Big Brother, Little Brother

These 2 boys were just so cute together! The Little Brother was so excited to be near his Big Brother...it was adorable. Here are just a couple of the great shots I got of the 2 of them. Many more to come!

Say Cheese!

I had no idea how much fun was in store for this photo session right after Christmas! This family was ready to get some great family photographs taken at such a beautiful place, Hotel Baker in St. Charles. They were so fun to work with and the variety of shots we got really showed what a close (and wild) family they really are!

There was this amazingly shiny sleek elevator...so the girls jumped in!

And the hotel was EMPTY...so we snuck out onto the original lit dance floor in the ballroom.

Thanks so much for the great afternoon! It was a great chance to get back to this beautiful hisotic hotel and to hang with such a fun family!

Happy New Year!

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!