Beau Jason

Beau's family contacted me a couple months before his due date about getting newborn and family pictures done.  At the time, I knew I could easily fit his session into my schedule.  But with the gorgeous fall weather we have had this year, I had lots of last minute additions to my schedule.  I still wasn't too worried as his due date was right after the newly added sessions were to happen.  Little Beau came a wee bit early though which made for an even busier week, but we were able to get him in the studio right before Thanksgiving.  He was absolutely a dream to work with!  He did fill his diaper shortly before I was moving onto the family pictures, but I was able to keep him snuggly asleep, and we pushed on through the smell.  😅  His sister, Emma, was so smart, sweet, and well-behaved.  I questioned her parents on if they put her through some sort of class on professional modeling because she did everything so naturally and perfectly.  They assured me they had not, but I still don't know if I believe them.  Haha!!  Emma was obsessed with Beau which also made working with them together very easy.  The whole family was so nice and a joy to have in my studio!  💙

Jack's 18 month Milestone

I've had the honor of photographing this family since Charlie was just 6 months old and now his younger brother, Jack, is 18 months old!  Time sure does fly!  These boys are unbelievably sweet, and I just loved watching them interact with each other.  Charlie loves climbing trees, and he's actually ridiculously good at it.  Jack likes trying to do whatever his big bro is doing, which is so cute.  Jack also decided he loved the little chair I brought and carried it around even though it was almost as big as him.  Thankfully he was cool with me taking it back.  Haha!  😅

Jack's Cake Smash

This special cake was from For Goodness Cakes in Fort Wayne and was just perfect!  I decided to make a teepee because I figured it would be a simple, fun project.  It took a bit longer than I anticipated, but it looks great and added so much to this woodland theme.  I initially intended to use fake foliage, but none of the stuff I had looked that good.  So I called up my parents and took an impromptu visit to their house to gather real greenery from their trees.  My mom helped me gather some pine cones as well.  I really love how this set turned out!

Jack has gotten so tall and so far it looks like he'll be a red head!  He didn't seem to care for the icing, and he especially did not like touching the icing as he couldn't get it off of his fingers, but once we got to the chocolate cake underneath, he was more interested and clearly enjoyed the cake.  After he was done with cake, he got cleaned up and enjoyed some time playing with the stuffed animals.  Isn't he just the sweetest, cutest little guy?!

Charlie's 2 year Milestone

Charlie is 2!!  He loves exploring, looking at barns, and seeing animals.  We did a lot of walking and for the most part, Charlie was happy to walk.  He definitely got some breaks though when being held by daddy, which he clearly loved.  😊  It's really been so fun watching Charlie grow up!  He's going to make an awesome older brother.  😉