This little guy melted my heart. He was ALL boy and a fun little guy at that. He automatically went towards the dirt as soon as we got to the park. It was so cute!! Here he was surrounded by all sorts of slides and swings and he just wanted to play in the dirt. His mom was totally relaxed and just let him do his thing. It was the perfect lifestyle session. I got a few smiles out of him, but for the most part he was a pretty focused, serious guy.

We met up at Horseshoe Lake park in Woodland, WA. I love this location. It’s perfect for all sorts of sessions. They have the water, the park area, a field, and plenty of trees. It’s also close to downtown so it’s easy to do “urban” sessions as well.

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Check out these gorgeous blue eyes!!!

this one completely cracks me up. Check out that face!!!!

and a very fitting storyboard…. (I LOVE this one)

I did this little guys newborn photos when he was just a tiny lil thing at six pounds. He was sooooo cute back then and it’s amazing how big and chubby he’s gotten. Oh I just love this little spitfire!!!

He’s quite a smiley little guy. He cooperated with us for quite awhile before he got tired of me making goofy noises to make him look at me and smile. Course when we tried to put clothes on him he protested.

There’s nothing cuter than a nakey little baby bum.

check out those beautiful blue eyes and those cheeks… awwwww….

I LOVE this look. Cracks me up every time I look at it….

So I got my studio set up, got the lighting perfect, got the kids dressed and all of a sudden Mr. I decided he did NOT want to wear his costume. I tried to coax. I tried to bribe. I tried all the tricks in the book. He was not having it. It’s hard enough to get his photo, but this takes the cake. I took the other kid’s pictures first, then encouraged him to join in.

He truly is a cowardly lion when it comes to certain things. Don’t worry, I only let him cry for a few minutes and then I gave up and took his costume off.  I think the last one is going on my wall. It’s just perfect!!!

There’s no place like home….

yup, he’s always happy. Seriously.

two for three

I love how Miss K is bored, Mr. D is concerned and Mr. I is just crying away….

Mr. D is almost eight months and FINALLY sitting up on his own. He’s also quite the crawler and gets around the house fairly easily. We finally had to put the baby gates up over the stairs so he wouldn’t try crawling down them. He’s grown so big already!! It’s bittersweet watching him because he’s our last baby. It’s sad to think that I won’t get to go through these stages again. Though I would love to have a million kids, it just wouldn’t work out. My grandma says “ones too many and a million’s not enough.” She’s very right.

He drooled most of the time during our session and I could edit it out, but it’s just so darn cute. He’s getting his two bottom teeth and they have just broke the surface within the last week.

Since the weather has been so nice lately I’ve been doing all of my sessions outdoors. I know it will soon change once we hit the yucky Washington weather. I brought out the lights and played around. It was a pretty good time.

a few funny drooly ones…

here’s him looking cool (thanks Ms. J for the cute outfit!!)

a storyboard I made…

I met this little guy at Longview Community Church right across from Lake Sacajawea. He was such a doll and had a fun personality.  He warmed right up and gave me a ton of great smiles. He’s at that busy age of fifteen months where he wants to run and explore everything. I bet he keeps his parents on their toes!

These sessions are when I truly enjoy photography. It’s so much fun to try and capture the personality of a little one. It’s really rewarding being able to photograph a real smile. Thanks to the mom and dad for letting me capture this time in little “J”‘s life.

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