Baby Harper is such a ham and so ridiculously adorable! We met at her home for our session which is my favorite place to photograph babies, what better setting to capture memories of their first year than in their very own home? I had so much fun playing with her and capturing all her many goofy expressions… you know you can’t resist this face

Happy mother’s day from my merry band of mischief makers

err… I mean… children

this last face is SO Paul right now.

Getting all three in one picture is quite a production these days … but totally worth every ounce of effort.

I LOVE teeny tiny babies. LOVE them. In fact my little girl is only 9 months old and we are not planing on having any more kids but I STILL am already getting nostalgic for her squishy newborn “nap on mom all day” days… I LOVE babies. Seeing client’s babies is fun. Photographing babies is even more fun. But babies that are family that I can squeeze and cuddle and snuggle with for hours and hours? THE BEST!

My brother and his wife just had their first baby a few short weeks ago and I could not resist flying up to San Francisco to visit her ASAP. I only got to spend a few short days with her but I’m already in love (as are her mommy and daddy to be sure!) … I just wish she were closer so I could snuggle her more often.

I’ve been a mom now for close to 4 years and couldn’t wait to see my big brother as a dad. It’s just as absolutely heart-meltingly adorable as I was imagining it, even more so maybe. This daddy loves his baby girl!

My mom was up there while I was visiting as well… I think it’s safe to say SHE loves her new grand baby as well

Beautiful beautiful momma! We’ve been friends for over 10 years now so seeing her as a mommy was pretty amazingly special as well.

Congratulations Chris and Tara on the most beautiful little baby girl! I love her to pieces already and cannot wait til I can see her again!

I don’t always share all of my personal life on this blog, but 2011 was such a mix of blessings and hard times.  Our beautiful daughter Edith was born in August and just a few short months later, 6 months ago today, my beautiful nephew Peyton Mark was born sleeping.  It was a devastating loss for our whole family.  My sister and her husband have been amazing and have decided not to let the sadness be the only thing that their son was remembered for, and to instead celebrate his life and memory in a positive way.  When people asked what they could do to help after his passing my sister started looking into charities that she might like to have people donate to.  She decided that the most fitting tribute would be to walk in the March of Dimes walk and raise money to support their cause.

The walk is coming up this Saturday and I am amazed and humbled by the extraordinary job that she and her friends and family have done of raising money for the cause.  As of this morning team Peyton Mark has raised $13,000 for the March of Dimes!  A-MAZ-ING!  I am beyond proud of my sister and what she’s chosen to do as a response to his loss.

I will be proudly walking along in the march for babies and wearing my team Peyton Mark button this weekend.  If you feel like donating to help our team you can go here to view my page.  All the donations on my page are automatically added to the team page as well.

Allison I am SO proud of you and I am so proud to call you my sister. I cannot wait to walk with you this weekend!

I realized the other day that not only were the latest photos of my baby Edith on the blog from several months ago, the latest ones that I had *taken* of her (other than food-covered highchair snapshots, which I do love!) were several months old as well. I figured it was probably time to take a few portraits of her since I have mountains of portraits of her big brother and sister when they were babies. I think it must be a hazard of being the third child…

In any case she was more than happy to get some one-on-one time with me and my camera while the big kids were napping. I can’t believe how big she’s gotten and how bright eyed and curious she always is. I love her absolutely to pieces!