Another Year, Another Baby Turned Toddler

Sharing photography with others has continued to be on the back burner, but I continued to catch some memories of our sweet baby boy and his big sis since he joined our family along with some friends and family in the meantime.

Fussy babies seem to be a “thing” for our family. Aniston made it through her rough start with 6 months of colic (followed by intense, constant fussiness the next 6 months) and sweet, just as loud, Lochlan made it through some newborn colic followed by several long months of full blown reflux.

I feel like the fog of the first year is starting to lift.  This season of motherhood is so challenging with only a couple hours of solid sleep in a row for the first year and so few people who my babies allow to comfort them. Some days I feel like I don’t remember anything that happened when they were infants. Thank you pictures!!!  Whether my iPhone or my professional camera, they are precious memories nonetheless.

So here we are AGAIN; one year later only this time with a golden, curly-haired almost 3 year-old who is incredibly smart and headstrong, and a clingy, super smiley if mom is near him, inquisitive 1 year-old.

Through it all, we are crazy blessed and so thankful for our little monkeys.  And although I’m a little apprehensive to leave my sweet, crazy kiddos for a few hours, I’m eager to get back to spending time with your babies and families to help you with your precious memories.

Sessions are starting back up in Kentucky, but will be limited. Please feel free to contact me for pricing and availability.

Here is a look at our handsome Lochlan’s first year. Don’t let the smiles fool you. He’ll give you a run for your money, but we’re so in love with him.

 

2016

2016 is well on it’s way and so are many exciting things in our lives.  It’s been quite the year with our new little one. We’ve moved twice and to a new state! We will forever be Hoosiers, but we are very excited and blessed to be in our new, “Old Kentucky Home”.

We are so thankful God sent us our healthy, loud, silly, talkative, energetic little Aniston. We don’t know what we’d do without our little fire cracker. With my attention needing to focus on our family, I haven’t had the opportunity to help others document the special moments in their lives, but I am grateful I’ve been able to watch and document our sweet daughter’s first year.  2016 is bringing more excitement as we are expecting our second baby in September!

I will be booking limited sessions, but please contact me for pricing and availability.

Here’s a little look at our past year. It’s true what they say, you really don’t know how fast time goes until you have kids.

Elyse

Here is an extra special post that is quite belated. This was a wonderful day last summer that I spent with my amazing best friends to celebrate Elyse’s arrival. Elyse was good as gold. She hardly made a peep the entire day. I’m always extra giddy when I catch a newborn smile, but the smiles on her parents’ faces are even more special. My heart overflows when I see the love that pours out of these photos.

Aniston

After contracting nonstop for five weeks, and external version at 36 weeks, a hospital stay for exhaustion, and twenty-seven hours of labor (yes-twenty-seven hours of real, hard core labor and nine of those hours being at home), our sweet baby Aniston finally arrived on October 10th at 11:03pm.  Weighing in at seven pounds, seven ounces and nineteen inches long, Aniston was born with a full head of strawberry blonde hair!

We are overjoyed and humbled at the opportunity God has blessed us with to raise this precious baby girl. We are so in love with her and are excited to share some of her newborn photos with you!