Alaina's 1st Christmas!

Alaina is such a beautiful baby and I feel fortune that I was able to capture her 1st Christmas pictures!

Family of 3!

I do a lot of mini sessions for Christmas cards at this time of year.  This is my cousin Teresa's little family of 3!  Usually when I capture their daughter Chloe, Teresa gets a little stressed because she tends to get acting a little goofy and most of the time she has to leave the room.  LOL!  I can usually surprise her with some of the results though.  When Chloe gets goofy, she giggles and smiles a lot and likes to come up with her own poses.  These moments make for some GREAT memories!  Here is a great one of her "fun" personality showing through.

 

I always get the normal shots as well. :)  It just takes patience.

Stressed Out Momma!

Here are two adorable children that I have captured numerous times.  They belong to my hair stylist and during this shoot she was one stressed out momma.  Not because the kids didn't want to cooperate or anything, but because she had a mishap in her home and the entire place flooded!  Christmas time is the worst time of the year for something like this to happen.  I have to hand it to her for getting the kids outfits together and still bringing them to get pictures taken for Christmas cards.  I believe I would have skipped sending them out.  lol  Becky is a rockstar though and deals with whatever life hands her!  Hopefully next time I capture these two cuties they won't be living out of a hotel.

 Love how this one captures the true playfulness!  Even with all they have been through recently. Love kids!

Rockin' Christmas

My sister in law wanted something a little different for their card this year.  She said she really just didn't want the typical smiling picture, so we went with a couple of little rockers!  I am sure this card was the topic of conversation when all of their family and friends opened it!  We had a blast getting them ready for this shoot!

Mr. Silly

You will see this little cutie on a lot of my blog entries.  He is the son of my assistant, Jennifer!  Due to the fact that Jennifer and I are like sisters, our children are very close.  Since he is like one of my own children, he can be a bit of a challenge at times to get pictures of.  However, once you get him in his "silly" mode, he can't stop!