Beautiful Brooke...

Remember Tara, who I had the pleasure of photographing about 6 weeks ago? This is her neice, Brooke. In her senior pictures, Tara had an orange bracelet on in support of her sister's little girl. When we started talking, Tara told me how Brooke had been in and out of the hospital since birth, due to heart, lung and digestive issues.

Since our kids were all preemies (and then Teagan was rehospitalized at 3 months with meningitis) talking about hospitals, procedures, and terms all brought it back and I knew I wanted to do something to help. Even with great insurance, having a child in the hospital usually means that you're spending every penny you have driving back and forth to doctor appointments, visiting the hospital, eating out - there's not much left at the end of the week for luxury items like photography. So I asked Lisa if she'd like to bring Brooke over for a free session. She was thrilled and I am so happy to give this family something to treasure.

And without further ado... here's your sneak peek, Lisa and Jay! Hope you love them! It was wonderful to meet you and your precious little girl. She really is a little miracle!

Meghan & Justin

What a sweet couple! They are expecting their first baby - a little girl - and are SO excited about her! With just a little over 3 weeks to go, they came over for a maternity session. Just a couple of my favorites so far!

Little Miss Unnamed...

We happened to be down on the island for a wedding when we got the call that good friends of ours had just had a little girl! They already have 2 boys and hadn't found out what they were having before she was born. So we were thrilled to hear that the baby was a girl and that both mom and baby were doing great! This morning on our way home, we stopped at the hospital quick to say Hi and meet little girl (she doesn't have a name yet!)

Introducing Miss V.

Meeting her cousin

Snuggling with Grandma

K & R are thrilled to have a little sister! They can't wait for her to come home with mommy!

Grandma with the big brothers

A Pirate Looks at Four...

We had a pirate themed birthday planned for all our family yesterday. We all had fun watching the cousins play together - they are riots! Colin got a Pirate Ship, which was a huge hit (Colin was the captain, so he made sure we all stayed in our seats in the "ship").

Anyway, the party went great. The rain held off (thank goodness) and we had fun! I'm glad to have the planning over with! So here's a few pictures of Pirate Colin turning 4!

Colin's mean pirate face

The girls finally got to play with the pirate ship - Meg even got to wear the hat!

Kissing Cousins!

Colin's pirate cake (I made it myself!)

And finally everyone got to take home a carmel apple. We went apple picking Friday so that we'd have fresh apples for the favors!

Our Baby Boy Turns 4!!

It really is true what they say - that once you have kids the time just flies by. Our son is turing 4 today - actually, not technically until tonight. 6:29pm. 4 years old! He's brought so much joy to our lives and we're very blessed to have been entrusted to raise him. Ok - that's all I'm going to say before I get really sappy!

Colin's 4 year pictures (this took some major bribing, but we got a few that I love!)




And my favorite! There's a story behind the scooter. When we were up in Maine vacationing we went into a toy store. Colin found this scooter and fell in love with it. As soon as we left the store he said "Did you see that scooter, Mom? Wow - that was the coolest scooter ever! It's beautiful! And it rides great!" He spent the rest of the vacation going on and on about it. So as soon as we got home we ordered it and hid it in the garage. Or so we thought. Last week Colin went in the garage to get his fishing pole and came out saying "What's in the box, Mom? The box with my scooter in it?" I told him it was for someone else and he didn't mention it again for a while. Then an hour later he asked if we were ever going to let him open his scooter since he saw it in the garage. So we called Daddy at work to ask him if it was ok to open the scooter (I wasn't sure if he wanted to be there to see his reaction). When Drew said Yes, it was ok, Colin ran into the garage and came back staggering under the weight of the box. He was SO excited! Little sneak!! :)

Theresa & Eric

A couple of weeks ago I was called by a friend of mine (who is also a photographer) who told me she was having extreme back pain and ruptured disks. Ouch! She had a wedding booked in September and asked if I would step in and shoot it. I had the day open, so I agreed and I'm so glad I did!

It's really rare to see the kind of love that Theresa and Eric show to each other. Most of the time I rarely hear much about love during the day (as strange as that sounds). The brides and grooms are usually so busy getting ready and caught up in the day that they don't usually talk much about it. But not Theresa and Eric. A few minutes after I got there it was obvious that they were destined for each other. They are so in love! And best of all, their children all got along beautifully. It was such a pleasure working with them!

So here's a few of my favorites from the day! I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed shooting them! They got married at the Desmond Hotel in Albany, a gorgeous hotel that was really unique!

Here's one that I just loved, but for the rest you'll have to watch the slideshow!