When this is the first shot of the day- you know it is going to be a sweet shoot!

Love those little feet!

Baby Zachary had the wildest head of hair!

Hello??? Beautiful Mama!!

Same time as above photo- different view.

My favorite! You can just smell newborn baby when you see this! Love the wrinkles!!

This little guy was quite the sleeper!

Believe it.

Houston, Texas - Newborn Session

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Okay, so I *should* be posting Christmas photos– but I couldn’t resist!

I met mom Natalie and Baby Zachary when he was just a hair over two weeks old. This little guy was so quiet- I don’t think there was even one cry during our photo shoot. His mom and dad are super lucky, as he was quite the sleeper. (Hope he still sleeping great for you!) I love shooting newborns- there is just something so special about getting to be a part of documenting a new life. It is so touching to watch a new mother absolutely intrigued by her little baby.

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Had to sneak in another cute little foot photo!

A few shots from my family’s Chrismas Eve:

The Jade- Miss Sassy Pants herself.

Finally- a photo with the girls and I.

my Christmas joys.

My hot chef husband made the BEST dinner! Jealous?

Making cookies for Santa.

The opening of ONE gift. Ha Ha Ha!

Cookies and Lactose Free Milk

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!!!

Christmas Eve has a special place in my heart. In my book- it’s better than Christmas itself. This year was pretty low-key– which was great considering half my family is shakin’ a pretty yucky cold! My husband Mike made an AMAZING dinner and we just hung out listening to our 4 year old daughter ask for the millionth time when is it going to be time to open her ONE present. This year she seemed to be completely humored in the word “poop”. My eye’s roll as I write. You could just listen in on her talking to herself saying, “poop” quietly, and then laughing hysterically. Then again, whispered... “poop” and a roar of laughter would follow. We ignored her, figuring we would just let her carry in finding humor in that one lonely word considering she wasn’t really directing it to anybody. Because, if you’re a parent you know, once you bring attention to those little annoyances… it’s all over. Though we did hope she would get bored quickly, she still- thinks the word is so funny. Jade totally got a hoot when she got the book “Everyone Poops”. Mike seriously thought it was the worst book ever. Ha ha. I dunno– I thought it was funny.

Just in case you don’t read “kid” - that is a Christmas tree, with a star on top. Those round things are ornaments, and the squigly lines read:

“Dear Santa,

These are your cookies and milk. I made them especially for you. Hope you like them.They are really good.Thank you for bringing me presents- please don’t forget my Pokemon stuff. Love, Jade”

Bet you expected scratch cookies from us eh??

Guess what happens when I can’t decide *which photos* to put up in the blog? You get this many!! Come on- I just could not be decisive!!!

Little Trinhity is going to be a big sister soon…

I LOVED that the little girl in the book looked similiar!

I saw these little bloomers and instantly fell in love!

(story on my love for ruffle bloomers below)

so sweet!

After story time we took it out to the backyard.

and why not bring the couch with us too? Huong is absolutely GORGEOUS!!

This is what they mean about glowing pregnant woman.

Trinhity was tickled that the couch was outside!

Love it!

She is soooo beautiful!!!

When Huong and I weren’t making Brian our man slave and moving furniture, equipment, etc– we scheduled a little “Daddy Salon” Time:

Brian was actually quite good at the fingernail painting.

Then it was Trinhity’s turn! Though completely emasculating Brian, he was such a good sport about it!

Nail polish up to his knuckles- we had to put a humorous twist on this popular pose:

(and if you don’t get it… too bad for you.)

Houston, Texas - Family Session

What FUN this session was! You have seen Brian and Trinhity before on my ventures in Baby Wearing– but this time I had the honor of shooting the whole family! I LOVE THIS FAMILY! Trinhity is the princess and she knows it– and quite honestly, her parents revolve their worlds around her and it is so awesome to see how much they love their daughter. I can’t wait to meet soon to be little brother. (I get to be little man’s his first photographer!!)

Though rained out for two weeks, it made the anticipation for this shoot all that much more fun.

And my fascinations with ruffle bloomers– well… I guess when I was a baby girl, I apparently would go to strangers and ask if they wanted to see my ruffled underwear?? And then, regardless if their response I proceeded completely embarrassing my mom. Thankfully I became much more modest as I got older!

And Huong, I know how much you LOVE the belly photo! As a nod to my non-cheesy approach to maternity photos! This could quite possibly be the only time you see this pose.

Thank you for visiting. If you would like to schedule a session for 2008 please contact me soon- spaces are filling up quickly!

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I feel like I have 8 full time jobs and there are just not enough hours in the day or night!

December has been crazy busy and I am just a little backed up– catching up as fast I can!

~ THANK YOU so much for your patience!!

Can you believe we *just* got our tree up and decorated a couple days ago!

…. is Christmas really less than a week??!!?! Aack!

gotta start out with my favorite! (love her shoes!)

awwwwwe!

cute little guy! his eyes are *really* that blue.

marc - heather - dane

You wouldn’t believe it was a cold and windy day in Houston with the way this photo session turned out! We dodged the wind and stuck close to walls, but it really seemed to work with these three! This is my third time photographing Dane- I had the privilege of meeting him for his newborn photos, got to see how cute he became at 7 months, and now a few weeks before his 1st birthday he is just keeps getting cuter. And I swear his eyes are just getting bluer! At this photo session though, I did the whole family so you can see where this charming little man gets his good looks!

I was also excited that this was the first session that I shot 100% manual.  I felt pretty accomplished- as well as excited at the results! Thanks guys- can’t wait to see your Christmas cards!

Hey there folks– excuse me for the lack of posts.

In the past week I have managed to break a toe -and- throw out my back! Two days ago I couldn’t even sit or stand- but thankfully I am just starting to be able to hobble around.

Stay tuned for:

brian - huong - trinhity

marc- heather- dane

baby zachary

baby allan

Also, all print orders that have been placed in the past two weeks have arrived- they will be packaged and sent out tomorrow! So keep your eyes for the mail man.