Here are just a couple from yet another gorgeous maternity session I shot last week! What a fun session! You can tell by the light that we had an insanely gorgeous evening to work with. I will definitely have to come back and share more of this session!

How cute is their little one? She was adorable with those big brown eyes, but wasn’t so sure about the camera lady at first…

What a gorgeous evening!  This is by the lake in Washington Park, it was just beautiful. I love the peaceful look on her face in this one.

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?)

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!)

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…