We braved a lightning strike, tornado warnings, and massive amounts of rain to get this family together for an end of summer sunset run through The Sunflower Gardens. A beautiful family + gorgeous flower fields + post storm clouds = amaaaaaaazingness. These cousins were so cute together - hugging eachother, discovering giant birds nests (seriously, it was for a dinosaur sized bird), and being helpful pointing out things such as bees and puppies. These kids LOVED the flowers and it was so fun watching them discover everything there. And I dont need to mention how beautiful this family is - just see for yourselves.

I am so happy to show you all the winner of my nursery contest!

They have an amaaaaaazing nursery (decorated perfectly down to the last detail) and a ridiculously adorable baby boy who is turning 1 very soon! He was such a sweetie and it was so much fun watching him laugh at his mom and dad and get SUPER excited jumping in his crib. His big blue eyes lit up with such happiness whenever we showed him his elmo toy, and he found endless fun opening and closing his diaper drawer. He kept cracking me up! His parents are super sweet too and you can tell where Baby Dominic gets his gorgeous looks from - just check out this beautiful family!

Congrats on your sweet little boy turning one year old and for winning the nursery contest! It was great meeting you - enjoy the sneak peeks below!

I realized that I didnt have a single family photo of us all together since in the hospital…which trust me, no one wants to see. In said photo, my face was a lovely shade of gray, my whole body swollen with IV fluids, and Dave had a shell shocked expression. In fact now that I think of it, maybe I should just throw that photo away.

This brings us to an impromptu quick family photosession we scrounged up. I was in the middle of grilling outside when I noticed a storm rolling in and some yummy fading light, so I grabbed my camera and set up the settings for my mom to take - and finally I’m in FRONT of the camera in some!!! I cant tell you how excited I am about that - I never get in any photos so I’m happy Heath has these of him and his mama, and I love the ones of us as a family. I hope he looks back at these someday and realizes how much we love him.

And yeah I totally burned the grilled chicken.

This weekend I met up with this gorgeous and sweet couple to photograph their maternity session and I had such a blast! Well that is if you put aside trying to find parking in Georgetown for 35 minutes…which I will, because luckily I found a semi-spot and didnt get towed. Our session ended up being the same time as a big run through the city which was actually very cool because this adorable couple are quite the runners themselves! They are also two of the kindest and loveliest people ever and their baby is so lucky to have such excited and awesome parents! The surprise is still to come on whether they’re having a boy or a girl, but my vote is boy (because I want Heath to have a little playmate!)

Cant wait to meet your little one - enjoy these last few weeks and I’ll pass along the advice so many moms before me said - GET YOUR SLEEP NOW!!!

I had such a blast meeting this sweet family and hanging out with these adorable kids - it was the perfect session to kick off my return from maternity leave! I had so much fun snuggling with their sweet baby boy, chasing butterflies with his older sister, and giggling with them both. Their mama is so laid back and stunning too - I couldnt help but keep her in the frame on a few photos. Meeting up with them was such a joy and it was a great return to photographing my clients!

I had such a hard time narrowing their gallery down for sneak peeks so I picked a few of the ones that keep making me smile.

Tickling her baby brother - so cute!

I think I was asking her about Diego and Dora here. For the record, she prefers Diego.

Loved his little giggles here!