Ashley and Evy

Meet Ashley and Evy, two very beautiful girls I had the honor of capturing with my camera recently.  And not only are these two beautiful, they were also a blast to spend time with.  Evy is a big Disney fan, which I totally love.  I mean, I'm the girl that drew pictures and wrote letters to Mickey Mouse as a kid....  And my father may still have Steamboat Willy memorized by heart because I wanted to watch the movie so frequently.  So, you could say Evy was a girl after my own heart.  She showed me how to fly like Peter Pan, she told me about the Princess Parties at Disney World and at the end of the shoot, we had fun shouting out the names of our favorite Disney characters.  And Ashley is a fellow photographer and homemaker (AND she is a fantastic interior decorator).  If I lived in Missouri, I would love to meet with this lady over coffee (or in my case - hot tea, not a coffee drinker) to talk kiddos, photos and hope some of her awesome decorating skills would rub off on me! 


Ashley and Evy live in Southeast Missouri, which is where our photo shoot took place.  (Thank you Teegarden family for lending us your field for the morning!)  Ashley and her husband, Kurt, are currently on the journey to adopt a little boy, Liam (they have such great taste in names), from South Korea.  Hopefully, their little boy will be home in September!  If you are interested in learning more about this family's adoption journey, visit Our Adoption Tapestry.

FYI - I did not photo shop those blue/green eyes.  Crazy, right? 

Little Evy knew just when to ham it up for the camera!  She was so sweet!

I love these yellow chair pictures with Evy.

She was modeling for us in the bottom photo.  Love. it.  Oh, I was thought I would try out some vintage editing with that pic, whaddaya think?

Dimples!

We even snagged a few photos of Ashley for her blog.  This girl should be a model!

Thank you Ashley and Evy for a fun morning!

Thomas+Marvin Finn Birds=BFFs

A couple weeks ago I met Thomas and his sweet momma, Ashley, at the Marvin Finn Sculpture Park in downtown Louisville.  Thomas is one of my son's besties, and since I know Thomas' personality pretty well I thought the sculpture park would be the perfect spot for our little photo shoot.  And....I was right!  He loved all the birds, and made sure to greet each one and attempt to feed them his crackers.  You just gotta love toddlers.  Anyway, here are some photos from that afternoon.

In typical toddler fashion, Thomas attempted to climb several of the sculptures. 

He really loved the duck with multiple heads.  What a goof!

After our fun with the birds, we ventured down to the river front and stopped under this bridge for a few shots.  I love the industrial background.

I love these black and whites under the bridge.  P.S. - Can you tell that crackers were an important part of this photo shoot?

Thanks Thomas for being such a good sport!  You always know how to put a smile on my face!

Lily Kate

This week I got my baby fix with Lily Kate.  She was such a great little model!  Lily Kate's parents are Josh and Katie, some friends of ours, who I took maternity photos of a while back.  I was so excited to be able to catch some 4 month photos of their little one. 

Getting Lily ready for her session...

Such a pretty girl!

Eating fingers is one of Lily's favorite past times.

The photo on the left cracks me up!

Thanks Lily Kate!  You are such a sweet heart!

Raindrops keep falling on my head....

So, I had the most adorable mini photo shoot last week with two little ones, Jonathon and Lydia.  The last time I had a photo op with these two, Lydia was a cuddly little newborn baby.  Now she runs around and keeps her big brother in line.  I love it!

Jonathon and Lydia arrived for their photo shoot dressed in their best rain gear.  I love fun outfits/props for photo shoots!  Thank you sweet momma (Jessica) for your creative vision!  I loved it!  So, while they bounced around in the heart of Louisville, I captured some photos of their sweet faces and super fun raincoats.  Here are a few photos from our mini session!

Pigtails!

Such beautiful eyes and eyelashes! 

I love Jonathon's facial expressions!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trapp Family

Jessica Trapp is one of my dearest friends.  We have been friends since junior high, we were roommates in college, traveled overseas together, were maid of honor in each other's weddings....  Needless to say, I love this girl.  And her family.

Six months ago, Jessica gave birth to Uriah - who was several weeks premature.  This little guy had a rough start.  He was in the hospital for the first month of his life.  Jessica and her husband, DJ, were faithful to make trips to the hospital several times and day and several times at night in order to feed and sooth their newborn son during his entire stay at the hospital.  They actually couldn't even hold him for several days after he was born because he was so weak.  I was so impressed by the patience and grace that the Lord gifted Jessica and DJ with during this stressful time.

Well, fast forward now 6 months and you would have never guessed that this little guy had been through so much!  He is one chubby, happy and beautiful little man!  I just couldn't get enough of his big smile and rubber band wrists.  Praise the Lord for how He has cared for Uriah!  I was so excited to have an opportunity to capture this family on my camera!  Thank you so much guys for a great morning!  I love you all so much!

I love this face!

Such a happy guy!

I like the lines in this photo.  I also like DJ's tongue hanging out.

They call this his "fish face"

I loved this location!  I love old murals.

Getting a little sleepy...

Now we are working out that last bit of energy....

Modeling is hard stuff!  He fell asleep immediately after we stopped taking photos.  Of course, I had to get out my camera again to catch this.

Bedhead Baby

Getting Liam out of his crib after he has wakes up from him nap is one of my favorite times of day with the lil' man.  I love it mainly because Liam is super cuddly right after he wakes up, but also because he is typically in a great mood and he usually has some pretty interesting bedhead.


 I have actually thought about creating a series of Liam bedhead photos.  It seems like the longer his hair gets, the crazier the bedhead.  In these particular photos the bedhead is under pretty good control but if I catch a particularly awesome bedhead photo op, I'll let you guys in on it.

Once I edited these photos, I noticed that one of them is very similar to a photo I took this past August of Liam in his crib.  I compared the two and I couldn't believe how much he has changed in the last few months (and how my editing has hopefully improved since then as well..)!  I forget how much older he looks until I start looking back at some older baby pics.  I added the August photo for you guys to check out for yourselves.


Enjoy!

Those eyes get me every time!

This is the pic from August.  He was just tall enough to rest his chin on the edge of the crib.  

And now....he's so big!