*{Fun, Fun in the Summertime...}* Dupont WA Photographer

Oh Mrs. W...I know you have been waiting so patiently for this peek! I know you are also refreshing your computer {laughed at the email ;) }...so here is your precious family! Little *A* is just the cutest thing ever. Enjoy this age...I know people probably tell you all the time, but I think I underestimated how long they are really "young and little" for. Everyone always says, "enjoy this time...it goes by so fast." But I thought, oh, they will still be my little munchkins when they are in Kinder and 1st grade, etc. NO...they aren't! This is what people don't tell you! They go off to school!! So treasure this time you have with him while he has no care in the world, and no school! There is such a short window you have them at home to enjoy them...where life is ONLY about mommy and daddy! So never take it for granted...he is so incredibly precious. Okay, now that I am off my soapbox, and I feel like I've done my motherly duty to warn people that this time is shorter than people tell you...off to the preview! Enjoy! Off to work more on the gallery! :)


Okay...for some reason, this is one of my favorites of the three of you. I think it is just because it is such a nice candid moment...you three being just that...you three!


Ahhh...who wouldn't love a little one figuring out that funny thing on his belly called a button?!

Watch out Tiger...Grandpa has this one in training already!

Great shot of you two! LOVE the wispy hair action! I'm a sucker for wind and hair...it instantly throws the sexy factor in a shot!
Seriously...SERIOUSLY! How cute!
Until Next Time...
m :)

*{Refresh...Refresh...Refresh...}* Dupont WA Photographer

There was no more appropriate title than "Refresh...Refresh...Refresh..."! This is what Mrs. J has been doing to her computer since I left the state of WA! I can't blame you...I know the excitement that builds when you are waiting to have just a glimpse of what is to come with your gallery! And this is exactly that...a glimpse! Much more to edit! Much more love captured in your photos like these...

This family was a ton of fun. I am seriously blessed with the *best* clients EVER! And this was their VERY first professional photo session of their family! Which made it even that more special for me! Every family *must* be captured in photos...I just can't stress it enough. Seriously, go pull up a photo of your child from a year ago and you will see how much they change in such a short time. One day, all these munchkins will be grown up and Mr. and Mrs. J will treasure each and every photograph remembering life when they were little! This time that we are all in right now...these phases with our children...they are only but a memory that we will hold on to when they are all grown up.

So here is your peek! Lovin' them girl! And now I'm off to take my birthday girl and her big sister bowling!

Until Next Time...
m :)

Lovin' these two of you!

Okay...don't you want to bottle this moment up forever in your memory?! How stinking cute is this!?!
Just so precious!


One gorgeous mama!
Love this family photo!
Such pure joy!

*{Washington Continued}* Lifestyle Photographer

As we continue on our journey, our next stop is the *P* family! This was so much fun...and if you've followed my blog for a long time, you will recognize these faces! I shot their maternity pictures for their first born, little Miss S' newborn pics, throw a couple more sessions in...and now her baby sister's newborn/lifestyle session at their house! It has been so fun to follow this family as it continues to grow with such cute little girls! They are always so much fun to work with and Little Miss S was so much fun to play with...she was not shy at all, and I even got KISSES when I left, not bad-huh?!

Here are some pics from around the house as we captured them all in their own special way...

I don't know what it is about this pic, but I love it...
This is how Miss S preferred to do the family photo! So we rolled with it! Can you blame the girl?! She now has something called a "little sister" in her life, so she wanted her 15 minutes of fame with me! :)
Love this shot and love Miss K's squished baby face! :)
Ah! Pure sweetness!
Breathing in the pureness of a newborn...
My little gumball!
Miss S...LOVE THIS PICTURE OF YOU!!! This is what happens when you have a two year old "look close to the circle and see if you can find your face!"
My little firecracker...I love your little voice...there is nothing like the voice of a two year old. Mr. and Mrs. P-get her on the camcorder at this age. I miss the sound of my kids at two...and I pray I pulled out the camcorder so I can remember the sound.
Until next time...
m

*{Pink or Blue}* Dupont Washington Photographer

Moving right along on our journey through the South Sound...next up is the gorgeous mama-to-be Mrs. O! We met Saturday morning at Saltar's Point photographing her maternity session and had a fabulous time! Since I know Mrs. O and all of her friends are stalking the blog, I thought I'd post these few that I've edited so far. I have *much* more editing to do...it was so hard for me to narrow shots down for this session! Just too many good ones!

AND...Mr. and Mrs. O are NOT finding out if it is a boy or girl until the big "birthday party"! But I know this baby will be a special one because her due date is my birthday!! So I am hoping you have the baby on August 12th at 2:03am (I think that is the time I was born!!! Correct me if I'm wrong mom!). My vote is a girl on 8/12/09 at 2:03am...WHAT IS YOUR VOTE?! The person closest to the date and time (guessing the sex is just for fun) will win a little something-something. So leave it in the comments HERE ON THE BLOG! Not on Facebook all of my FB fans! I'm thinking, in the spirit of the PNW, a Starbucks coffee will be on me if you win! :)

So enjoy these photos! :) I had so much fun, and I'm so thankful we had the chance to see each other again and spend a couple of hours goofing off for the camera! :)

xoxo,
m

Love this one...so awesome!

Okay...love this shot! I love head-less pictures sometimes! :) You're gorgeous Courtney...don't get me wrong! It's the artsy-fartsy side of me!
And to the moron that tagged up my favorite piece of beached wood (I'm talking about the red and yellow spraypaint all over it that you can't see)...go take some art classes and make some money doing that on canvas...don't mess up mother nature and force this image into a black and white!
Love tall grass!
On her booking sheet, she said they laugh a lot together...does this not capture that perfectly!?!

yummy yummy backlighting to quench my lighting thirst!