When my sister called me up with an idea of photographing her kids with their best friends (which happen to all be from the same adorable family) I was all for it!  Ideas started swirling around in my head, and before we knew it, we were heading to a park in NY with 8 kids in tow.  Veronica, my sister, and Jamie were so patient and kept the other kids busy while I was focusing on some of the other ones. 

I know how very special it is to have good friends, especially for children.  It makes the biggest difference!  I hope that they can look back on these pictures with big smiles on their faces!

Can it get ANY cuter than these two little sweet peas??  During a visit home to NY to attend a few family events, I had the chance to snuggle with each of these adorable newborns; my two new nieces born just days apart!  To say I was in heaven holding them would be an understatement.  Unfortunately my pregnant brain got to me while I was there, and nearly forgot to do pictures of both of them!  We took a few frames and hoped it would suffice.  Don’t you just want to kiss their little mouths!?

Little Penelope, 20 days old

…and Lilah, 10 days old

And with our little girl coming shortly, that will be THREE girls all within 3 months of each other.  How fun will that be for them as they grow!!

It’s easy to see how this family was so fun to photograph.  Talk about photogenic!  Lisa is a dear friend, and I was totally excited to do their first family photos.   I just loved this location, and I hope to go back for future shoots in the upcoming year.  Little “C” was such a good boy, smiling for the camera, and telling me all about his red fire truck, which he gladly rode up and down this hill.  Coming down was more fun than going up :) 

Okay, so I love these next two pictures.  Once you see the second of the two, you’ll know why…

This was ALL spontaneous.  Dad was such a good sport! Ha!

Pure joy.

Thanks for a wonderful session, Stewart Family!!

Little “T”

LOVE this.  Why?  Because of the drama!  She was so hilarious…giving me the cutest “poses.”

Little 2-1/2 yr old “W” thrives off of sports.  It was evident within the first few minutes of chasing him around and watching him swing his bat, and then run as if there were bases set up in the grass.  To top it off, he slid into “home plate.”  So adorable.  By the end of the shoot, his face was turning pink from all of his exertion:) 

“W” was one of my first toddler shoots when I started up last year, so it was a true pleasure to see him again, all “grown up” and yet still so very attentive to the camera.  I wish he could give my own son some pointers about how to look at a camera! 

Where’s that gorgeous smile???

There it is!!

Someone is going to be a big brother!  Another adorable boy!

major yummy

Look how hard he is concentrating!  Love it!