All in all, we definitely got to see Ellie’s full range of expressions, and learned that she has Daddy wrapped around her little finger…for sure!

Matthew is Captain America. He has a shield that he uses to throw at the bad people and he has a ship that flies in the sky. His ship comes with missiles and guns that he can use to save people. According to Matthew, that’s what super heroes do, they save people.

Matthew’s school must be a very safe place, because I know there is an Iron Man and a Batman and Robin there as well!

Of course, as much as I tried, I couldn’t convince Abby that chickens were blue or purple or that they said MOO. She’s too smart for me!

Abby has beautiful, long brown, straight hair! Although it frames her face perfectly, and is really a perfect match for her personality and who she is, when it came to her senior session, she was probably wishing she had pulled it back! I was constantly fussing with it, to make sure it laid just right and framed her face perfectly.

I have to give Abby lots of credit, she just relaxed and let me do my thing. Every once in a while I’d be almost ready to take an photo and I’d notice a piece of hair sticking out or looking funny and I’d lean in to fix it, and she would just laugh at me.

Yep, I’ll admit it, I’m anal…but there’s always a method to my madness!

Luckily, her crawling has not yet been refined. She kind of does this twist, move into downward dog, then on to all fours and finally end up flat on my belly move. Although, many times, she ended up with her back to me, or turned at the wrong angle, but at least it was all done in slow motion, and it was fairly easy to move her back into place.

Big thanks go out to big sister, Taylor! You were a huge help during the session…I couldn’t have done it without you!

I do worry that one of these days, we are going to pay for this mild weather and cold temperatures and snow are going to bombard us, but in the meantime I will enjoy my 60 degree winter walks with my pups.

During one such walk, I took advantage of the warm sunlight and spent some fun time with my camera.

Little brother, Ryder, is a mover! Although he had yet to master walking at the time of his one year session, he was a speed demon crawler. Hands down, knees down and full speed ahead. Watch out below, because if you’re not careful, he’ll definitely trip you up.

Older brother, Payne, is the talker and the controller. He enjoys being in the middle of things and, while he’ll do what you ask, he always has a suggestion or an idea to share with you. Of course, once we asked him to help us entertain little brother, he loved that idea and committed fully to being the high energy entertainer!

Mommy definitely has her hands full keeping up with these two handsome boys!

With some help from his daughter and grandson, we brought Vern to the studio and positioned him just right. Vern’s preference would have been for a serious photo, which I did get a few of, but what the rest of us wanted were some smiling, happy, laugh line photos. With the assistance of bunny ears on me, weird noises from his grandson and some booty shaking from his daughter, Vern couldn’t hold back the smiles or the laughs!

Unfortunately, Jamie didn’t get the memo that he was supposed to take it easy on me. It took us almost an hour and a half, after making him naked, to get him fed and asleep. Then, even once he was asleep, he hated having his hands and feet messed with. I would have him in a perfect position, but his hands would be in front of his face. If I tried to move them, he would resist with all his newborn strength, ultimately startling him out of position.

Jamie didn’t realize that he was dealing with a photographer that doesn’t give up easily. So, we’d try again and again if need be. In the end, he eventually submitted and let us twist and turn him lots of different directions, resulting in many of adorable images!

Zeiva brought in the round cheeks, the chubby thighs, the full head of crazy hair, short little eyelashes, hands and feet that she hated having messed with, and the best part, an easy going laid back disposition!