perfect warm weather celebration of this cutie pie’s big milestone of 1! who needs cake smashin’ when you can have plenty of splashin’?! … with popsicles and cupcakes to boot!

my cousin’s beautiful family… welcome to the world william!  your home is filled with love and peace and you have the best big brother ever!  i am so happy to be a part of making memories for my family!

so much joy to go around during this love/family shoot! i am so excited to be photographing kathleen + glenn’s wedding coming up soon and how heartwarming it was to include the kiddos during their ‘love shoot!’  it was lots of fun on the whitebox photo farm making memories for such a sweet couple!

i just love connecting with kids and making their experience fun during our photo sessions.  it made my week to get this text from addy’s mom after our shoot. “we loved meeting you.  thank you for the shoot with addison.  she said you are her favorite photographer!”

here are some of my faves from our session.

it was fun spending some time with this cool and laid back girl!  can you believe she is only 12? sydney is such a beautiful girl with natural poise!

such a windy and gorgeous day with this cutie pie … this delightful spring weather+gracie’s awesome red hair+ her cool kid style makes the perfect combination!

it is so cool that i have been able to build a friendship with this awesome couple and go from photographing their wedding to their most recent precious gift, emerson.  Tara is also a photographer and has a really sweet+fun business called inbetween the blinks in the raleigh, nc area that focuses on people+their fur babies!

i can’t believe how much this kiddo has grown since our last photo shoot! not to mention, he was a trooper smilin’ + stylin’ in 20 degree weather (bbbrrrrr, that’s cold!)

i have enjoyed being a part of some special memories with this sweet family! i enjoy seeing their family continue to grow!  so much love + joy!