Ahhhh...family!

This holiday party had all the ingredients for very cranky kids...it was during naptime, lots of kids, and even more parents :) and lots of photos... But look at them! Happy as can be!

I was so happy to be invited to photograph this family at their holiday party. The kids were all dressed up and oh so festive! It made me appreciate a pre-Christmas gathering!

All it took was a dancing and singing Santa to get"E" smiling!!!

Merry Christmas!

In For The Holidays

Nothing is better than time with family during the holidays...especially with grandchildren! I got to work with this family while they were in town from Florida visiting their family. It was Grandma's idea to get some good family photographs while they were here (great idea!!!).

"R" was so cute! He was very shy at first, but it did not take long for him to warm up to my camera (and it helped that I let him look at each photo on the back of my camera to get him excited).

Here he is waiting for his cue...

Getting some good Grandma and Grandpa time...


Chilly day in the yard with Mom and Dad (remember I said they were from Florida! Not used to our weather!)

Cleaning up at the end of the day...

Back in Action!

Hi everyone...Just in case you are tuning into the blog to see what I have been up to...I have been busy busy busy. Holidays are here in FULL FORCE and like the typical holiday season my youngest has been sick :( So now that Thanksgiving is over, my little man is on the road to recovery...all of my patient clients can expect their online galleries to be updated within the next 2 weeks.

Right now my priority is getting my holiday card orders competed. So if there are any last minute orders out there...get them in! My deadline will be this Friday for all orders to be placed.

Oh yeah...

AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Smash Cake Birthday Session!

Happy 1st Birthday "N"!!!!!

This session was my most favorite session I have ever experienced! Of course I love all my sessions, but this one was so girlie...and right now being in a house with so many boys, this is just what I needed!

Mom and Dad were so creative and had so many fun ideas...and their baby girl was just perfect! So for her 1st brithday we did a "smash cake" celebration!

Here is the beginning...

Yes...she has a cupcake on her booty. I could barely handle the cuteness! I am around too much blue! I loved all this pink!!!!

Just moved back to the States from Japan. She already knows how to use chopsticks (and rumor has it she loves sushi)!

the aftermath...

Time for bed! Snuggling up to Mom while there is still some room around her belly :)

Holiday Season!

Oh the holidays are here...and I will NEVER complain about being busy :) I have been so lucky to work with so many families lately for their holiday card shots. I have been behind on my blogs and wanted to show off a few of my favorites from .

Big happy family :)

Of course I am partial to this one...my cute little nephews! "K" is seconds away from wrrestling down his little brother :)

You may rcognize these girls from a shoot earlier this summer...they are naturals!

This shoot ended up being a great distraction from a terrible Bears game! Right when we headed outside it started to snow...do you see it?

Seroiusly...look at that face! Awwwww. Bailey you are the cutest!

Good Old Dogs...

Such old dogs...and so sweet. They just wanted to relax...and for an instant everyone was sitting :)

"M" could not have been more beautiful! She was so perfect to work with.

Ahhhhh...2 year olds. It is truly my favorite age. So tough to photograph, but once you get comfortable with the fact that they will always be moving...I began to make a game of it, and I think I won with this shot. What a little man!

Holiday Cards now available with Megan Kelly Photography!

So many have asked...and now they are here! For anyone interested in using one of the photographs I have taken for a holiday card...here are some festive designs to check out!

Check out www.megankellyphotography.com for more details.

Perfect Sunday Morning

After stressing all week about this photo shoot...wondering what the weather would be like, hearing it was going to snow, sleet, rain, etc.

Who would have though the we ever would have gotten such a beautiful day? The weather was perfect!

And I finally got a great shot of this little man! He looks just like his dad!!!

The sun was shining, the kids were smiling, and the wind stopped blowing...all for an instant :)

Amy & Dan welcome baby #2!

I have been slacking! Amy & Dan welcomed their second beautiful baby girl. She was born on October 18th...and these shots were taken when she was barely 24 hours old.

She had the cutest wrinkled feet!

So happy just looking at mom...

Not even 30 seconds later :)

I think she was happy to have me finally put my camera down!

Congratulations Amy & Dan!!!!

Fall is in the air!

I don't blog about non-portrait/work photos too often, but I love these shots I took recently!

So the last warm weekend (I could be wrong...there may be more!) brought some crazy cloud formations. I made my husband pull over, so I could get a photograph of the blue sky. I am always prepared...ha! I just happened to have my camera on me!

Our autumn leaves have changed and have managed to not be stripped off the trees yet!So now that it is cold, and Halloween is 2 days away...let the carving begin! I had to show this photo...my hands hurt, but the kids love their pumpkins :)

A Whole Lotta Love

Baby "E" is getting a whole lotta love from her big brother and big sister! In nearly every photograph she is being hugged or kissed by one of them :) It was so nice to see such a strong love and bond between all of them.

Baby E was wide awake the whole time moving her legs, trying to move, and looking all around...only a week old and already a strong female...just like her mommy!