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jake’s little man mustache bash (aka 1st birthday)
Be ready for total picture overload! Jake is my first and so far only birth session baby so he holds a special place in my heart and lens! I was so excited (and honestly, a little surprised that he was turning the big oh-one already!) to photograph his day. Especially with his mom being a party planner extrodinaire, I knew there wouldn’t be one single detail missed. Jenn is starting her own event planning business, and as soon as I have a link for her website I’ll be sure to share it because you NEED to hire her for your next event.
He looks like the guy who answers the door in the Wizard of Oz with that mustache on! But way cuter!!
And some (ok, a lot) of the party details. They were too awesome to leave anything out!
Do you recognize those pictures?
The little milk bottles were my personal favorites.
Grandma and her boy.
Lots of very familiar faces at the party. 
The mustache painting didn’t work out well, but was a good try.
Someone was reeeeeeally enjoying her cake pop.
So big!
Time for cake! (he was pretty displeased with the whole cake thing. Not that you can tell by his face or anything…)
This may very well be my favorite photo from the whole party. Mommy’s gorgeous legs, Jake’s chubby cakey legs, and Ali smashing the cake.
You might die of the cuteness. 
Happy birthday Mr. Jake!! Can’t wait to keep watching you grow!!
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baby sophie
This newly minted little family was gifted with a bsquared newborn session from their “covert family”. I was so happy to meet them and we spent a bunch of time together just chatting while trying to get little baby Sophie to take a nap. A little top off from the bottle, a little rocking and cuddles and she was good to go for her session.
Oh, hello there. 
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heather + tommy = ?
I met Heather thru the guys in The Turn a few years back and she’s a total sweetheart. As it turns out she and her boyfriend were getting ready to welcome a baby boy into the world and after seeing my Jake is born slideshow, they decided they wanted to a birth session too! Everything was all cleared with the doctor that I would be allowed to be in on the delivery, however, upon arrival at the hospital I was informed that it was “hospital policy” that there were no still photographs allowed during the birth. I could take pictures before and then again a while after the delivery. What a total let down for all of us- it was all so disappointing.
I hung around for a bit, even thru some dirty looks from some of the nursing staff and took what pictures I could before I wasn’t allowed in the room anymore.
Heather made it thru most of her labor without the epidural. She and Tommy made a great team during contractions. 
And she kept her sense of humor.
And then I was gone. 
But about 3 hours later, baby Hudson was born. Big congrats to the new little family and I’m so sorry I wasn’t allowed to be there to photograph it. -
the barr family
This shoot was almost a year coming with numerous cancellations due to sicknesses, work schedules, weather…all the stuff that gets in the way. But we finally pulled it off! I did Dawn & Rob’s maternity pictures what seems like ages ago and I was so happy to finally meet the girls. They are adorable as I could have imagined!
Love the little teefs and sparkly eyes.
Dawn, you look fantastic!
Such a cute family! And yes, they are as happy as they seem in the picture!
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introducing….baby charlotte
Not only did I photograph Christine & Jayson’s wedding, I got two amazing friends, a Timtom and now a brand new baby girl to fawn over. It’s all a good deal!! Yes, we’re cousins (well, Christine and John are cousins) but we’re those extended kind of cousins you don’t really see at family stuff so since the wedding, we make sure we see a lot of eachother.
Charlotte was 3 weeks old at the time of the photos and after they all came out and spent the day at the beach with us, we came back home and I did a super fast set up and shoot of Miss Charlotte. My first newborn(ish) at night and using all off camera flash instead of natural light. A big change for me, but I’m getting there with it.
Charlotte slept all day at the beach (yes, she was under the umbrellas in someones arms the whole day. yes, she was covered in layers from head to toe. yes, she survived the beach and was, in fact, quite happy there. yes, Christine is very brave!) so I knew there was not a chance she was sleeping for our session. And I was right.
So excited to have one girl in the family!!
