I’m hurrying to get Sweet Caden blogged before his mom thinks I forgot about him!  Do you remember this beautiful boy from May?  Here’s the front of the birth announcement I designed for him…

I can’t believe Caden’s already 6 months old…and sitting up by himself!  He was such a trooper through all the wardrobe changes and various smile-inducing tricks, including a duck call which was his favorite. 

I love the drooly smiles and the leaf tasting.  This is such a great age.  It makes my baby fever burn until I think of sleepless nights and hauling that diaper bag around everywhere, and then I’m good again! 

Guten Morgen!  It’s my first morning back in the States and surprisingly, I’m already adjusted time-wise.  Although I am dying to share some of my images from my AMAZING trip to Germany, I am just too swamped with finishing some galleries and placing and packaging orders.  My clients must come first, of course.

Tomorrow is my 35th birthday.  I know…you would have never guessed I was that old, right?!  Well, unfortunately, I am–and my husband will tease me unmercifully for the next 6 months until he catches up to me.  The good news for you is that I’ll be celebrating by running a 35 hour special.  Until 9 pm tomorrow night (Tuesday), if you call or email me to book a session for March, April, or May of 2009, I will take $50 off the session fee!  Your call or email must occur before 9 pm though, so spread the word to anyone who may be interested!

Have a great Monday!

First off, let me say Happy Birthday to Jake.  My sweet boy had his 8th birthday on Sunday and we had such a good time celebrating with him.  I love you bubba!

Tomorrow I’m off to Germany to shoot a wedding.  Yes, that’s right…shooting a wedding in GERMANY!  Crazy, huh?  Even though I’ve shot several weddings and second shoot for my friend Tracy on occasion, I’m not really a wedding photographer.  However, this was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up, especially since I’ve never been before and that may be our new home come next year. 

Anyway, I’ll be returning phone calls and emails on Monday after I return.  Have a great week and weekend and look for my Germany sneak peeks soon!

I cannot say enough about how incredibly gorgeous these children are…the whole family, for that matter!  I could have continued to photograph them until it was dark–and then I would have whipped out the flash!  I’ve done some serious hustling to get them on the blog before my trip, so I just grabbed a few of my favorites.

What I loved most about this session is that Elizabeth and McKenzie’s mom, Lisa, wanted to honor the girl’s wishes on how they wanted to be photographed.  She knew they’d prefer an urban location rather than something park-like.  She was most interested in capturing their personalities and what they’re into at these ages…one an ”anti Hannah Montana, Jonas Brothers-loving” preteen, and one an “environmentalist/Save the Whales sign-toting” teenager.  I just LOVE it!  We ALL had a blast and I hope they’ll continue to let me document their fun personalities in the future!