moving on and working hard to catch up–almost to the last of my sessions for this year!  you may remember this family from past posts. we got so lucky with the weather.  it started raining a bit during the session and then stopped…whew!  one of the most rewarding and exciting parts of my job is when i get to see clients each year or so.  i enjoy watching the kids grow up and the family dynamics change.  such is the case with this family.  little cal was a baby when we started and elle was shy.  now, they’re fun loving kids who enjoy the process.  it’s not just about the image, it’s about the relationship and trust.  thank you lori and jason for trusting me to capture who your family is year after year.

so word on my big shots facebook page is that cal’s got a girlfriend!  lucky girl!

we all hope our kids grow up to be friends like these two are.

i love elle’s enthusiasm.  it’s the little things.

hard to believe little gabe is now a year old! it’s amazing how much babies change in their first year. back at his newborn session, he was just a little ball of love. now he’s bursting with personality but still cute as ever!  we met at the park right before the rain and cold hit cincy. here are some of my favorites that really capture who gabe and his loving parents truly are…

i love how this image just captures the true happiness and joy they get from being a family together.  that’s what it’s all about.

doesn’t take much to make a little guy happy.  just a rid on a duck with dad!

love, sweet love.

i was so excited to meet vanessa and her brood which just got bigger with the addition of  little beatrix.  what a cutie!   vanessa is the sister of alanah, a senior i shot last year.  this family definitely picked the right day for family photos!  looking back now, i feel this was the a great time for fall leaves.  it was  before all the rain we just had, when everything still had color.  and of course it was another great family with another great set of clothing choices!  lots of neutrals mixed in with dad’s blue sweater, kyle’s plaid & catherine’s pop of purple!

love the baby’s outfit…so vintage!

we took these “mom and dad” shots because they’re always nice to have but also because the day they got married was SUPER windy and not much turned out. now their love is captured without a veil hitting someone in the face! lol!

eighth year and counting!  i love seeing colin and moira (and sometimes dad, steve) each year.  i feel like we have so much catching up to do but also feel like it was yesterday that i last saw them.  i wish i could go back and link to all of the images from each year but i started shooting colin before I even had a blog!  when he’s graduating high school, i’ll pull all of his images out and do a retrospective. until then,  here he is at last years shoot.  he’s still so cute, smart, witty and mature.  as always, he came up with many of the places and “poses” we did.  such fun!  i already can’t wait until next year!

i’m learning from my own son that no matter how “cool” he is, he’s still my baby…just like colin here with moira.

who could say no to that face?