Yesterday the littlest one went off to preschool to join her big brother. I can’t believe how grown up she looks in these pictures! These shots show me just how much she is growing up! Luckily for her parents, having her big brother in the same Montessori school made for an easy transition yesterday. She did great and was so excited to finally be going to school! So here I sit, home alone for the 2nd day in a row. Hopefully it will mean lots of productive work-time for me!

Here is my baby. (Check out the awesome bokeh in my front yard! Who knew?)

Here is just one from an awesome maternity session downtown last week. This couple was the cutest ever, and so nice! We had a ton of fun laughing during our session (and even went for ice-cream). But at the very end we ended up in Cheesman Park right as the sun was setting. It was SO beautiful and this shot took my breath away right when I downloaded it! It doesn’t get much more beautiful than this evening. Denver is so beautiful!

I will share more when I crawl out from under my to-do list this week, but for now, here is one:

It was great meeting you guys, J & R. I will have your full gallery ready as soon as I can!

Check out this sweet 11 day old I got to meet last week up in Boulder. Isn’t he just the sweetest? I am in love with his chubby cheeks! He didn’t want to sleep for me at first, but we managed to get him to conk out twice! Such a good boy!

And check out his gorgeous parents! Isn’t this willow tree amazing? This was just steps from their house! I was so excited when they suggested going outside. Such a beautiful day.

Congratulations again P family, your little boy is just gorgeous!

I almost can’t believe I’m writing this, but my oldest baby started Kindergarten this morning! Really, I cannot believe how fast those last (almost) 6 years have flown by. They really aren’t kidding when they say life is short, are they?

In any case, this Momma was the only one with a heavy heart this morning. He was beyond excited, armed with a brand new haircut (by yours truly…) from the weekend, and a TON of energy stored up over the summer.

I can’t wait for all the fun stuff he will learn at school this year. He’s already starting to read and his writing has gotten so great! Big summer filled with learning to swim, lots of playdates, losing his first tooth (not sure if the missing tooth is visible in any of these), traveling and playing. He was very excited to see his old friends and get back into the swing of things this morning! Such a big boy. <3

Here are some pics from this morning as we were heading out the door, such a big boy!

This next one is probably one of my faves ever…

I’ve got a ton of client work coming up on the blog this week (thanks for being patient everyone!) so stay tuned! Busy week for me (and the other one starts preschool Wednesday…yay for me!)

This mama-to-be told me during our session that she didn’t think she had “the glow”. I think she certainly did, and after seeing these I’m sure you will agree that she is absolutely glowing! She looks amazing!

This maternity session took place up in beautiful Evergreen, CO. I hadn’t ever been there and was really looking forward to our session. However, the afternoon of the session we had some crazy thunderstorms roll in, but thought that per the usual Colorado style, they would move on out by 7:00pm and we could get outside for some sunset shots. Well, we were sort of wrong in that it drizzled throughout much of the session! The sun did finally show itself for about 2 minutes at the end of our session, resulting in the following little gems! Some of my faves!

A & J, it was great meeting you both and you were troopers for going out in the rain! I hope you like your sneak peek and can’t wait to meet your little one soon!

This gorgeous momma-to-be was absolutely radiant at our session this past weekend! Here are a couple…I’m having a hard time narrowing them down, there were so many keepers! It was great meeting you guys and can’t wait to meet your little one in a few weeks! Enjoy your sneak peek.

Look at this perfect little doll I got to meet yesterday. Baby K is seriously a total doll baby, so incredibly cute and sweet too! Mom and Dad wanted some outside shots, and I was slightly worried about the 100 degree weather yesterday, but turns out what we really needed to worry about was the crazy wind!  Even though she was only 6 weeks old, she was so awesome for our session, even in the wind! I suspect she liked the warm weather, but not the wind so much. She only cried a few times when it would blow really hard, she did so awesome!

