Baby P : 3 months old

This is my nephew Baby 'P' at his second photo shoot with me. The last time I photographed him he was barely 2 weeks old. This time around he was lots more active and completely disinterested in being photographed. He preferred his socks to smiling. Finally mommy stepped behind me and he gave a big drooly grin towards the camera- thank heaven for mommies.

Of course my youngest daughter had to investigate her cousin.  They have almost the same color hair amongst other similar features.  I love genetics!

Mom and Me

I had the pleasure to photograph a family friend and her son while visiting my husband's hometown. I love sharing time with the two of them. He is growing up so fast- becoming quite a young man already. But he is still a little boy; still able to 'bear kiss' his mother's nose; still able to 'zerbert' her neck; still able to wrap his little arms around her tight. My hope is someday he will be looking at these pictures and see how much his mom loves him; how their family is beautiful and he'll smile and say to himself, 'that is mom and me.'

BABY K

At a wedding gig, I noticed this beautiful newborn (6 wks) among other beautiful children. When I am away from my two little girls for the day, I can't help but get a baby fix. I offered some pics during an itsy-bitsy lull in the fast-paced day. Baby K is beautiful, her brother adorable and both make her parents obviously happy. What a cute little family.

How cute is this little curl!

Batina & Jonathan : WEDDING

Batina and Jonathan enjoyed their big day at the Grand Holiday Ballroom in Olympia.  Some of my favorite things from this wedding were Batina's veil, the limo ride with a great bridal party and the best speech EVER from the groom's grandfather.  He told Batina that Jonathan should have the last word in every argument...then he turned to Jonathan and said, "And your last word is yes, dear."  I giggled the whole night over that one.

Both sides of the family were awesome and full of fun!  There were some pretty smooth moves on the dance floor - I even had to take a break to dance (it was a Michael Jackson track- nobody should wallflower during a MJ song!)

First shots at the bar!