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Ok… so rather than trying to catch up, I’m going to go ahead and skip my backlog and post a current session.

I love these guys… We had so much fun at the maternity session, and then again with the sweet little man! We shot at an amazing property that I’m afraid I didn’t fully take advantage of. When I shoot close-up so much of the time, the setting becomes almost irrelevant (a GOOD thing most of the time, especially if the backgrounds aren’t all that great). But either way, it was fun to have such great light and space to work in!

A collage from both sessions:

This one feels all dreamy to me… like those bleary-eyed but magical first few weeks…

I really, really love the big/small contrast with the daddies. This one was especially so…

And those tender moments with big, tough daddies melt me…

A nice little family portrait:

And kind of an unusual one…I could see mom’s reflection in mr. man’s eye…

Now that my baby is four, I really NEED sessions like these! It’s so fun to play with the sweet fresh babies.

It’s been a crazy month… sorry for my month-long absence from blogworld! But it’s been a great one.

You know how much work it takes to get ready to leave and then to catch up when you get back…  Plus run a business and take care of a family at the same time… Well, I’m starting to finally catch up and hopefully soon I can share all the fun I’ve been up to! I’m way way way behind on posting sessions, but I’ll do some of that too. Starting Monday, I’ll be a good little blogger again…