In any case, she didn’t disappoint and she made my job easy. What a pretty little model!  Can’t wait to see you all again as she grows. Mom and Dad, I hope you like these!

I love how you can see her long curly lashes in this next one…

We got a few awesome sunbreaks…and this was one of them where we were ready and waiting!

Aren’t they just the cutest little family?

Thanks again C family, it was lovely meeting you all!

How cute are these two? We met up yesterday evening for a photo session, and as I was prepping for the session we started getting a massive thunderstorm. Luckily in Denver usually they blow over quickly if it’s not too black outside, so I thought we would still be good for a photography session! Well, as soon as I got to the location, the big black cloud that was already East of us started turning around and coming back! When does that happen?

Anyway, we sort of lost our pretty dappled sunlight, but managed to get some really cute shots anyway!  Little B is almost a year old, and in that perfect-for-photography “I can stand but not yet walk” phase. So cute, and the best part was that he wasn’t able to run from me.

Isn’t he the cutest? I love his little pout here.

Big sister E on the other hand was quite capable of running, and run she did! Away from the crazy photographer lady!  Though mom and I were able to coerce her into just a couple photos with baby brother.

And she did find my antics a tiny bit amusing…see, I got a smile!

Anyway, fun seeing you guys again! Hope you like these mama!

I met up with this little sweetheart a few weeks ago.  At only 10 months old, she had just started walking, and her mama wanted to get some updated portraits before she took off running.   I am in love with her chubby legs and her super cute pout. It doesn’t get much cuter than this!   She was an easy one to photograph because she was just taking slow steps instead of running all over the place. (It’s a great idea to have a photo session when your child can stand up supported on something, but not yet run away from me!)

Anyway, here she is:

check out this perfect pout…

Some of these you might have seen in my recent ad but I love them enough to show them again

I ADORE these next 3…first one she is shyly looking at her daddy wondering if she should really let go of that chair…and then there she goes…

and then she has a little clap for herself, she is so proud!  I love it

And here she is in her birthday girl party dress…

If you are a parent of a child older than about a year, you know how difficult it is to take photos of your child. Well, if you are a professional photographer and your kids have PCS (photographer’s child syndrome) then multiply this difficulty by about a million. That’s how excruciating it is to take pictures of your own kids that you actually want to hang on your walls.  My kids in particular are so sick of the camera that anything, even a speck of dust, is more interesting than me behind it (usually making really funny noises…come on kids, look over here, isn’t mommy funny? — that usually results in the blank stare).

Anyway, around where we live just south of Denver are these huge fields of gorgeous yellow weeds wildflowers. I’ve been eyeing them for over 3 weeks, but we’ve had company in town and have had a ton going on around here. Driving the kids around to their activities I even spotted THE FIELD. It had the perfect exposure, perfect light, and a sidewalk for easy access (since I’ve heard there can be snakes here in Denver, and I’m deathly afraid of snakes).

So I decide that tonight is the night. I get the kids fed early, make sure their clothes are clean and ready to go, and I have a bribe for when we get home (aka, strawberry shortcake they would have had for dessert anyway, but might as well use it to my advantage and get some photography out of the deal, right?)

So, we load up my new favorite prop, my red chair, and the kids and my husband assistant hop into the car and off we go to my perfect field. Only, where are those flowers? Why are there TRACKS where my field used to be? That’s right, someone has mowed down my weeds wildflowers, within the 48 hours prior. I was JUST here, it was gorgeous. The sun is setting and I’m in a panic. Luckily my husband assistant kept driving around and our area is still flush with these lovely weeds wildflowers. So we found a pretty unassuming spot and I had to make due with less flowers than planned.  But luckily, everyone was in a good mood, I got what I wanted, and they got strawberry shortcake.

A successful photo shoot indeed! And I got the shots I’ve wanted ever since we moved here.

Here they are. Aren’t these kids just the cutest?? I just love them. xoxoxo.