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A Look Back At 2011...it was a great one! :)

2011 was so RAD with about 165ish sessions, (WHEW!)...that I had to break the end of year video into two this time!  The pics just flew by way too fast when they were all in one.  Every session we did this year is represented---the first half of the year in video number one and second half in video number two (imagine that lol!)

Yes, we are tired from the year----I won't even attempt to count up how many pictures I edited or how many hours we spent on MonkeyBean...I don't think it's wrong to say we are tired--as long as you know that as well as feeling tired, we also feel incredibly awesome and blessed to have had enough sessions to make us tired.  :)  It was a super awesome year.  We can't even begin to describe how cool it is for someone to trust us with their memories...for someone to possibly forego other things they could purchase---in order to get pictures made with us.  It's a true honor and one that we will never take lightly.  We hope you know how personal it is to us.  My fave movie of all time--You've Got Mail--has a quote--"It's not personal, it's business."  Not the case with this business.  It's personal, it's not business.  The exchange of money, the taxes, all the etc...is the least of it for us.  The connections, the friendships, the freezing of memories, the ART of this is personal, and it's often the messiest part and our favorite part.  It's amazing.

Thank YOU for making 2011 rock.  We dig ya and we really love when you dig us back. :)

Here ya go---Part One and Part Two of 2011 in review!

Emily 12 Days New / Our last session of 2011!!

Miracle baby...is that what I should call Emily?!  This precious little nugget belongs to good friends of ours and has been in the making for years.  Just when her sweet parents (yep, I just called Bud sweet---CRAZY, I know) thought that she was never going to happen---POOF--there she was! :)  Of course POOF is a lot easier than it all really went for them....but now that she's here and is what makes their world turn, all that yucky stuff and bad times they had are probably a distant memory.  Now after all---Bud has to hold back the puke as he changes her stellar diapers. ;)  Talk about having someone wrapped---from his facebook statuses alone, we instantly saw this precious girl TOTALLY WRAP this daddy!  Love it.  He stands no chance with two ladies (make that three---including the four-legged first child Maggie) in the house.  Love it. 

Perhaps one of the most radical MBP newborn pics ever, thanks for working it out for us Emily!

 

I like mixing in some pure, simple shots that focus just on all that newborn goodness--along with the fun hats and props---it's the perfect mixture to me.  I think newborn sessions should always be about all that newborn goodness that goes away so quickly!

I love this little chunky big toe! :)

Another serious fave!!

Thank you for the smile sweet Emily. :) :)

So sweet with her bear from her daddy. 

Mason is One! / McDonough Georgia Children's Photographer

Sweet little Mason wasn't our first session of 2011 but was number two---so it was pretty cool that he was also our next to last session of 2011.  He was however our first newborn of 2011 and I remember falling in love with him instantly.  That chub, squishy wrinkles, gorgeous skin tone and sweet smiles---he had us both at first CLICK.  Love us some Mason.  He is one of the happiest, most charming little men I've ever met.  He's got some seriously lucky people.  :)  And we are seriously lucky that they were referred to us and stuck with us for the Baby's First Year Plan.  With some sadness, here is Mason's final pics for the year...but happiness that we'll hopefully see more of this little dude in the future!

After this shot, he had Cheerios stuck in places that people should probably never have Cheerios stuck! ;)  Hope he finds some good humor in that one day, lol!

He was pretty stoked about this prop, to say the least!

That expression on the left, that right there is why I love Mr. Mason!

Love!

There's a story behind us getting this log...and I'm not sharing it lol...but trust me on the fact that it's a funny one that involves some dedicated, great friends of ours! ;)

Goodness...just goodness.  That's a lot of sweetness in one little person.

Be sure to check out Mason's first year with us in his video below! :)

2011 Photo of the Year

Congratulations to the Mayfield family for winning our 2011 Photo of the Year contest!  Nice job!!!

Thank you to everyone who participated and played the game well!  You guys made it fun!  Thank you for such an amazing year! :)