FOUR!!!!......

Saturday morning I went over to this family's house for a little playtime. They have tons of windows and that made for some great photos. Four kids at once gave me a run for my money that was for sure. Even though it was a little crazy rest assured mom and dad that we got some GREAT pictures of your kids. Here are a few of my favorites so far.

Check out these eyelashes! And I loved the polka dots!

Oldest sister and let me tell you there is no way you would know she is about to be in only first grade. She is so helpful and mature. And she was a great little model too.

Such a cutie, but not my biggest fan. He was not all that happy with that big black box thing I kept sticking in his face. Little did he know that I got a good picture of him.....more than one actually. ;) I'm really sneaky like that.

And the baby.......hands down the easiest newborn session I've ever done. She just did whatever we wanted and slept through the whole thing. She cried a little, but was pretty content with whatever we wanted to do. Mom requested a bowl picture and I was beyond THRILLED that we were able to get many of them for her. LOVED the red carpet as a background too.
And in their formal dining room they had this awesome antique sofa. I have been dying for someone to have a beautiful sofa and a newborn that I could photograph together.
and one last one that I thought was kindof cute. I enjoyed playing with this one and adding a mood and texture to it.

A ton of fun.....

That is the best way to describe this family!! I had an absolute BLAST with them. With my experience of having taught high school I find that it is rare to see a family with teenagers that actually, truly ENJOY being together. This family really has FUN together. They reminded me of my own family with Dad cracking jokes and keeping everyone laughing. Thanks for making my job so easy.
You may also recognize them from a few weeks ago. I did the senior portraits for the daughter. I was excited that they wanted to get a few more family pictures.
So here are just a few. I'm saving my favorites until later ;) Can't show you the best ones just yet!!
ENJOY!

An early Christmas present......

Remember the family that I took maternity portraits of last month???? Well, here is the newest member of their beautiful family. He is just the sweetest baby. I know they are really excited to see a some of the pictures since they are going to have to wait until after Christmas to see all their pictures so here are just a few.......

Dad and baby........one of my favorites :) Ha ha.

Mom and baby by the tree

The whole family snuggling.....

and the one we waited, and waited and held our breath and were oh so still and quite until WE GOT IT!!!!!

Totally worth it!!!!!

There are so many more that they are just going to LOVE, but I can't show them all. It will give the family something to look forward to after the wrapping paper and bows have all been thrown away.

And since I have a few minutes to share.........here are some of my little one (who is not so little anymore) These are from last weekend, but I haven't gotten a chance to post these until today.

Getting the tree

at our church Christmas party.......Mia getting her first tattoo....aaahhh!

Mia waiting patiently to see Santa

meeting Santa......still happy.

but when it came down to it, Mia was not all that happy to meet Santa this year!! This one is priceless!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

A family....

These were last Sunday at the Arboretum. I really love the Arboretum for pictures. There are SO many great spots to take them. This family was fun. Each of the kids had such different personalities as you can see from their individuals below. I really enjoyed the one on one pictures with the kids. I usually photograph toddlers and infants and it was so refreshing to work with some older kids in the last few weeks.
Well, that's all for now I have so much editing to do it's not even funny! I hope to be all caught up after the Thanksgiving holidays though. If I can just make it until Wed. then I will be in the clear!

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I really love this one. It TOTALLY shows that misheviousness of a 6 year old. I think I really captured his personality in this one. I hope mom and dad love it because I do!