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Yesterday I had the pleasure of spending time with this cute family. 3 year old “S” and 1 year old “Q” were little balls of energy. I love being able to capture these times for families… Q was so happy to be mobile that he wanted to do nothing but walk, run, wobble, and crawl. And little S was so cute with her independant 3 year old personality! Thank you A Family - I will talk to you soon!
Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting with this stylish family - check them out!!!! It had been along time coming… I think I first talked to mom in April of this year to talk about a session for her family. We decided to shoot the session around her baby’s 1st birthday. I am so happy to have finally met them - had such a fun time. And let me tell you, if anyone has ever paid attention to my what to wear guide, it was mom!!!! This was the most fabulously styled family EVER!!! Hope you enjoy your sneak peek :o)
Hello most gorgeous little one….
How adorable are these brothers?
Like I said - fabulous family…
Absolutely LOVE this one… can’t you see many fun times to come with these brothers?
And last but not least… this pretty much captured the energy of the session!!!
Growing up in Reston, summer was all about going to the pools. Reston is so wonderful in that if you live there you access to any of the numerous Reston pools. I clearly remember waking up, getting our snacks ready, bathing suits on, hopping on our bikes and riding to the pool. We would spend all day there (and I mean like 9 hours all day there!) I loved the water…. I could swim all day long. The only thing better was the beach :o)
I guess my kids are just like me - they love the water. And recently we traveled to St. Pete, Florida. It was a blast - we took in the sun, sand and water from sun up to sun down. The feel of the sand on my feet, the warmth of the sun and the sound of the ocean just makes my heart do back flips! Here are a couple of the kids enjoying the beach.
To the photographers - The beautiful blue sky was brought back in processing and of course I had so much fun with my new fisheye lens! Can’t wait to use it at some upcoming weddings!
He would be happy digging holes and building sand castles all day long
My baby daredevil finally found here place throwing sand. The first day she spent the entire time running into the waves and scaring me!!!
This is my little athlete. She pretty much spent the whole time in the water.
And here is the kids “cousin” - I am so happy we got to spend time with her. Thank you J & A - we had a blast :o)
Just wanted to pop in onto the blog - I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. Today was my oldest daughter’s big dance recital and the culmination of every Monday evening spent at dance class since September. She danced with about 20 other 8 year olds to “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”. Do you remember that Cyndi Lauper song - lol. She did so well and I am so proud of her. After the show, I convinced (bribed) her to take just a few quick snaps!
This is definitely my favorite - so her..
And a quick one of baby sis. She sure was worn out after all of the “terrorizing” she did during the recital. Awwwhhh life with a 2 year old…. She did last a good hour at the recital before the terror ensued, so I am proud of her too :o)
I had so much fun with this little Ball-O-Energy yesterday out and about Old Town Alexandria. Seriously, little J had expressions for days and had me laughing with all of her crazy faces she likes to make (silly, serious, goofy, model and the list could go on). Thank you to her older brother who was a huge help :o) I am short on words tonight but wanted to get this sneak peek up for Mom - enjoy!
And here is her handsome brother
I love this one of Mom and J - wheeeeeee!!!
Just a quick note to everyone - I have had major computer issues within the past week so I apologize if I am late in responding to any emails - you will hear from me soon 
I just wanted to put up these two shots for Mom :o) On Saturday, I met back up with Mom and her two kids (from the large family session we had been the week before when it was pouring rain!). It turned out to be a beautiful day (which totally made up for the lousy weather the week before!) and I had a great time - thanks and I will talk to you soon! 
This past weekend I had the privilege of meeting this WONDERFUL family. We had a fun session planned - Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle would be in town from California (in fact Uncle had landed at 6:30am just in time for our 9am session!) and Sister and her family would be coming from a little distance. We had glorious plans and had checked out beautiful sites in the area. But… anyone in this area knows what last Saturday morning was like….. it was gray, gloomy and pouring rain!!! Our plans were blown, but I still had a wonderful time with everyone. Seriously one of the SWEETEST families I have met! Grandma and Grandpa were hilarious!!! And the kids were soooo good - especially considering that fact that we were stuck in the house.
The good news… I get to meet back up with the kids this week - when it will be sunny and warm outside and well… I can’t wait!!!
Check them out - Are they not beautiful?
I believe this is the shot that I meowed at everyone - lol! Hopefully Grandma will love the family picture!!
So as I mentioned in a previous post, my son’s birthday is the day following Christmas. As usual, we cannot celebrate his birthday with his friends until the New Year due to everyone being busy with their own families. I always try to make J’s Birthday extra special since it falls so close to the holidays. This year my mom came up with a great idea and one that I would have never known about - Ridemakerz in Fredericksburg. Check them out at www.Ridemakerz.com! Seriously, we all had sooo much fun. It is basically a build-a-bear for boys. Instead of the bears, they have the chance to custom design their own cars, trucks, etc. They pick the body, rims, tires, remote control, decals etc and then get to build the whole thing. It is sooo cool!
I had a great time with this family on Sunday. Not only are these little ones just gorgeous, I found out that our families had a lot in common (mutual love for Butterscotch the Horse & Smore too!, all things Disney Channel, etc). This was little baby R’s modeling debut and I do believe she has career ahead of her - she is only 5 weeks but had the whole thing down! Thanks Mom & Dad - I had a lot of fun :o)
I love getting to see my clients grow - it is absolutely one of the best parts of my job! Little E was 9 months younger the last time I saw him, but oh… just as cute. At first he was not in the mood for my return visit, but after a while he warmed up to me and we had a great time. Thanks so much M & J - I had a great time (again) with your family :o) Enjoy this sneak peek!
