A Longtime Client

The session today was with a little girl that I have been photographing from the beginning- literally. Anyone ready for another walk down memory lane? Ok, here we go. When I first met Miss S and her family she had not quite made her appearance in the world yet. (There is a chance that her mom may never forgive me for posting her maternity pics, but I don't think so, right L?)

The next time I met Miss S she was two weeks old....

Here she is at nine months, love the squinchy nose smile.

And at one year old....
These pictures are from today, she is eighteen months old. Her mom and I had a plan. It involved a backdrop, a stool and smiling at the camera. Something like this....

But alas Miss S had her own plans. They involved running behind the backdrop and playing peek-a-boo. Pretty stinking cute though- right?

The Wedding!

Today was Jill and Todd's wedding. I have to admit I was pretty nervous. I am so happy for them and I really wanted to do their wedding justice. It was a beautiful day today and fairly warm for this time of year. The wedding was at a beautifully restored house on the grounds of Forest Park in Springfield. Here is the house when I arrived.

Jill's super cool shoes....

The beautiful bride...

Jill and Miss L before walking downstairs for the big moment.

I first met Jill when she brought her daughter for her 3 month pictures. At the time Jill was a single mother who clearly adored her little girl with all her heart. Skip ahead 9 months and when Jill and Miss L returned for Christmas pictures there was a third person with them, Todd. Now all of you with children know that it can be a challenge to get your man in the picture with you and your children, but Todd jumped right in for the pictures. It was clear then that he adored Jill and Miss L and wasn't going anywhere. I am so happy for the three of them.

The ceremony was in a beautiful room lit almost exclusively by christmas lights and candles. It was very romantic and intimate.

The new family Jill and her attendants, they are both pregnant, beautiful and so much fun.

The amazingly happy couple, now married.

The Barney Estates as I left this evening.

It was a beautiful day. It was so nice to be a small part of a wonderful day. I only hope my pictures capture a little bit of the magic that was there today.

Hanna Family Pics

Well as usual I forgot I was going south for Christmas. So here we are in 50 degree weather and all I have are turtlenecks and sweaters- oh well. We decided to try to take a family picture, not too bad considering the camera was balanced on a ladder and I was running back and forth.
Don't want the SILs to feel left out, so here is Meg and her kids, Mataka and Tarleigh.

And Sheri with her sidekick Sandy.

We are very excited about Santa's impending visit tonight. Jessica is all dressed up to go to Church with Grandma and Daddy tonight and sing her heart out. Here they are on their way out. Merry Christmas!

Just a quick post

We are off tomorrow to VA for the holiday. Took the kids to Bright Nights again, feeling guilty about having NO Christmas Decorations up. Promised them that next year we would pull out everything at our "new" house (no we haven't found one yet or even put ours on the market). Aidan came over to play during Brownies and I pulled out my camera for the first time in a long time just for fun. Aidan was all about the train table and everytime I got him to smile or laugh he looked away as he did it, but I did catch one smile.

Justin was goofing around and trying to avoid getting his picture taken, so I was lucky to get this one. Unfortunately he is a little chopped off. Oh well.

Justin's Christmas Show

Justin's Christmas Show was today. I was a little late- I thought the show started at 11:30, not 11:00- oops, so I didn't get the best seat, but I didn't miss a thing. they were all dressed as penguins- very cute. Justin was a little under the weather today, but he didn't want to miss his show. He did a great job and sang the whole time. He got off his chair once or twice to come give me a kiss, but then he went right back. The kids were great and so fun to watch.

I love these next two pics. At one point Mrs. B asked the kids to dance- here is what Justin did. Yeah my kid has moves.

The First Big Storm

Yesterday, Thursday, brought our first big storm. While I don't have an official final tally it does seem to be about 10 inches. Kids are very excited to put on all their gear and get outside. Jessica got out of school early then we all watched the snow fall. Looks like this is going to stay around for awhile. Oh yes, take note of the big gap in Jessica's teeth, she lost one of her big front teeth this past weekend.

Brownie Caroling

Tuesday night Jessica's Brownie Troop went caroling at a nursing home. I had the wrong lens on my camera so I couldn't quite get a picture of all the girls. Some girls decided to wear their party dresses- we didn't. I had to leave early because Justin- not so much a caroler.