This was the first occasion I had the pleasure of meeting this family and from the instant I saw baby Derek, I fell in love with him. He was just so adorable. You can’t resist his bright blue eyes, chubby cheeks, and mouth full of baby teeth. But more than that – his sheer excitement about everything. Everyone in his vicinity will know his excitement as he squeals with joy, while waving his hands around. Most hilarious thing ever. Secondly I fell in love with him because when I picked him up he instantly reached to take off my glasses just like my baby nephew. It was an instant bond. Ha. We became BFF’s. His parents, Ashley and Matt, were adorable and gorgeous as well. They’re quite the attractive blue-eyed family. Plus what girl wouldn’t want Ashley’s gorgeous, long, flowy hair! Hope you enjoy a sneak peek at this precious family!
Such a cute family.
And THIS is when lil' Derrek gets all excited! Hahaha! He might look like he's crying but I promise you - he's not. This is when he just gets so excited he wants everyone around him to know it.
Tickle time!!!!
I love capturing lil' boys discovering things.
Baby sandwich!
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There’s nothing I love more than playing dress up, especially with an adorable baby girl. Girl’s are so much fun with all their frilly dresses, tutu’s, and hair bows. This sweet little girl was wonderful for her entire photo shoot. I can’t believe she’s already 3 months old! She was so tough too – did a wonderful job holding herself up for long periods of time! Hope you enjoy this precious lil’ one as much as I do!
I just thought this one was precious! Posin' like a true model in her Thunder gear.
THIS is the one she immediately makes me think of a baby doll. One because she's adorable, and two, because I can remember sneaking into my sister's room when I was little, sitting by her bed playing with her talking Cricket doll. (If you don't remember those dolls - they'd sit up on their own, even had their own lil' chair with their name on the back. They also had a cassette tape player in their back that would make them talk to you.)
I just love this face.
There is something so precious about every lil’ movement a baby makes. It’s quite ridiculous, but seriously – you say, “Oh look, they moved an arm.” “Oh, so cute – what they’re doing with their hand.” Makes you want to capture every single thing. So cute.
Lil' flapper baby.
Ha. This shot makes me think she's gasping, saying "oh dear."
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I adore this girl. That’s all there is to it. Some of the most hilarious things come out of her mouth every time I see her. My favorite of today was when I asked her about her Queenly duties and her first response was “you said doody – hahaha.” BAHAHA! Oh my. Just when I was thinking she was way too mature for her age she surprises me with this. That comment stuck with me all day. I love it. Currently Miss Alyssa is serving as Oklahoma’s Jr. Miss State Model and Glamour. She’s just a natural at posing for pictures. One minute she’s goofy and silly and the next she reels it back in to look way beyond her years. One thing I’m afraid she’ll never grow out of is her fear of bugs…this girl is certainly not an outdoorsy girl. Ha. From the tiniest ants, to the slightest buzzing, this girl is OUT. But she does enjoy the floral part of nature though. She kept wanting to pick up any flower petal, smell each flower, and try to incorporate flowers into her pictures. So I just had to include some of those on her blog post. Hope you enjoy this adorable beauty.
I think she looks like a mini-Farrah Fawcett
The whole shoot she was just dying to throw some petals in the air!
Poor girl. It was so windy, it made for a really chilly shoot. Half the time you can see her goosebumps in the pictures. But she was a good sport about it all. The rest of the pictures we took the very next day (when it was much warmer!).
Love her hair! Her mama did a great job!
Just for kicks. The girl loves her peace signs.
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I would first like to start off by bragging that as soon as Joel brought the babies in, I guess which twin was which and I guessed correctly! (Joel can totally attest to that). I was so proud of myself! Babies are so funny and cute, but when there’s two of them, it’s twice as entertaining! A. It’s funny to watch one twin alone, B. It’s really funny to watch them interact together. I.E. – when one is super happy and giggly and the other is looking at them like they’re a crazy person, C. It’s extremely funny watching the entourage of people it takes to make two babies smile at the same time. Ha! Not sure who had to work more, the babies or the family! Although apparently if you want your kid to take a good nap, have them get their pictures done because as soon as they’re over; they crash! Now, I would like to bring up a quote I wrote from my post from their newborn pictures: “I can’t wait to see these two start to grow up and develop their personalities even more. I’m putting in my bet that Aiden will be the reserved, calm, more practical one; while Easton will be the hyper, entertainer, social butterfly.” And I think what I noticed the most was Aiden sitting back, chillen’ just waiting for us to entertain him, while looking at us most of the time like we’re the crazy ones. Whereas, Easton acted like he just wanted to hop up and join the fun! You certainly had to give each boy equal amounts of attention, otherwise they felt left out of the party. Ha! They were so cute and so fun! Hope you enjoy these two precious baby boys!
This is their serious, model face. Joel worked with them on this one. (As always, Aiden is on the left and Easton is on the right).
Easton. So adorable!
Oh my goodness. Love this one of Aiden.
Had to show this one. I just love how serious Aiden looks...and adult-like with his big boy polo shirt and shorts, not to mention his lil' comb-over! But seriously - it's not fair for boys to have such long lashes!
Oh my goodness! There were SO many of these boys giggling - it was hard to choose just one. It was hilarious to watch. Joel would basically scare the BUH-Jesus out of these two and they absolutely LOVED it and would just go into a fit of laughter. Cutest. Thing. EVER.
I love this - especially with their lil' feet just chillen' there.
Easton, grabbing onto his Easter basket.
Love this. Serious lil' Aiden.
Easton already wants to walk!
