The exception to my rule..

Every rule has to have an exception right? Well when I put my holiday deadline out there I did have to offer one exception. So here is my you-live-in-a-different-state-now-and-are-in-town-for-the-holiday exception. Miss C! Remember her? She has been on the blog quite a few times this year. She is one year old now. Don't worry she still has the big beautiful cheeks.

Pouty bottom lip...

and squinchy nose smiles- love that!

Unless someone else decides to excercise this clause, this blog will be a little quiet until the new year. Happy Holidays everyone!

My second to last...

Ok, I am in the home stretch of portraits. Here is Miss G. She was so sweet and smiley the last time I saw her that we all had high hopes. Unfortunately she was recovering from a bad cold. We finally convinced her to give up a few smiles...

She had a friend visiting for his pics too. Here is Mr M. He loved all of Miss G's toys, we had a tough time tearing him away.

A little cutie on a chilly day

This is Miss G and she was a trooper out in the chilly day.

Playing Peek A Boo behind the tree- this gets the kids to smile 100% of the time.

A beautiful family.

Cuteness Alert!

Love these two. This is Miss C, she is in school with my little guy. She is always so smiley and adorable. I am pretty sure this is the picture that Mom wanted...

Here are both adorable girls.

Miss N, wanted nothing to do with me last year, my what a difference a year makes...

A little holiday cheer

Is your Christmas Tree up yet? This mom set hers up already for our pictures! Now they get to enjoy it for longer. Here is Miss E all dressed up in her Christmas finest.

If this picture of Miss G doesn't make you smile than you are a scrooge indeed.

Their cousins came by too.
Aren't they handsome?

Finally a small sampling of the group shots.

Beautiful New Baby

This is little Miss R. She is not quite 2 weeks old. I always try to get some sleeping baby pictures and it seems they always seem to have a different plan- go figure. Miss R was no different but it didn't matter, more chances to see her big beautiful eyes!

I always have this debate with myself about which pictures to put up on the blog. The BEST pictures or just the good pictures and that way there are some nice surprises. Well, I couldn't withold this one...
One more, a sweet moment between Mommy and her baby...

End of the day...

I've photographed Miss K before and both times she has loved having her picture taken. She was really good with the little ones too- thanks Miss K.


These cuties arrived as the sun was going down. They pulled in the driveway and we went to work, quickly got them changed, plopped them down and made the smile. Don't think they quite knew what hit them.

More Cousins!

Here are the rest of the blue eyed beauties! Miss M...

Miss S
Mr J wasn't too fond of the noise and chaos of the crowd, so we snuck out by ourselves to get a few pictures of just him.
Here he is with his Mama.

Sunday Afternoon Family Gathering

Went over to one of my favorite client's homes on Sunday. It was a gathering of all the cousins in hopes of the illusive "cousins" photo. Sadly we were not too successful on that front but definitely got some cute individual shots. All of the girls had these adorable matching pillowcase dresses- loved them. Here is the newest addition to the clan, Miss N. She has the gorgeous blue eyes that seem to be a requirement to be in this family.

Here she is with her very proud parents.

Here are Miss N's oldest cousins. Miss M- very cooperative and sweet.
Mr G- he has come a long way and is very helpful with the little ones.
Miss R decided that she was going to keep all of her smiles to herself on this day- here is one pic where she almost let the smile through.

Thanks for waiting

I have been a little delinquent in posting my sneak peeks this week. So here is the beginning of the second half of my Sunday.

I asked Dad to pick up Mr B anyway he wanted...


This is Miss S, isn't she beautiful? She was all to happy to pose- love that!

A little cutie

Upon arrival Mom and Dad warned me that Miss K was going to be a toughie. Don't you love when your kids just make liars out of you? There were quite a few cute pics to choose from, but I had to narrow it down for this post. So here is a little peek...

A couple of familiar faces

This is one of my favorite kinds of houses to visit- with my pictures all over the walls! I have to say that you, my clients, are so much better at framing and displaying my pictures than I am. That is why I love to visit your homes. Here are Mr J and his little sister Miss M.

The whole beautiful family.

Beautiful Miss M

Mr J has his set "smile" down so we had to work hard to try to get something a little more natural. Not too bad...

A few smiles on a gloomy day

Met these cuties on Saturday morning. We enjoyed the mild morning temps before the rain came. Here is Miss G- so cute and smiley.

Here she is with her big brother Mr T.

Sharing some love with her Mom.

Pretty sure this is the picture Mom wanted...