I wanted to share a few images for you who are waiting on your gallery to give you a little taste for what’s to come! I hope you enjoy!!!

A few images of brother and his two sisters (one brother was out of town spending quality time with Daddy) who I had the pleasure of photographing not too many years ago! Beautiful family!

The girls were cracking up; I love that!!

And a newborn baby boy. I love my newborns!

I’ll be working HARD this weekend to complete these and an engagement session! What a fun session and couple. They spend a lot of time downtown, so downtown we went!

Hi everyone.

FIRST – VACATION ANNOUNCEMENT | OUT OF OFFICE:

I will be out of the office and not able to answer calls or check emails from this Thursday afternoon, May 14th through Monday, May 18th. I will be in Cheseapeake, VA and the NOrfolk area for a family get together - a wedding to be exact. And yes, I’m the Photographer (no, I don’t do weddings outside of blessing friends and family with shooting their weddings. I’ve done THREE recently and this will make four. Then, I’ll be in Alaska – we HOPE – and no more weddings for me for a good three years.) But anyway, I will be out of town and many of my family will be there so I am beyond excited. My brother and uncle whom I love DEARLY will be there, and I haven’t seen them in so long. Well actually, I saw them last year this time when my Grandma (my uncle’s Mom) passed away, but that was VERY different. This will be good times to be had by all. It’s my uncle’s oldest son’s wedding. We raised him when my uncle was always out to see and before he remarried Sherry (hi Sherry) and had that stable environment for them again (without us). So this is a HUGE thing to see him do well in life and be getting married. It’s such a CASUAL wedding on the pier that it won’t even feel like work to me for a change. I’m so excited that I can’t hardly speak about it – or write – without getting goosebumps and giddy with anticipation inside.

Bubba – I can’t wait to see you!! And for you all, Bubba is my brother Mike, but my sister and I have never called him anything but Bubba since we were little girls. Perhaps it has to do with being raised in Texas, I’m not sure. I just know he’s NOT a redneck. ha ha

And last but not least….

Before heading out teh door to take my boys to school and then prep and load EVERYTHING up for my newborn session today (and those that have had newborn sessions with me know I take A LOT of things for those particular ones), I wanted to share two pictures of my boys and I taken on Mother’s Day. You can even see my wonderful husband in the door reflection (sorry I didn’t clean it first).

AND which should I print large for my home? I’m NEVER in pictures, and we weren’t “super posed”, so I want it! Black and White or Color? I love the color, but I print a lot in black and white because I favor it!

Oh I’m so happy to have this one. You all just don’t know how hard it is to get a fun, sweet picture of my boys with ME in it! I’m so happy – it’s the best Mother’s Day gift to me. We weren’t all dressed up or anything. We were just our usual selves.

Here it is in black and white. WHICH to print? Please comment and let me know your thoughts on the matter, please!

And this one cracks me up. It’s the first picture taken, and well, Seth has this thing (for awhile now, actually) where if you point a camera at him, he thinks he has to wave and say hi. ha ha. I love this one too (might print it small for my home just BECAUSE) because he is being SETH, and I love that. But sometimes, we have to tell him politely – he’s not wrong for waving – to just look at us and he does not have to wave. It’s still so cute all the same.

I hope today brings you lots of joy, lots of love, blessings upon blessings and just a fun and relaxing day with your families and friends! To all the Mom’s out there, HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!!

I can’t leave without sharing some more pictures.

Happy Mother’s Day. Now, I’m off the computer and spending the rest of the day with my family. I want you to do the same. =)

I traveled to Lillington, NC for this particular newborn session, and I was SO EXCITED to see them again. I had photographed their son in the same home, same great light, same BEAUTIFUL parents, and it was a joy – yet again! I just love going to your home. You are all so sweet, so welcoming, and I loved meeting your Mom, Ruth, correct?

Since your gallery won’t be completely ready for a few more days, I had to come share a little of your baby girl to help you through your wait. I loved her! She looks so much more like her Mama! I will have to show images here, afterwards, of her and her brother Beecher at the same age. It’ll be neat to see!

Here is a quick sneak peek for who is next to see their gallery! Then, I have yet another newborn to edit, but it will be a little girl this time.

Elias was a DREAM to photograph. We made it work and got so many great shots, even in the tiniest of spaces! He slept so well, and he was just the ULTIMATE dream newborn for any photographer to have had the pleasure of meeting!

You’ll be hearing from me soon! I cannot wait to share him with you because we got some great images for you!!