A few more for Tasha & Scott!

Here are a few more of this adorable family...


More blue.




Smiling baby. By the way, no faces were changed when editing these. These kids were being SO GOOD (all looking, all smiling, when does that happen?)! It was amazing. I thought my kids could use a few lessons on family photo-ing, and I only have TWO!




We did portraits of each child. Here is the littlest one! Can you believe that smile??? So cute! I'll get his brothers and sister up eventually!




And my personal favorite, only because I can relate all too well (and I can't resist a perfectly crumpled and scrumptious cry)...

Blue-Eyed Beauties

Here is a sneak peek for Tasha and Scott...

There is only one tonight, but there will be more coming. Don't you worry! Their kids were AMAZING during the shoot. I couldn't believe it! Amazing. Well-behaved, photogenic, adorable... I loved this shoot. Sometimes I think I'm over Mesa Arts Center as a location, but then I see pictures like this, and I know why everyone loves to shoot there. Even if it's just for that beautiful blue wall!

Slacker

I've been a slacker blogger/photographer lately. So busy. So tired. So pregnant. But on Sunday I actually took the time to take some portraits of my own two beauties:

Great Giveaway!

Adorable stuff here...contest ends on Thursday!
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Happy {heart} Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hope your day was filled with hugs, chocolate, pink & red bows, and heart tights! ♥♥


There is a whole photo shoot here to go through, edit, and post. But this one is good for now! Hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day! For those of you who have tomorrow off, enjoy. :o)

Mr. Keegan

This little one is about to celebrate his third birthday! Isn't he a knockout? I loved the ideas his mom had for the invitation. I'll post it later, with personal info changed of course, after mom has a chance to mail it out. I love creative mommies! And thanks Julie for keeping my kids out of the street during the shoot! :o)



The photo coloring of the next one just fits way too well with the colors of his bike and jacket. LOVE IT!

















The edit on the next one KILLS ME! I am so in love with it. It works. Ah. Can't get enough.



Biker A.T.T.I.T.U.D.E. Wow. :o)





Doesn't this cutie just belong on a bike? I loved this short shoot. It was so fun!

And since I'm a sucker for my own girls, here are a few little gems I snapped of them after Keegan was WAY done being photographed. Mind you, my kids were not "done up" at all for pictures. So, their hair, clothing, etc. Very real world...

Maggie's Sneak Peek

I've been slacking on my sneak peeks... I've been a bit out of it lately. I blame the pregnancy, but I think it goes a little deeper. It's hard to tell when you are sick for real or if it's just pregnancy sick. Anyway, I'm grateful for it if it means I get to have another one of these little things! My new baby better watch out. I actually know how to use my camera now (mostly), and it's going to be the most photographed newborn ever of life. All these babies are doing a number on me. I'm finally feeling hungry for the baby. Not the loss of "freedom", if you term it that. It's just gotten so easy to chill with the toddlers. Anyway, this is not about me, this is about Maggie. Let me tell you about Maggie.

My sister, Deb's husband, Dave's medical school roomie's wife is Stephanie. That's a mouthful. Deb and Stephanie have never met, but are good friends through email, blogs, common bond of medical school debt, etc. Debbie was telling me about how Stephanie & her hubby were here in Arizona--having been selected as the adoptive parents of a new little baby, but how their story was so inspiring. They have adopted one other little girl who is three now. They have been selected four times as the adoptive parents, but the birth moms have backed out last minute on two of them. It's amazing how many opportunities the birth mom has to change her mind and the roller coaster that sends the adoptive parents on. Adoption really is a miracle. It's fun to read Stephanie's blog because she is sort of an expert on adoption processes. This time she took it into her own hands and actually went through A LOT to find a birth mom on her own. The process takes so long if you put it in the hands of agencies. Well, Stephanie turned out to be a bit of a fan of Kristi Ellingson Photography, and because I was so inspired by her story, and because they happened to be in Arizona, I was thrilled to get to do some newborn photography for them.

Enjoy. Here is Miss Maggie (I know I stink at narrowing my sneak peeks down lately. Oh well. Eighteen pictures are fun to look at. Which is YOUR favorite?):





The teddy bear is significant. They bought one for the birth mom too, so they can take pictures of her throughout her life to track how much she's grown, and the birth mom can look at the pictures and really be able to visualize how big the baby is. I think that's adorable. I'm sure the birth mom will appreciate that.
























A little sleepy smile for the camera...











Thank you again Mimi for letting me impose in your amazing natural light studio {AKA your living room} and for keeping my girls entertained during the shoot. Sometimes newborn shoots can be long because of feedings, diaper changes, trying to get the cutie to go to sleep, etc. So, I really appreciate Mimi's patience through it all each time. THANK YOU!!!