welcome to the world harlem!  a big congrats to carmen, kirk and big brother klei as they welcome their new little man to the world.

this is one of my all time favorite newborn shots!!

mommy getting squished in a family hug….i love it!

just for fun, this last shot is a photo from klei’s newborn shoot 5 years ago.  they look so much alike!

i absolutely love that klei showed up for carmen’s maternity shoot in his pirate costume.  : )  and i love that carmen is the kind of mom that embraces her son’s creativity.

carmen looks absolutely beautiful as she and her sweet family gets ready to welcome another baby to the world!

i loved working with this family on their red, white and blue inspired shoot.  the carter’s are celebrating a few milestones this year.  their sweet baby boy is turning one and their big baby girl is heading off to her senior year in high school.

this family shoot is as yummy as a slice of apple pie.  check out a few of my favorites.

foster is a sweet little guy!  it has been so much fun watching him grow over the past year.  it seems like i was just shooting his mommy’s maternity photos and here he is already turning 1!

i am loving my new chalkboard that i have out at the farm.  (thanks uncle charles for building it!)

cake smash!  happy birthday foster!

this spring i have photographed so many past bride’s babies.  it was great to catch up with lakshmi and brendan and meet their new little sweetie.

kieran has the most beautiful big brown eyes that will melt your heart!

natalie is a top contender for the best baby award during a photoshoot!  she showed me all of her tricks.  she gave me smiles, she blew bubbles, she held her head up and she demonstrated her biggest talent of all which was just looking insanely cute in her pleated red dress.  mom is pretty talented too.  i was blow away with the quilts that laura made.  check out her strawberry quilt below.

i fell in love with the flowering trees and bushes in the park for this shoot and milo’s sweet little personality.  look at this face….serious cuteness going on here!

halle and silas were my first set of newborn twins that i have photographed!  they are so sweet and so tiny.  : )

leyna + silas

leyna + halle

i love this protective big sister look on leyna’s face!

silas

halle

the whole family!

big sister showing her tricks.  : )

two babies need two grandma’s to come and help take care of them!  grandma number one.

grandma number two.

kolbie was the perfect newborn on her debut shoot.  she slept through her entire photo shoot and let me put her in all kinds of cute newborn poses.  : )

love this sisters shot!  so sweet.

even though this shoot was all about kolbie who could resist snapping a few shots of these cute kids?