George Cooney Pet Photo Shoot

While photographing a band out at 11th Street Cowboy Bar, I stumbled across John and his uhm, interesting.. pet. Meet “George Cooney” – John’s domesticized pet raccoon! I absolutely adore raccoons.. my family raised two babies once, but they grew up and ran away eventually.. George is five years old and goes everywhere with John. I took a few photos of George there at 11th Street, but of course I offered John my card and asked if he’d consider bringing George in for a proper portrait.. and the next morning, he sure did!
George was excited by so much “stuff” in the camera room that it was hard to get a good one, but we did get a couple – hopefully they can come back and try a few more the next time John is in town! :)

McGovern Family Children’s Photo Shoot

When I posted my most recent ad on Craigslist, Jenni was one of the first to respond – she wanted to bring in  Lexi, Travis, and Kaeleb -  who are 5, 1, and 3 years old.  I personally love sibling sessions.. more babies and more kids in one spot at the same time! Yay for me!

The two oldest were so full of energy, I got some great action shots! LOL while the baby was just thrilled to be there.. check out those adorable Michelin-Man rolls! I absolutely LOVE chunky babies, so I was in hog-heaven with this little cutie pie! I can’t wait until he comes back for his birthday session.. can you imagine the cake and icing all over those pinchable folds??! I’m so looking forward to that!

Kelley Family Photo Shoot

I met Amber while my kids and I were toodling around Babies R Us one day.. her little girl Savanna was in her car seat there in the stroller, and I saw her little feet just a-kickin’.. I stopped and said hello, only to peek in and see the most adorable head of hair I’ve ever seen on a baby!
My little girl and Amber’s little boy really hit it off, and ended up holding hands and walking through the aisles while Amber and I shook our heads and laughed. I knew she would be awesome and of course asked her to bring the kids in.. She brought the hubby, and all three kids – we did some studio and some location in this terrific field I’ve been dying to try out, and the Kelly Family was just perfect for it too! I’m so glad we met, and I hope they come back in again for Savanna’s birthday, when the time comes!

Daniela Maternity Photo Shoot

Another response from Craigslist, De emailed me wanting to know if she could get maternity photos done – she said she’d had some done already but wasn’t happy with them and wanted to get some more before her baby girl is born.  Of course I asked her to come in as soon as she could, that way we didn’t risk missing our chance! She said she’d be back with her daughter as soon as she was born, which should be any day now (if not already!) so I’m anxiously waiting! (See Baby Monica’s photo shoot here! I put the baby photos up before the maternity photos – baby always comes first, right? ;) I love maternity and newborn sessions so much, I can never wait.. like a kid with Christmas presents!

Newborn Monica Baby Photo Shoot

Daniela came in recently for her maternity photos, and while she was here she promised to come back as soon as possible after her baby girl was born. Well imagine my surprise and joy when she emailed me the day after little Monica was born, wanting to come up the next day! As of this point, she is the youngest newborn I’ve had the pleasure to photograph, and it was just a wonderful session!

At first, she didn’t want to go back to sleep, but finally she did fall asleep in mommy’s arms and we were able to move her several times and get some gorgeous photos that I am just thrilled with! I can’t wait to continue photographing her as she grows, she’s just a beautiful little girl and I think I may have just fallen in love with her today!  :D