Alex | Two Years Old

You might remember Alex from his One Year Old session. I had the honor of shooting with him again this year for his 2 year old pictures. He has grown so much, I don't even know if I can describe it.




One thing is for sure, chasing a two year old during a shoot is way harder than when they are one! He is so willful and full of his own ideas now, I had to just follow his lead and see where he took me instead of directing him.




There was one common theme to our shoot though: Ball. It was the one word Alex really knew well, and it is his one obsession. Seriously, the kid loves balls like most love their security blankets. We played golf, tee-ball, watched some tennis, but all Alex would say was "Ball". If we tried to distract him from the balls, he would look at what we were pointing at, think a second, then look up at us and say "Ball". This shot, where he is hugging a ball he found, I think demonstrates the depth of his love:


And just to show how much he has grown, here is last year's walking away shot, and then this year's (below):



Let the cuteness begin:








The quintessential "I'm 2!" shots:


Alex "hung" for the first time from these parallel bars on our shoot:


Alex, I'm really looking forward to being your annual photographer. I had a blast, I hope you did too.

Allyson @ One

I had the privledge of spending a couple hours on a Monday afternoon with our good friends Steve, Katie and their little girl Allyson for her one-year pictures. Since both of the parents could come along, we also got a few family shots. The beauty of photographing good friends is that I think the lenses feel your love. Allyson's images are positively buttery and a little girl couldn't be any cuter. I see so much of both Steve and Katie in her. Talk about content, she didn't fuss much and was so happy to just investigate (and eat) leaves all day. Allyson is kind of our "honorary niece" so getting this much uninterupted time with her (normally I have to take what I can get amongst many, many family members) was a real treat. Working on these pictures of her have made me realize that hubby and I need to make more time for her before she grows up on us. Katie and Steve - that is an open invitation for date night babysitting...

I had so much trouble choosing the header pictures for this post, but I couldn't pass the top one up, it is just too funny! The slideshow below holds more of my favorites.

Nolan @ 3 Months

A couple of weeks ago (yes I am behind on blog posts) I had the opportunity to meet little three month old Nolan. What an absolute cutie pie- with a very infectious smile! We coaxed as many giggles out of him as we could before he fell asleep on us. He also gave me quite a few "looks" as you will see.

Here are a few highlights from Nolan at 3 months:

The Many Faces of Alex

Fair Warning - This is cuteness overload. I'm not playing with you here - I'm serious.

There are WAY too many pictures of Alex that I love, I've put a bunch here for you, but I could have posted hundreds I think - so this is my version of restraint.

BTW - I think you can click on any picture in my blog to see it bigger.

I'll start things off with "the many faces of Alex":



There is just something about those little jeans...

Alex - Coming Soon!

Last weekend I got to shoot the one year old son of an old school friend. Well, the friend isn't old-because if she is old, then so am I -and I am not old. But we've known each other since - gosh - 5th Grade. So, the friendship is old. I think we will just leave it at that.

Anyway, Alex (her son) is as adorable as they come and we had a blast. He was quite enamored with my camera and even shot a few pictures himself. So, while I'm editing the hundreds of "keepers" that resulted from this photoshoot, I'll leave you with one teaser and the promise of more to come.

Alex took to climbing me like a jungle gym whenever he got interested in the camera (thank goodness for the wide lens!) and I thought this one was particularily cute when he got ahold of my camera strap.