Madison and Charlotte (First Session of 2010)

What a very pleasant way to start off the first sessions of 2010!! I really wanted to end 2009 on a great note and begin 2010 on one as well...and was stoked when it happened! :) Madison and Charlotte were perfect little models. Mom warned me that Charlotte probably wouldn't smile or cooperate very well---so when we got that first smile, we knew we were rockin'!

Madison is 5 years old and Charlotte just turned 6 months old and they came all the way from Kennesaw to visit us for pictures. They are some of the most adorable kiddos ever and when Mom broke out all the tutus, hats and flower headbands--we were instantly in love!

There were WAY too many favorites and I couldn't narrow them down--so I'm blogging half of their session, lol!

Look at these expressions!! Favs!

Carter and Carlee

Two of the cutest, sweetest kiddos I've ever met----hands down! Carter is in third grade and Carlee is in kindergarten--unfortunately not at my school. I had so much fun with these two sweeties! They knew when to play and have fun and they knew when to hold it back for a minute and get some more posed shots---you just can't beat a great mix like that! It was one of those sessions that was smooth like butta! ;) My camera was in love with their cuteness and they were naturals behind it!

Hence the REALLY big post of photos...

This is the first time I can say that the first shot coming off of my camera was a GREAT predictor of sweet things to come! When you get this for a first shot, you can breathe a sigh of relief.






When kids are being as great as they were, I think it's important and FUN to just let them have a moment to play and BE KIDS...and those pictures can be some of the best ones! It was time for some leaf throwing!






If they were REALLY out on a boat...we definitely would have told them to distribute the weight evenly! :) Too cute!

For more fun I played "Pick Your Pose" with them...NOT to be confused with pick your nose--because that's just not a great game, esp. for photos! Adults stink at this game, though it sometimes gets them to really laugh for a few shots---but these kiddos weren't scared to be original and they ROCKED it out---these are fun!

A lot of grandkids! :)

A friend of mine from work sewed some couch cushion covers for us along with some gifts for Julie's sisters...she is an AMAZING seamstress! She can make any type of clothing, cushion---you name it, I'm pretty sure she can make it! To say "thank you" for the awesome things she created for us, we did a holiday mini session for her. She made those entire outfits you see on all four of her grandchildren---the crocheted sweaters were completely amazing!

I literally got ONE picture of the four of them together--with TWO two year olds, one 9 month old and a 10 month old...I feel pretty lucky just to have the one! ;)

Lyndzie, two years old

Rylei, two years old

Her brother Reid, 9 months old

And Kylie on the left, 10 months old

And this is her youngest daughter of four--Julia Robert's little mini me--Robin!

The Walker Family

Mandy is the Mom of Tyler and Brady---a former student/a current student! :) Big brother Tyler has moved on up to the middle school and Brady is still with us, in 3rd grade.

We LOVED that Mandy let us choose the location and was up for anything! She said they would go for pretty much any scenery/background that we wanted and trusted that we'd pick somewhere super-duper awesome! ;) We picked a place that we've seen some other photographers use and had a lot of fun exploring all the new possibilities for photos. Everyone did a great job and Brady was all about helping us pick some areas. It was fun being able to get some traditional shots for them, along with some artsy architectural type things as well!

They should start a rock band and this next one could be a CD cover! :)

I don't know exactly what kind of building this metal thing was, so I just call it the "metal thingy" to be real serious and technical. ;) Brady and I LOVED it!










This next might be my very fav. of all the whole family!

We had fun with you guys, hope you love your pictures.

Hawkins Family

Brodie and Colt have had their pictures made with us before but this is Mom and Dad's first time being part of the session as well...and LUCKY for Dad, Mom decided that everyone would wear pjs for part of this session! WE LOVE IT! Poor guy had to leave the hunting club with his buddies to come dress up in pjs for pictures...in the GUY world, that is serious cause for getting picked on! :) I didn't even THINK about putting them on facebook and tagging them for all his buddies to see until he gave me the wonderful idea...so I had to race home and "friend" him for when these were ready. ;) Christy must have had to do some serious bribing or Jason was had a crazy debt to pay off!

I think years down the road, Christy and Jason's boys will cherish having these photos of them with their Mom and Dad...and I'm willing to bet Jason is already glad he participated!

Brodie was very cooperative this time, so we got more pictures of him alone...Colt was having too much fun exploring a new place to slow down for picture taking.