Sneak Peak-{A} turns 1!!!

I love, love, love when I get to capture 1 year birthdays!  And it always makes it better when I have taken their newborn pictures and get to see how much they have all changed throughout the year.  I am lucky enough to be classmates to little {A}'s dad and friends with her mom so I get to at least see them throughout the year.  I always enjoy getting to visit during sessions as an added bonus!

Who couldn't love this little face....

And the perfect little family....

Last but not least...all the fun we got to have! I love cake smashes....

Thanks for choosing me to capture little {A}...she is so gorgeous!  Also, lets keep her dad's sister in our prayers as they just found out this week she has Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), she was always the sweetest happy go lucky person in school...thinking and praying for all of you {{{HUGs}}}

{K} turns 1!!

First of all...Happy 4th of July!!  We had a great day spending it at a parade with our extended family and then joining a picnic at my awesome sister-in-laws....kids are tired but happy they had a fun day.
Just a quick sneak peak for this fun and gorgeous little girl...you may remember her from this session and there are parts of her that have hardly changed...she was such an easy 1 year old to capture, I would take them like that any day.  I got to join them for a session at their beautiful house last week, I just love visiting with them.

Thanks so much for choosing me to capture your adorable 1 year old...I think we need to plan a time just to visit and catch up!

Classy S turns 1!

Something I have come to realize is how much fun sessions are when the mom brings some fun props along...this mom never ceases to amaze me with her awesome cake/cupcake making she does.  No doubt she is artsy though as she is a graphic designer by day and super mom at night!  I wish I had some of that talent.  This post is picture heavy but just plane and simple couldn't help it ;)  I hope you see why.
Loved the bright colors and matching flower..she had so much fun playing with the flowers.

There are a lot of times I think that the siblings I capture look alike, but I tell you what, I have watched big brother P grow from 6 months and he looked just like her!

Love this <3!!  He has changed so much in the last half year since I have seen him, he loved pictures this time!

Couldn't pass up the cakesmash...

And last but not least, I really, really like when siblings get to join it...

Thanks {M} Family!!  Can not wait to see you again soon....

Another 1 year old...

I was so glad this family wanted to wait for it to get nice out to do a session outside.  All of their birthday's are around February and March so we usually just miss the nice weather for outdoor pictures.  It was so much fun to take their pictures this year too because they actually all remember me, which made it so easy, quick and painless for them.  It also helps just to capture them the way they are!

I think they all look similar but the older they get...the more they get their own features...

We will go youngest to oldest this time as little {E} turned 1!   You may remember him from my favorite 3 month session ever!!

And then there is Mr. {J}...I think he looks like he is always thinking about something ;)

And gorgeous {K}, I swear this girl never, ever takes a bad picture!! 

And lastly, we had to try get the two boys in their bibs...love it!

Thanks {M} Family!!  Please come over and visit anytime!

And the littlest turns 1!!

I just love being back outside taking pictures!  I definately couldn't have asked for a more perfect day to capture these 3 boys...and what great boys they were.  We even got to do the cakesmash outside which was so fun....without further ado.  This is a picture heavy post but couldn't resist posting this many.

 

Aren't his eyes just the best...I remember how much I liked them last time.

And this little guy was going to make me work at the start...but once we got his shark involved he was such a ham!

All the boys sure have their own look...cute!

And little E turned 1!

I couldn't resist this before and after...he was the first one to use my favorite vintage prop ever so I had to make sure we got one a year later on it too.

I really like that the older boys got involved in the cake smash...I think we could've had some pretty messy kids if we had let them keep going!

Thanks M family for letting me capture your boys again...it is so much fun watching these kids grow!

Sneak Peak - {L} Family

I am so lucky to have the best clients ever that just keep returning.  This is truely why I love what I do, I love to watch the kids grow.  You may recognize these two from last year and every year since I have started :)
Little brother K sure has grown from his newborn pictures, he sure has grown up.  He was such a little ham in front of the camera.

