this one, I said, "Cate! Smile!" and what she heard was, "Leaf eating contest"









These two outtakes just aren't complete without them both. Here I'm checking my exposure...



And then I told mom to go ahead and take the paci. Does this not just break your heart?!

oh.my.goodness.

I'm not even sure where to start with these. I have way too many that I want to share, and this isn't even breaking the surface. Mom has already seen them, so I'm not spoiling anything, but I also don't want to overwhelm anyone with too many pictures of one family. These girls are gorgeous. I just don't know what else to say about them. This is the second time I've photographed them, and they still take my breath away.

I'm so fickle and can't make up my mind on the processing of these, so I'll do little bit of each. ;)

















She just turned 6, so these were really her pictures.

extremes

The last time this family had me take their pictures it was unbearably hot. This time it was really cold. Maybe someday we'll be able to get it right :) Big brother didn't seem to mind and just wanted to run. Little sister seemed like she would rather be warmed up, but then when we left they had to chase her off of some nearby playground equipment. Everyone has since thawed out though, and probably looking forward to a few previews.







Dad constantly has the kids laughing (and me) with his Halloween sound effects. He does a really good warewolf howl.

a whirlwind of awesomeness

The leaves, the weather, and the families have made the past few weeks very busy but very enjoyable for me. I'm trying desperately to get caught up, so here is an adorable family from a few weeks ago.













Growling! I love it!

I needed a meal...

...after this one. A few families (cousins) with some serious blue-eyed beauties and some serious energy. I worked up an appetite by the time we called it a day.

First up were the brothers, one of which was not going to stay still for long. So we got what we could, because we knew it wasn't going to come easy. I think the ones of the two of them are way more entertaining than a perfectly posed shot though :)



the busy boy...



Is there anything cuter than a pair of Chuck Taylor's?















Next up was their sweet little girl cousin and her baby brother.













They taught us some songs we didn't know!



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If he's already annoyed by her, he is in for trouble!