(I won't torture you by not telling you which twin is which in these black and white photos). Mama with Easton.
Mama with baby Aiden.
Love this shot with Aiden.
Dad with Aiden. I love this lil' lip expression he's doing. Ha.
Dad with Easton - he's being rather serious in this one. Dad must have told him to do his model face again.
Such a beautiful family.
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HAPPY EASTER, everyone!
I had the pleasure of meeting this lil’ one last summer to do her 4 month pictures. Her newborn pictures were done in the hospital she was born in. It amazing to see how much a baby grows their first year. They always look totally different. What I love even more is seeing their personality develop. And this lil’ thang is a DOLL! I adore her. She seems really advanced to me, especially because she’s already running around even those she’s just days over 1 year old. She love smiling, clapping, waving, playing hide-and-go-seek, and blowing kisses. I could have just played and taken pictures of this cutie for hours! She was nothing but smiles and giggles. And the way this one devoured her birthday cake, she is sure to love sweets for the rest of her life. Ha! Hope you enjoy this lil’ princess.
This is when her grandma showed up for a surprise visit. It made someone very happy.
Ha. The bitter-beer face.
This is her saying "I don't know." But it looks like she's posing for me. Ha.
She's gettin' jiggy with it!
This girl loves her cake!
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My nephew’s first year shoot sure seemed to be without a dull moment. He really made me work for my shots. And (sorry Heath) but he was quite the cranky-britches. He’s cutting teeth (and as all mother’s know out there) those are not fun times. Ha. But he hung in there and let us torture him a bit by trying to keep him still. Makes it a bit more difficult when they’re on-the-go. He just wanted to crawl everywhere! Who wants to sit still and take pictures?! Certainly not Colin (I need to work with him on that). But as a typical boy, he loves his toys and as the smart boy he’s going to be, he also loves his books – so we were at least able to get some pictures of that!
Now I know I posted a lot of pictures, but come on, it’s my nephew! It’s a must! Can’t help myself!
My lovely sister and her two favorite guys. Aren't they just the most adorable blue-eyed family?
He's such a serious lil' boy. Cracks me up!
Annnnd on the go...
This is what he does the second he has a chance to grab his socks! Ridiculous. But he loves shoes. Odd.
So serious. Course it's because he's about to get mad that his truck isn't moving because he's going up hill on grass. Tehehe.
I love profile shots. And my sister loves his elbow dimple. Ha.
Such a good lil' reader.
How can anyone resist that face?!
Standing so well! Should be walking in no-time!
Now for the cake-eating. Wasn’t quite successful. Kid barely touched it. Just didn’t have any interest. Hopefully that’s attributed to his hurting gums and not his lack of taste for sweets! Enjoy.
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I can’t believe this lil’ man is already 6 months old! It seems like just the other day we were doing his newborn photos. My how time flies. He’s quite the cutie too, don’t ya think? Just like my baby nephew, he’s a very serious boy most of the time, but we caught a couple of giggles and smiles here and there.
He sure has some pretty eyes.
I just think this is so cute. He's just staring at him saying to himself "whoa, that's a big doggie!"
He looks so big just standing up on his own!
Stinkin' adorable expression.
Oh my goodness. What a CUTE expression!
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I made a special trip to Dallas to meet this lil’ man. He was quite worth it. Precious little boy, for sure! He was so calm the whole time. He made my job easy. The shoot went without a hitch. He was a lovely baby model. Looking forward to working with more new babies; even in Texas – so worth the drive!
Such a beautiful head of hair!
Adore this.
He must be having a sweet dream.
The famous family chin dimple.
He's already learned how to sit Indian style!
Such a cute lil' smirk.
Already tryin' to fill daddy's shoes.
I love these shots!
Such a beautiful family.
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This lil’ cutie was all pleasantry and giggles for her 3 month shoot. She was cracking me up! Her giggle is by far one of the cutest I’ve ever heard (second to my nephew, of course). She would just giggle and giggle and it would then make me laugh, which in turn would make her laugh more. It was a vicious cycle. She was a great baby model for me, even doing her lil’ lip pucker. Stinkin’ hilarious. Hope you enjoy this lil’ doll!
The famous: "lip pucker." So cute!
This is her model face that says: "oh, poor me." Hehehe.
She has the most gorgeous eyelashes! I'm so jealous!
Meredith and her big sis, Allison. Both are just so cute!
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After doing several nakey newborn shoots the past couple of years, I was bound to have at least one tinkle incident (and yes, I said tinkle.). And boy howdy! Clayton was the lil’ man for the job; and he sure delivered! We were almost finished with the entire shoot and were doing some naked shots of Clayton when all of the sudden I see a geyser shoot up from between Ben’s hands and low and behold, it was headed straight for me! Ahhh! You better believe I hop, skipped, and jumped back two feet! Luckily my camera made it out safe and the majority of myself with the exception of my shoe getting a lil’ of the action. Hahaha! I died laughing. Funniest thing YET for a newborn shoot. These lil’ ones – they like to keep me on my toes, for sure! This lil’ man, is the new source of joy for couple, Benjamin and Lauren, as they just adopted him! Clayton is super precious, already full of spunk, and muscle. A tough and strong lil’ guy. And stubborn. Those attributes worked in his favor when trying to get him positioned how I liked. Lil’ turkey. So excited for this lil’ family and all the adventures that lay ahead of them!
My fav.
This one cracked me up! Every time he exhaled his head would droop lower and lower. So cute.
Love that he's just looking right at me.
Mama's gettin' in some snuggles.
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Hayley, you are amazing! I love all of the pictures! You are so talented and sweet. Thank you for everything!