Oh, blog…how I’ve missed you!  There is so much to catch you up on that it feels a bit overwhelming!  I’ve been blessed with another year of fabulous clients and I can’t wait to show them off  to you!  Hopefully as our weather turns cold,  we can all enjoy looking back at images with green grass and bright blue skies and pray that Spring comes quickly.

First up is Miss Anniston who turned one this summer!  We met on an evening that summer storms were threatening but luckily held off for us!  Grandma and Grandpa Blomenberg’s house in the woods was the perfect backdrop for this active little doll.  And as you can see by the first image, Anniston was running all around and we all did our best to keep up :)

This first outfit was one that was worn by Anniston’s paternal Grandma when she was a baby in 1954!  The material was so dainty and sheer :)

One of my ABSOLUTE favorite things about shooting this age is watching their legs try to keep up with themselves!  Their run has a teeter totter look that  makes them look  like they will fall down at every step!  And the arms, if not for balance they could be used for windmills ;)

Baby jelly shoes…Anniston is so stylish!

So glad we chanced the weather for this shoot, it was well worth the mosquito bites we endured ;)  Jill and Zach, thank you for allowing me to document the first year of Anniston’s life.  She is absolutely precious :)

Last week I blogged about Will and Ella and mentioned they were soon to be big siblings to a little brother.  Zack made his arrival on June 21st and has spent the summer napping away and swimming every day with the family.  Bailey was lucky to know exactly when Zack was to arrive and we planned accordingly, meaning we had his newborn session scheduled a month in advance!  I arrived at their home not sure what to expect from Will and Ella..I couldn’t wait to see how they were with him!   Would they be jealous?  Would they be protective?  While I’m sure they are both at times, they were only interested in showing me their clean rooms ;)  Zack was content to wait his turn!

I can’t remember for certain, but I think I asked Bailey if she had trouble choosing a name for the newest member of the family.  She told me how when they found out they were  having a boy, one of the twins threw out the name Zack as an option ;)  Bailey left to go to the store later that day and when she returned home, everyone was calling the baby Zack!  How could they have chosen anything else?!

Such a sweet man’s face…and all that dark hair!  I’m sure he is growing like crazy…looking forward to photographing him again next month!

A very wet Spring delayed our shoot with Levi on more than one occasion.  When we finally found a dry day we searched for a location that wouldn’t be too soggy for a very mobile little boy who likes to investigate :)  When he wasn’t picking up rocks and trying to eat them, Levi was full of smiles for me (as long as the cat wasn’t around)…

And I couldn’t resist getting a few with the whole family…I remember this age of my own kids and how crazy it felt then…Sometimes now I long for the simplicity of first steps and sippy cups :)

Such a doll he is!  And soon he is turning ONE..can’t wait to see him again and how much he’s changed!