Growing like a weed!! :)

Our sweet baby girl is such a bundle of joy to us every single day!  Three months old now and she is just precious.  It seems like she learns something new every day and she's growing so fast it's just amazing.  There is nothing better in the world to wake up to than her sweet little smiling face!

Has it been 3 months already??

It's just amazing how quickly babies grow and change in the first weeks and months of life.  Our sweet little girl seems to change by the minute some days, always exploring the world around her and learning something new.  She's definitely picking up on our daily routines, which includes her nightly bath, book, and bottle.  She was looking particularly cute the other night while she was waiting to get in the bath so I had to snap a photo!  She has the most adorable little dimple!  :)

What a precious moment!!

The sweetest sound on earth, at least in my opinion, is the sound of a baby laughing.  And my husband and I have been so excited the last couple of days since our sweet little baby girl finally shared her very first laugh with us!  And of course we have been trying since then to get her to do it again....well today I got lucky and she laughed at me when I was making noises by blowing on her feet.  I was quick to grab the video camera and snag a few seconds of that precious sound!!

(I wish the camera had been more centered but I was holding it myself and still playing with her so I'm lucky she's even on the screen!  LOL)

Last session of 2010

I was a little sad to see the year end since it was full of such wonderful things for my family and me.  I did get to have one more fun session right before the year ended.  I was asked to do some family portraits for an old friend of mine that would also include her in-laws who came from Germany for the holidays.  So it was fun (and a little challenging) to get the shots figured out since her in-laws don't speak any English.  :)  Despite that, we still got a ton of great shots!!  Now the challenge is for me to see if I can get them processed and delivered before they leave from Germany in a few days!  We'll see...!!!

*** Winter Wonderland ***

Throughout the year, I do most of the picture taking in my family.  But it's always fun for me to see other people take charge and take some photos of their own.  And my hubby did just that a few mornings ago....and I am very impressed with what he ended up with!!  He was really excited to get out into the new snow and get some photos, and I think he did a fantastic job so I wanted to share a few of those!!  Great job, honey!  :)

Santa Claus is coming to town!!

It is so amazing how fast time goes by....especially once you become a parent!  It's surreal to think that I have been a mommy for 7 weeks already!!  And it doesn't seem possible that it's already that time of year for visits to Santa,...but it is!  I was very excited to take my sweet baby girl for her first visit to Santa.  The holidays this year are so different and so much more special now that we have our little miracle.

Happy Holidays and God Bless!  :)

Tis the Season!!

With Christmas right around the corner, the holiday spirit is in the air!  I have really been enjoying all the precious family moments we've been having lately...our sweet baby girl is changing by the minute!  Can't wait to see what is in store for us next!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Every year during this time, most people take note of the things in their life that they are thankful for...I know I definitely do.  And this year, there is something extra special that I am very thankful for....my new little family.  Becoming a mother this year has been the single most amazing experience of my entire life.  I am so blessed and endlessly grateful for my sweet baby girl and for the incredible people that helped to put her in my arms.

Time just flies by us...

I can't believe that it's already been about 3 weeks since I became a mommy.  It seemed like that day would never come and now that is has, time just keeps rushing by.  Soon my sweet little baby girl will be one month old!  And as you can imagine, I have been taking pictures of her daily.  Here are a couple that I did with her sleeping in my Grandma's noodle pot.  She passed away in January, just a few weeks before we found out that we would be expecting a baby.  But I am pretty sure my Grandma would have loved these and I know she would have loved her sweet little great granddaughter.

A Baby Girl is Born!! ~ Indy Newborn Portraits

Our sweet little miracle baby finally arrived on Sunday, October 24th!  She was absolutely perfect from the minute she was born!  She is definitely the most beautiful baby in the world.  And yes, I might be a little biased, but see for yourself!!  She's a doll!

Clayton's Senior Session

Yesterday was officially my last Senior session for a couple of months since I'll be taking a little time off to spend with our baby (which will hopefully be arriving any minute now).  And I couldn't have asked for a more fun family to hang out with!  Clayton was a little unsure of how things would go at first, but it didn't take him long to settle in and just go with it.  We did have a little rain to deal with on and off, but for the most part our biggest challenge was the quickly fading daylight.  And even with those things, we still managed to get fantastic shots!!  It was a fun evening session just talking and laughing with Clayton and his parents.  :)

Kelsey's Senior Session

Today's session was a lot of fun!!  It was a beautiful fall day...lots of colorful leaves & sunshine.  And then there was Kelsey...such a spunky gal!!  She's tiny and gorgeous of course!  She brought along her friend Erica (former Senior of mine) so I knew we were going to have plenty of fun!  And I was completely right!  Erica was great at making sure Kelsey was giving us the REAL smiles...and Kelsey didn't need much help posing.  She was pretty great at that all on her own!

Our Little Miracle..

So, today was officially the single most special portrait session I have had thus far...our very own maternity portraits!  Today I happily photographed the *amazing* surrogate that is carrying our tiny little blessing.  She is the most selfless, generous person I have ever met...truly an angel.  We are just two weeks away from our due date now, so we marked the ending of this incredible journey with maternity portraits as unique as our situation.  I am overwhelmed with pure joy at the thought of finally holding my sweet baby close and just taking in every single little detail from that fuzzy little head to those teeny weeny toes.

Here is a Sneak Peek from our session!

Samantha's Senior Session

Fall is definitely upon us!  Today's session with Samantha was a blast and it was made even more enjoyable by the brisk, cool fall breeze.  There is just something about the way the sun and sky look in the fall months that is unmatched in beauty the rest of the year (in my opinion, of course).  Samantha did a great job of relaxing and just enjoying the session, taking full advantage of the gorgeous sunset we had.  And her portraits definitely show that!  She was great at doing all different poses and I am adding her to my list of Seniors whose closets I'd like to raid!!  Great sense of style!!

Hines Family Session

If every family session I have could be like this one, then I would be one happy camper!  We had perfect weather, a beautiful sky, and a fun, easy-going family!  This was not my first "Hines" experience though, since I did Senior portraits for the youngest of the Hines crew.  However, this was my first portrait experience with the whole gang and it was so fun!!  Aside from just being a good looking bunch, they are so open to anything!!  They even let me go urban with their photos!  And I loved having mama Hines sharing all her great pose ideas!  Take a look!