spring photos (babies & families)

it's spring!!! which means the sun is out and i am loving it and everything is blooming and it's a time for babies... so how about some photos of babies...and some family photos!  april has been a crazy month and it's only half over.  i've been super busy with work and also really fortunate to have been recommended to several friends of friends to take their photos.  bevin and heather who i blogged last in my 'beautiful bellies' post both had their daughters and i did their newborn photos.  i went out and did a family shoot in the texas bluebonnets and full hot texas sun. as i count down my last days in my twenties i'm grateful for a lot of things in my life and i'm also so grateful to have people that believe in one of my passions! and that's a good segue into a quote by one of my favorites....

"passion rebuilds the world for the youth. it makes all things alive and significant"  RWE

 

 

little mara (babies)

i had the hardest time picking out which photos i wanted to blog of mara.  the day i took her photos i couldn't stop snapping shots of her.  she was born on march 19th weighing in at over nine pounds.  her mom will attest that is a big baby at birth but she still seemed so small and fragile to me.  once she ate she was perfectly calm and i think i could have put her in anything.   heather is amazing and let me (almost a complete stranger) hold and pose her little one at less than a week old.  together we learned some things about what to do and what not to do when taking newborn photos. 

thank you heather and david for welcoming me into your home and allowing me to photograph your growing family.  you're all so wonderfully easy to take pictures of!  

'only love can be divided endlessly and still not diminish' - lindbergh

beautiful bellies (families)

things come in waves....all of your friends get married and then they all have babies.  my friend jen is working with a lot of pregnant women (something is in the water and she needs to start drinking it again...haha) and luckily i am photographing some of them.  they say there is nothing more beautiful than a woman about to give birth and i would agree.  heather used the word "hot"...i love that i could capture her in this beautiful state.  

"a moment in my tummy....a lifetime in my heart" anonymous

 

i adore the pure honest love between bevin and dan and that they waited to find out what they were having.  there are so few things in life that are true surprises and i think the birth of your baby would be a phenomenal surprise!  

congratulations to both of these beautiful families and their new little girls!