you know i’m always down with a little sun flare.

this is alyssa.

trey.

and (happiest.baby.ever.)  ayden!

out of all the family sessions i’ve done in the last half decade, this is the FIRST time i’ve had the opportunity to work with older children. they were BEYOND awesome.

see? awesome + happy baby. it does good things.

as always. the long overdue photo of the parents themselves!

rey - jessica - alyssa - trey - ayden

houston, texas

family session

when i get to put together amazing storyboards like THIS i remember how much i love what i do:

sullivan 1 year old now!

 okay, maybe a wink over 1 year old… but i’ve had fun meeting him when he was belly, newborn, baby, and now little boy!

sullivan and harrison = double trouble (watch out kelly- i can only imagine them in 10+ years!)

i very much *love* the image on the right.

the men in kelly’s life. she’s a lucky gal.

feels like we’re on holiday. (’cause it sounds so much hipper than vacation)

kelly- this one is probably my favorite for the year! it needs to be added to the wall!

sullivan couldn’t have been more thrilled.

sullivan (1 year) - kelly - lance - harrison 

galveston, texas

1 year  photo series

related links:

sullivan (1 year) - kelly - lance - harrison

baby sullivan 

kelly + belly 

seriously adorable family.

mr. jacob is probably the prince of polite boys. anytime he talked to me,

“excuse me ms. rebecca-linh, can i say something?”

thank you nesreen for trusting me here.

 jacob was a little ham for the camera- i’m sure you had a hard time telling!

yay!

 jordan wasn’t huge on the idea of being photographed. soooo- i LOVE that we got this little series.

(he’s SO handsome!)

 i absolutely adore this image of the boys. i think it really tells a lot about both their personalities!

last time they had photos together? you guessed it- their wedding!

 I envision this LARGE + canvas

nesreen + ben + jacob + jordan // family session

cypress, texas

 started off the summer RIGHT with a hot and sticky session with a family of two young boys!

so nesreen happens to be friends with a past client of mine cyndy. (click here… to get blasted back 2 years ago!) (hi cyndy, i’m sure you will be stopping by!) when she went to my site she noticed mention of my chef husband and noted the “d” in rodgers and that her husband ben use to work with a chef roDgers. yep, ben and my husband mike use to work together a few years back. random story, but i LOVE it when small worlds collide.

nesreen is also a photographer here in houston, and how lucky for her she’s got an adorable family to practice on! ben- like i mentioned, you win the R-L award for most patient dad! (THANKS!) i had a blast getting to know your family- can’t wait to share the rest from our session!

proud to introduce to the world:

baby madison thida

born: december 28, 2009

7 lb. 8oz.

daughter to the amazing-  jessica + chantha

isn’t she PRECIOUS/ SWEET/ ADORABLE?!

mama and her princess.

sleep panda baby, sleep.

 sweet baby eyelashes.

i love this.

i

 and i {heart}  her.

 i’d like to think i’m the swaddling champ. (where do i claim my prize?)

this was the MOST adorable moment to witness. sleepy baby madison woke up and immediately smiled at her daddy.

 ninja baby WIN.

oh little madison. most of you know i like to shoot these little newborns within those first 2 weeks of their birth date.  reasons? newborns are sleepy, more pliable, and well… more sleepy in those first two weeks. however, little miss madison, as sweet as she is decided she liked her cozy nicu for the first couple months! so, i sat and waited patiently for jessica’s email that her baby was FINALLY home. bless you jessica- you are a TROOPER mom who wins a trophy in my book!  needless to say, we were able to get this little girl to sleep. i love fun blankets to swaddle babies in– so this little panda blanket was no exception.  MUST. SWADDLE. PANDA BEARS. once we had her settled tightly in her adorable panda blanket– she fell asleep sweetly on her own.

not the last you’ll see if this precious family. stay tuned this year for more!

check out new parents jessica and chantha back when they were on the blog as parents to be:

CLICK HERE for their maternity session!

 little miss lauren was one of the first little girls i photographed in houston a few years ago.

lauren was 18 months old back when I first saw her, and now she’s an adorable 3 year old!

AND- little miss lauren is a BIG sister to little brother luke.

HOW SWEET!

little mr. luke was a sweet 2 weeks old.

total milk coma.

i’m holding my reign as: mrs. *most* kids like me. these two seemed to approve.

lauren and luke

houston texas// family session - newborn session

little lauren was one of the first kiddos i got to shoot here in houston only a few years ago during a babywearing session. i’d like to say she was one of the first posts on my old old old blog. her eye’s are still super bright blue and she’s just an adorable big sister. little luke kept me on my toes at first, but then settled into some amazing newborn sleep and i got to click away. gotta love a session with incredibly cute kids!

 recognize this family?

catherine + paula

ava picked flowers the ENTIRE session. i loved it!

a year later- ava is just SO sweet.

 catherine - paula - ava

family session // houston, texas

perhaps you remember this darling family when they visited the blog last year. if not, refresh yourself by CLICKING HERE.  

