A Little Overdue...

This post is a little overdue, I'll admit it.  Luckily, I was overdue too, or I wouldn't have been able to capture this adorable family in their first weeks of being a family of four!  She and I were due only a week apart, she went pretty close to her due date, and I was 10 days late, so I got to capture this cutie in his first few days of life (with the help of my friend/fellow photog cause we all know I wasn't going to be able to bend/crouch/crawl at over 9 months pregnant!)

 

Isn't he handsome?!  Baby Jack was such a gem to photograph - very even tempered and he put up with us handling him very nicely!  

Big sister got in on the action too - isn't she just gorgeous!?

 

She did a great job holding her baby brother!

Mom & Dad couldn't escape the camera either - here's to the new family of FOUR!

 

She's SUCH a daddy's girl these days :)

 

Thanks for letting me (us) capture your new little addition and beautiful family Holtmans! 

Version 2.0

Meet the Sides family... no you aren't imagining it, these aren't the same Sides as before - baby L didn't grow up that fast!  These are baby L's cousins!  It was a joy and honor to be able to photograph another part of the Sides family this spring as they welcomed their second baby boy into the world.  Baby F Sides was only 11 days old the day of the shoot - and he was such a trooper!

Big brother T was just waking up from his nap in time to be captured on film.  He's a fun-spirited, adorable one-and-a-half year old that kept us on our toes!

The parents weren't planning on being in the shots, but I couldn't let the opportunity pass - they were sweet to indulge me!

And we can't forget the first 'baby' of the family - he's a great guard dog... sweet, soft and very interested in taking care of his 'brothers'!

 

Thanks for letting me capture your beautiful family on camera Sides family!!

... Oh, and GO WOLFPACK! :)

Spring is near...

... and so is the arrival of this adorable family's first baby

- a girl! 

I had so much fun hanging out with these dear friends of ours and being able to capture their very first baby bump.  It was an unseasonably warm day here in Charlotte so we headed to the park!  ... and apparently so did every other person in the city!  It was a great day for photos, so with some patience waiting for people to get out of the frame and some pleading pregnant women, we were able to capture some really cute photos.  I'm sure we were quite the sight to behold - this mama walking around at 37 weeks crouching, bending and laying down with me snapping away behind the lens at 33 weeks! 

     

There's Big Brother Levi! He's excited to meet his baby sister too!

    

 

Love the way he's looking at her in this one!

 

She's so gorgeous!!!

    

     

After our fun at the park we headed back to their place to capture some of the cute little details in the nursery.

 

 
Those beautiful curtains were hand-made by Amy's mother-in-law!  Aren't they beautiful!

Thanks for letting me capture this special moment for you Pugh family!  I look forward to meeting baby girl in person very soon!

We are Family...

Can you hear it?  The song?  What a classic!  I had fun photographing this family a few weeks ago with their first little one joining in.

  

 

It's hard work taking all those photos!!