I am so, so happy to be able to be back outdoors...just nothing like it!  I think K looks so much like his dad when he was little.

And these two couldn't take a bad picture together!

B has changed so much through out the years and is just so gorgeous!

Her age is one of the most challenging, yet the most fun.  They don't always want to take the pictures but when you finally bribe convince them to they are the best and most natural.  B did great the whole time!

And lastly...I couldn't resist showing beautiful B throughout the years!  Fun looking back :)

Thanks L family for coming back again!  It was great catching up again...funny how we all live so close yet never see each other.

Buckhouse Family

We are so, so lucky to have this family's grandma/mom as our daycare provider.  We have had her since the very beginning and could not be happier!  She really has become a second mom to my girls :)  Anyways...back to this perfect little family...for unfortunate reasons they were making the trek back home from South Dakota to attend a funeral.  Lucky for me, I got to capture little H's 1 year pictures!  She was so much fun and had the most big and beautiful eyes ever!
Boy are they in trouble when she gots older!!

 And this was just the greatest pose ever!

Stunning!

 And last but not least, the perfect little family....

Thanks Buckhouse family for choosing me to capture little H's 1 year pictures...hope to see you again!

Sneak Peak - C Family

This is a family that I have known since I was little...you may remember the oldest granddaughter from a mini session I did this summer in Oklee.  And she was as cute as ever this time around too!  I also got to capture her twin cousins...what fun! 

Aren't they the cutest!!

My brother graduated with their dad and I hadn't visited with him since they were in highschool..definately fun catching up!

I just love little M's tights...that is one thing that I miss about my girls growing up...all the cute outfits!!

And last, but not least, M....I just love her curls in her hair!

Thanks C family for choosing me to capture your family...it was so great to catch up with you!

Sneak Peak - {N} Family

What a great session this turned out to be...the night started out with me wondering if we were even going to be able to do this session. Right now, the mosquitos are horrible in my yard (where I do most of my sessions) so I had call and ask if they would be interested in moving to my Dad & Mom's, in town, as to avoid the mosquitos. Needless to say, they were a little better, but boy are they hungry this time of year around here. This was a quick session, but definately a keeper!
Let me tell you...this is picture heavy and I had more but thought I better eliminate a few ;)



And the main reason for this session was to celebrate little {A}'s 1st birthday!! You may remember the two younger kids from this session. Wow have they grown!!
Definately had so much fun with the outdoors cakesmach...and look at this outfit, a photographer's dream~

And I couldn't leave out some in this cute outfit too...


And look at those eyes...I tell you I am so lucky to get all these kids with beautiful eyes!!

And certainly not least...boys just crack me up! It is for sure not cool to take pictures, but I just love this age because just once in a while they will come back for "just one" {M} had to go grab his Twins baseball cap and come back for just one, but I ended up with 6 keepers. He is just so stinkin' cute I just can't wait to watch him grow, as he is going to be in Kindergarten with Kya this year.


Thanks {N} family for letting me capture your perfect kids again...and also for braving the wild beasts of Minnesota...the mosquitos!

The {M} Family - Tri-Birthday Month!!!

Well, I gave everyone a pre-sneak peak of this wonderful family on Wednesday with the Black and White's but wanted to give you another look at this fun session. For having 3 kids to take pictures of for their birthday's all in March, you would think it would be hectic, it was the total opposite. They all did great and when it was the littlest turn, they all helped to entertain. Even Taya and Kya got to join in (thanks S for letting them help!) Taya still is talking about what a big girl {T} is!!
Oldest to youngest...and this post is picture heavy ;)















This one just looks so angelic.....



And I know I had more of little {T}, but it was her special first birthday so I wanted to cover every aspect of her. And these were just so much fun to add...the faces of little {T}.....So Big!!


And towards the end she was just showing off for her audience! She was being silly acting like she was sleeping ;) What a fun age!


Don't you just love all their beautiful eyes...thanks {M} family for coming back for your annual tri-birthday photoshoot