Petite Little Lady
Little Miss Lauren came in the door all snug and secure in her car seat. Just by looking at all the padding Mommy and Daddy had placed around her to hold her in place, I could tell that she was teeny tiny. She was born weighing 6 lbs 1 ounce and, though she left the hospital under six pounds, Mommy’s pretty sure she’s already rebounded up into the sixes again! At the rate she eats, I wouldn’t be surprised!
Not only is she small in size, but all her features are perfectly petite and tiny! She has these tiny, almost non-existent eyelashes. She has these little lips that she uses quite a bit to make very entertaining faces. Even down to her tiny fingers and toes, the first thoughts that come to mind are petite.
It will be fun to see how she grows and changes!
Girly Cry
I didn’t get to hear it very often, because Annika was definitely working her inner model at her session, but the few times I heard her cry, I just cracked up! Miss Annika has this great girly cry! It’s on the squeaky side and makes you think of a little girl crying just enough to get her Daddy to give her what she wants! Which is exactly where I think she’s going! As the first girl of the family, she’s going to have Daddy wrapped around her finger before he knows it!
A Niece
Yep, thanks to Pete’s sister, Julie, we officially have a niece! I was honored to have the opportunity to photograph her!
She’s just an adorable little bundle! Even though she started out petite at 6 lbs 10 ounces, she has wasted no time getting to work on those rolls! She’s already over 7 lbs! I say, bring on the rolls! There’s nothing I love more than baby rolls!
I definitely know where those rolls are coming from. During her newborn session, all she wanted to do was eat! I can’t even tell you how many “small” snacks she had. She’d snack, be satisfied for a little bit, and then be ready to snack again! I’m pretty sure Mommy felt like a buffet!
Despite the constant snacking, that didn’t stop us from capturing lots of adorable expressions and cute baby poses! Welcome to the world, Cassidy!
Two Sides
At Robert’s six month session, I got to see two sides of him! While driving to the studio, he had a nice nap. After waking up, having a quick snack and getting naked, he was ready to perform! He was full of smiles and content to just sit there and charm us!
Then, out of the blue, Robert scrunched up his face and flipped a switch. Nothing would make him happy! We tried the bottle, toys, Mommy’s singing, my peek-a-boo. He either stared at us like we were from a different planet, or scrunched up his face and cried. With some loving Mommy breaks, some puffs and some patience, we were able to get some pretty good serious expressions out of Robert, but definitely no more smiles!
No Stopping!
The theme for my one year old sessions these days has been speed!! Camden was no different! If you put him down on the ground, he was off and running! The problem was, it didn’t matter if he was walking or crawling, he was never looking up; he was always looking down or away. Which meant Mommy, Daddy and I had to be very creative with trying to capture his attention in the two seconds it took to put him on the floor and then watch him blur by!
Despite the need for speed, he was Mister Happy! Smiling and laughing for the majority of his session, resulting in some great expressions!
About the only time, we got Camden to stop in one place was when we brought out his birthday cake…and even that didn’t last very long!
Slow Motion?!?
Pete may be a walking speed demon, but when it comes to eating birthday cake, he works in slow motion! His session was completely contradictory!
We started out with just Pete in his adorable summer outfit. He was a walking fool! Mommy would set him down and he’d make an immediate beeline straight for me and the camera. Boy was he fast! I would blink and he was right in front of me.
Then we moved on to his first year birthday cake. Mommy set him down in front of it and he looked, and looked, kind of touched it with his finger, and then just walked away…not interested! With some encouragement from Mommy and I, he finally started to dig in a little bit. His eating style was very methodical…pick up a piece, stare at it, bring it up to the mouth, take it away, look at it again, bring it up to the mouth, take it away…this continued for quite some time! When Pete finally put a piece in his mouth, Mommy and I were elated! He just turned and stared at us like we were crazy! (No worries, Pete, you’re not the only kiddo who thinks I’m crazy!)
A Short Cat Nap…
…can go a long way! On the way to his session, Jackson took a teeny tiny nap. After a quick outfit change, he was ready to go with smiles and flirts, but he only lasted about 10 minutes. At which point, he just became a super cranky boy. He was not in the mood for any of my gimmicks or distractions.
We could tell he was still fighting the sleepies, so we made the decision to let him doze off for a short cat nap. After a couple of minutes of Mommy rocking him, he was out! Twenty minutes later, we gently woke him up. It was like we had flipped a switch. The charming, flirting, smiling, playful Jackson was here to stay. He was laughing and squealing, cracking himself up, having the best time. Thank goodness for that short cat nap!
Waving
Ella’s newest thing…waving hello and goodbye! She’s a pro! That little hand comes up and then little fingers pump up and down. By far one of the cutest things she does!
Despite being sick the week before, Ella pulled out the charm for her nine month session. It was full of hands in the mouth, waves, teeth grins, a few tears and even some Cheerios!
Those Lips!
Olivia is the queen of the lips! At only five days old, she is already full of expressions, and all of them created just by moving her lips! She’s got this great big pouty bottom lip that I see her using to her advantage as she gets older. I think she’s going to have Daddy wrapped around her finger with just a pout of that lip! She’s got the smirk, the grimace, the oooh and the open mouth model pose. She’s got them all covered! It doesn’t matter what the expression, she is adorable with every one!
Busy Body
As is typical for two year olds, Tanner is certainly a busy body! He stays in one place for about 30 seconds and then he’s off to check something else out. Mommy would chase, and I would be ready with a quick trigger finger. He’d give me a look or two and then get distracted and off he’d go!
The most distracting thing was bugs. We had a fly in the studio with us, which meant that every time Tanner saw the fly, he had to stop what he was doing and focus on the buggy. Then he saw the buggies on the outside of the window…of boy were they interesting!
Despite the distractions and the bugs, we were still able to get lots of different expressions out of Tanner! He’s working on mastering his serious, surprise, happy and sad! Though I got to see a few glimpses, I expect by next year, he’s going to have all of these and more perfectly mastered!
