The Sweet Life

Category Archives: Baby Girls

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Sugar Baby…

October 23, 2008 – 4:08 pm

Sweet Colette came into the world last Monday, and on Wednesday was placed in our arms and became forever ours. She is an absolute dream baby, both in spirit and temperament, and I had THE best time photographing my own little one. Not unlike every other newborn I get to play with, she needed some persuasion to fall asleep. But once she was out, she let us do all sorts or crazy things to her…just take a look:

BIG HUGE THANKS to Ann of Ann Beck Photography for sending Coco this awesome little onesie. It arrived *just* in time, and I think we’ll use at least one of these on her birth announcements. It is so perfect!

(see? crazy. our great dane Hannah is awesome with kids. I think we’ll have to get this one BIG for our bedroom.)

And this, my friends, is why I look so harried and crazed these days. If you see me around town or at school picking up the other two kids..just keep walking. We listed out all of the sessions that need to be edited in time for holiday cards and it’s over 30. The good news? I’m getting *really* good at editing pics with a baby over my shoulder. That’s talent, people.

And you know what? I can’t imagine it any other way. We are so blessed.

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Sophia meets Brenden…and the rest of Dallas…

October 15, 2008 – 8:36 am

Last week my dear friend Deanna called to let me know she had an adoption session at the airport that night…so I invited myself was asked to join her, and off we went!

We had two different cameras and two different lenses, but I’ll tell you…the love and emotion we captured that night looks the same in every photo. Amazing.

Deanna posted their story on her blog, and a few of our images. Here are a few more:

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Emma + Avery…

October 9, 2008 – 12:05 am

This morning I had the chance to play with Avery (on the cusp of 5) and Emma (6 months). We’ve scheduled and rescheduled this session, and it was so great to finally meet this cute family. Emma is sitting up confidently, and as I told his mom, I think Avery’s cast makes him look manly

We had fun cuddling with Miss “Is It Naptime Yet?”, and Avery was so animated and fun to play with. It was a great session, with great light, great decor, and a set of easygoing parents. What more could I ask for?

Here is the doting big brother and his sweet little sister:

I made such a mess out of this room…I had to turn and snap a quick one after we were moving on to another area of their house. This is pretty much the first thing I do…pull open the blinds, clear away what I need to (in this case, a gorgeously set table…Sorry! At least it was for a good cause!). The brown chair in the corner was used for the first image above, and we set Emma on the dining room table and photographed her there for the second. I tell families that no area of their home is off-limits, especially if that is where the light is (and as you can see, the light here was gorgeous!).

Did I mention that she was ready for a nap? She recovered after a yummy bottle, but I just *adore* this litte expression!

“Hey Avery! How did you break your arm?” I can truthfully say it did not happen because he was jumping off of his windowsill…but can you tell what a little daredevil he is! Flying Avery…cast and all!

We have to take a minute and have a little moment of silence…One member of the family was supposed to be included, and he was “sleeping” at the time of our shoot. Poor little Hermit Crab went to crab heaven at some point this morning, and there were many tears. We tried to soothe poor Avery by telling him his crab was just sleeping…they are nocturnal, right? I hope tonight went okay, when he realized that his crab had, in fact, gone on to the great big beach in the sky.

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Campbell…

September 22, 2008 – 7:53 pm

We had Campbell’s second session as part of her baby plan this morning, and I have to give her mad props for being SUCH an incredible trooper. First of all, Miss Thang has her first cold. Second, the exact time that our session started was also her usual naptime (and even though she slept late that morning, babies somehow know when they should be sleeping and NOT having their picture taken by some lady with a big black box in front of her face). And third? Baby Campbell tumped over and thumped her head right in the middle of our session.

But did any of those result in the loss of a happy baby? Well, we sure had to work a little harder than usual. But the results? Well, see for yourself.

(Can you believe this was AFTER she bumped her head? What a hoss!)

(I love, love, LOVE this single little tear. Love. It’s easy to edit out, but she just looks so dainty in her tutu and that tear just kills me!)

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Blakely + Win…

September 19, 2008 – 8:43 am

Yesterday I had the great pleasure of photographing Blakely and Win, 9.5 month old twins! When I called to talk to their Mommy before their session, and she said that the outfits she was thinking of using were from Play @ Planet Funk (In Northpark), I was giddy. PERFECT!

It was the perfect combination of beautiful kids, great clothes, a laid back Mom, and gorgeous weather. The results? Take a peek:

Of course, you KNOW I love any baby with a Sophie. The sweetest baby I never had the chance to meet first turned me on this fun little toy (and incredible charity), and I’ll be sure and buy a new one for our newest addition (36 weeks and counting!)

Look at these two darling babies!