back in april, catherine emailed me to make sure they were “in” for the holiday season. thrilled to have returning clients, and to also see little ava a year later i was for sure “in”. catherine and paula (aka: mom-mom and mom) told ava if she was a good girl she could get ANYTHING she wanted at target. what does a little gal do with such a proposal? she wanted 1 lunchable. how adorable is that?!? needless to say, ava earned her lunchable big time.perhaps a multi-pack she was THAT great.

ladies, i loved photographing you all for a 2nd time. we had a blast and i LOVE the images we got from this session!

xoxo

kelly, you’re an inch away from making a wish. ((I LOVE THIS NECKLACE))

little sullivan was last seen on this blog as a newborn– now he’s an adorable 6 months old!

and this is one of my new FAVORITES!!

i love the look a baby gives their older sibling.

sullivan is quite the serious fellow.

and harrison is just getting handsomer every time i see him.

lance - kelly - harrison - sullivan

even though it was little brother’s “6-month” session - i’m glad these two came for the ride.

sullivan (6 months) + kelly - lance - harrison

 baby’s 6 month / family session -  houston, texas

WOW. what a journey it’s been with this family. words can’t express how thankful i am to photograph this family for the FOURTH time! going back into time, (on a blog long long ago ) i had the honor of meeting these guys for a family session back before little brother. (and if you clicked that last link… before you say it, yes, my work has come a loooong way on this photo journey of mine!)  kelly then contacted me not too long after to announce she was pregnant and couldn’t wait for a maternity session. LUCKY ME RIGHT?!? and if you missed it– click HERE because kelly was flippin’ GORGEOUS pregnant!  so once sullivan arrived i got to take his sleepy newborn photos. It’s just truly amazing to see him as a happy 6 month, crawling baby as well as see harrison turn into an adorable little boy. six months is going to fly by again- and you get to see sullivan as a 1 year old– so you’ll just have to stay tuned.

again, thank you-thank you-thank you, for letting me in your families life.

and ps. to my husband. i want that necklace with our little girlies on it. christmas is coming up!

 meet ryan, little benjamin, and jennifer

i LOVE his bomber jacket!

benjamin is SO cute!

right after this photo the rain started to come down.

but thankfully there were a few porches we could take cover under.

jennifer - ryan - benjamin

family session - spring, texas

what an adorable family! had we started just 15 minutes later- i’m pretty sure our session wouldn’t have even happened! we took a few shots in the front of old town spring, and i knew i wanted to go further back, so to save time we drove instead of walked. once we got out of our cars, started shooting just a little a bit it started to rain. thankfully old town spring is made up of a lot of little shops that have of front porches that we just made the best out of our rainy situation and hopped door to door.  and though little benjamin is new to walking,  he played it cool and pretty much stayed close which made shooting easier.

thanks guys for hanging in there despite the weather. i’m thrilled we got some fun images!

mackenzie, kelsey, and jordan are sisters.

and they’ve got a big brother chris.

kelsey, with her husband brian and adorable sons- aiden, alex, and asher (i’m loving these “a” names!)

little sis jordan with husband marty, with cutey pants #1 owen, and cutey dress #2 parker.

mackenzie, her husband doug, and handsome sam and baby lucas.

chris, his wife leeann, christian, and madison

and together they are one big happy family.

family reunion portrait session - new braunfels, tx

how awesome to see so many beautiful families ALL TOGETHER AT ONCE. amazing. how lucky these little children are to have cousins all around the same age that they will grow up with! you guys were so much fun to be around and thank you for having me come out to new braunfels to be a part of it. what a blast to get a week to just hang out at a vacation home and chill with the ones you love. (though i’m guessing the drawback would be 9 kids up really early in the morning….hmmm.)  

where does this begin? because it could get a little confusing but it’s sort of a fun little side story of how small this world is! kelsey (the cute blondy with short hair and 3 little guys) had told me she knew she wanted me to come photograph them after she had seen THIS newborn session I had done over a year ago (brace yourself, this is from my old blog). i of course said yes, but the interesting part is– that client from the newborn session, is a close girlfriend of mine janica. janica (or also refered to as jbo, or juicifroot) and i had met prior to that session while i was shooting some products for a company called comfy joey and quickly became friends shortly after. and in the course of the last year she herself has taken on a love for photography… take a look. i mention this comfy joey company because they sale baby carriers, and in the small world we live in- kelsey, janica, and i were all on the same baby mothering forum (tbw) for years, so it was only natural for me to bring her with me to help me shoot this reunion.

and if this makes no sense to you- no worries. i know it makes sense to a few that are visiting.

love this one jbo snapped of me shooting the couples. (ladies, don’t be jealous of my roots)

or should i better say with *this* photo - one big happy family!

ps. please note. when given a 30% chance of rain in the forecast- come prepared that of course when you are shooting 5 families, half which are little children that 30% chance is in fact going to happen then.