The First Charlottean

Baby Chloe made her appearance not too long ago - and she's the first Charlottean of the family! :)
It was great to see the Cope family again, this time with their new addition!

  

   

 

Thanks for letting me get my lens on your sweet baby girl, Cope family!!

Welcome Baby...

Nicholas!
It's been a while since I've seen a newborn, but spring is here and baby Nicholas is only one of several newborns I get to capture these days!  He was such a sweet boy - and so handsome!

  

And this spunky, adorable little girl is already a great big sister!

 Daddy is surely smitten :)

 

I look forward to watching baby Nicholas grow, thanks for letting me capture your beautiful family! 

Three to One

Dad is about to be outnumbered three-to-one.. that's right - the Kramer's are expecting another little girl!  I had so much fun capturing this sweet one as she prepares to be a big sister!

           

 The only two men of the family :)

 I'm excited to meet your new addition Kramer family! :)

Tell Them You Think They're Older

That almost always works.  When working with kids around 3 years old, I always say, "NO way!  You're not three!?!?!  I thought you were {insert older age here}!!"  That almost always warrants this adorable, genuine, smile... see, watch this:
Before: "Hey can you sit down between mommy & daddy?"

"Awesome job - that's perfect!  Hey, by the way, how old are you" (Child holds up three fingers) "NO WAY!  There's no way that you're three!  I thought you were at least seven!"
After:

even if the thought behind that smile is: Lady are you kiddin' me?  You're an adult, aren't you supposed to be smart? But I don't mind, because I'll take a smile like that any day!

I had so much fun with this sweet little guy, and he loved the camera!

 

Or maybe possibly he just liked playing at the park while I followed him around... that could be it too.  ;)


Even Mom & Dad got in on the fun!

 

               Love the look on his face here! Silly boy!       And he was thrilled to show of his dance moves!!

He apparently thought they tasted good, because he kept trying to eat the bubbles!

I had so much fun capturing this beautiful family - thanks for letting me play Fronebergers!!

It's 'Gander'... kind of like Geese.

That's right, I met a fellow Michigander a couple of weeks ago!  I couldn't believe it!  There are a lot of transplants here in Charlotte, but most of the ones I've run into are from Ohio, or New York, and a few from Indiana, but a couple weeks ago I got to meet Kim - a fellow Michigander!  In fact, our high schools were even in the same conference for sports!  Crazy! 
It was an honor to capture John & Kim's first little baby bump - and she wears it well, doesn't she?  Glowing, beautiful and as graceful as ever with that little girl in there! 

 

These puppies are gonna be a great big brother/sister to that little girl! :)

 Love the way they're looking at each other in this one! :)

  

Thanks for letting me capture you're baby bump John & Kim - can't wait to meet that sweet little girl!
 

Oops.

I apologize.  My deepest regrets.  I've been remiss in keeping up with the blog lately... so stay tuned the next couple of days to see me catch up!
First up:
Growing with Liam - 6 months old!!
The time just FLIES by with these kids, I swear!  Can't believe this little one is on his way past 6 months... before I know it I'll be snapping shots of him in his 9th month! 
Here are a couple of my favorites from the shoot:

  

I love watching these kiddos grow!

Stay tuned for the next post tomorrow- Kim, John & their first baby bump! :)

It's all Relative

While traveling to Michigan this month so our little one could meet his relatives, our brother & sister-in-law signed up for a photo session, and of course, I was more than happy to oblige!  We haven't seen our nieces & nephew in almost 4 years, and it was great to capture them on camera... here are a couple of my favorites from the shoot!

 

Love the way they're looking at each other :)

     

 

Silly girls!

 

Love this one of the kids - it's so them!

I told Cody he had to at least pretend to like his sisters hugging on him... he doesn't have a very convincing look on his face though :)  

 

Love these guys to pieces - wish they lived closer, but it was great to spend time with them while we could.