we had a naked baby outside in a basket. And tonight I froze my bootie off at an outdoor shoot. My van said it was just 60 but it felt freezing! (Before you think I’m a major wheenie there was a really strong wind along with the lowered temps).

This precious little girl’s parents were so sweet. They had taken a parenting class before she was born and in the class they presented all of these techniques that help calm a baby. Boy, do they work. Every single time she would get fussy her dad would get her to calm down within minutes using what he had learned. I was amazed!
Thanks for letting me do her newborn pictures. Hope you enjoy your sneak peek!

The owner of the stables was here this time so I was able to ask if it was ok to do pictures here. She was super nice and said sure. Logan was a little unsure of the horses so he was attached to his mom quite a bit but still gave me a huge variety of 3-year-old faces. Enjoy guys!

You know how normally when you take consecutive pictures that if you were to click through them quickly it would almost look like a video…well, with Mr. Koehl’s (aka Mr. Speedy) pictures it would be the most confusing video ever. While I flipped through his pictures on the computer (in consecutive order that they were taken) they made no sense at all! In one picture he’s going left looking right, then in the next he’s going straight looking left, then heading right but looking at me, etc….He is the quickest, most adorable little 9-month-old ever. He definitely had his own direction in mind. We had to be quick, and I still can’t believe that I got as many as I did with eye contact! And as I look through the ones that I’m posting for the sneak peek it looks as though he were quite still. But let me tell you that these are deceiving because the pictures before or after these would be of him on the move. Thanks for meeting with me guys. I hope you enjoy your sneak peek of your little guy.

(Foreshadowing) Note to future clients: You probably shouldn’t trust me to pick the locations:)

Lately a lot of people have just said “Why don’t you pick the location. You probably know the good spots.” Which is exactly what Mr. Logan’s family did. So, since I’ve been going to a lot of the same places I thought that it would be fun to try a few places that I either hadn’t used in a while and one new place that I’ve had my eye on for months. We meet up and they are going to follow me to the first location — a group of large, gorgeous oak trees…let me correct that…they once were gorgeous. Because now, as I drive up, I realize that Hurricane Ike caused them to be trimmed quite a bit and there are a lot of downed wooden fences around them. We’re able to do a few pictures and decide to move on to Lucky Location Two. NOT!

Location Two: A field of overgrown weeds, grass, wildflowers…it’s perfect for the direction the sun was setting. We unloaded the couch(which is no easy feat), get it set up just at the edge of the greenery and start taking pictures. About 15 shots into the pictures they start jumping up and down shrieking because there are ants. I mean, there are ants covering their feet and ankles. Luckily, little Logan didn’t have any on him. SORRY GUYS! We get all of them off and try a new spot…more ants. Next we move to a cemented area…a large (once was a parking lot) cemented area. Surely ants don’t congregate on cement. Well, apparently they do because here we go again with the ants. Let’s blaze from Location Number Two and on to Location Number Three.

Location Three: An abandoned store on a good-size lot where the sun really does set perfectly. I have envisioned a family shot right by the old door at the side. I tell them where to set up and as we approach I realize that the glass at the door has been busted out and is all over the ground in front. AAAHHHH! We are having no luck with locations. And I’m starting to think that ants are a recurring theme for me.

Logan is an absolute doll. He has the most gorgeous eyelashes and charming smile. Luckily, he cooperated wherever we ended up at. I really appreciate you guys having such a willingness for anything…it’s always fun to try new ideas. I hope you’re having a great vacation. Enjoy your sneak peek!

Everytime I look at these pictures I hear this in my head:
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah

who has the happiest name on earth. I just think that it’s such a pleasant name and I get a huge smile when I hear it. We did her pictures in her room and I LOVE the way that it is decorated. It’s totally pink, frilly, and pure girl. The picture that is in the background on a lot of these shots is just the coolest. I’m trying to see if I can get my hands on one! I love the 2 little birds and the way her name makes up the leaves. Miss P was really good for these and we were even able to get a few with her big brother. Hope you enjoy guys!